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Legislators -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

James Buchanan letter to Samuel L. Southard

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289245]
Identifier: Vault MSS 367
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 19 Feb. 1826, and addressed to Samuel L. Southard. Buchanan, a United States Congressman at the time, recommends Charles Henderson of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for an appointment as a midshipman.

Dates: 1826 February 19

Delwin Morgan Clawson correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1834
Scope and Contents

Correspondence. The materials relate to legislation on numerous topics pending before the House of Representatives in the United States congress.

Dates: 1972

Henry Clay letter to Benjamin Urner

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288320]
Identifier: Vault MSS 249
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated Dec. 26, 1827, and addressed to Benjamin Urner. Clay writes about a conversation with a "Mr. Test" in the fall of 1824 in which he expressed his preference for "Mr. Adams" over Andrew Jackson.

Dates: 1827 December 26

Mike Mansfield letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335868]
Identifier: MSS 1056
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letter, dated 3 April 1958, and addresssed to Elveretta Rundie of Dillon, Montana. Mansfield thanks Rundie for the receipt of her petition. He agrees with her views on paid television.

Dates: 1958 April 3

Bernard Moses correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307305]
Identifier: MSS SC 904
Scope and Contents

Letters received by and sent by Bernard Moses. 14 are from B.H. Roberts; 5 are from Heber J. Grant, President of the Mormon Church; 3 are from other Mormon leaders; 3 are by Moses himself; and there are 14 envelopes without the corresponding letters. Moses and Roberts were friends from the 1880's until Robert's death in 1933. The letters are largely friendly in nature, expressing goodwill and appreciation for accomplishments.

Dates: 1899-1950

Vivian Niles letters received

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309053]
Identifier: MSS SC 1119
Scope and Contents

Letters received by Vivian Niles. These missives are from United States Senators and Representatives from Utah including: Frank E. Moss, Jake Garn, and Wayne Owens. These are replies to inquiries by Niles. They deal with political matters on the level of Utah as well as the United States.

Dates: 1967-1975

W. Cleon Skousen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9364
Scope and Contents Contains personal papers of W. Cleon Skousen, including diaries and scrapbooks. Also contains professional papers of W. Cleon Skousen, reflecting his varied careers in law enforcement, authorship, research, lecturing, education, and scholarship. Topics include communism, the United States Constitution and government history, government officials, world politics, the Book of Mormon, and police administration.Contains materials on various institutions Skousen affiliated with,...
Dates: 1911-2006

Reed Smoot letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334119]
Identifier: MSS 1115
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of two typewritten letters and a certificate. The letters were addressed to Daniel B. Hill Richards, a Utah lawyer. The items recommend Richards for the position of consul general in Cairo, Egypt, and discuss strategy to be used against those who were attempting to unseat Smoot from the United States Senate.

Dates: 1903-1904

George Sutherland letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490190]
Identifier: MSS 631
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of a letter dated 7 Nov. 1903 and composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. The item was addressed to Chester Isaiah Long, a United States senator. Sutherland, then a member of the United States House of Representatives, endorses the election of Reed Smoot to the United States Senate. He also writes about early political parties in Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1903