Gilded Age Collections

(Description ID: 594285)

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

William McKinley

GA-29

Introduction
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content
Inventory

Introduction
The Scope and Content includes information on the William McKinley Collection (GA-29) and an artificial collection listing all William and Ida (Saxton) McKinley correspondence, documents, speeches, and miscellaneous items held by the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center.

Biographical Sketch
William McKinley, the twenty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio, in 1843, the son of William and Nancy (Allison) McKinley. He briefly attended Allegheny College, but returned to Niles and taught school. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in the Twenty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry where he met Rutherford B. Hayes. He was mustered out at war’s end as a brevet major. During his entire political career, he was known as "Major" McKinley. Following the war, he studied law and in 1867 was admitted to the Ohio bar. He opened an office in Canton, Ohio, where he maintained a home until his death.

Active in the Republican Party, McKinley was elected prosecuting attorney of Stark County in 1869. Two years later, he married Ida Saxton, the daughter of a Canton banker. They were the parents of two daughters, but both died in childhood. Grief over their tragic loss of their daughters coupled with epilepsy transformed Ida McKinley into an invalid. Devoted to his wife, McKinley lavished attention and affection on her for the remainder of their lives.

In 1876, McKinley won a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives where he became a strong supporter of the protective tariff. Popular among House members and a gifted speaker, McKinley was named to the powerful Ways and Means Committee in 1880. After fourteen years in the House of Representatives, McKinley served two terms as Ohio’s governor. His friendship with Ohio industrialist Mark Hanna helped propel him to the presidency. Expecting an easy victory, McKinley was unprepared for the nation’s enthusiasm for Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan running on a free-silver platform. Rather than compete with Bryan, who toured the country, McKinley conducted a "front-porch" campaign in Canton, giving effective speeches on the dangers of free silver. Hanna raised nearly four million dollars for McKinley’s campaign. Millions of pamphlets, campaign advertising, and party speakers turned the tide, and McKinley won with a decisive victory.

McKinley proved an effective, forceful executive who expanded the office of the presidency through better press relations and efficient use of staff and travel. Foreign policy issues dominated the McKinley administration. The Cuban rebellion against Spanish rule brought public pressure on the administration to support Cuban insurgents. In the hundred-day Spanish American War, the United States destroyed the Spanish fleet, seized Manilla in the Philippines, and occupied Puerto Rico. After a tour of the country, McKinley detected an imperialist sentiment and decided to annex the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. McKinley also paved the way for the building of the Panama Canal and established the Open Door Policy with China. McKinley exercised the war powers act in 1900 to protect American interests in China. He sent troops to China to aid trapped Europeans during the Boxer Rebellion.

After the death of his vice-president, McKinley chose Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate in his bid for a second term. He won another decisive victory over Bryan. During the summer of 1901, McKinley toured the country; in September he visited the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. On September 5^th, he was shot while giving a speech in Buffalo by self-proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. He died eight days later and was buried in Canton, Ohio. American National Biography.

Scope and Content
The collection (GA-29) consists of seven volumes of transcripts of telegrams kept in diary form by Benjamin F. Montgomery, White House telegrapher, between January 24,1898, and June 15, 1902. While some telegrams relate to the Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Boxer Rebellion, others are from the period after McKinley’s death during the Theodore Roosevelt administration.

The inventory that follows is an item-level description of an artificial collection of all incoming and outgoing correspondence, speeches, documents, and miscellaneous items associated with William and Ida (Saxton) McKinley and held in fifteen manuscript collections by the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. The bulk of the correspondence appears in the Rutherford B. Hayes Papers and the Arthur L. Conger Papers (GA-12). Correspondence between Hayes and McKinley, consisting of nearly one hundred letters, began during the Civil War and continued through the fall of 1892. The Arthur L. Conger Papers contain thirty-five letters from McKinley to Conger written between the years 1883 and 1895.

