Guide to the William McKendree Gwin Papers, 1833-1897
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Guide to the William McKendree Gwin Papers, 1833-1897
Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 378
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Bancroft, George, (1800-1891)
To Sylvester Mowry (copy) (1830-1871) ca. 1860
Bassano, Napoléon Joseph Hugues Maret, Duc de, (1803-1898)
To Mary (Bell) Gwin Feb. 29, 1866
Bayard, William
To Gwin Aug. 15, 1850
Boynton, Sylvanus C.
Proposed memorandum of agreement with Collis P. Huntington. 1864
Copy of agreement with Gwin and Sharon re Panama projects. Feb. 4, 1884
Agreement with wife to share with Gwin property on Isthmus of Panama, translated into Spanish and certified in Washington. Mar. 5, 1884
To Gwin
June 24, 1884
Aug. 28, 1885
To Gwin (son), written and signed by W. H. Ritter and Andrew Wesley Kent (photocopy only) Apr. 10, 1895
Buchanan, James, (1791-1868)
To Gwin
Feb. 18, 1849
May 15, 22, Dec. 26, 1850
Mar. 30, 1853
Call, Wilkinson, (1844-1910)
To Evan J. Coleman (copy) (photocopy only) Sept. 30, 1885
To Gwin (son) and Evan J. Coleman (son-in-law) (photocopy only) Sept. 15, 1885
To William Collins Whitney (copy) Aug. 14, 1885
Carmick, E. H.
To Gwin
Nov. 9 (incomplete), 17, 26, Dec. 7, 19, 1883
Apr. 21, Dec. 2, 4 (2 letters), 6, 9, 1884
Jan. 6, Feb. 11, 16, Mar. 11, 27, 30, Apr. 4, 6, 1885
Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck, (1809-1884)
To Gwin
Sept. 14, 1878
Mar. 4, 1879
Colburn, R. T.
To Gwin Feb. 18, 28, Mar. 1, 1884
Davis, Jefferson, (1808-1889)
To Gwin Nov. 27, Dec. 6, 1875
Everett, Edward, (1794-1865)
To Gwin Mar. 7, 1854
Farragut, David Glascow, (1801-1870)
To Gwin Jan. 20, Aug. 8, 1857?
Field, Stephen Johnson, (1816-1899)
To Gwin May 17, 1884
Fillmore, Millard, (1800-1874)
To Gwin Dec. 21, 24, 1850
Frémont, John Charles, (1813-1890
To Gwin
May 8, ca. 1850
Oct. 20, 1852
Garland, Augustus Hill, (1832-1899)
To Wilkinson Call (copy) Aug. 12, 1885
Gwin, William McKendree, (1805-1885)
To Chester Alan Arthur (draft) 1884
To Thomas Hart Benton (draft) Dec. 1853?
To William Eaton Chandler (draft) 188?
To Mr. & Mrs. Gwin (parents) (photocopy only) Oct. 10, 1833
To Carrie Gwin (photocopy only) June 30, 1885
To William M. Gwin (son) (photocopies only)
July 6, 1884
Mar. 21, July 7, 1885
To James Buchanan Jan. 31, 1859
To A. A. Kincannon Feb. 17, 1847
To Gregory Yale Mar. 19, 1860
To ? July 24, 1850
To E. Curtis July 13, 1851
To ? Oct. 26, 1853
To J. W. Maudeville Mar. 18, 1857
To ? Apr. 13, 1844
Incomplete draft of memorial from the Senators and representatives elect from California requesting admittance of California as a state 1850?
Incomplete draft of proposed agreement concerning the construction of a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama 188?
Estimated cost of the Isthmus Pacific Railway, with a copy with some changes in figures in S. C. Boynton's handwriting 1884?
To Board of directors of the Isthmus Pacific Railway Co. (photocopy only) July 30, 1884
To Charles Jean Tristan Montholon, Marquis de Montholon (incomplete draft) Oct. 15, 1865
To Napoléon III (drafts)
Jan. 5, Sept. 12 or 21, 1864
July 3, 1865
Rules and regulations for carrying into effect the treaty between France and Mexico (3 drafts) 1864?
