Thomas Ewing Family Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2005 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005009 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79020099 Prepared by Daniel Gilham and Allan Teichroew Revised and expanded by Margaret McAleer Collection Summary Title: Thomas Ewing Family Papers Span Dates: 1757-1941 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1815-1896) ID No.: MSS20099 Creator: Ewing family Extent: 94,000 items ; 303 containers plus 11 oversize ; 123.2 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Correspondence, diaries, journals, legal files, military records, speeches and writings, reports, notes, autographs, scrapbooks, biographical material, commonplace books, financial records, genealogies, photographs, printed matter, and maps pertaining to members of the Ewing family including Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), senator from Ohio and cabinet member; Thomas Ewing (1829-1896), Union general during the Civil War and congressman from Ohio; Ellen Ewing Sherman and her husband, William T. Sherman, Civil War general; and Thomas Ewing (1862-1942), lawyer, writer, and patent commissioner. 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. People Beecher, Philemon, 1775-1839--Correspondence. Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844--Correspondence. Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893--Correspondence. Browning, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881--Correspondence. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852--Correspondence. Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865--Correspondence. Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863--Correspondence. Ewing family. Ewing, Hugh, 1826-1905. Hugh Ewing papers. Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871. Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896. Thomas Ewing papers. Ewing, Thomas, 1862-1942. Thomas Ewing papers. Goddard, Charles B. (Charles Backus), 1796-1864--Correspondence. Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872--Correspondence. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841--Correspondence. Hill, Britton Armstrong, 1818-1888--Correspondence. Hunter, Hocking H.--Correspondence. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875--Impeachment. Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876--Correspondence. Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855--Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence. McLean, John, 1785-1861--Correspondence. Olney, Richard, 1835-1917--Correspondence. Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910--Correspondence. Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891--Correspondence. Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898--Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872--Correspondence. Sherman, Ellen Ewing, 1824-1888. Ellen Ewing Sherman papers. Sherman, John, 1823-1900--Correspondence. Thomas Ewing Family Papers 2 Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. William T. Sherman papers. Stanbery, Henry, 1803-1881--Correspondence. Swayne, Noah Haynes, 1804-1884--Correspondence. Thurman, Allen Granbery, 1813-1895--Correspondence. Tyler, John, 1790-1862--Correspondence. Vinton, Samuel Finley, 1792-1862--Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852--Correspondence. Organizations Bank of the United States (1816-1836) Conference Convention (1861 : Washington, D.C.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Department of the Interior. Whig Party (U.S.) Subjects Banks and banking. Currency question--United States. Frontier and pioneer life. Greenbacks. Land speculation--United States. Law--Ohio. Patent laws and legislation. Practice of law--Ohio. Public lands--United States. Sectionalism (United States) Places California--Gold discoveries. Kansas--Politics and government--1854-1861. Ohio--Centennial celebrations, etc. Ohio--Politics and government. United States--Economic policy--To 1933. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--Politics and government--19th century. United States--Social life and customs--19th century. West (U.S.)--History. Occupations Cabinet officers. Senators, U.S.Congress--Ohio. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of the Thomas Ewing family were given to the Library by members of the Ewing family between 1908 and 1978. Additional items were purchased between 1906 and 1998. Processing History The papers were arranged and described in 1965. Additional material was incorporated into the collection in 1979, 1996, and 2005. Thomas Ewing Family Papers 3 Transfers Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs and other pictorial material have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Some pamphlets and newspaper clippings have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Some maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Ewing Family Papers. Related Material Other papers of the Thomas Ewing family are in the Manuscript Division's Charles Ewing Family Papers. The Library also has microfilm copies of the Thomas Ewing (1789-1871) Papers at Notre Dame University and the Thomas Ewing (1829-1896) Papers at the Kansas State Historical Society. Copyright Status The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Ewing family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Access and Restrictions The papers of the Thomas Ewing family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Thomas Ewing Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Thomas Ewing (1789-1871) Date Event 1789, Dec. 28 Born near West Liberty, Ohio County, Va. 1792 Moved with family to Marietta, Ohio 1798 Moved with family to Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio 1809-1812 Worked intermittently at the Kanawha, Va., saltworks 1812-1815 Attended Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 1815-1816 Studied law in the office of Philemon Beecher, Lancaster, Ohio; admitted to the bar in 1816 Circa 1817-1822 Prosecuting attorney, Fairfield County, Ohio 1820 Married Maria Wills Boyle 1823 Defeated as a candidate for the Ohio legislature 1829 Adopted William T. Sherman 1830 Elected to United States Senate on Whig ticket Thomas Ewing Family Papers 4 1836 Appointed William T. Sherman to United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Defeated in bid for reelection to the Senate; resumed his law practice at Lancaster, Ohio 1841 Appointed secretary of the treasury by William Henry Harrison, resigning when Harrison's successor, John Tyler, vetoed a bill for rechartering the Bank of the United States; resumed law practice 1849 Appointed by Zachary Taylor to organize the Home Department (later Department of the Interior) 1850 Appointed to the United States Senate to complete the unexpired term of Thomas Corwin who became secretary of the treasury 1851 Retired from public service, resuming his law practice 1851-1869 Practiced law, largely before the Supreme Court of the United States 1861 Appointed delegate to the Peace Convention, Washington, D.C. 1871, Oct. 26 Died, Lancaster, Ohio Thomas Ewing (1829-1896) Date Event 1829, Aug. 7 Born, Lancaster, Ohio 1848 Private secretary to Zachary Taylor 1852-1854 Attended Brown University, Providence, R.I. 1854-1857 Lived in Cincinnati, Ohio; attended Cincinnati Law School; admitted to bar in 1855 1856 Married Ellen Ewing Cox 1857 Moved to Leavenworth, Kans., where he practiced law as a member of the firm of Ewing, Sherman, and McCook 1858-1861 Instrumental in exposing voting frauds under the Lecompton constitution and in bringing Kansas into the Union as a free state 1861 Elected the first chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court; represented Kansas at the Peace Convention, Washington. D.C. 1862 Resigned as chief justice; appointed colonel of the Eleventh Kansas Volunteers 1863, Mar. Promoted to brigadier general after the Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. 1863-1864 Assigned to command the border district which included Kansas and the western part of Missouri; issued Order No. 11 (25 Aug. 1863) which depopulated counties in Missouri in an effort to rout outlaws hiding there 1864 Assigned to command the St. Louis, Mo., district Participated in the Battle of Pilot Knob, St. Louis, Mo. Thomas Ewing Family Papers 5 1865 Resigned commission; breveted major general Defended Samuel Bland Arnold, Edward Spangler, and Samuel Mudd on charges of conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln 1865-1870 Practiced law, Washington, D.C. 1870 Moved to Lancaster, Ohio 1873-1874 Member of the Constitutional Convention of Ohio 1877-1881 Represented the Lancaster, Ohio, congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 1879 Ran unsuccessfully as Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio 1882 Moved to Yonkers, N.Y. 1882-1896 Practiced law, New York, N.Y. 1896, Jan. 21 Died, New York, N.Y. Thomas Ewing (1862-1942) Date Event 1862, May 21 Born, Leavenworth, Kans. 1879-1881 Attended