Inventory
Ac. 1157
1 ½ linear feet

The Papers of Rutherford B. Hayes (Hayes-1)

Hayes, Rutherford B.
   To WMcK dtd Gallipolis, 0., Mch. 10, 1864 [US Military Telegraph].
   To WMcK dtd near Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 24, 1864, 4p.
   To WMcK dtd Cincinnati, Nov. 6, 1866, 2p.
   To WMcK dtd Columbus, 0., Jne. 6, 1871, 1p.
   To WMcK dtd Columbus, 0., Jly. 3, 1871[see bottom of letter, RBH to WMcK dtd Jne. 6, 1871]
   To WMcK dtd Columbus, 0., Aug. 30, 1871, 2p.
   To WMcK dtd Fremont, 0., May 23, 1881, 1p. ALS.
   To WMcK dtd Fremont, 0., Jne. 9, 1885, 1p. ALS.
   To WMcK dtd Fremont, 0., Jne. 27, 1888, 1p.
   To WMcK dtd Spiegel Grove, Apr. 30, 1892 1p. ALS.
   To WMcK & Mrs. WMcK dtd Sept. 20, 1889, dispatch.

McKinley, William
   To RBH dtd Hdq. Army of W. Va., Nov. 18, 1864 1p.
   To RBH dtd Apr. 3, 1865, 1p.
   To Russell Hastings dtd Poland, 0., Aug. 28, 1865, 2p. ALS.
   To "Comrades of 23rd Regt." dtd Cleveland, Sept. 30, 1868.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Nov. 28, 1869, 2p. ALS.
   To W. R. Thrall dtd Canton, 0., Sept. 19, 1870, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH & LWH dtd Canton, 0., Dec. 12, 1870, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Apr. 26, 1871, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., May 3, 1871, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 26, 1871, 1p, ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Aug. 24, 1871, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Columbus, 0., Jne. 1, 1875, 1p. Telegram.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 8, 1875 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Oct. 21, 1875, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Nov. 17, 1875, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jan. 18, 1876, 1p. Petition.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Mch. 6, 1876, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 26, 1876, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jly. 1, 1876, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Mch. 10, 1877, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Columbus, 0., Mch. 15, 1877, 1p. Telegram.
   To RBH dtd Washington, Mch. 23, 1877, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Aug. 13, 1878, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Orrville, 0., Sept. 23, 1878, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Wooster, 0., Sept. 26, 1878, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Oct. 9, 1878. Telegram.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Oct. 10, 1878, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Washington, Dec. 10, 1878, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Jan. 9, 1879, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Feb. 24, 1879. Telegram.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 23, 1879, 3p. Petition.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Oct. 20, 1879, 2p. ALS.
   To R. W. Thompson dtd House Representatives, Dec. 12, 1879, 1p.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Mch. 22, 1880, 1p. ALS.
   To James N. Tyner dtd House Representatives, May 2. 1880, 2p. LS. [see Jas. N. Tyner
        to RBH same date.]
   To RBH dtd West Point, N.Y., Jne. 16, 1880, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Jly. 17, 1880, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Nov., 1880. Telegram.
   To Comm. Wells dtd Canton, 0., Nov. 15, 1880, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Nov. 18, 1880, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Dec. 16, 1880 [see verso of letter J. E. Barrett to WmcK dtd Wooster, 0.,
        Dec. 13, 1880, 2p.].
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Jan. 20, 1881, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Jan. 22, 1881, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Feb. 18, 1881 [see verso of letter J. B. Nessle to RBH dtd Feb. 1, 1881].
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Aug. 17, 1881, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Feb. 27, 1882, 3p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Mch. 22, 1882, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, May 18, 1882, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Nov. 9. 1882, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Nov. 28, 1882, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH & LWH dtd Canton, 0., May 8, 1883, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Jly. 5, 1884, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jly. 22 1885, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Jly. 2, 1888, 3p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Aug. 6, 1888 1p. LS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Dec. 31, 1888, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Mch. 28, 1889, 2p. LS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Apr. 9, 1889, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Columbus, 0., Jne. 25, 1889, Telegram.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 28, 1889, Telegram.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Aug. 4, 1890, 2p. LS.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Nov. 12, 1890, 2p. LS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 22, 1891, 2p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd [East Liverpool, 0.], Jly. 27, 1891, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Quaker City, 0., Aug. 19, 1891. 1p. Telegram. W/notation by RBH.
        Xerox copy.
   To RBH dtd Exec. Chamber, Columbus, Feb., 1892, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Exec. Chamber, Columbus, Feb. 18, 1892, 1p. LS.
   To RBH dtd Exec. Chamber, Columbus, Mch. 15, 1892, 1p. LS.
   To RBH dtd Exec. Chamber, Columbus, May 20, 1892, 1p. LS.
   To RBH dtd Exec. Dept., Columbus, Jne. 15, 1892, 1p. LS.
   To RBH dtd Exec. Dept., Columbus, Sept. 9. 1892, 1p. LS.

