William E. Chandler Papers, 1829-1917

Title:

William E. Chandler Papers, 1829-1917

Creator:

Chandler, William E., 1835-1917

Accession / Call Number:

1926.006

Object ID:

1926.006.002

Date:

1829-1917

Physical Description:

22 linear feet ; approximately 25,000 items: 5 volumes, 40 diaries, 44 boxes

Level of Description:

Collection

Scope and Content:

Lawyer, politician and U.S. Senator from Concord, NH. Correspondence, family papers, diaries, documents, articles, speeches, and newspaper clippings, relating to Chandler's political career, especially as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (1865-67), secretary of the Republican National Committee (1868, 1872, 1876), Secretary of the Navy (1882-1885), U.S. Senator (1887-1901), and as president of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission (1902-1907). Includes material on the China-Boxer Indemnity Fund, cotton courts in Mississippi, Dakota politics (1880-1884), Harvard Law School, Litigation over the estate of Mary Baker Eddy (1906-1916), the Philippines, Cuba, prosecution of Civil War claims in England, and the Washington Central Market; and in New Hampshire, the Concord Post Office, the fight against railroad consolidation and political domination, the management of Chandler's newspaper the "Statesman and Concord Monitor" Republican Party politics in NH 1864-1917, the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Progressive Movement, tariff and temperance.

Subjects:

Railroads New Hampshire History. , Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910. , Newspapers New Hampshire Concord. , Temperance.

Locations:

New Hampshire Politics and government 1900-1999 (20th century)
United States History 1865-1898.
New Hampshire Politics and government 1865-1898.
United States History 1898-1919.

People:

Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917

Location Code:

Manuscripts Dept.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Finding Aid Link:

RS24928_WilliamChandlerPapers_1926.006_1976.052_2013.012.pdf