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Additional authors

1. Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933.
2. Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905.
3. Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877.
4. Redpath, James, 1833-1891.

Description

1. 125 items (1 box).

Summary

1. The collection, dating 2 Sept. 1875 to 22 Aug. 1876, consists of correspondence, telegrams, notices of public meetings, sworn statements, witness lists, committee notes, and newspaper clippings concerning the events under investigation and the work of the Select Committee, particularly its efforts to obtain witnesses for hearings in Washington and Mississippi.

Alternative title

1. Redpath manuscripts.

Subject

1. Mississippi > Politics and government > 1865-1950
2. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Mississippi
3. Politicians
4. Elections > Mississippi
5. Civil rights > Mississippi
6. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Louisiana
7. United States > Congress > Senate > Select Committee to inquire into the Mississippi election of 1875
8. African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi

Call number

1. MssCol 3088

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;
2. Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional formats (note)

1. Available on microfilm;

Biography (note)

1. The United States Senate (44th Congress, 1st Session, 1875-1876) appointed a select committee on 31 Mar. 1876 to investigate fraud, civil rights abuses and violence surrounding the Mississippi election of 2 Nov. 1875.

Provenance (note)

1. The documents in this collection were retained by James Redpath to protect the identities of informants and other parties. He donated the papers to the Astor Library in 1880 with a ten-year restriction on access.

Author

1. United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee to inquire into the Mississippi election of 1875.

Title

1. Records of the Select Committee to inquire into the Mississippi election of 1875, 1875-1876.

Additional formats

1. Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-477

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at division indicated.

Access

1. Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Biography

1. The United States Senate (44th Congress, 1st Session, 1875-1876) appointed a select committee on 31 Mar. 1876 to investigate fraud, civil rights abuses and violence surrounding the Mississippi election of 2 Nov. 1875. The scope of the inquiry was later extended to include related incidents at the Louisiana-Mississippi border. George S. Boutwell, senator from Massachusetts, was chairman of the committee. James Redpath of Massachusetts, a noted abolitionist and journalist, was clerk of the committee. The committee's report was submitted and published in 1876 as Mississippi in 1875: Report of the Select Committee to inquire into the Mississippi election of 1875 (Report, 44th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, no. 527).

Provenance

1. The documents in this collection were retained by James Redpath to protect the identities of informants and other parties. He donated the papers to the Astor Library in 1880 with a ten-year restriction on access.

Occupation

1. Politicians.

Added author

1. Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933.
2. Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905.
3. Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877. Addressee
4. Redpath, James, 1833-1891. Addressee

Added title

1. Redpath manuscripts.

Research call number

1. MssCol 3088