McKinley, Mrs. William (Ida)
   To RBH dtd Canton, O., Sept. 24, 1883. Telegram.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Sept. 20, 1889.Telegram.
   To RBH dtd House Representatives, Jan. 18, 1890, 2p. ALS.

McKinley, Mr. & Mrs. William
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Dec. 29, 1877, 1p. ALS.
   To RBH dtd Canton, 0., Jan. 6, 1879, 1p.
   To RBH & LWH dtd Feb. 8, 1878, 1p. Formal note. [2].
   To RBH & LWH dtd Feb. 20, 1879. Formal note.
   To RBH & LWH dtd Washington, Jan. 16, 1880. Formal note.
   To RBH & LWH dtd Feb. 19, 1881. Formal note.
   To RBH & LWH dtd Washington, Mch. 3, 1881. Formal note.

Brooks, J. T.
   To WMcK dtd Pittsburgh, Feb. 21, 1881, 2p. LS.

Chance, Mahlon
   To WMcK dtd Fremont, 0., Jan. 29, 1880, 6p. ALS.

Neil, Johnathan B. [RBH's Personal Secretary]
   To WMcK dtd Columbus, 0., Jne. 6, 1871, 1p.

Pollock, John
   To WMcK dtd North Lawrence, 0., Feb. 24, 1876, 2p. ALS.

Rogers, William King
   To WMcK dtd White House, Washington, 1879. Telegram
   To WmcK dtd Executive Mansion, Nov. 29, 1879. Telegram.

Miscellaneous
   Autograph signature, RBH's Autograph Album dtd Jan. 14, 1878.
   WMcK, notation signed dtd Jan. 21, 1881 [see verso of letter J. B. Nessle to WMcK
        dtd Jan. 18, 1881].
   Proclamation of Gov. WMcK on death of ex-president RBH dtd Jan. 19, 1893, 3p.
   Speech of WMcK entitled: "Life and Character of RBH," given at G.A.R. Encampment,
        Hamilton, O., May 16, 1893, 4p.
   Address delivered by WMcK at dedication of Soldiers' Monument dtd Cleveland,
        Jly. 4, 1894, 4p.
   Thomas, George H.
      To [Abraham Lincoln], Edwin M. Stanton, Lt. Gen. Frank dtd Hdqrs. Dept. of the
           Cumberland 8 miles from Nashville, [Tenn.] 6 P.M., Dec. 16, 1864, 1p. Copy
           of ALS. [Copy made by William McKinley].

Papers of Arthur L. Conger (GA–12)

McKinley, William
   To ALC dtd Washington, Jan, 23, 1883, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Mch. 4, 1883, 1p. LS.
   To "The President" dtd Canton, 0., Mch. 16, 1883, 1p.
   To ALC dtd Canton, 0., Mch. 16, 1883, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Feb. 18, 1884, 1p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Apr. 11, 1884, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Apr. 18, 1884, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Apr. 19, 1884, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Dec. 12, 1884, 1p. Form.
   To ALC dtd Canton, 0., Feb. 13, 1885, 1p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Canton, 0., May 21, 1885, 1p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Jan. 16, 1886, 1p, ALS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Feb. 2, 1886, 2p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Feb. 8, 1886, 1p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Feb. 11, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Mch. 3, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Mch. 8, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Mch. 11, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Apr. 5, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, May 18, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, May 24, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Jne. 18, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Feb. 3, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Mch. 18, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Apr. 29, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Dec. 16, 1886, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Canton, O., May 11, 1887, 1p. ALS.
   To K. B. Conger dtd Washington, Dec. 16, 1887, 1p. LS.
   To "Treasury Dept." dtd Washington, Dec. 16, 1887, 1p. LS.
   To Mrs. ALC dtd Washington, Apr. 13, 1889,1p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, May 24, 1890, 2p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Chicago, Ill., Nov. 12, 1890, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Columbus, 0., Nov. 6, 1895, 1p. LS.
   To ALC dtd Washington, Feb. 25, 1888, 4p. ALS.
   To ALC dtd Detroit, Mich., Feb. 22, 1888. Telegram [3].