Éclaircissement sur le projet de colinisation des états de Sonora et de Chihuahua (French translation of plan for colonizing Sonora) Mar. 1864
Memorandum on the colonization of Sonora [prepared for Napoléon] Mar. 1864?
Memorandum on the colonization of Sonora [prepared for Napoléon] (draft of a French translation) Mar. 1865?
Gwin, William McKendree, Estate of
Contract with Sylvanus C. Boynton (photocopy only) May 29, 1886
Hamblen, Samuel
To Dr. W. M. Gwin at Fort Jackson near New Orleans 1865-1866, typescript extract from Hamblen's autobiography ca. 18?
Haviland, John Von Sontag?
Metrical description of a fancy ball given in Washington 19th Apr. 1858, dedicated to Mrs. Senator Gwin (printed book) 1858
Huntington, Collis Porter, 1821-1900
To Gwin Nov. 30, 1883
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Friend (printed newspaper extra) 1835
To Gwin
July 3, 1834 (photocopy only)
Dec. 25, 1840
Jan. 27, May 17, June 15, 1841
Jan. 16, 1843
May 9, 1845
Keasbey, A. Q.
To Gwin
Nov. 22, 1884
May 7, 1885
Loysel, C.
Military Passport for Gwin Jan. 18, 1865
MacGinnis and Blackwell
To Gwin (son) (photocopy only) Mar. 17, 1897
Mann, Ambrose Dudley, 1801-1889
To Gwin Aug. 29, 1876
Money, Hernando de Soto, 1839-1912
To Gwin Apr. 17, 1885
Morny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, Duc de, 1811-1865
To Gwin Mar. 6, 1865
Napoléon III, 1808-1873
To Gwin Mar. 10, 1866
Paris. Corps Municipal
Invitation for the Gwin family to the Fête de la Ville June 1867
Pomeroy, Samuel Clarke, 1816-1891
To Gwin
Aug. 24, 1884
Sept. 1, 1885
Prentice, George Denison, 1802-1870
To Mary (Bell) Gwin Apr. 2, 1866
Richardson, Joseph
To E. H. Carmick Feb. 20, 1884
To Samuel Clarke Pomeroy Oct. 28, 1884
Ringgold, Cadwoleoer(?), 1802-1867
To Gwin May 26, 1853
Rucks & Yerger, firm
To F. S. Hunt Jan. 14, 1843
Sharon, William, 1821-1885
To Chester Alan Arthur (copy) ca. 1884
To Gwin Jan. 18, 1884
Slidell, John, 1793-1871
To Gwin Apr. 22, 1850
Tyler, John, 1793-1862
To Gwin Dec. 12, 1850
Tyler, John A.
To Gwin Mar. 18, 1853
U.S. Treasury Dept.
To Gwin. Signed by James Guthrie. From the T. W. Norris Collection Oct. 3, 1854
Vera Cruz (District) Mexico. Prefectura Política
Passport for Gwin from Vera Cruz to Mexico City June 28, 1864
Walker, Robert John, 1801-1869
To Gwin Feb. 20, 1849
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
To Gwin
Dec. 31, 1850
Jan. 31, 1851
Weed, Smith M.
To Gwin July 6, 1885
Wise, Henry Alexander, 1806-1876
To Gwin Dec. 25, 1850
Galley proof of biographical sketch of Gwin published in: Alonzo Phelps: Contemporary Biography of California's Representative Men... ca. 1880
Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck, 1809-1884
To Thomas Hartley Crawford, 1786-1863 Aug. 25, Nov. 5, 1843
To Ralph Graves Aug. 25, 1843
To Gwin Mar. 10, 15, 1845
To James Madison Porter, 1793-1862 Nov. 5, 1843
Clayton, P.
To Orlando Brown, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Mar. 30, 1850
Colbert, Pitman
To Orlando Brown
Mar. 27 (2 letters)
Mar. 30, 1850
Corwin, R. G.
