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William Allen PapersA Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of CongressPrepared by John R. Monagle1995
Biographical Note
Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe papers of William Allen (1803-1879) span the years 1796-1879, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1840-1876. The collection focuses on his career in Ohio politics, first as United States representative and senator, then as governor of Ohio. Included are correspondence, speeches, memoranda, financial records, printed matter, maps, and other material. The papers are arranged in a bound Chronological File and a Miscellany. The Chronological File consists primarily of correspondence, financial records, maps, and other material concerning Ohio and national politics during the 1840s and the 1870s. Topics include support of the United States annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, Oregon claims, land surveys, and the Greenback movement. Correspondents include James Faran, James Graham, John Hough, Amos Layman, George Morgan, and Henry A. Whitman. The Miscellany consists of an account book of the Stoney Mill Salt Works, Chillicothe, Ohio, dating from 1811 to 1823, which Allen used partially as the backing for a scrapbook of clippings from 1825 to 1827. Also in the series are cancelled bank checks, an 1838 directory of the United States government, memoranda books containing jottings and accounting notes, newspaper clippings, a notebook, a promissory note, political literature, a scrapbook, speeches by Allen and others, and the records of the Chillicothe Independent Blues, an Ohio militia corps. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the PapersThe collection is arranged in two series: Return to the Table of Contents Container ListChronological File, 1825-1879Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, financial records, printed matter, and other papers largely related to Allen's career as a United States congressman (1833-1835) and senator (1837-1848) and governor of Ohio (1874-1876). Bound and arranged in chronological order. 19 Apr. 1825-24 Sept. 183127 Sept. 1831-21 Jan. 184028 Jan. 1840-22 Jan. 184427 Jan.-28 Nov. 184429 Nov. 1844-12 Jan. 184513 Jan.-21 Feb. 184522 Feb.-29 Mar. 184530 Mar.-1 Dec. 18452 Dec. 1845-4 Jan. 18465 Jan.-1 Feb. 18462-27 Feb. 184628 Feb.-1 Apr. 18462 Apr.-21 May 184622 May-13 July 184616 July 1846-24 Jan. 184725 Jan. 1847-20 Mar. 185027 Mar. 1850-15 Oct. 187317 Oct. 1873-30 July 187531 July 1875-30 May 1879UndatedUndatedMiscellany, 1796-1877Account book, scrapbooks, memorandum books, notebooks, political literature, records of the Chillicothe Independent Blues Militia Corps, speeches, and other material. Arranged in alphabetical order by name of organization or type of material. Bank checks, 1860-1873 (2 folders)Chillicothe Independent Blues Militia Corps, records, 1821-1834Memorandum books, 1854-1871 (3 folders)Newspaper clippings, 1863-1876, undatedNotebook, 1845, undatedPolitical literature, 1823-1856Printed matter, 1796, 1824Promissory note, 1833Scrapbook, undatedSpeechesBy Allen, 1834-1876By others, 1840-1877Stoney Mill Salt Works, Chillicothe, Ohio, account book and scrapbook, 1811-1827United States government directory, 1838Return to the Table of Contents |
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