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Gilmore (James Roberts) 1822-1903
Papers (1820-1903)
Ms. 37

Size:          2.9 linear ft.
               (5 document boxes, 4 flat boxes)

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Access:        Access to the collection is unrestricted

Provenance:    The collection was given to the University by
               James Roberts Gilmore in 1891.

Permission:    Permission to publish material from this
               collection must be requested in writing
               from the Manuscripts Librarian,
               Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library,
               The Johns Hopkins University.

Citation:      James Roberts Gilmore Collection Ms. 37
               Special Collections
               Milton S. Eisenhower Library
               The Johns Hopkins University

                     Gilmore (James Roberts) 1822-1903
                            Papers (1820-1903)
                                  Ms. 37

Provenance

The collection was a gift to the University from James Roberts
Gilmore in 1891.  Gilmore lectured at the Peabody Institute during
the winter of 1890 and was a visitor to the Historical Department
of the University.  He later wrote to Professor Herbert Baxter
Adams offering his collection of autograph letters to the
University.

Biographical Note

James Roberts Gilmore was born in Boston in 1822.  Businessman,
novelist and historical writer, he often used the pseudonym "Edmund
Kirke."

In July 1864 Gilmore was sent unofficially by President Abraham
Lincoln to discuss with Jefferson Davis possible terms for ending
the Civil War.  Davis rejected Lincoln's proposals because of the
latter's refusal to recognize the independence of the Confederacy.
When as account of this conference was later published in the
Atlantic Monthly, it did much to undermine the peace treaty in the
North and aided in Lincoln's re-election.

Gilmore edited the Continental Monthly from 1862 to 1865.  He was
editor-in-chief of a proposed Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
He was the author of a number of works including "Among the Pines"
(1862), "The Life of James A. Garfield" (1880), "Personal
Recollections of Abraham and the Civil War" (1898), and "John
Sevier as a Commonwealth Builder."  He married Laura Edmonds,
daughter of the well known New York Judge John W. Edmonds (1799-
1874).  James Roberts Gilmore died in 1903.  A sad postscript to
his life comes to light in a letter written shortly after his death
by his widow to Herbert Baxter Adams in which she says that Gilmore
died "penniless, dependent on the charity of friends."

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The letters span the years 1820-1903.  The collection originated
when Gilmore was editing the Continental Monthly from 1862 to 1865
during which time he received letters from many American literary
men of the period.  Another large portion of the letters was
amassed as a result of Gilmore's connection with a proposed
Cyclopeadia of American Biography of which he was editor-in-chief.
Perhaps the most interesting and important part of the collection
comprises the letters of Gilmore's father-in-law, Judge John W.
Edmonds, whose long connection with the New York bar gave him an
intimate acquaintance with many of the leading statesmen and men in
public life of the first half of the 19th century.

The letters are filed alphabetically by author of letter is Boxes 1
- 5.  There are 7 volumes of scrapbooks filed in  Boxes 6 - 9.
                              Container List
                                  Ms. 37

Box 1          A-Din

Box 2          Do-He

Box 3          Hf-N

Box 4          O-S

Box 5          T-Z

Box 6          Scrapbooks      Vol. I and Vol. II     - Letters
                         from statesmen and men in public life.
         
Box 7          Scrapbooks       Vol. III, Vol. IV  - Letters from
                    literary men.
    

Box 8           Scrapbooks    Vol. V     - Letters of well known
                    women and eminent clergymen.
                         
                         Vol. VI - Letters to Judge John W.     
                    Edmonds from Supreme Court  Justices,  
                    Attorneys General, and jurists of renown.

Box 9       Scrapbooks    Vol. VII   - Letters of miscellaneous
                    educators, inventors, physicians, lawyers,
                    astronomers, philanthropists, librarians, and
                    publishers.

     Notebook - "Garfield Papers"  - A manuscript account of the
                    East Kentucky campaign of 1862, over 30 pages,
                    which was written by Garfield expressly for
                    Gilmore; also a manuscript account of  
                    Garfield's congressional career, taken from
                    his dictation.                              
               This material was used by Gilmore in his "Life of
               James A. Garfield."

