MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aRockwell, Almon Ferdinand,$db. 1835.
245 00 $aAlmon Ferdinand Rockwell papers,$f1852-1900$g(bulk 1861-1865 and 1877-1884).
300 $a2,000$fitems.
300 $a9$fcontainers.
300 $a3.4$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence (chiefly 1877-1881), diaries and journals (1862-1889), and reports relating principally to the presidential administration and assasination of James A. Garfield. Includes ninety letters from Garfield to Rockwell relating to their friendship, investments in the Silver King Mining Company, controversy over the resignation of New York senator Roscoe Conkling, and Garfield's appointment of Rockwell as superintendent of public buildings in Washington, D.C. Rockwell's diaries describe his Civil War service as an aide to Gen. Don Carlos Buell, the federal occupation of Nashville, Tenn., battles of Shiloh and Corinth, Miss., campaigns in northern Alabama, the pursuit of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg in Kentucky, the death of Gen. William Nelson, and Buell's removal and reinstatement in the U.S. Army. Also included are reports of Rockwell's conversation with Garfield shortly before the latter's death and a letter describing the death of Abraham Lincoln, at which Rockwell was also present. Other correspondents include James M. Barney, Don Carlos Buell, Frank Abial Flower, Charles F. Manderson, William Henry Seward, and John M. Wilson.
541 $cGift,$aSamuel A. Crozer,$d1920.
544 $3Photographs$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aArmy officer and superintendent of public buildings, Washington, D.C.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600 10 $aBarney, James M.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBragg, Braxton,$d1817-1876.
600 10 $aBuell, Don Carlos,$d1818-1898$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aConkling, Roscoe,$d1829-1888.
600 10 $aFlower, Frank Abial,$d1854-1911$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGarfield, James A.$q(James Abram),$d1831-1881.
600 10 $aGarfield, James A.$q(James Abram),$d1831-1881$xAssassination.
600 10 $aGarfield, James A.$q(James Abram),$d1831-1881$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGarfield, James A.$q(James Abram),$d1831-1881$xDeath and burial.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xDeath and burial.
600 10 $aManderson, Charles F.$q(Charles Frederick),$d1837-1911$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNelson, William,$d1824-1862.
600 10 $aSeward, William Henry,$d1801-1872$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilson, John M.$q(John Moulder),$d1837-1919$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aSilver King Mining Company.
650 0 $aCorinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862.
650 0 $aPublic buildings$zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 $aShiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
650 0 $aSilver mines and mining.
651 0 $aAlabama$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aKentucky$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aMississippi$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aNashville (Tenn.)$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aNew York (State)$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950.
651 0 $aTennessee$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1877-1881.
656 7 $aArmy officers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aPublic officials.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home