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mm79026104 abstract "Correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, business records, family papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating to Hitt's service as U.S. assistant secretary of state, U.S. congressman from Illinois, and secretary to the U.S. Legation in Paris, France. Also documents his service as court reporter, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and reporter for a board of treaty commissioners to the Indians in 1865. Includes shorthand notes of political events in Illinois between 1856 and 1860, in particular of speeches by Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, William Henry Seward, and Edwin McMasters Stanton; debates between Lyman Trumbull and William Allen and between Trumbull and Orlando B. Ficklin; and Democratic and Republican political meetings and conventions. Also includes a diary kept by Hitt in shorthand, 1857-1864, along with a transcription of the diary describing life in Chicago, Ill., especially the courts and the court appearances of Abraham Lincoln. Subjects include the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois; the Holt-Davis Commission of 1861, led by Joseph Holt and David Davis, investigating John C. Fremont's activities in Missouri; U.S. War Department courts-martial during and after the Civil War; intervention in Cuba during the revolution, 1895-1898; the annexation of Hawaii, 1898; tariff; and Hitt's business affairs including banking, real estate, and the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway. Hitt family papers include family histories, financial records, photographs, and other papers. Correspondents include Hitt's business agent, George Williams, of Lafayette, Ind.".
mm79026104 accessRights "Open to research.".
mm79026104 accrualMethod "Gift,".
mm79026104 accrualMethod "Other gifts,".
mm79026104 contributor B12951007.
mm79026104 coverage "Chicago (Ill.) History.".
mm79026104 coverage "Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898.".
mm79026104 coverage "France Foreign relations United States.".
mm79026104 coverage "Hawaii Annexation to the United States.".
mm79026104 coverage "Hawaii History 1893-1900.".
mm79026104 coverage "Illinois Politics and government 19th century.".
mm79026104 coverage "Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
mm79026104 coverage "United States Foreign relations 1865-1921.".
mm79026104 coverage "United States Foreign relations France.".
mm79026104 coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
mm79026104 coverage "United States Politics and government 1865-1933.".
mm79026104 date "||||".
mm79026104 description "Correspondence, diaries, notes and notebooks, business records, family papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating to Hitt's service as U.S. assistant secretary of state, U.S. congressman from Illinois, and secretary to the U.S. Legation in Paris, France. Also documents his service as court reporter, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and reporter for a board of treaty commissioners to the Indians in 1865. Includes shorthand notes of political events in Illinois between 1856 and 1860, in particular of speeches by Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, William Henry Seward, and Edwin McMasters Stanton; debates between Lyman Trumbull and William Allen and between Trumbull and Orlando B. Ficklin; and Democratic and Republican political meetings and conventions. Also includes a diary kept by Hitt in shorthand, 1857-1864, along with a transcription of the diary describing life in Chicago, Ill., especially the courts and the court appearances of Abraham Lincoln. Subjects include the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois; the Holt-Davis Commission of 1861, led by Joseph Holt and David Davis, investigating John C. Fremont's activities in Missouri; U.S. War Department courts-martial during and after the Civil War; intervention in Cuba during the revolution, 1895-1898; the annexation of Hawaii, 1898; tariff; and Hitt's business affairs including banking, real estate, and the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway. Hitt family papers include family histories, financial records, photographs, and other papers. Correspondents include Hitt's business agent, George Williams, of Lafayette, Ind.".
mm79026104 description "Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013097".
mm79026104 description "Gift, Mrs. William F. Hitt, 1962.".
mm79026104 description "Other gifts, 1961-1965.".
mm79026104 description "U.S. representative from Illinois.".
mm79026104 extent "16.8".
mm79026104 extent "2,200".
mm79026104 extent "42".
mm79026104 identifier eadmss.ms013097.
mm79026104 identifier eadmss.ms013097.3.
mm79026104 issued "||||".
mm79026104 language "Collection material in English, with English shorthand.".
mm79026104 language "eng".
mm79026104 rights "Open to research.".
mm79026104 spatial "Chicago (Ill.) History.".
mm79026104 spatial "Cuba History Revolution, 1895-1898.".
mm79026104 spatial "France Foreign relations United States.".
mm79026104 spatial "France.".
mm79026104 spatial "Hawaii Annexation to the United States.".
mm79026104 spatial "Hawaii History 1893-1900.".
mm79026104 spatial "Illinois Chicago.".
mm79026104 spatial "Illinois Politics and government 19th century.".
mm79026104 spatial "Illinois.".
mm79026104 spatial "Indiana Lafayette.".
mm79026104 spatial "Indiana.".
mm79026104 spatial "Kentucky.".
mm79026104 spatial "Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
mm79026104 spatial "United States Foreign relations 1865-1921.".
mm79026104 spatial "United States Foreign relations France.".
mm79026104 spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
mm79026104 spatial "United States Politics and government 1865-1933.".
mm79026104 spatial "United States.".
mm79026104 subject "Allen, William, 1827-1881.".
mm79026104 subject "Banks and banking United States.".
mm79026104 subject "Business enterprises Indiana Lafayette.".
mm79026104 subject "Campaign debates Illinois.".
mm79026104 subject "Courts Illinois Chicago.".
mm79026104 subject "Courts-martial and courts of inquiry United States.".
mm79026104 subject "Davis, David, 1815-1886.".
mm79026104 subject "Democratic Party (U.S.)".
mm79026104 subject "Diplomatic and consular service, American France.".
mm79026104 subject "Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861.".
mm79026104 subject "Ficklin, Orlando B. (Orlando Bell), 1808-1886.".
mm79026104 subject "Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.".
mm79026104 subject "Hitt family.".
mm79026104 subject "Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894.".
mm79026104 subject "Indians of North America Government relations.".
mm79026104 subject "Indians of North America Treaties.".
mm79026104 subject "Law reporting Illinois Chicago.".
mm79026104 subject "Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.".
mm79026104 subject "Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.".
mm79026104 subject "Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway.".
mm79026104 subject "Political conventions United States.".
mm79026104 subject "Political parties United States.".
mm79026104 subject "Railroads Illinois.".
mm79026104 subject "Railroads Indiana.".
mm79026104 subject "Railroads Kentucky.".
mm79026104 subject "Real estate investment United States.".
mm79026104 subject "Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )".
mm79026104 subject "Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872.".
mm79026104 subject "Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869.".
mm79026104 subject "Tariff United States.".
mm79026104 subject "Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896.".
mm79026104 subject "United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs.".
mm79026104 subject "United States. Congress. House.".
mm79026104 subject "United States. Department of State.".
mm79026104 subject "United States. Legation (France)".
mm79026104 subject "United States. War Department.".
mm79026104 subject "Williams, George, active 1882-1894 Correspondence.".
mm79026104 title "Robert R. Hitt papers, 1830-1906.".
mm79026104 type "collection".