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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Legal Papers, A&M 1794, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and legal papers of Republican U.S. Senator (1895-1911) Stephen B. Elkins. There are letters (originals and copies) from James A. Garfield (3); U.S. Grant (2); William McKinley (1); William H. Taft (1); James G. Blaine (23); Benjamin Harrison (18); and other political and business associates. Other personal letters include various correspondents and their opinions of Elkins's speeches. The legal documents pertain to Elkins's New Mexico land interests and lawsuits resulting from his claims, particularly his legal suit with former Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler. Others interested in the New Mexico affairs include William C. Rencher, Abraham Staab, Adolph Staab, T. B. Catron, F. W. Risque, R. C. Kerens, John T. McCook, and Ehud N. Darling.

There is a photostat positive of page 2 of the New York Daily Tribune, dated Thursday, June 4, 1885, that contains a copy of an oration by Stephen Elkins, delivered at the University of Missouri, "Dangers that Menace the Country--Causes and Remedies." There also are blueprints that relate to Elkins's interests in New Mexico (Oversize Folder 1).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Legal documents
• New Mexico
• United States -- Politics and government