]> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006007 Thomas F. Bayard A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff Revised by Chanté Wilson Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
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2002

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2005 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Papers of Thomas F. Bayard 1780-1899 (bulk 1860-1889) MSS12088 Bayard, Thomas F., (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898 60,000 items 220 containers plus 18 oversize 49.6 linear feet Collection material in English Manuscript Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Senator, secretary of state, and ambassador. Correspondence, letterbooks, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating to Bayard's career after the Civil War as a politician and legislator and as a cabinet official and diplomat during the presidential administrations of Grover Cleveland. Selected Search Terms

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 Names: Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898 Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924--Correspondence Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916--Correspondence Baden-Powell, George, 1847-1898--Correspondence Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1799-1880--Correspondence Belmont, August, 1813-1890--Correspondence Belmont, Perry, 1850-1947--Correspondence Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904--Correspondence Bryan, Henry Lewis, 1853-1934--Correspondence Butler, M. C. (Matthew Calbraith), 1836-1909--Correspondence Carroll, John Lee, 1830-1911--Correspondence Casserly, Eugene, 1823-1883--Correspondence Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914--Correspondence Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908--Correspondence Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889--Correspondence Denby, Charles, 1830-1904--Correspondence Dickinson, Donald McDonald, 1846-1917--Correspondence Du Pont, Henry, 1812-1889--Correspondence Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926--Correspondence Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1826-1900--Correspondence Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901--Correspondence Fairchild, Charles S. (Charles Stebbins), 1842-1924--Correspondence Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893--Correspondence Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941--Correspondence Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 1837-1917--Correspondence Garland, A. H. (Augustus Hill), 1832-1899--Correspondence Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904--Correspondence Gresham, Walter Quintin, 1832-1895--Correspondence Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902--Correspondence Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904--Correspondence Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895--Correspondence Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893--Correspondence Lamont, Daniel Scott, 1851-1905--Correspondence Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926--Correspondence Manning, Daniel, 1831-1887--Correspondence Manning, Thomas C. (Thomas Courtland), 1831-1887--Correspondence Marble, Manton, 1834-1917--Correspondence McLane, Robert M. (Robert Milligan), 1815-1898--Correspondence Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947--Correspondence Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898--Correspondence Olney, Richard, 1835-1917--Correspondence Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918--Correspondence Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938--Correspondence Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889--Correspondence Phelps, Edward John, 1822-1900--Correspondence Playfair, Lyon Playfair, 1818-1898--Correspondence Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901--Correspondence Sackville, Lionel Sackville Sackville-West, 1827-1908 Sackville, Lionel Sackville Sackville-West, 1827-1908--Correspondence Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906--Correspondence Sherman, John, 1823-1900--Correspondence Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926--Correspondence Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886 Vilas, William F. (William Freeman), 1840-1908--Correspondence Wells, David Ames, 1828-1898--Correspondence Wharton, Francis, 1820-1889--Correspondence White, Henry, 1850-1927--Correspondence White, Horace, 1834-1916--Correspondence Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904--Correspondence Wister, Owen, 1860-1938--Correspondence Baird family--Correspondence United States. Congress. Senate United States. Dept. of State Subjects: Diplomatic and consular service, American--Great Britain Fishery law and legislation Presidents--United States--Election Real property Sealing--Law and legislation Silver question Tariff--United States Transit, International China--Foreign relations--Japan Delaware--Politics and government--1865-1950 Germany--Foreign relations--United States Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States Hawaii--Annexation to the United States Japan--Foreign relations--China Korea--History--1864-1910 Panama Canal (Panama)--History Samoan Islands--History United States--Economic policy--To 1933 United States--Foreign relations--1865-1898 United States--Foreign relations--Germany United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain United States--Politics and government--1865-1900 Venezuela--Boundaries Occupations: Ambassadors Cabinet officers Lawyers Senators, U.S. Congress--Delaware Statesmen Administrative Information Provenance:

The papers of Thomas F. Bayard, senator, secretary of state, and diplomat, were given to the Library of Congress from 1933 to1963, principally by Bayard's daughter, Mrs. William S. Hilles, via Charles Callan Tansill. Small additions were made by Mrs. Charles Callan Tansill, D. H. Mugridge, and John de Porry.

