MARC Record from Library of Congress

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245 00 $aCausten-Pickett papers,$f1765-1916$g(bulk 1797-1900).
300 $a33,000$fitems.
300 $a113$fcontainers.
300 $a2$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a45$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 9 series. Series 1: History and Settlement of French Spoliation Claims, 1793-1916; Series 2: Fulwar Skipwith Papers, 1765-1872; Series 3: Joshua Gilpin and Edward Dunant Papers, 1793-1834; Series 4: Records of Insurance Companies, 1783-1842; Series 5: Case Files on Ships, circa 1789-1910; Series 6: James H. Causten Papers, 1816-1885; Series 7: John T. Pickett and Causten Agency Papers, 1838-1874; Series 8: Theodore John Pickett and Causten Agency Papers, 1885-1916; Series 9: Miscellany, 1796-1903; Series 10: Addition, 1786-1899.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, insurance policies, powers of attorney, promissory notes, bills of lading, bills of exchange, bills for ship repairs, admiralty registries, American and French court records, ship case files, other financial and legal papers, printed materials, and other papers relating chiefly to French spoliation claims. Includes materials (1793-1916) on the history and settlement of the claims; correspondence and insurance records of James H. Causten, John T. Pickett, Theodore John Pickett, Edward Dunant, Joshua Gilpin, and Fulwar Skipwith, and of insurance companies including the Baltimore Insurance Company, Maryland Insurance Company, and the Peter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency. Includes the papers of lawyers including William T.S. Curtis, William E. Earle, Leonard Myers, Luther H. Pike, David Stewart, and John Stewart, and of marine insurance company officials including Peter Chardon Brooks, John Hollins, Robert Hollins, Thomas Hollins, and Alexander McKim.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Charles Francis Adams, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, James Madison, John Mason, James Monroe, Timothy Pickering, William Henry Seward, Charles Sumner, and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord.
541 $cGift,$aBeverley Humphreys Harris, Edwin Vawter Harris, and Hetty Vawter Tebbs,$d1954-1955.
541 $cGift,$aHenry Bartholomew Cox,$d1969.
541 $cGift,$aHannah Cox,$d2007.
545 0 $aJames H. Causten, businessman of Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C., who worked to settle French spoliation claims; John T. Pickett, U.S. and Confederate diplomat and army officer, and lawyer of Washington, D.C.; and Pickett's son, Theodore John Pickett, lawyer of Washington, D.C., who succeeded to Causten's interest in the claims cases.
546 $aCollection material in English with French, Italian, and Spanish.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030
600 10 $aAdams, Charles Francis,$d1807-1886$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAdams, John,$d1735-1826$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLivingston, Robert R.,$d1746-1813$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMadison, James,$d1751-1836$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMason, John,$d1766-1849$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMonroe, James,$d1758-1831$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPickering, Timothy,$d1745-1829$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSeward, William Henry,$d1801-1872$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSumner, Charles,$d1811-1874$vCorrespondence.
600 20 $aTalleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de,$cprince de Bénévent,$d1754-1838$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aClaims.
650 0 $aFrench spoliation claims.
650 0 $aInsurance companies.
700 1 $aBrooks, Peter Chardon,$d1767-1849.$tPeter Chardon Brooks papers.
700 1 $aCausten, James H.,$d1788-1874.$tJames H. Causten papers.
700 1 $aCurtis, William T. S.$tWilliam T.S. Curtis papers.
700 1 $aDunant, Edward.$tEdward Dunant papers.
700 1 $aEarle, William E.$q(William Edward),$d1841-1894.$tWilliam E. Earle papers.
700 1 $aGilpin, Joshua,$d1765-1840.$tJoshua Gilpin papers.
700 1 $aHollins, John.$tJohn Hollins papers.
700 1 $aHollins, Robert.$tRobert Hollins papers.
700 1 $aHollins, Thomas.$tThomas Hollins papers.
700 1 $aMcKim, Alexander,$d1748-1832.$tAlexander McKim papers.
700 1 $aMyers, Leonard,$d1827-1905.$tLeonard Myers papers.
700 1 $aPickett, John T.$q(John Thomas),$d1822-1884.$tJohn T. Pickett papers.
700 1 $aPickett, Theodore John.$tTheodore John Pickett papers.
700 1 $aPike, Luther H.$tLuther H. Pike papers.
700 1 $aSkipwith, Fulwar,$d1765-1839.$tFulwar Skipwith papers.
700 1 $aStewart, David,$d1800-1858.$tDavid Stewart papers.
700 1 $aStewart, John,$dd. 1820.$tJohn Stewart papers.
710 2 $aBaltimore Insurance Company.$tBaltimore Insurance Company records.
710 2 $aMaryland Insurance Company.$tMaryland Insurance Company records.
710 2 $aPeter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency.$tPeter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency records.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030.3