Papers of Daniel and Mary Margaretta Manning, 1885-1921

Description

Largely letters received by Manning and his wife, Mary Margaretta Manning. Her papers include a small number of letters from Frances Folsom Cleveland and two volumes of letters and signed printed acknowledgements (1905-1906) of the Report of the Board of Lady Managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. Manning's correspondence (1885-1887) relates to New York politics, patronage, Manton Marble's confidential bimetallic mission, and routine Cabinet affairs. Correspondents include Thomas F. Bayard, William C. Endicott, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Daniel S. Lamont, William F. Vilas, and William C. Whitney. Grover Cleveland's letters to Manning have been placed with the Library's collection of Grover Cleveland papers.