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[Identification of item], in the Henry Haywood Glassie Papers, #2749, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Donelson Caffery Glassie, 1944

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A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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• Caffery, Donelson, 1835-1906.
• Democratic Party (U.S.)--History.
• Glassie, Henry Haywood, 1871-1938.
• Latin America--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Lawyers--Washington (D.C.)
• Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Manoa Company.
• Practice of law--Washington (D.C.)--History.
• Shipping--Latin America--History--19th century.
• United States Tariff Commission--History.
• United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
• United States. Attorney-General--History.
• World War, 1914-1918--United States.

Henry Haywood Glassie (1871-1938) was a native of Tennessee, but spent most of his adult life in Washington D.C. as a lawyer. In 1914 he was appointed special assistant to the United States attorney general, and was also a member of the United States Tariff Commission.

Chiefly papers concerning the practice of law, including Glassie's service in the United States attorney general's office and with the United States Tariff Commission, but also including papers about personal and cultural matters, politics, and domestic and tactical matters during World War I. Among Glassie's correspondents were politicians of both parties, particularly in the 1914-1917 period, including his father-in-law, Donelson Caffery (1835-1906), United States senator from Louisiana. Also included are legal lettercopy books, 1873-1874 and 1912-1913, from Glassie's law practice in Washington, D.C.; notebooks; memoranda concerning his trip to Europe for the Tariff Commission, 1925; and lettercopy books, 1884-1886, of the Manoa Company of New York, concerning shipping business in Latin America.

• Photographs (PF 2749/1)