Schuyler Colfax papers

Collection Data

Description
Schuyler Colfax, Jr. (1823-1885) was a United States Representative from Indiana, Speaker of the House, and the 17th Vice President of the United States under Ulysses S. Grant. The Schuyler Colfax papers consist of one folder of incoming and outgoing letters, invitations to the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, and a few financial documents. Also included is a roll call from the house of representatives voting on the passage of the 13th amendment in 1865.
Names
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 (Creator)
Newman, John Philip, 1826-1899 (Contributor)
Stewart, Alexander Turney, 1803-1876 (Contributor)
Swain, H.C. (Henry Charles Maitland) (Contributor)
Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907 (Addressee)
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877 (Contributor)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1860 - 1880 (Approximate)
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 595
Topics
Vice-Presidents -- United States
Statesmen
Vice-presidents
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Additional physical form: is available on microfilm.
Ownership: Some material originated in the Ford and Thomas J. Taylor collections.
Physical Description
Extent: .2 linear foot (1 folder)
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 843959629
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19824503
MSS Unit ID: 595
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e883fd40-a907-0138-16b7-171820c8f292
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