 Processing History:

The papers of Thomas F. Bayard were processed in 1963, and the finding aid was revised in 2002. The material was described in the Report of the Librarian of Congress, 1933, p. 28; 1934, p. 36.

 Copyright Status:

Copyright in the unpublished writings of Thomas F. Bayard in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Thomas F. Bayard Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note Date Event 1828, Oct. 29 Born, Wilmington, Del. 1851 Admitted to the Delaware bar 1853-1854 United States district attorney for Delaware 1854-1857 Practiced law, Philadelphia, Pa. 1856 Married Louise Lee (died 1886) 1856-1869 Practiced law, Wilmington, Del. 1869-1885 United States senator 1872 Delegate to the Democratic Party national convention, Baltimore, Md. 1876 Candidate for Democratic Party presidential nomination 1877 Appointed a member of the Electoral Commission by act of Congress to decide the contests in various states in the presidential election of 1876 1880 Candidate for Democratic Party presidential nomination 1881 Elected president pro tempore of the Senate 1884 Candidate for Democratic Party presidential nomination 1885-1889 Secretary of state 1889 Married Mary W. Clymer 1893-1897 Ambassador to Great Britain 1898, Sept. 28 Died, Dedham, Mass. Scope and Content Note

The papers of Thomas Francis Bayard (1828-1898) consist of correspondence, letterbooks, financial records, legal papers, notes, reports, memoranda, photographs, speeches, printed matter, scrapbooks, and related material. The collection spans the years 1780-1899, with the bulk of the material dated 1860-1898.

The papers relate generally to Bayard's career as a senator, 1869-1885, secretary of state during President Grover Cleveland's first administration, 1885-1889, and as ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-1897, during Cleveland's second administration. The collection contains files pertaining to real estate and financial matters, national politics, the Fitz-John Porter case, Samoa, fisheries and sealing questions, the Venezuelan boundary dispute, Anglo-American and German-American relations, presidential campaigns, the silver question, the Tilden-Hayes election, tariff problems, Sir Lionel S. Sackville-West, the conflict between China and Japan over the vassalage of Korea, American annexation of Hawaii, and the Isthmian transit and canal problem.

Correspondents in addition to members of the Bayard family include Alvey Augustus Adee, James Burrill Angell, George Baden-Powell, James A. Bayard, August Belmont, Perry Belmont, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, Henry L. Bryan, M. C. Butler, John Lee Carroll, Eugene Casserly, Joseph Chamberlain, Grover Cleveland, Samuel S. Cox, Charles Denby, Donald M. Dickinson, Henry A. DuPont, Charles W. Eliot, William C. Endicott, William M. Evarts, Charles S. Fairchild, Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), Worthington C. Ford, Edward M. Gallaudet, Augustus H. Garland, John Brown Gordon, Walter Q. Gresham, Wade Hampton, George F. Hoar, William Henry Hurlbert, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Daniel S. Lamont, Robert Todd Lincoln, Daniel Manning, Thomas C. Manning, Manton Marble, Robert M. McLane, John Bassett Moore, Justin S. Morrill, Richard Olney, Walter Hines Page, George Foster Peabody, George H. Pendleton, Edward John Phelps, Lord Lyon Playfair, Fitz-John Porter, Sir Lionel S. Sackville-West, Carl Schurz, John Sherman, William T. Sherman, Oscar S. Straus, William F. Vilas, David Ames Wells, Francis Wharton, Henry White, Horace White, William C. Whitney, and Owen Wister.

