]> ms.37 Gilmore (James Roberts) 1822-1903 Papers 1820-1903 Ms. 37 Special Collections, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University

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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Diwakar Bhandari Finding aid written in English Gilmore (James Roberts) 1822-1903 Papers 1820-1903 Ms. 37 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Encoded by: Diwakar Bhandari

Descriptive Summary Ms. 37 Gilmore (James Roberts) 1822-1903 Papers 1820-1903 Gilmore ,James Roberts, 1822-1903 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections 2.9 linear ft. (5 document boxes, 4 flat boxes) English 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. Administrative Information 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.

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James Roberts Gilmore Collection Ms. 37

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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."

Description of Series/Container List Letters Letters 5 boxes Box Contents 1 Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan , 1830-89 1 Abbott, Lyman , 1835-1922 1 Adams, Charles Francis , 1835-1915 1 Adams, Charles Kendell , 1835-1902 1 Adams, Oscar Fay , 1855-1919 1 Adler, Felix , 1851-1933 1 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey , 1836-1907 1 Allen, Frederick Hovey , 1845- 1926 1 Allen, James Lane , 1849-1925 1 Allen, WilliamFrancis , 1830-89 1 Allibone, Samual Austin , 1816-89 1 Ames,Adelbert , 1835-1933 1 Anderson, Rasmus Bj”rn , 1846-1936 1 Andrew, John Albion , 1818-67 1 Andrews, Elisha Benjamin , 1844-1917 1 Armstrong, Samuel Chapman , 1839-93 1 Atkinson, Edward , 1827-1905 1 Babcock, James Francis , 1844-97 1 Badeau, Adam , 1831-95 1 Bailey, James Montgomery , 1841-91 1 Baldwin, Simoen Ebin , 1840-1927 1 Ballou, Maturin Murray , 1820-95 1 Bankroft, Frederic , 1860-1945 1 Bancroft, George , 1800-1891 1 Bancroft, Hubert Howe , 1832-1918 1 Bartlett, John , 1820-1905 1 Bayard, Thomas Francis , 1828-98 1 Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Tounte de , 1818-93 1 Beers,Henry Augustin , 1847-1926 1 Bell, Alexander Melville , 1819- 1905 1 Bellows, Henry Whitney , 1814-82 1 Benjamin, Park , 1809-64 1 Bessey, Charles Edwin , 1845-1915 1 Bigelow, John , 1817-1911 1 Birney, William , 1819-1907 1 Blatchford, Samuel , 1820-93 1 Bok, Edward William , 1863-1930 1 Booth, Junius Brutus , 1796-1852 1 Bourne, Edward Gaylord , 1860-1908 1 Boutwell, George Sewell , 1818-1905 1 Bowles, Samuel , 1851-1915 1 Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth , 1848-95 1 Brace, Charles Loring , 1826-90 1 Brigham, Amarish , 1798-1849 1 Brush, Charles Francis , 1849-1929 1 Brush, GeorgeJarvis , 1831-1912 1 Bryan, William Jennings , 1860-1925 1 Bryant,William Cullen , 1794-1878 1 Buckley, James Monroe , 1836-1920 1 Burlingame, Edward Livermore , 1848- 1922 1 Burr, Aaron , 1756-1836 1 Burroughs, John , 1837-1921 1 Butler, Benjamin Franklin , 1795-1858 1 Butler, William Allen , 1825-1902 1 Butterfield,Daniel , 1831-1912 1 Carleton, Williams McKendree , 1845-1912 1 Cass, Lewis , 1782-1866 1 Chase, Salmon Portland , 1808-73 1 Child, Frnacis James , 1825-96 1 Child, Lydia Maria , n‚e Francis , 1802- 80 1 