CORRESPONDENTS:
 
  A  Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan (1830-89);  Abbott, Lyman (1835-
1922); Adams, Charles Francis      (1835-1915); Adams, Charles Kendell
(1835-1902); Adams, Oscar Fay (1855-1919); Adler,      Felix (1851-
1933); Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907); Allen, Frederick Hovey
(1845-    1926); Allen, James Lane (1849-1925); Allen, William
Francis (1830-89); Allibone, Samual     Austin (1816-89); Ames,
Adelbert (1835-1933); Anderson, Rasmus Bj”rn (1846-1936);  
Andrew, John Albion (1818-67); Andrews, Elisha Benjamin (1844-
1917); Armstrong, Samuel      Chapman (1839-93); Atkinson, Edward
(1827-1905);

   B     Babcock, James Francis (1844-97);  Badeau, Adam (1831-95);
Bailey, James Montgomery      (1841-91); Baldwin, Simoen Ebin (1840-
1927); Ballou, Maturin Murray (1820-95); Bankroft,     Frederic (1860-
1945); Bancroft, George (1800-1891); Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1832-
1918);    Bartlett, John (1820-1905); Bayard, Thomas Francis (1828-
98); Beauregard, Pierre Gustave    Tounte de (1818-93); Beers,
Henry Augustin (1847-1926); Bell, Alexander Melville (1819-
1905); Bellows, Henry Whitney (1814-82); Benjamin, Park (1809-64);
Bessey, Charles     Edwin (1845-1915); Bigelow, John (1817-1911);
Birney, William (1819-1907);            Blatchford, Samuel (1820-93);
Bok, Edward William (1863-1930); Booth, Junius Brutus  (1796-
1852); Bourne, Edward Gaylord (1860-1908);  Boutwell, George Sewell
(1818-1905);   Bowles, Samuel (1851-1915); Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
(1848-95); Brace, Charles Loring   (1826-90); Brigham, Amarish
(1798-1849); Brush, Charles Francis (1849-1929); Brush,     George
Jarvis (1831-1912); Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925); Bryant,
William Cullen      (1794-1878); Buckley, James Monroe (1836-
1920); Burlingame, Edward Livermore (1848-   1922); Burr, Aaron
(1756-1836); Burroughs, John (1837-1921); Butler, Benjamin Franklin
     (1795-1858); Butler, William Allen (1825-1902); Butterfield,
Daniel (1831-1912);

   C Carleton, Williams McKendree (1845-1912); Cass, Lewis (1782-
1866); Chase, Salmon     Portland (1808-73); Child, Frnacis James
(1825-96); Child, Lydia Maria (n‚e Francis) (1802-     80); Church,
William Conant (1836-1917); Clarke, James Freeman (1810-88);
Clarke, 

     Rebecca Sophia (pseud. Sophie May) (1833-1906); Clay, Cassius
Marcellus (1810-1903);   Clayton, Powell (1833-1914); Conkling,
Roscoe (1829-88);  Cook, Joseph (1838-1901);      Cooke, John
Esten (1830-86); Cooke, Rose (n‚e Terry) (1827-92); Cooley, Thomas
McIntyre  (1824-98); Coues, Elliott (1842-99); Cox, Jacob Dolson
(1828-1900); Cox, Samuel Sullivan  (1824-89): Cranch, Christopher
Pearce (1813-92);  Crawford, Francis Marion (1854-1909);   
Crosby, Howard (1826-91); Croswell, Edwin (1791-1871); Cullum,
George Washington   (1809-92); Curtis, George Ticknor (1812-94);
Curtis, George William (1824-92);
  

D    Daly, John Augustin (1838-99); Dana, Charles Anderson (1819-
97); Dana, Richard Henry      (1815-82); Davis, Cushman Kellogg (1838-
1900); Davis, Jefferson (1808-89); Davis, John    Chandler
Bancroft (1822-1907); Davis, Rebecca Blaine (n‚e Harding) (1831-
1910); DeForest,    John William (1826-1906); Deland, Martaretta
Wade (n‚e Campbell) (1857-1945); Denison,    George Taylor (1839-
1925); Dix, John Adams (1798-1879); Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-87);
     Dix, Morgan (1827-1908); Dodge, Grenville Mellen (1831-1916);
Dodge, Mary Abigail      (pseud. Gail Hamilton) (1833-96); Dodge,
Theodore Ayrault (1842-1909); Dodge, William      Earl (1805-83);
Donnelly, Ignatius (1831-1901); Doremus, Robert Ogden (1824-1906);
     Dorr, Julia Caroline (n‚e Ripley) (1825-1913); Douglas, Amanda
Minnie (1831-1916); Dow,      Neal (1804-97); Drake, Charles Daniel
(1811-92); Draper, Lyman Copeland (1815-91);      Dwight, Theodore
William (1822-92);

   E Earle, Pliny (1809-92); Edmunds, George Franklin (1828-1919);
Edwards, Charles (1797-  1868); Egan, Patrick (1841-1919);
Eggleston, Edward (1837-1902); Ely, Richard Theodore   (1854-
1943); Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-82); English, Thomas Dunn (1819-
1901); Evarts,      William Maxwell ( 1818-1901); Everett, Edward
(1794-1865);

