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Papers of Caleb Cushing Span Dates: Ca Caleb Cushing A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress Prepared by John McDonough, Esther Coles, Woodrow Hamilton, and Bessie Waters Revised and expanded by Nan Ernst Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 1999 Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2000 2004-11-10 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Collection Summary Title: Papers of Caleb Cushing Span Dates: ca. 1785-1906 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1820-1878) ID No.: MSS17509 Creator: Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879 Language: Collection material in English Extent: 120,000 items; 420 containers plus 4 oversize; 190 linear feet; 9 microfilm reels Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches, notes, notebooks, legal file, business papers, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, maps, photographs, and other papers reflecting Cushing's role in national and international affairs of the mid-nineteenth century. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Names: Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879 Bancroft, George, 1800-1891--Correspondence Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893--Correspondence Campbell, James, 1812-1893--Correspondence Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859--Correspondence Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Correspondence Dobbin, James C. (James Cochran), 1814-1857--Correspondence Everett, Edward, 1794-1865--Correspondence Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893--Correspondence Guthrie, James, 1792-1869--Correspondence Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872--Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880--Correspondence McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895--Correspondence Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857--Correspondence Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869--Correspondence Pike, Albert, 1809-1891--Correspondence Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878--Correspondence Rose, John, Sir, 1820-1888--Correspondence Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872--Correspondence Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866--Correspondence Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864--Correspondence Tyler, John, 1790-1862--Correspondence Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852--Correspondence Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892--Correspondence Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of the Attorney General Democratic Party (U.S.) Geneva Arbitration Tribunal United States and Mexican Claims Commission Whig Party (U.S.) Papers of Caleb Cushing 2 Subjects: The North American review Canals--Panama Diplomatic and consular service, American Land speculation Mexican War, 1846-1848 Political parties--United States China--Foreign relations--United States Colombia--Foreign relations--United States Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States Mexico--Foreign relations--United States Massachusetts--Politics and government--1775-1865 Panama Canal (Panama)--History Spain--Foreign relations--United States United States--Foreign relations--China United States--Foreign relations--Colombia United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain United States--Foreign relations--Mexico United States--Foreign relations--Spain United States--Foreign relations United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims United States--Politics and government--19th century Occupations: Army officers Cabinet officers Diplomats Lawyers Representatives, U.S.--Massachusetts Administrative Information Provenance: The papers of Caleb Cushing, lawyer, author, United States representative from Massachusetts, envoy to China, Colombia, and Spain, brigadier general in the Mexican War, attorney general of the United States, and senior counsel for the United States at the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration, were given to the Library of Congress by his niece, Margaret W. Cushing, 1935- 1942. Several small additions have been acquired through purchase, gift, and transfer, 1906-1995. Processing History: The papers of Caleb Cushing were intially arranged and described between 1961 and 1962. Additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1984 and in 1999. A description of the Caleb Cushing Papers appeared in the Report of the Librarian of Congress, 1936, p. 33. The provenance of Cushing's papers may be found in Claude M. Fuess, The Life of Caleb Cushing (1923): vol. 1, pp. vii-viii; vol. 2, pp. 399-400. Copyright Status: The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Caleb Cushing is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Microfilm: A microfilm edition of selected correspondence, Dec. 1856-Dec. 1860, on eight reels and the treaty of Wang Hiya (Wanghsia), 1844, on one reel is available from the Library's Photoduplication Service for purchase subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C). This microfilm edition may also be requested on interlibrary loan through the Library's Loan Division. Papers of Caleb Cushing 3 Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Caleb Cushing Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1800, Jan. 17 Born, Salisbury, Essex County, Mass. 1817 Graduated, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1820-1821 Tutored mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1821 Admitted to bar and commenced practice of law, Newburyport, Mass. Edited local newspaper Began contributing to North American Review 1824 Elected representative to Massachusetts general court Married Caroline Elizabeth Wilde (died 1832) 1825 Elected Massachusetts state senator 1829-1830 Traveled to England, France, and Spain 1834-1842 U.S. representative from Massachusetts, Whig party 1843 Nominated three times as secretary of the treasury but rejected by the Senate 1843-1844 Commissioner to China; negotiated Treaty of Wang Hiya 1846 Traveled to Great Lakes region and along St. Croix River Reelected representative to Massachusetts general court 1847-1848 Brigadier general, Mexican War 1850 Reelected representative to Massachusetts general court 1851 Elected first mayor of Newburyport, Mass. 1852 Appointed associate justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 1853-1857 Attorney general of the United States 1857 Reelected representative to Massachusetts general court 1860 Named permanent president of the National Democratic Convention, Charleston, S.C. 1860 Sent as President James Buchanan's personal representative to Charleston, S.C., to delay passing of ordnance of secession Papers of Caleb Cushing 4 1865-1870 Counsel for the United States before the British and American Joint Commission to settle claims by the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound companies 1868 Special Minister to Colombia to negotiate a treaty regarding a canal across Isthmus of Panama Appointed agent and counsel by the Mexican government to present claims before the Mexican- American Claims Commission 1871 Appointed counsel for the United States, Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration 1873-1877 Minister to Spain 1879, Jan. 2 Died, Newburyport, Mass. Scope and Content Note The papers of Caleb Cushing (1800-1879) span the period ca. 1785-1906 with the bulk of the material dating from 1820 to 1878. The collection includes diaries; journals; general and special correspondence; subject, legal, and financial files; a speech, article, and book file; and related newspaper clippings and printed matter. There is also an extensive file based on Cushing's land speculation and an additional file with papers that relate to his varied public employments, beginning with the China mission of 1843-1844 and ending with his ministry to Spain, 1873-1877. The General Correspondence series, constituting approximately one-third of the collection, documents Cushing's life and touches on many of the national and international issues that arose during the middle years of the nineteenth century. The much less voluminous Special Correspondence series includes letters dealing with patronage questions during Cushing's congressional career (1835-1843) and during his service as President Franklin Pierce's attorney general (1853-1857). Social correspondence, autograph requests, bound correspondence, and a small amount of family correspondence complete this series. Legal and business correspondence is included as part of the extensive Legal File. The Legal File is divided among cases in which Cushing was in some way personally involved and those in which he acted as attorney or consultant. Also in the Legal File, and separately arranged therein, are drafts of Cushing's opinions as attorney general. Correspondence is also included in the Land Speculation and Related Business Ventures File illustrating Cushing's financial interest in lands located from Maine to Lower California. The Speech, Article, and Book File has material as disparate as Cushing's fledgling attempts at poetry in 1816 and his philippic against Britain's Sir Alexander Cockburn in The Treaty of Washington (1873). The bulk of this file, however, is made up of drafts and printed copies of Cushing's speeches and addresses and drafts of articles for the North American Review and other publications. A Subject
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