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John V. LeMoyne papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LeMoyne
Abstract
Mainly incoming letters to Chicago lawyer and Congressman, John V. LeMoyne, from his Washington, Pennsylvania family, including his abolitionist father. Many of the letters caution against real estate speculation and reveal strong religious beliefs.
Dates:
1851-1889; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1875
Lambert Tree papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tree
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, drafts, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lambert Tree, Cook County lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and U.S. diplomat in Belgium and Russia. The collection contains some Tree family material, commentary on the state of the Democratic Party under Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan, and numerous items related to Tree's social, political, philanthropic, and diplomatic activities.
Dates:
1821-1948; Majority of material found within 1821-1933