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in five series:

General Correspondence, 1780-1899, n.d. Letterbooks, 1885-1898 Miscellany, 1824-1898, n.d. Scrapbooks, 1847-1892 Oversize, 1879-1892, n.d. Container List Box Contents 1-193 General Correspondence, 1780-1899, n.d. 1-177 Bound, 1796-1899

Bound volumes of letters received with occasional drafts of letters sent and telegrams, memoranda, and related reports, speeches, financial records, papers, printed matter, and newspaper clippings.

Arranged chronologically.

 11796, July 15-1859, June 23 2 1859, Feb. 19-1860, July 10 3 1860, Feb. 19-July 10 4 1860, July 11-1861, Jan. 17 5 1861, Jan. 18-June 23 6 1861, June 24-1862, Jan. 23 7 1862, Jan. 26-1863, Feb.1 8 1863, Feb. 3-1864, Jan. 2 9 1864, Jan. 6-July, 20 10 1864, July 23-1865, Feb. 13 11 1865, Feb. 14-1867, Oct. 31 12 1867, Nov. 1-1868, Feb. 6 13 1868 Feb.7-Apr. 13 14 Apr. 14-July 20 15 July 22-Nov. 18 16 1868, July 19-1869, Jan. 20 17 1869 Jan. 26-Apr. 19 18 Apr. 20-Oct. 11 19 1869, Oct. 12-1870, Feb. 4 20 1870, Feb. 7-June 29 21 1870, June 30-1871, Apr. 17 22 1871, Apr. 18-1872, Jan. 10 23 1872 Jan. 11-Mar. 28 24 Mar. 29-Oct. 8 25 1872, Oct. 11-1873, July 11 26 1873, July 12-June 11 27 1874, June 12-1875, Jan. 11 28 1875 Jan. 12-Feb. 12 29 Feb. 13-Apr. 20 30 Apr. 21-Dec. 18 31 1875, Dec. 25-1876, Apr. 3 32 1876, Apr. 7-Oct. 8 33 1876, Oct. 27-1877, Jan. 30 34 1877 Jan. 31-Feb. 15 35 Feb. 16-May 4 36 May 6-Aug. 14 37 Aug. 15-Nov. 19 38 Nov. 20-Dec. 31 39 1878 Jan. 1- Feb. 9 40 Feb. 11- Apr. 4 41 Apr. 5-May 22 42 May 23- July 29 43 July 30- Nov. 22 44 1878, Nov. 23-1879, Jan. 13 45 1879 Jan. 14-Feb. 13 46 Feb. 14-Mar. 10 47 Mar. 11-Apr. 1 48 Apr. 2-May 14 49 May 15-July 7 50 July 8-Nov. 28 51 Nov. 29-Dec. 31 52 1879, no month or day-1880, Feb. 3 53 1880 Feb. 4-Mar. 14 54 Mar. 15-May 1 55 May 5-June 15 56 June 16-Aug. 19 57 Aug. 20-Oct. 22 58 1880, Oct. 23-1881, Jan. 21 59 1881, Jan. 23-May 30 60 1881, June 3-1882, Jan. 20 61 1882, Jan. 24-Aug. 6 62 1882, Aug. 7-1883, Jan. 22 63 1883, Jan. 24-June 21 64 1883, June 26-1884, Jan. 11 65 1884 Jan. 14-June 20 66 June 21-Nov. 12 67 Nov. 13-Dec. 9 68 1884, Dec. 11-1885, Jan. 7 69 1885 