William Allen Papers
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm75010520
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Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
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collection
William Allen Papers1796-1879 (bulk 1840-1876)
Allen, William, 1803-1879
Biographical History for: William Allen Papers1796-1879 (bulk 1840-1876)
Biographical Note Date Event 1803, Dec. 27 Born, Edenton, N.C. 1819 Moved to Chillicothe, Ohio 1827 Admitted to Ohio bar 1833-1835 Member, United States House of Representatives 1837-1849 United States Senator 1849-1874 Resided on estate near Chillicothe, Ohio 1874-1876 Governor of Ohio 1879, July 11 Died, Chillicothe, Ohio
Scope and Content Note The papers of William Allen (1803-1879) span the years 1796-1879, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1840-1876. The collection focuses on his career in Ohio politics, first as United States representative and senator, then as governor of Ohio. Included are correspondence, speeches, memoranda, financial records, printed matter, maps, and other material. The papers are arranged in a bound Chronological File and a Miscellany. The Chronological File consists primarily of correspondence, financial records, maps, and other material concerning Ohio and national politics during the 1840s and the 1870s. Topics include support of the United States annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, Oregon claims, land surveys, and the Greenback movement. Correspondents include James Faran, James Graham, John Hough, Amos Layman, George Morgan, and Henry A. Whitman. The Miscellany consists of an account book of the Stoney Mill Salt Works, Chillicothe, Ohio, dating from 1811 to 1823, which Allen used partially as the backing for a scrapbook of clippings from 1825 to 1827. Also in the series are cancelled bank checks, an 1838 directory of the United States government, memoranda books containing jottings and accounting notes, newspaper clippings, a notebook, a promissory note, political literature, a scrapbook, speeches by Allen and others, and the records of the Chillicothe Independent Blues, an Ohio militia corps.
series
Chronological File, 1825-1879
Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, financial records, printed matter, and other papers largely related to Allen's career as a United States congressman (1833-1835) and senator (1837-1848) and governor of Ohio (1874-1876).
file
19 Apr. 1825-24 Sept. 1831
27 Sept. 1831-21 Jan. 1840
27 Jan.-28 Nov. 1844
13 Jan.-21 Feb. 1845
22 Feb.-29 Mar. 1845
30 Mar.-1 Dec. 1845
2 Dec. 1845-4 Jan. 1846
5 Jan.-1 Feb. 1846
28 Feb.-1 Apr. 1846
2 Apr.-21 May 1846
22 May-13 July 1846
16 July 1846-24 Jan. 1847
17 Oct. 1873-30 July 1875
31 July 1875-30 May 1879
Undated
Miscellany, 1796-1877
Account book, scrapbooks, memorandum books, notebooks, political literature, records of the Chillicothe Independent Blues Militia Corps, speeches, and other material.
Bank checks, 1860-1873
Chillicothe Independent Blues Militia Corps, records, 1821-1834
Memorandum books, 1854-1871
Newspaper clippings, 1863-1876, undated
Notebook, 1845, undated
Political literature, 1823-1856
Printed matter, 1796, 1824
Promissory note, 1833
Scrapbook, undated
Speeches
By Allen, 1834-1876
By others, 1840-1877
Stoney Mill Salt Works, Chillicothe, Ohio, account book and scrapbook, 1811-1827
United States government directory, 1838