Papers of Webb C. Hayes (Hayes-3)

Hayes, Webb C.
   To WMcK dtd Exec, Mansion, Oct. 28, 1878. Telegram.
   To WMcK dtd Exec. Mansion, Feb. 1. 1879. Telegram.
   To WMcK dtd Feb, 18, 1879. Telegram.
   To Mrs. WMcK dtd [Fremont] Sept, 25, 1901, 1p. Telegram
   To WMcK dtd Jan. 22, 1897, 1p.
   To WMcK dtd Cleveland, May 20, 1897, 1p.
   To WMcK dtd [Fremont] Aug. 10, 1897, 2p.
   To WMcK [Fremont], Feb. 12, 1898, 1p.

McKinley, William
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Aug. 2, 1877, 1p. ALS.
   To WCH dtd Washington, May 13, 1879. Typed slip.
   To WCH dtd May 13, 1879, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Canton, O., Dec. 30, 1880, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Washington, Dec. 12, 1881, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Columbus, Mch., 1892, 2p.
   To WCH dtd Washington, Jan. 18, 1893. Telegram [5].
   To WCH dtd Columbus, Mch. 8, 1893, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Columbus, Jne. 16, 1894, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Cleveland, Jly. 4, 1894, 3p. [Address].
   To WCH dtd Columbus, Jly. 21, 1894, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Cleveland, Oct. 28, 1895, 1p. [Service Record].
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Jan. 18, 1896,1p.
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Jly. 16, 1896. Telegram.
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Jly. 18, 1896, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Nov. 9, 1896, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Washington, Mch. 4, 1897 [Folder of items pertaining to WMcK's inaugural].
   To WCH dtd Hotel Champlain, N.Y., Aug. 10, 1897, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Wahington, Nov. 18, 1897. Telegram.
   To WCH dtd Washington, Jan. 19, 1898. Invitation. [2].
   To WCH dtd Washington, May 11, 1898, 1p. ALS.
   To [Comm. Watson] dtd Washington, May 13, 1898, 1p. Card.
   To WCH dtd Exec. Mansion, Jne. 15, 1899. Card.
   To WCH dtd Exec. Mansion, Jly. 26, 1900, 1p.
   To WCH dtd Washington, Jly. 26, 1901. Card.

McKinley, Mrs. William (Ida)
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Sept. 25, 1901. Telegram.
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Apr. 11, 1902, 4p. [written by nurse].
   To WCH dtd Fremont, Aug. 15, 1903, 3p.
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Sept. 17, 1903, 3p.
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Dec. 19, 1905, 3p.
   To WCH dtd Canton, 0., Aug. 4, 1905, 3p.

McKinley, Mr. & Mrs. William
   To [WCH] dtd Canton, 0., Feb. 5. 1896. Invitation.

Miscellaneous
   Program for the McKinley & Hobart Inaugural Ball dtd Washington, Mch. 4, 1897.
   Proposed last sentence written by Pres. WMcK for his message to Congress on
       Apr. 11, 1898, but never used
   Admission cards to WMcK's Inaugural Ball dtd Mch. 4, 1897, nos. 945 & 7290.
   Program for WMcK's Inaugural Ball dtd Mch. 4. 1901.
   Admission ticket to reviewing stand, section E, #61 at WMcK Monument dedication
      ceremonies dtd Canton, 0., Sept. 30, 1907, [3]
   Notes listing military service record of WMcK in Civil War, 2p.
   Admission card to funeral services of WMcK dtd M. E. Church, Canton, 0.,
      Sept. 19, 1901.

Papers of Rutherford Platt Hayes (Hayes-7)

McKinley, William
   To RPH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 22, 1878, 1p. ALS.
   To RPH dtd Washington, Dec. 10, 1878, 1p. ALS.
   To RPH dtd Canton, 0., Oct. 4. 1879, 1p. ALS.
   To RPH dtd Washington, Jly. 179 1880, 1p. ALS.
   To RPH dtd Canton, 0., Dec. 30, 1880, 2p. ALS.
   To RPH dtd Columbus, Jan. 17, 1893, 1p. Telegram. [w/reply on verso].

