Reverdy Johnson papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Correspondence; Practice of law; American Diplomatic and consular service; Politics and government; Foreign relations; History
Description: Correspondence relating chiefly to Johnson's service as U.S. senator from Maryland, as a special inquirer in the case (1862) of Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler at New Orleans, and as U.S. minister to Great Britain.  Includes material pertaining to Johnson's early law practice in Baltimore, Md.  Correspondents include George Douglas Campbell, Duke of Argyll; William Cullen Bryant; Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield; Stephen A. Douglas, W.E. Gladstone; Robert E. Lee; Louisa Catherine D'Arcy-Osborne, Duchess of Leeds; Jonathan D. Meredith; Charles Reade; John Osborne Sargent; William T. Sherman; Sir James Emerson Tennent; and Martin Van Buren.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 19,761

Purchase, 1917-1918.

Lawyer, U.S. senator from Maryland, and diplomat.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010218