Church,William Conant , 1836-1917 1 Clarke, James Freeman , 1810-88 1 Clarke, Rebecca Sophia , pseud. Sophie May , 1833-1906 1 Clay, CassiusMarcellus , 1810-1903 1 Clayton, Powell , 1833-1914 1 Conkling,Roscoe , 1829-88 1 Cook, Joseph , 1838-1901 1 Cooke, JohnEsten , 1830-86 1 Cooke, Rose , n‚e Terry , 1827-92 1 Cooley, ThomasMcIntyre , 1824-98 1 Coues, Elliott , 1842-99 1 Cox, Jacob Dolson , 1828-1900 1 Cox, Samuel Sullivan , 1824-89: Cranch, ChristopherPearce , 1813-92 1 Crawford, Francis Marion , 1854-1909 1 Crosby, Howard , 1826-91 1 Croswell, Edwin , 1791-1871 1 Cullum,George Washington , 1809-92 1 Curtis, George Ticknor , 1812-94 1 Curtis, George William , 1824-92 1 Daly, John Augustin , 1838-99 1 Dana, Charles Anderson , 1819-97 1 Dana, Richard Henry , 1815-82 1 Davis, Cushman Kellogg , 1838-1900 1 Davis, Jefferson , 1808-89 1 Davis, John ChandlerBancroft , 1822-1907 1 Davis, Rebecca Blaine , n‚e Harding , 1831-1910 1 DeForest, John William , 1826-1906 1 Deland, MartarettaWade , n‚e Campbell , 1857-1945 1 Denison, George Taylor , 1839-1925 1 Dix, John Adams , 1798-1879 1 Dix, Dorothea Lynde , 1802-87 1 Dix, Morgan , 1827-1908 2 Dodge, Grenville Mellen , 1831-1916 2 Dodge, Mary Abigail , pseud. Gail Hamilton , 1833-96 2 Dodge,Theodore Ayrault , 1842-1909 2 Dodge, William Earl , 1805-83 2 Donnelly, Ignatius , 1831-1901 2 Doremus, Robert Ogden , 1824-1906 2 Dorr, Julia Caroline , n‚e Ripley , 1825-1913 2 Douglas, AmandaMinnie , 1831-1916 2 Dow, Neal , 1804-97 2 Drake, Charles Daniel , 1811-92 2 Draper, Lyman Copeland , 1815-91 2 Dwight, TheodoreWilliam , 1822-92 2 Earle, Pliny , 1809-92 2 Edmunds, George Franklin , 1828-1919 2 Edwards, Charles , 1797- 1868 2 Egan, Patrick , 1841-1919 2 Eggleston, Edward , 1837-1902 2 Ely, Richard Theodore , 1854-1943 2 Emerson, Ralph Waldo , 1803-82 2 English, Thomas Dunn , 1819-1901 2 Evarts, William Maxwell , 1818-1901 2 Everett, Edward , 1794-1865 2 Farnham, Eliza Woodson , n‚e Burhans , 1815-64 2 Farwell,Charles Benjamin , 1823-1903 2 Field, David Dudley , 1805-94 2 Field, Eugene , 1850-95 2 Field, Katherine Keemle , known as Kate , 1838-96 2 Field, James Thomas , 1817-81 2 Fillmore, Millard , 1800-74 2 Fine, John , 1794-1867 2 Fish, Hamilton , 1808-93 2 Fisk,Clinton Bowen , 1828-90 2 Fiske, John , 1842- 1901 2 Flagg,Azariah , 1790-1873 2 Fletcher, Robert , 1823-1912 2 Fortingham,Octavius Brooks , 1822-95 2 Frye, William Pierce , 1831-1911 2 Furness, Horace Howard , 1865-1930 2 Garfield, James Abram , 1831-81 2 Gay, Sydney Howard , 1814-88 2 Gayarr‚, Charles Etienne Arthur , 1805-95 2 Gerry, Elbridge Thomas , 1837-1927 2 Gibbons, Abigail , n‚e Hopper , 1801-93 2 Gibson,William Hamilton , 1850-96 2 Giddings, Joshua Reed , 1795-1864 2 Gilbert, Linda , 1847-95 2 Gilder, Richard Watson , 1844-1909 2 Godkin, Edwin Lawrence , 1831-1902 2 Godwin, Parke , 1816-1904 2 Greeley, Horace , 1811-72 2 Greer, David Hummell , 1844-1919 2 Gridley, Philo , 1796-1864 2 Guild, Curtis , 1827-1911 2 Gunter, Archibald Clavering , 1847-1907 2 Habberton, John , 1842-1921 2 Hale, Edward Everett , 1822-1909 2 Hale, Horatio Emmons , 1817-96 2 Hall, Abraham Oakey , 1826-98 2 Hall, Samuel Carter , 1800-89 2 Hammond, William Alexander , 1828-1900 2 Hampton, Wade , 1818-1902 2 Harlan, John Marshall , 1833-1911 2 Harris, Ira , 1802-75 2 Hawley, James Roswell , 1826-1903 2 Hawthorne, Julian , 1846-1934 2 Hawthorne, Nathaniel , 1804-64 2 Headley, Phineas Camp , 1819-1903 2 Helper, HintonRowan , 1829-1909 3 Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow , 1823-1911 3 Hogeboom, Henry , 1808-72 3 Holland, Josiah Gilbert , 1819-81 3 Holley, Marietta , pseud. Josiah Allen's Wife , 1836-1926 3 Holt, Henry , 1840-1926 3 Holt, Joseph , 1807-94 3 Home, DanielDunglas , 1833-86 3 Hooker, Wothington , 1806-67 3 Hopkins, Mark , 1802-87 3 Houghton, Henry Oscar , 1823-95 3 Howe, Julia , n‚eWard , 1819-1910 3 Howells, William Dean , 1837-1920 3 Howitt, Mary , n‚e Botham , 1799-1888 3 Howitt, William , 1792-1879 3 Hunt, Richard Morris , 1827-95 3 Hunt, Washington , 1811-67 3 Hurst, John Fletcher , 1834-1903 3 Imboden, John Daniel , 1823-95 3 Jackson, Andrew , 1767-1845 3 Jackson, Thomas Jonathan , "Stonewall" , 1824-63 3 James, Thomas Lamuel , 1831-1916 3 Johnson, Oliver , 1809-89 3 Johnson, Robert Underwood , 1853- 1937 3 Johnson, Rossiter , 1840-1931 3 Jones, Samuel , 1769-1853 3 Kirkland, Caroline Matilda , n‚e Stansbury, pseud. MaryClavers , 1801-64 3 Kirkland, Joseph , 1830-94 3 Kossuth, Lajos , anglicized Lewis , 1802-94 3 Larcom, Lucy , 1824-93 3 Lathrop, George Parsons , 1851-98 3 Lea, Henry Charles , 1825- 1909 3 Lee, Fitzhugh , 1835-1905 3 Leland,Charles Godfrey , 1824-1903 3 Lewis, Charles Bertrand , pseud. M.Quod , 1842-1924 3 Lodge, Henry Cabot , 1850-1924 3 Lord, John , 1810-94 3 Lossing, Benson John , 1813-91 3 Lounsbury, ThomasRaynesford , 1838-1915 3 Lowell, James Russell , 1819-91 3 Lowell,Josephine , n‚e Shaw , 1843-1905 3 Lowell, Robert Traill Spence , 1816-91 3 Ludlow, Fitz-Hugh , 1836-70 Mabie, Hamilton Wright , 1845?-1916 3 Macdonald, James , 1803-48 3 Mann, Horace , 1796- 1859 3 Marcy, William Learned , 1786-1857 3 Matthews, James Brander , 1852-1929 3 Medill, Joseph , 1823-99 3 Melville, George Wallace , 1846-1912 3 Mendenhall, ThomasCorwin , 1841-1924 3 Minturn, Robert Bowne , 1805-66 3 Mitchell,Donald Grant , pseud. Ike Marvel , 1822-1908 3 Mitchell, SilasWeir , 1829-1914 3 Moore, Horatio Franklin , known as Frank , 1828-1904 3 Morford, Henry , 1823-81 3 Morgan, Edwin Denison , 1811-83 3 Morse, John Torrey , 1840-1937 3 Mosby, John Singleton , 1833-1916 3 Neal, John , 1793-1876 3 Nelson, Knute , 1843-1923 3 Nelson,Samuel , 1792-1873 3 Newcomb, Simon , 1835-1909 3 Newell,Robert Henry , pseud. Orpheus C. Kerr , 1836- 1901 3 Nicolay, JohnGeorge , 1832-1901 3 Nordhoff, Charles , 1830-1901 3 Nothrup, Cyrus , 1834-1922 3 Norton, Charles Eliot , 1827-1908 3 Nott,Eliphalet , 1773-1866 4 Ochs, Adolf Simon , 1858-1935 4 O'Connor, William Douglas , 1832-89 4 O'Conor Charles , 1804-84 4 Opdyke, George , 1805-80 4 O'Reilley, John Boyle , 1844-90 4 Osgood, Samuel , 1812-80 4 Owen, Robert Dale , 1801-77 4 Packard, Alpheus Spring , 1839-1905 4 Park, Benjamin , 1809-64 4 Parkman, Francis , 1823- 93 4 Parsons, Theophilus , 1797-1882 4 Parton, James , 1822-91 4 Pennell, Elizabeth , n‚e Robins , 1855-1936 4 Peterson, Henry , 1818-91 4 Phelps, William Walter , 1839-94 4 Phillips, Wendell , 1811-84 4 Pickering, Edward Charles , 1846-1919 4 Pierpont, John , 1785-1866 4 Pierrepont, Edwards , 1817-92 4 Poole, William Frederick , 1821-94 4 Pusey, Edward Bouverie , 1800-82 4 Putnam, George Haven , 1844-1930 4 Pyle, Howard , 1853-1911 4 Randall, James Ryder , 1839-1908 4 Read, John Meredith , 1837-96 4 Redpath, James , 1833- 91 4 Reid, Whitelaw , 1837-1912 4 Riley, Charles Valentine , 1843-95 4 Ripley, George , 1802-80 4 Roberts, Sir Charles George Douglas , 1860-1943 4 Roche, JamesJeffrey , 1847- 1908 4 Rolfe, William James , 1827-1910 4 Roosevelt,Theodore , 1858-1919 4 Rosecrans, William Starke , 1819-98 4 Ryan,Patrick John , 1831-1911 4 Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin , 1831-1917 4 Sargent, Epes , 1813-80 4 Schaff, Philip , 1819-93 4 Schouler, James , 1839-1920 4 Schurz, Carl , 1829-1906 4 Schwalke, Frederick , 1949-92 4 Scudder, Horatio, Elisha , 1838-1902 4 Sedgwick, Theodore , 1811-59 4 Seward, William Henry , 1801-72 4 Seymore, Horatio , 1810-86 4 Shanley, Charles Dawson , 1811-75 4 Shaw, Albert , 1857-1947 4 Sherman, John , 1823-1900 4 Sherman, William Tecumseh , 1820-91 4 Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow , 1814-90 4 Sikes, William Wirt , 1836-83 4 Smith, Gerrit , 1797-1874 4 Smith, Goldwin , 1823-1910 4 Snow, Lorenzo , 1814-1901 4 Spencer, John Canfield , 1788-1855 4 Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth , n‚e Prescott , 1835-1921 4 Stedman, Edmund Clarence , 1833-1908 4 Stoddard, Charles Warren , 1843-1909 4 Stoddard, Richard, Henry , 1825-1903 4 Stoddard, William Osborn , 1835-1925 4 Stone, William Leete , 1835- 1908 4 Storrs, Richard Salters , 1821-1900 4 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth , n‚e Beecher , 1811- 96 4 Street, Alfred Billings , 1811-81 4 Sumner, Charles , 1811-74 4 Sumner, William Graham , 1840-1910 5 Tappan, Lewis , 1788-1873 5 Thompson, James Maurice , 1844-1901 5 Thurston, Robert Henry , 1839-1903 5 Thwing, CharlesFranklin , 1853-1937 5 Tilden, Samuel Jones , 1814-86 5 Todd,David , 1855-1939 5 Tompkins, Daniel Augustus , 1774-1825 5 Tourgee,Albion Winegar , 1838-1905 5 Tremain, Lyman , 1819-78 5 Trowbridge, John Townsend , pseud. Paul Creyton , 1827-1916 5 Trumble, Henry Clay , 1830-1903 5 Tuckerman, Henry Theodore , 1813-71 5 Tyler, Moses Coit , 1835-1900 5 Van Buren, John , 1810-66 5 Van Buren, Martin , 1782-1862 5 VanName, Addison , 1835- 1922 5 Vanderpoel, Aaron , 1799-1871 5 Walker, Robert John , or James , 1801-69 5 Ward, William Hayes , 1835-1916 5 Warner, Charles Dudley , 1829-1900 5 Waterson,Henry , 1840-1921 5 Webb, Alexander Stewart , 1835-1911 5 Welles,Gideon , 1802-78 5 Whitney, Adeline Dutton , n‚e Train , 1824-1906 5 Willard, Francis Elizabeth Caroline , 1839-98 5 Willard, John , 1792-1862 5 Williams, Talcott , 1849-1928 5 Willis, NathanielParker , 1806-67 5 Wilson, James Grant , 1832-1914 5 Wilson, William Lyne , 1843-1900 5 Winthrop, Robert Charles , 1809-94 5 Wood,Fernando , 1812-81 5 Woolson, Constance Fenimore , 1840-94 5 Worth, William Jenkins , 1794-1849 5 Wright, Carroll Davidson , 1840-1909 5 Wright, Marcus Joseph , 1831-1922 5 Wright, Silas , 1795- 1847 5 Young, John , 1802-52. Scrapbooks Scrapbooks 7 volumes Box Contents 6 Vol. I and Vol. II

Letters from statesmen and men in public life

7 Vol. III, Vol. IV

Letters from literary men

8 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

9 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."