   F      Farnham, Eliza Woodson (n‚e Burhans) (1815-64); Farwell,
Charles Benjamin (1823-1903);      Field, David Dudley (1805-94);
Field, Eugene (1850-95); Field, Katherine Keemle (known as  Kate)
(1838-96); Field, James Thomas (1817-81); Fillmore, Millard (1800-
74); Fine, John     (1794-1867); Fish, Hamilton (1808-93); Fisk,
Clinton Bowen (1828-90); Fiske, John (1842-  1901); Flagg,
Azariah (1790-1873); Fletcher, Robert (1823-1912); Fortingham,
Octavius  Brooks (1822-95); Frye, William Pierce (1831-1911);
Furness, Horace Howard (1865-1930); 

   G Garfield, James Abram (1831-81); Gay, Sydney Howard (1814-88);
Gayarr‚, Charles Etienne      Arthur (1805-95); Gerry, Elbridge Thomas
(1837-1927); Gibbons, Abigail (n‚e Hopper)   (1801-93); Gibson,
William Hamilton (1850-96); Giddings, Joshua Reed (1795-1864);
     Gilbert, Linda (1847-95); Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909);
Godkin, Edwin Lawrence   (1831-1902);  Godwin, Parke (1816-1904);
Greeley, Horace (1811-72); Greer, David      Hummell (1844-1919);
Gridley, Philo (1796-1864); Guild, Curtis (1827-1911); Gunter,
     Archibald Clavering (1847-1907);

   H Habberton, John (1842-1921); Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909);
Hale, Horatio       Emmons (1817-96); Hall, Abraham Oakey (1826-
98); Hall, Samuel Carter (1800-89);     Hammond, William Alexander
(1828-1900); Hampton, Wade (1818-1902); Harlan, John   Marshall
(1833-1911); Harris, Ira (1802-75); Hawley, James Roswell (1826-
1903);         Hawthorne, Julian (1846-1934); Hawthorne, Nathaniel
(1804-64); Headley, Phineas Camp   (1819-1903); Helper, Hinton
Rowan (1829-1909); Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow      (1823-
1911); Hogeboom, Henry (1808-72); Holland, Josiah Gilbert (1819-
81); Holley,   Marietta (pseud. Josiah Allen's Wife) (1836-1926);
Holt, Henry (1840-1926); Holt, Joseph   (1807-94); Home, Daniel
Dunglas (1833-86); Hooker, Wothington (1806-67); Hopkins, Mark
     (1802-87); Houghton, Henry Oscar (1823-95); Howe, Julia (n‚e
Ward) (1819-1910);       Howells, William Dean (1837-1920);
Howitt, Mary (n‚e Botham) (1799-1888); Howitt,    William (1792-
1879); Hunt, Richard Morris (1827-95); Hunt, Washington (1811-67);
Hurst,
     John Fletcher (1834-1903);        

   I Imboden, John Daniel (1823-95);

   J Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845); Jackson, Thomas Jonathan
("Stonewall") (1824-63); James,    Thomas Lamuel (1831-1916);
Johnson, Oliver (1809-89); Johnson, Robert Underwood (1853-
1937); Johnson, Rossiter (1840-1931); Jones, Samuel (1769-1853);

   K Kirkland, Caroline Matilda (n‚e Stansbury, pseud. Mary
Clavers) (1801-64); Kirkland,      Joseph (1830-94); Kossuth, Lajos
(anglicized Lewis) (1802-94);

   L Larcom, Lucy (1824-93); Lathrop, George Parsons (1851-98);
Lea, Henry Charles (1825-     1909); Lee, Fitzhugh (1835-1905); Leland,
Charles Godfrey (1824-1903); Lewis, Charles  Bertrand (pseud. M.
Quod) (1842-1924); Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924); Lord, John
     (1810-94); Lossing, Benson John (1813-91); Lounsbury, Thomas
Raynesford (1838-1915);  Lowell, James Russell (1819-91); Lowell,
Josephine (n‚e Shaw) (1843-1905); Lowell, Robert  Traill Spence
(1816-91); Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh (1836-70)

   M Mabie, Hamilton Wright (1845?-1916); Macdonald, James (1803-
48); Mann, Horace (1796- 1859); Marcy, William Learned (1786-
1857); Matthews, James Brander (1852-1929); Medill,    Joseph
(1823-99); Melville, George Wallace (1846-1912); Mendenhall, Thomas
Corwin    (1841-1924); Minturn, Robert Bowne (1805-66); Mitchell,
Donald Grant (pseud. Ike Marvel)   (1822-1908); Mitchell, Silas
Weir (1829-1914); Moore, Horatio Franklin (known as Frank) 
(1828-1904); Morford, Henry (1823-81); Morgan, Edwin Denison (1811-
83); Morse, John    Torrey (1840-1937); Mosby, John Singleton
(1833-1916);