Papers of Birchard Austin Hayes (Hayes-6)

McKinley, Pres. & Mrs. William
   To BAH dtd Washington, Aug. 16, 1897, 1p. Formal note.
   To BAH dtd Washington, Oct. 7, 1898, 1p. Invitation.

Papers of Fanny Hayes (Hayes-9)

McKinley, Mrs. William (Ida)
   To FH dtd Executive Mansion, Aug. 4, 1898, 1p. LS.

Papers of R. Brinkerhoff (Misc. Mss.)

McKinley, William
   To RB dtd Executive Mansion, Apr. 25, 1898, 2p. LS.

Papers of Robinson Locke (Locke Collection GA-24)

Locke, Robinson
   To WMcK dtd Mch. 17, 1894, 1p.
   To WMcK dtd Mch. 22, 1894, 1p. ALS.

McKinley, William
   To RL dtd Mch. 19, 1894, 1p. LS.
   To RL dtd Mch. 23, 1894, 1p. LS.
   To RL dtd Jan. 17, 1895, 1p. LS.
   To "Toledo Blade" dtd Nov. 5, 1891, 1p. LS
   To RL dtd Nov. 13, 1893, 1p. LS.

McKinley, Mrs. William (Ida)
   To RL dtd Sept., 1901. Printed card.

Papers of William H. Gibson (Misc. Mss.)

McKinley, William
   To WHG dtd Exec. Chamber, Columbus, Jan. 17, 1893, 1p. LS.
   To WHG dtd Columbus, 0., Mch. 8, 1893, 1p. LS.

Papers of Murat Halstead (GA-60)

McKinley, William
   To MH dtd Washington, Mch. 27, 1889, 1p. Telegram.
   To MH dtd Canton, 0., May 25, 1896, 1p. ALS.
   To MH dtd Executive Mansion, Nov. 19, 1900, 1p. LS.

Papers of William Dean Howells (GA-20)

McKinley, William
   To WDH dtd Canton, 0., Jne. 24, 1896.

Papers of John Sherman (GA-44)

Sherman, John
   To WMcK dtd U.S. Senate, Apr. 30, 1888, 1p. ALS.

Papers of Richard W. Thompson (GA-47)

Thompson, Richard W.
   To WMcK dtd Terre Haute, Feb. 12, 1897, 3p. ALS.

Papers of the Presidents- William McKinley (SP-5)

McKinley, William
   To Rev. G. W. Collier dtd Exec. Dept, Columbus, May 17, 1894, 1p. LS.
   To "Dear Pa" dtd Canton, 0., Aug. 23, 1875, 1p. ALS.
   To Mrs. Belle C. Taylor dtd Office of the Governor, Columbus, Feb. 26, 1893, 1p.
        ALS. [Typed description of what was contained in the letter now in private hands].
   To Capt. Yound dtd Camp White, Va., Apr. 19, 1863, 1p. ALS.
   To Robt. P. Kennedy dtd Hdq. Depat. of W. Va., Cumberland, Md., Jan 3. 1865, 1p.
   To W. Ahlberg dtd Executive Mansion, Nov. 22, 1900, 1p. LS.
   To Henry H. Woodruff dtd Canton, 0., Aug. 18, 1896, 1p. LS.
   To A. Gordon Murray dtd Office of the Governor, Nov. 19, 1895, 1p. ALS.
   To A. Gordon Murray dtd Executive Mansion, Jan. 20, 1900, 1p. ALS.

McKinley, Pres. & Mrs. William
   To WCH dtd [Washington]. Formal note to attend reception on Jan. 10, 1899.

Miscellaneous
   Card giving seating arrangements for a dinner signed by Mrs. WMcK, n.d.
   Rorick, John
      To James Boyle dtd Wauseon, 0., Aug. 8, 1892. 1p. Telegram.
   Anonymous ("Dear General")
   WMcK to, dtd n. p. April 3, 1865, 1p. A.L.S.

SEE ALSO:

1. I. H. Burgoon Collection (Box #3, Clippings Folder).
2. Shagdett, Olive Hall. A History of the Republican Party in Georgia from Reconstruction
     thru 1900. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Georgia, 1962. P: OFH, 1 roll.
3. Morgan, H. Wayne, manuscript: William McKinley and His America (Syracuse: Syracuse
    University Press, 1963).