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Correspondence, diary (1865), journals (1850-1856), subject files, printed material, Langdon (Langston) family genealogical records, and other papers concerning Langdon's invention of card games (1846-1847), his work as professor of astronomy at Shelby College, Ky., and in the U.S. Patent Office (1851-1856), his long career as an Episcopal clergyman, his role in the founding of the Y.M.C.A. movement, especially in Washington, D.C., travels in Europe, Civil War, Clay-Webster debates, and the administrations of Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Correspondents include Langdon family members, A. D. Bache, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Breckinridge, Phillips Brooks, Benjamin R. Curtis, George T. Curtis, George M. Dallas, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Joseph Henry, Caroline Lee Hentz, Reverdy Johnson, Amos Kendall, Matthew F. Maury, Thaddeus Stevens, and George Ticknor.
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United States, Universities and colleges, History, Correspondence, Astronomy, Shelby College, Description and travel, Episcopal Church, Card games, Young Men's Christian Association (Washington, D.C.), United States. Patent Office, Young Men's Christian associationsPeople
Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), George Ticknor (1791-1871), Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), A. D. Bache (1806-1867), Langston family, George Ticknor Curtis (1812-1894), George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864), Henry Clay (1777-1852), Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Joseph Henry (1797-1878), Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874), Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz (1800-1856), Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Amos Kendall (1789-1869), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896), Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860)Places
Europe, United States, Shelbyville, KentuckyTimes
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Open to research.
Purchase, 1974.
Astronomer, clergyman, and patent lawyer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
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