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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: George Harrington papers
Creator:
Harrington, George,
1815-1892
Identifier/Call Number: mssHarrington
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1849-1891
Date (bulk): 1862-1873
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
personal and professional life of George Harrington, American treasury official and
diplomat.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. George Harrington papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
George Harrington (1815-1892), was an American Treasury official and diplomat. Harrington
served as a clerk in the Treasury Department before being appointed chief clerk under his
personal friend Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States. During the Civil War,
Harrington served as assistant secretary of the treasury. After the death of President
Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, Harrington was given the task of organizing the funeral;
he also served as the Grand Marshal for the funeral procession. In 1865-1869 he served as
minister-resident to Switzerland, and from 1870 until 1876 he was president of Automatic
Telegraph Co., New York. Harrington died while traveling at sea in December 1892.
A collection of 64 items which includes the personal and professional correspondence and
documents of George Harrington, chiefly letters addressed to him. Correspondents include
Salmon P. Chase, William Pitt Fessenden, Edward Bates, John J. Cisco, and others. The
letters discuss the U. S. financial administration during the Civil War, New York and
Maryland politics, and Harrington's personal and family affairs. Also included is
Harrington's draft of the program of the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1925. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Former call number: mssHarrington file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diplomats -- United States
Politicians -- United States
Maryland -- Politics and Government -- 19th century
New York (State) -- Politics and Government -- 19th
century
United States -- Politics and Government
-- 1849-1877
United States -- History --
1849-1877
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Personal papers -- United States -- 19th century
Bates, Edward,
1793-1869
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon
Portland), 1808-1873
Cisco, John J.
Fessenden, William Pitt,
1806-1869
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
-- Death and burial
United States. Department of the Treasury -- Officials
and employees