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  • Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
    Title: Richard Clough Anderson papers
    Creator: Anderson, Richard Clough, 1788-1826
    Identifier/Call Number: mssAND
    Physical Description: 15 Linear Feet (25 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1781-1892
    Abstract: Correspondence of the various members of the Anderson family, particularly Richard Clough Anderson Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, as well as Richard Clough Anderson Sr. and his sons Charles, Robert, and Larz; also included correspondence of the Clark and Gwathmey families.
    Language of Material: English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

    Conditions Governing Use

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Richard Clough Anderson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Purchased from Zeitlin and Ver Brugge in 1976.

    Biographical / Historical

    Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) was born in Louisville, Kentucky, son of Elizabeth Clark and Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (1750-1826), and graduated from William and Mary. He married Elizabeth Gwathmey in 1810; the couple had eight children. Anderson served three terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives between 1812 and 1817, and a fourth term from 1821 to 1823. He was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1817 to 1821. From 1823 to 1826, Anderson was minister plenipotentiary to La Gran Colombia, where he negotiated the first treaty between the United States and a South American country. He died of yellow fever in Cartagena enroute to the Panama Congress in 1826.

    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence of the various members of the Anderson family, particularly Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, as well as Richard Clough Anderson, Sr. and his sons Charles, Robert (1805-1871) (of Ft. Sumter fame), and Larz (1803-1878), a capitalist and a prominent citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. Also included correspondence of the Clark and Gwathmey families.
    Subject matter includes real estate transactions, legislation, and land speculation in Kentucky; Louisville and Kentucky politics; Ohio politics and government, especially during the Civil War; relations between Colombia and the U.S.; antislavery sentiment; the Civil War Correspondents include Richards Clough Anderson, Sr., Robert Anderson, Charles Anderson, Larz Anderson, John Jordan Crittenden and John Sherman.
    Correspondents include:
    1. Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (1750-1826) - 59 pieces
    2. Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) - 63 pieces
    3. Robert Anderson - 26 pieces
    4. Charles Anderson - 85 pieces
    5. Larz Anderson - 56 pieces
    6. John Jordan Crittenden -16 pieces
    7. John Sherman - 10 pieces

    Presidential material includes:

    1. John Quincy Adams letters to Richard Clough Anderson and documents - 1823 February 1 (AND 5); 1823 June 4 (AND 6); 1823 June 4 (AND 7); 1824 March 31 (AND 8); 1825 September 16 (AND 9); 1823 May 29 (AND 10)
    2. James Monroe letters to Richard Clough Anderson - 1820 March? (AND 1369); 1820 September 26 (AND 1370); 1822 December 18 (AND 1371); 1823 May 22 (AND 1372)
    3. James Monroe letter to the president of Colombia (contemporary copy), approximately 1823 (AND 1373)
    4. William Henry Harrison letter to Richard Clough Anderson, 1825 September 12 (AND 1081)
    5. Rutherford B. Hayes letters to Charles Anderson - 1863 November 6 (AND 1088); 1865 March 25 (AND 1089); 1865 July 12 (AND 1090); 1870 January 20 (AND 1091); 1870 April 14 (AND 1092)

    Processing Information

    This finding aid was updated in 2022 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project with enhanced description of the presidential material present.

    General

    Individual call numbers in the collection: mssAND 1-1874

    Related Materials

    1. Anderson Family Papers (mssAD 1-454)  

    Arrangement

    Arranged in chronological order followed by miscellaneous documents and ephemera.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Real property -- Kentucky
    Antislavery movements -- United States
    Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
    Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 19th century
    United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Colombia
    Colombia -- Foreign relations -- United States
    Family papers -- 19th century
    Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
    Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
    Anderson, Larz, 1803-1878 -- Correspondence
    Anderson, Richard C. (Richard Clough), 1750-1826
    Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871
    Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863
    Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
    Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
    Monroe, James, 1758-1831
    Sherman, John, 1772-1828
    Anderson family -- Archives