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Langdon, William Chauncy, 1831-1895.
William Chauncy Langdon papers, 1600-1903 (bulk 1846-1863).
Correspondence, diary (1865), journals (1850-1856), subject files, family genealogical records, and other papers, chiefly 1846-1863. Includes material relating to Langdon's invention of card games (1846-1847), his work as a professor of astronomy at Shelby College, Shelbyville, Ky., and in the U.S. Patent Office (1851-1856), his career as a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, his role in the founding of the YMCA, especially in Washington, D.C., travels in Europe, the Civil War, Clay-Webster debates, and the administrations of Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Correspondents include family members and Alexander D. Bache, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Breckinridge, Phillips Brooks, Benjamin R. Curtis, George T. Curtis, George M. Dallas, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Joseph Henry, Caroline Lee Hentz, Reverdy Johnson, Amos Kendall, Matthew F. Maury, Thaddeus Stevens, and George Ticknor.
Astronomer, clergyman, and patent lawyer.
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858.
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875.
Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, 1809-1874.
Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894.
Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864.
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874.
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold, 1793-1860.
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896.
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.
Hentz, Caroline Lee Whiting, 1800-1856.
Johnson, Reverdy, 1806-1873.
Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869.
Langdon, William Chauncy, 1831-1895.
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873.
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869.
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868.
Ticknor, George, 1791-1871.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Langdon family -- Genealogy.
United States. Patent Office.
Episcopal Church.
Shelby College (Ky.)
Young Men's Christian Associations.
Young Men's Christian Association (Washington, D. C.).
Astronomy.
Card games.
Universities and colleges -- Kentucky.
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Diaries lcgft
Genealogical tables. aat
Journals. ftamc
Astronomers. lcsh
Clergy. lcsh
Patent lawyers. lcsh
AIP-ICOS
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
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