Charles Lanman letters, MSS.0842

Abstract: A collection of letters and other materials containing biographical data from from U.S. congressmen from Alabama, 1828-68, biographical letters from two other persons, five photographs, five letters from congressmen to other government officials, and one letter of transmittal.Scope and Content Note: A collection of letters and other materials containing biographical data from U.S. congressmen in Alabama, 1828-68, biographical letters from two other persons, five photographs, five letters from congressmen to other government officials, and one letter of transmittal.Biographical/Historical Note: Author of the Dictionary of the United States Congress (1859) and Dictionary of the United States Congress and the General Government (1869)