Jan. 8-5 70 Feb. 6-26 71 Feb. 27-Mar. 11 72 Mar. 12-28 73 Mar. 29-Apr. 18 74 Apr. 19-May 7 75 May 8-28 76 May 29-June 19 77 June 20-July 7 78 July 8-Aug. 3 79 Aug. 4-31 80 Sept. 1-30 81 Oct. 1-23 82 Oct. 24-Nov. 27 83 Nov. 28-Dec. 25 84 1885, Dec. 26-1886, Jan. 7 85 1886 Jan. 8- Feb. 25 86 Feb. 26-Mar. 30 87 Mar. 31-May 5 88 May 6-25 89 May 26-June 15 90 June 16-July 5 91 July 6-16 92 July 17-Aug. 2 93 Aug. 3-17 94 Aug. 17-Sept. 3 95 Sept. 4- 24 96 Sept. 25-Oct. 16 97 Oct. 17-Nov. 11 98 Nov. 12-29 99 Nov. 30-Dec. 20 100 Dec. 21-31 101 1887 Jan. 1-21 102 Jan. 22-Feb. 8 103 Feb. 9-22 104 Feb. 23-Mar. 11 105 Mar. 12-31 106 Apr. 1-24 107 Apr. 25-May 13 108 May 14-June 1 109 June 2-22 110 June 23-July 22 111 July 23-Aug. 29 112 Aug. 29-Sept. 25 113 Sept. 26-Oct. 14 114 Oct. 15- 29 115 Oct. 30-Nov. 15 116 Nov. 16-Dec. 7 117 Dec. 8-31 118 1887, no month or day-1888, Jan. 3 119 1888 Jan. 4-21 120 Jan. 22-Feb. 10 121 Feb. 11-23 122 Feb. 29-Mar. 17 123 Mar. 19-Apr. 5 124 Apr. 6-May 1 125 May 2-26 126 May 26-June 25 127 June 26-July 30 128 July 31-Aug. 22 129 Aug. 23-Sept. 12 130 Sept. 13-25 131 Oct. 26-Nov. 14 132 Nov. 15-Dec. 15 133 Dec. 16-31 134 1888, undated-1889, Jan. 4 135 1889 Jan. 5-Feb. 1 136 Feb. 2-27 137 Feb. 28-Sept. 22 138 1889, Sept. 23-1890, Jan. 3 139 1890 Jan. 4-Apr. 3 140 Apr. 4-Oct. 30 141 1890, Nov. 1-1891, May 13 142 1891, May 14-Nov. 24 143 1891, Nov. 27-1892, Apr. 10 144 1892, Apr. 13-Nov. 10 145 1892, Nov. 11-1893, Feb. 27 146 1893 Feb. 28-Mar. 30 147 Mar. 31 148 Apr. 1-13 149 Apr. 14-May 29 150 May 30-July 10 151 July 11-Sept. 26 152 Sept. 30-Dec. 12 153 1893, Dec. 13-1894, Feb. 12 154 1894 Feb. 13-Apr. 7 155 Apr. 8-July 11 156 July 13-Nov. 2 157 Nov. 3-Dec. 31 158 1895 Jan. 1-Mar. 13 159 Mar. 14-May 25 160 May 28-Aug. 11 161 Aug. 12-Nov. 27 162 Nov. 30-Dec. 31 163 1896 Jan. 1-31 164 Feb. 1-Mar. 6 165 Mar. 9-May 12 166 May 13-Aug. 9 167 Aug. 10-Oct. 13 168 Oct. 14-Nov. 4 169 Nov. 5-Dec. 8 170 1896, Dec. 9-1897, Jan. 14 171 1897 Jan. 15-Mar. 1 172 Mar. 2-May 4 173 May 5-June 27 174 June 28-Aug. 17 175 1897, Aug. 19-1898, May 3 176 1898, May 14-1899, Feb. 7 Undated “B-W” miscellaneous 177 Unidentified 178-193 Unbound, 1780-1898, n.d.

