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Correspondence, speeches, legal records, account book, printed matter, and other papers of Andrew Stevenson and his son, J.W. Stevenson.
Papers of Andrew Stevenson document his service as U.S. minister to Great Britain and relate primarily to U.S. foreign relations with Great Britain. Subjects include the Caroline affair (1837-1838), negotiations for the settlement of the northeastern boundary between the U.S. and Canada, and the ascendancy of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain. Also includes material pertaining to his service in the U.S. House of Representatives and to lawsuits in Virginia courts, an autograph poem of William Wordsworth, a poem by Thomas Moore, and a letter (1827 Jan. 29) of Robert Southey to John Kenyon transmitting a portion of Southey's poem "The Devil's Visit." Correspondents include James Buchanan; John C. Calhoun; Churchill Caldum Cambreleng; Lewis Cass; Edward Everett; John Forsyth; Francis Scott Key; William L. Marcy; Philip Norborne Nicholas; Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston; Joel Roberts Poinsett; James K. Polk; Thomas Ritchie; William C. Rives; Benjamin Rush; Richard Rush; John Russell, Earl Russell; John Rutherfoord; Sarah Coles Stevenson; Charles Sumner; Roger Brooke Taney; George Tucker; Martin Van Buren; Alexander Van Rensselaer; and Daniel Webster.
Papers of J.W. Stevenson consist principally of correspondence kept while governor of and U.S. senator from Kentucky. His correspondents include John C. Breckinridge, John Griffin Carlisle, Leslie Combs, C.M. Ingersoll, and Richard Vaux.
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Correspondence, Politics and government, Slave trade, American Diplomatic and consular service, Poetry, Actions and defenses, Boundaries, Foreign relationsPeople
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), C. M. Ingersoll (1819-1904), Sarah Coles Stevenson (1789-1848), Leslie Combs (1793-1881), John Kenyon (1784-1856), Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901), Lewis Cass (1782-1866), John Rutherfoord (1792-1866), Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (1786-1862), Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), William C. Rives (1793-1868), Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Alexander Van Rensselaer, Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Thomas Moore (1779-1852), George Tucker (1775-1861), William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Thomas Ritchie (1778-1854), John Forsyth (1780-1841), James Buchanan (1791-1868), Benjamin Rush (1746-1813), John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864), Edward Everett (1794-1865), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851), Richard Rush (1780-1859), John Russell Russell Earl (1792-1878), Robert Southey (1774-1843), Henry John Temple Palmerston Viscount (1784-1865), John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Richard Vaux (1816-1895), James K. Polk (1795-1849), Philip Norborne Nicholas (1775?-1849)Places
Canada, United States, Great Britain, Virginia, KentuckyTimes
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Open to research.
Deposit, Mary W. Stevenson Colston, 1910.
Converted to gift, 1952.
Gift, Judith Braxton Colston, 1931-1956.
Purchase, 1980.
Andrew Stevenson (1785-1857), U.S. representative from Virginia, speaker of the House of Representatives, and minister to Great Britain; and his son, J.W. (John White) Stevenson, governor of and U.S. senator from Kentucky.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid and partial index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
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