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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017236
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 John A. J. Creswell, lawyer, congressman, senator, and postmaster general, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1926 and 1939.
The papers of John A. J. Creswell were processed in 1968. The finding aid was revised in 2002.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of John A. J. Creswell is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The John A. J. Creswell Papers 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, John A. J. Creswell Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of John Angel James Creswell (1828-1891) span the years 1819-1885, with the bulk of the material dated 1862-1885. A government official, supporter of Abraham Lincoln, and abolitionist, Creswell changed his name from John Andrew Jackson Creswell to John Angel James Creswell after being elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican in 1861 in order to disassociate himself from Democrat Andrew Jackson. His papers consist of general correspondence, letterbooks, account books, and scrapbooks.
The general correspondence, chiefly 1862-1865, consists mainly of
bound volumes of letters to Creswell concerning his law practice, business,
Maryland politics, patronage, his duties as adjutant general of Maryland, the
military draft during the Civil War, and the Maryland Constitutional Convention
of 1867. The letterbooks, 1882-1885, pertain to American interests presented to
the United States Court of Commissioners of
Correspondents include Thomas King Carroll, George William Childs, Henry Winter Davis, Levi Duncan, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph R. Hawley, Thomas Holliday Hicks, Reverdy Johnson, Edwin D. Morgan, Whitelaw Reid, George Alfred Townsend, and E. B. Washburne.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017236