Repository: Wallace Township Archives / Place: Chester County (Pa.) / Creator: McIlvaine, A. R. (Abraham Robinson), 1804-1863 / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1855">1855</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1859">1859</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Wallace Township Archives Place Chester County (Pa.) Creator McIlvaine, A. R. (Abraham Robinson), 1804-1863 Year 1855 to 1859

Extent:: 0.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863) was a farmer and United States Congressman from Pennsylvania. In office from 1843-1849, he befriended future president Abraham Lincoln during Lincoln's only term in Congress. The Abraham R. McIlvaine correspondence, 1836-1857, consists entirely of incoming and outgoing letters between Abraham McIlvaine and various family members. There are 556 letters, spanning the time period during Abraham McIlvaine's career as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a U.S. Congressman and chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War, and his post-political life. At least some of McIlvaine's letters from 1843-1849 discuss his activities in Congress.

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