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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78020032
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of William Maxwell Evarts, lawyer, United States senator from New York, and United States secretary of state and attorney general, were deposited in the Library of Congress, 1939-1942, by Effingham Evarts, and converted to a gift in 1943. Additions were purchased in 1965 and 1986.
The papers of William Maxwell Evarts were arranged and described in 1965. The collection was expanded and revised in 1987. The finding aid was revised in 2004 and 2010.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William Maxwell Evarts is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of William Maxwell Evarts are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Maxwell Evarts Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) span the years 1667-1918 with the bulk of the material dated 1877-1891. They consist of correspondence, a diary, certificates, genealogical material, indexes, a notebook, dockets, memoranda, letterbooks, account books, minute book, printed matter, financial material, and a journal. The bulk of the collection relates to Evarts's tenure as secretary of state, 1877-1881, and United States senator, 1885-1891.
The focus of the collection is on New York state and national politics and international affairs in which Evarts participated. Main topics include Evarts's early law practice, cases in which he represented the United States during the Civil War, the trial of Jefferson Davis, impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal of 1871-1872, the election of 1876, appointment of ambassadors, Chinese immigration, presidential campaign of 1880, International Monetary Conference of 1878, the Peabody education fund, dedication of the Statue of Liberty, patronage, suffrage, pensions, tariffs, and the Force Bill that provided for the collection of duties on imported goods.
Correspondents include James Burrill Angell, John Jacob Astor, Edward Bates, James Gillespie Blaine, Joseph Hodges Choate, Cyrus W. Field, James A. Garfield, John Hay, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Levi P. Morton, Edward John Phelps, William H. Seward, William Henry Trescot, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and Robert C. Winthrop.
This collection is arranged in three series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78020032
Correspondence and other documents.
Arranged chronologically in bound volumes.
Correspondence, a diary, certificates, genealogical material, indexes, a notebook, dockets, memoranda, letterbooks, account books, minute book, printed matter, financial material, and a journal.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
Certificates.
Arranged and described according to the series, folders, and containers from which the items were removed.