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Author/Creator:Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910.
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Title:Thomas Collier Platt papers, 1851-1915 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:11.92 linear feet (15 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Gift of Collier Platt, 1974; Mrs. Byrd S. Platt, 2017; and Timothy (Timo) Collier Platt, 2019.
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Organization:Arranged in three series and two additions: I. Correspondence. II. Bills, Testimony, and Speeches. III. Biographical and Miscellaneous Materials. The addition consists of two bound letterpress volumes of outgoing correspondence relating to the business, personal, and political life of Thomas Collier Platt.
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Access and use:The collection is open for research. Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
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Biographical / Historical note:Thomas Collier Platt: clerk of Tioga County (N.Y.), 1859-1961; member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1873-1877, and Senate, 1881, 1896-1909; president of the Tioga National Bank; president of the U.S. Express Company, 1880-1910; president of Quarantine Commissioners of New York, 1880-1888.
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Summary:Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, political cartoons, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other personal and family papers of Thomas C. Platt, New York businessman and Republican politician. The collection deals primarily with the inner workings of the Republican party in the state of New York from the 1870's to 1910, with emphasis on the period from 1896 to 1909.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet.
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Cite as:Thomas Collier Platt Papers (MS 727). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:Alger, R. A. (Russell Alexander), 1836-1907.
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886.
Barnes, William, 1866-1930.
Black, Frank Swett, 1853-1913.
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893.
Bliss, Cornelius Newton, 1833-1911.
Cassett, Alexander J.
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885.
Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888.
Cornell, Alonzo Barton, 1823-1904.
Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940.
Fassett, J. Sloat (Jacob Sloat), 1853-1924.
Francis, Charles S. (Charles Spencer), 1853-1911.
Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.
Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912.
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904.
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901.
Hay, John, 1838-1905.
Hobart, Garrett A. (Garret Augustus), 1844-1899.
Iddings, Lewis Morris, 1850-1921.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.
Loeb, William, 1866-1937.
McKinley, William, 1843-1901.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.
Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920.
Odell, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Barker), 1854-1926.
Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910.
Quigg, Lemuel Ely, 1863-1919.
Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912.
Riggs, Edward Gridley, 1856-1924.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899.
Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922.
Wellington, George L. (George Louis), 1852-1927.
Wolcott, Edward Oliver, 1848-1905.
United States. Congress. Senate.
American Protective Association.
New York Central Railroad Company.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Irish--United States.
Presidents--United States--Election.
New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
United States--Politics and government.
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Occupation:Legislators.
Politicians.
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