Letters and telegrams received and drafts of correspondence sent.

Arranged chronologically.

 1781780, 1812-1871 (21 folders) 179 1872, Jan.-1876, Apr. (16 folders) 180 1876, May-1878, Apr. (15 folders) 181 1878, May-1879, June (13 folders) 182 1879, July-1880, June (13 folders) 183 1880, July-1884, June (9 folders) 184 1884, July-1885, Mar. (14 folders) 185 1885, Apr.-Nov. (14 folders) 186 1885, Dec.-1886, Dec. (16 folders) 187 1887, Jan.-July (16 folders) 188 1887, Aug.-Dec. (8 folders) 189 1888 (14 folders) 190 1889 (14 folders) 191 1890-1893 (13 folders) 192 1894, Jan.-1897, June (17 folders) 193 1897, July-1898, Dec., n.d. (12 folders) 194-209 Letterbooks, 1885-1898

Letterpress and carbon copies of outgoing correspondence in three groupings from Bayard's career as secretary of state and ambassador to Great Britain. There is some overlapping between series.

Arranged chronologically by earliest date of each volume.

 194 Series I 1885, Mar. 20-Nov. 20 195 1885, Nov. 22-1886, June 22 196 1885, June 22-1886, Dec. 13 197 1886, Dec. 13-1887, Apr. 26 198 1887, Apr. 26-Aug. 29 199 1887, Aug. 30-1888, Jan. 11 200 1888 Jan. 13-May 26 201 May 26- Sept. 26 202 Sept. 26-Dec. 10 203 1888, Dec. 10-1889, Mar. 1 204 Series II 1893, July 12-1894, July 20 205 1894, July 26-1895, June 8 206 1895, June 8-1896, Feb. 24 207 1896, Feb. 24-Dec. 4 208 1896, Dec. 5-1897, May 3 209 Series III 1890-1898 210-218 Miscellany, 1824-1898, n.d.

Announcements, calling cards, greeting cards, certificates, financial records, genealogical material, legal papers, maps, notes, drafts, reports, memoranda, transcripts, photographs, speeches, printed matter, and various topical files.

Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.

 210 Announcements, calling cards, and greeting cards, n.d. (2 folders) Bills and receipts, 1868-1897 (9 folders) Certificates, 1880-1890 Financial records, 1868-1897 (2 folders) Genealogy, 1879-1880 General, 1866, 1895-1897 211 Johnson Steel Co. of Lorain, Ohio, 1894-1898 (4 folders) Legal papers, 1824-1898 (6 folders) 212 Maps, n.d. See Oversize Notes, drafts, reports, memoranda, transcripts, and miscellaneous material, n.d. (8 folders) 213 (4 folders) Photographs, n.d. (2 folders) Printed matter, ca. 1865-1898 (3 folders) 214 (5 folders) 215 (6 folders) 216 (5 folders) 217 (1 folder) Samoan Conference, 1887 Sermon by Archdeacon Sinclair concerning Bayard, 1897 Silver Mission, correspondence with Manton Marble and reports, 1885-1886 (2 folders) 218 Speeches, 1870-1897 (13 folders) 219-220 Scrapbooks, 1847-1892

Bound volumes of newspaper clippings and printed matter. There is considerable overlapping between volumes.

Arranged chronologically by earliest year of each volume.

 219 1847-1861 1870-1879 220 1876-1879 (2 vols.) 1879, silver question See Oversize 1883 See Oversize 1884, presidential campaign See Oversize 1885 See Oversize 1887-1888 See Oversize "The Irish World" Miscellany 1887-1889 See Oversize Samoa Seal fisheries 1888 See Oversize Miscellany Presidential election campaign 1888-1889 See Oversize Canadian fisheries (2 vols.) Miscellany 1888-1892 See Oversize (2 vols.) 1889 See Oversize 1889-1890 See Oversize 1892 OV 1-OV 18 Oversize, 1879-1892, n.d.

Maps and scrapbooks arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.

 OV 1 Miscellany Maps, n.d. (Container 212) OV 2 Scrapbooks (Container 220) 1879, silver question OV 3 1883 OV 4 1884, presidential campaign OV 5 1885 OV 6 1887-1888 "The Irish World" OV 7 Miscellany OV 8 1887-1889 Samoa OV 9 Seal fisheries OV 10 1888 Miscellany OV 11 Presidential election campaign OV 12 1888-1889 Canadian fisheries (1 vol.) OV 13 (1 vol.) OV 14 Miscellany OV 15 1888-1892 (1 vol.) OV 16 (1 vol.) OV 17 1889 OV 18 1889-1890