To Orlando Brown Jan. 24, 1850
Crawford, Thomas Hartley, 1786-1863
To Gwin Jan. 11, 1843
Memorandum to John Canfield Spencer, 1788-1885 Jan. 21, 1843
Davis, Jefferson et al
To John Buchanan Floyd, 1807-1863 Dec. 16, 1851
Eugénie, Empress Consort of Napoléon III, 1826-1920
To Charlotte, Empress Consort of Maximilian (excerpts), 1840-1927 Sept. 28, 1865
Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871
To Orlando Brown Mar. 8, June 26, 1850
Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885
Bill to U.S. for mileage allowance June 1847
To James Buchanan
Jan. 8, 26, 1848
Dec. 29, 1850
Mar. 27, May 2, Dec. 22, 1853
July 23, 1854
Dec. 5, 1856
1857?
To Lewis Cass June 4, 1858
To John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne
June 3, 11, Sept. 25 (2 letters), 28, Oct. 9 (2 letters), 14, Nov. 5, 26, 1839
Jan. 22, Feb. 1, 8, June 11, Aug. 13, Nov. 7, 25, 1840
Jan. 10, May 8, Aug. 8, 24, 31, Sept. 8, Oct. 5, Nov. 8, 1841
Mar. 10, 19, July, Dec. 19, 1842
Jan. 3, 18, 23, Feb. 19, Apr. 11, May 13, June 4, 10, 22, 28, 1843
1844?
Articles of copartnership entered into by J. F. H. Claiborne, John D. Freeman and Gwin Oct. 14, 1839
Promissory note Oct. 14, 1839
Legal paper delegating power of attorney to Claiborne for firm of Halsey & Gwin Oct. 15, 1839
Legal transaction for firm of Gwin and Freeman Oct. 24, 1839
Marshal's report Feb. 20, 1840
Appointing Claiborne as deputy marshal Apr. 3, 1840
Instructions for Col. Claiborne Aug. 5?, 1842
Memorandum of agreement signed by Gwin, Claiborne & Halsey May 28, 1844
To Crawford, Thomas Hartley
Aug. 19, 1842
Jan. 3, July 4, Dec. 31, 1843
To Corwin, Thomas Jan. 13, Mar., Apr., June 14, 1851
To John D. Freeman Jan. 9, 1844
To Halleck, Peachy & Van Winkle firm Nov. 29, 1855
To Abram Stevens Hewitt Hodge
Oct. 3, 1876
Feb. 18, 1858
To A. A. Kincannon
Jan. 28, 1843
May 1, 1844
To Daniel Lowe Aug. 29, 1842
To Willliam Learned Marcy Sept. 12, 1853
To H. Northrop Feb. 5, 1842
To James Knox Polk
Aug. 27, Nov. 5, 1842
July 11, 30, 1844
To John Cook Rives
May 22, 1854
Feb. 16, 1860
To J. S. Skinner Nov. 16, 1841
To R. Smith Sept. 19, 1847
To Jesse Speight Apr. 20, 1845
To John Canfield Spencer Jan. 13, 1843
To Samuel Jones Tilden
Nov. 21, 1875
July 26, Aug. 7, 8, Nov. 22, 1876
To U.S. Treasury Dept. Dec. 6, 1848
To Robert John Walker Aug. 28, 1847 (2 letters)
To Daniel Webster
Dec. 23, 1841
Jan. 3, 1842
Dec. 12, 1851
June 6, 1852
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876
To Thomas Ewing Jan. 3, 1850
McCulloh, James William
To Gwin June 24, 1848
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-67
To Napoléon (excerpts) Dec. 27, 1864
Murray, James
To Gwin July 15, 1842
Soddard, D. C.
To Orlando Brown Jan. 12, 1850
Stoeckl, Eduard de, Baron
To Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gorchakov Jan. 4, 1860
Tilden, Samuel Jones, 1814-1886
To Gwin Aug. 12, 1876
U.S. Treasury Dept.
Report to Thomas Ewing Jan. 1, 1850
Walker, Robert John, 1801-1869
To Denis Prieur & Alcée La Branche May 7, 1847
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
Certificate commending Lt. Col. Louis de Fleury (copy) July 25, 1779