Manuscripts

1848-1854

Description: Correspondence primarily relating to Michigan politics and the Democratic party, including material on boundary disputes, statehood, land speculation, tariffs, westward movement, etc.; state and national elections, with particular emphasis on Democratic conventions; Indian affairs, U.S. postal service in Michigan, and the National Census of 1860. Correspondents include John Steward Barry, Lewis Cass, Alpheus Felch, Cave Johnson, Robert McClelland, Jacob Thompson, and William Woodbridge. Also included are a few documents, and an engraved portrait of John Sherman Bragg.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1835-1876.
Call number: mssBG
Creator: Bagg, John Sherman (1807-1876)(Opens in new tab)

1845

Manuscripts

Correspondence primarily relating to Michigan politics and the Democratic party, including material on boundary disputes, statehood, land speculation, tariffs, westward movement, etc.; state and national elections, with particular emphasis on Democratic conventions; Indian affairs, U.S. postal service in Michigan, and the National Census of 1860. Correspondents include John Steward Barry, Lewis Cass, Alpheus Felch, Cave Johnson, Robert McClelland, Jacob Thompson, and William Woodbridge. Also included are a few documents, and an engraved portrait of John Sherman Bragg.

mssBG

Image not available

1835-1844

Manuscripts

mssBG

Image not available

1846-1847

Manuscripts

mssBG

Image not available

1855-1876

Manuscripts

mssBG

Image not available

John Sherman Bagg papers

Manuscripts

mssBG

Image not available

1847-1854

Manuscripts

A collection of 574 items from 1825 to 1890, which consists of the correspondence of Thomas Lyon Hamer, his political speeches and notes, and some papers relating to the Mexican War; Hamer's presentation sword and an oil portrait of him are included in the collection. The correspondence includes 240 letters by Hamer to his first wife Lydia Bruce Higgins Hamer (-1845), and family and friends, chiefly during his congressional service. The letters discuss family matters and Hamer's professional life and political career. There are also approximately 200 letters addressed to Hamer from his friends and colleagues, discussing his legal practice and business affairs, political views, and state and national politics. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Thomas Corwin, James Hall, Robert Lucas, John McLean, Wilson Shannon, and others. Also included is Hamer's letter to President Andrew Jackson (February 17, 1837) discussing the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838 to 1842. Materials created by US presidents in this collection include James Buchanan autograph letter signed to Thomas Lyon Hamer, 1842 Janaury 20; Andrew Jackson autograph note signed to Thomas Lyon Hamer, 1837 January 11; James K. Polk autograph letter signed to Thomas Madison Hamer, 1847 May 14; James K. Polk appointment of Thomas Lyon Hamer as Brigadier General, 1846 July 2 (contemporary copy); Martin Van Buren invitation to Thomas Lyon Hamer, approximately 1834 January.

mssLH

1848-1854

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

1845

1835-1844

1846-1847

1855-1876

John Sherman Bagg papers

1847-1854