   N Neal, John (1793-1876); Nelson, Knute (1843-1923); Nelson,
Samuel (1792-1873);           Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909); Newell,
Robert Henry (pseud. Orpheus C. Kerr) (1836- 1901); Nicolay, John
George (1832-1901); Nordhoff, Charles (1830-1901); Nothrup, Cyrus
     (1834-1922); Norton, Charles Eliot (1827-1908); Nott,
Eliphalet (1773-1866);

   O      Ochs, Adolf Simon (1858-1935); O'Connor, William Douglas
(1832-89); O'Conor Charles    (1804-84); Opdyke, George (1805-80);
O'Reilley, John Boyle (1844-90); Osgood, Samuel   (1812-80);
Owen, Robert Dale (1801-77);

   P Packard, Alpheus Spring (1839-1905); Park, Benjamin (1809-64);
Parkman, Francis (1823-  93); Parsons, Theophilus (1797-1882);
Parton, James (1822-91); Pennell, Elizabeth (n‚e  Robins) (1855-
1936); Peterson, Henry (1818-91); Phelps, William Walter (1839-94);
Phillips,      Wendell (1811-84); Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-
1919); Pierpont, John (1785-1866);      Pierrepont, Edwards (1817-92);
Poole, William Frederick (1821-94); Pusey, Edward      Bouverie (1800-
82); Putnam, George Haven (1844-1930); Pyle, Howard (1853-1911);

   R Randall, James Ryder (1839-1908); Read, John Meredith (1837-
96); Redpath, James (1833-    91); Reid, Whitelaw (1837-1912);
Riley, Charles Valentine (1843-95); Ripley, George     (1802-80);
Roberts, Sir Charles George Douglas (1860-1943); Roche, James
Jeffrey (1847- 1908); Rolfe, William James (1827-1910); Roosevelt,
Theodore (1858-1919); Rosecrans,   William Starke (1819-98); Ryan,
Patrick John (1831-1911);

   S Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin (1831-1917); Sargent, Epes (1813-
80); Schaff, Philip (1819-93);     Schouler, James (1839-1920);
Schurz, Carl (1829-1906); Schwalke, Frederick (1949-92);   
Scudder, Horatio, Elisha (1838-1902); Sedgwick, Theodore (1811-59);
Seward, William     Henry (1801-72); Seymore, Horatio (1810-86);
Shanley, Charles Dawson (1811-75); Shaw,     Albert (1857-1947);
Sherman, John (1823-1900); Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-91);
     Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow (1814-90); Sikes, William Wirt
(1836-83); Smith, Gerrit      (1797-1874); Smith, Goldwin (1823-1910);
Snow, Lorenzo (1814-1901); Spencer, John     Canfield (1788-
1855); Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth (n‚e Prescott) (1835-1921);
Stedman,  Edmund Clarence (1833-1908); Stoddard, Charles Warren
(1843-1909); Stoddard, Richard,
     Henry (1825-1903); Stoddard, William Osborn (1835-1925);
Stone, William Leete (1835-   1908); Storrs, Richard Salters
(1821-1900); Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth (n‚e Beecher) (1811-  96);
Street, Alfred Billings (1811-81); Sumner, Charles (1811-74);
Sumner, William Graham   (1840-1910);

   T Tappan, Lewis (1788-1873); Thompson, James Maurice (1844-
1901); Thurston, Robert  Henry (1839-1903); Thwing, Charles
Franklin (1853-1937); Tilden, Samuel Jones (1814-86);  Todd,
David (1855-1939); Tompkins, Daniel Augustus (1774-1825); Tourgee,
Albion    Winegar (1838-1905); Tremain, Lyman (1819-78);
Trowbridge, John Townsend (pseud. Paul  Creyton) (1827-1916);
Trumble, Henry Clay (1830-1903); Tuckerman, Henry Theodore 
(1813-71); Tyler, Moses Coit (1835-1900);

   V Van Buren, John (1810-66); Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862); Van
Name, Addison (1835-     1922); Vanderpoel, Aaron (1799-1871);

   W Walker, Robert John (or James) (1801-69); Ward, William Hayes
(1835-1916); Warner,     Charles Dudley (1829-1900); Waterson,
Henry (1840-1921); Webb, Alexander Stewart   (1835-1911); Welles,
Gideon (1802-78); Whitney, Adeline Dutton (n‚e Train) (1824-1906);
     Willard, Francis Elizabeth Caroline (1839-98); Willard, John
(1792-1862); Williams, Talcott     (1849-1928); Willis, Nathaniel
Parker (1806-67); Wilson, James Grant (1832-1914); Wilson, 
William Lyne (1843-1900); Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-94); Wood,
Fernando (1812-81);      Woolson, Constance Fenimore (1840-94);
Worth, William Jenkins (1794-1849); Wright,  Carroll Davidson
(1840-1909); Wright, Marcus Joseph (1831-1922); Wright, Silas
(1795-    1847); Young, John (1802-52).