George Mifflin Dallas papers


Collection 1460

1788-1877, undated
(7.0 Linear feet ; 18 boxes)
© Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864
Creator
Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin
Title
George Mifflin Dallas papers
ID
1460
Date
1788-1877, undated
Extent
7.0 Linear feet ; 18 boxes
Language
English
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence of Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817) and George Mifflin Dallas (1782-1864). Included among George Mifflin Dallas' papers are letters to his wife Sophia Chew Nicklin Dallas, 1831-1857; letters from his wife and their children; the manuscript of the life he wrote of his father, Alexander James Dallas; and letters received by George Mifflin Dallas, 1813-1864.There is also general correspondence on the Dallas family and a selection of papers related to George Mifflin Dallas' political and business ventures.

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], George Mifflin Dallas papers (Collection 1460A), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Background note

Alexander James Dallas was born in Kingston, Jamaica on June 21, 1759. He was one of six children, and his father, Dr. Robert Dallas, was a physician. The first five years of his life were spent living in the West Indies. At the age of five, he moved to Edinburgh. He studied at the Academy in Kensington under James Elphinston. In 1769, his father, Dr. Robert Dallas passed away. After his father’s death, he worked as a clerk and an accountant at the London Mercantile House Grey and Jackson. On September 4, 1780, he married Arabella Maria Smith. The two arrived in Jamaica in the Spring of 1781, and then came to the United States. On June 17, 1783, Alexander James Dallas swore allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He became Attorney to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on July 13, 1785, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in the first half of the 1780s. On January 19, 1791, he was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Governor Thomas Mifflin. He became the Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison from 1814-1816. He died January 16th, 1817.

George Mifflin Dallas, a son of Alexander James Dallas and Arabella Maria Smith Dallas, was born in Philadelphia on July 10, 1792. He graduated from Princeton in 1810 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1813. He went to Russia with the politician Albert Gallatin in 1813. On May 23, 1816, he married Sophia Chew Nicklin of Philadelphia. By 1817, he had a law practice, and was a solicitor for the 2nd bank of the United States. He then held the position of the deputy attorney general of Philadelphia, and then as the mayor of Philadelphia. He had support from Andrew Jackson, and under his presidency, was appointed the United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. In December of 1831, he filled a Pennsylvania senate seat left vacant by the resignation of Isaac D. Bernard. In February of 1837, he received a letter from Martin Van Buren about a position as minister to Russia. In May of 1837 he departed for Russia, and returned to the United States in 1940. He served as the Vice President under James K. Polk from 1845 to 1849. After his term as Vice President, he returned to his law practice until serving as the United States Minister to the court of St. James of Great Britain from 1856 to 1861. He again returned to his law practice upon his return to the United States in 1861. He died on December 31, 1864.

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Scope and content note

Alexander James Dallas papers - The series collection contains a letter to John Brown from November 1794 detailing his travels in western Pennsylvania during Whiskey Rebellion. The series collection also contains eight letters to William Alexander, a state official at Carlisle, from 179-1801. From 1801-1810, the series collection includes letters related to Alexander James Dallas’ legal practice and affairs of the Republican party during the period of 1804-1807. Most of the items in this series collection are concentrated between 1813-1816 and many relate to the War of 1812. Letters ranging from 1814-1816 also touch on aspects of the country’s finances. The series lacks much material related to Alexander James Dallas’ activities as the secretary of the Commonwealth during the 1790s.

George Mifflin Dallas political and business papers - Dallas' papers in this series are mostly concentrated between the years 1829-1833. These papers relate to topics including tariff issues, nullification, and the Bank of the United States. Dallas's papers then pick up around 1844, which highlight his duties as Vice President, and include letters sent to his wife, Sophia Chew Nicklin Dallas. In July 1849, there is a letter drafting a speech given by Dallas regarding the passing of James K. Polk. From 1856 on, there are diaries and letters written by Dallas related to his experience serving as the United States Minister to the Court of St. James. The collection also includes notes sent to Earl of Malmesbury and Lord John Russel between March 1858-April 1861; dispatches sent to Washington accompanied with letters to Secretary of State; letters about the election of 1856; letters between 1859 and 1861 about politics leading up to the Civil War; and a letter book and about 200 pieces of correspondence regarding Dallas’ activity as agent to James McHenry after 1861. Scant are papers from Dallas' very early life, as well as between the years 1813-1829, 1840-1843, and 1846-1855.

Dallas family correspondence - The Dallas Family Correspondence series includes many letters written between Sophia Chew Nicklin Dallas and George Mifflin Dallas while George Mifflin Dallas was away from Philadelphia for his political career. These letters provide insight into Philadelphia society during the 1830s. Additionally, the collection includes diaries and letters written to other members of the Dallas family, including Sophia Dallas’ mother, documenting their travels in Russia and elsewhere. For example, the collection includes a diary documenting the family travels through Ireland in 1859, and correspondence in Susan Dallas’ scrapbook between the family and notable political figures in Europe.

George Mifflin Dallas miscellaneous - The fourth series includes miscellaneous material such as speeches, addresses, and orations given by George Mifflin Dallas on various subjects, including in support of Andrew Jackson and regarding the death of James K. Polk. The collection also includes diary entries, legal notes, memoranda, photostats, newspaper clippings, and items transferred from other collections.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Revision Description

 Finding aid revised by Alaina Smith. Portions of an original collection report by Harry Tapin were culled for this finding aid's background and scope notes. The original box inventory in the report was expanded to include folder listings ; 2023.

Provenance

Purchased, 1947, 1963.

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Related Materials

Related materials

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

George Mifflin Dallas diary (Am.04920)

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817.
  • Dallas, Arabella Maria Smith

Subject(s)

  • Diplomatic Relations--Great Britain--19th century
  • Family life--Upper Class--19th century.
  • United States Government--19th century.
  • United States Senate--19th century.

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General note

The original collection report by Harry Tapin, which contains an extensive narrative on the Dallas family and these papers, is available upon request.

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Collection Inventory

 Series 1.  Alexander James Dallas papers 

 Box
1		 Folder
1

1791-1795 
Box Folder

1800 

 1 2

1801 

 1 3

1802 

 1 4

1803 

 1 5

1804 

 1 6

1805 

 1 7

1806-1808 

 1 8

1810-1812 

 1 9

1813 

 1 10

1814, January - August 

 1 11 A

1814, June 13 – June 26 - Miscellaneous- Letter press copies 

 1 11 B

1814, September - November 

 1 12

1814, December 

 1 13 A

1814 - Miscellaneous- Draft relating to financing of war [1814] 

 1 13 B

1815, January - March 

 1 14

1815, April 

 1 15

1815, May - August 

 1 16

1815, September - December 

 1 17

1816, January - March 

 1 18

1816, April - July 

 1 19

1816, September - December 

 1 20

1817 

 1 21

Unknown date 

 1 22

Miscellaneous 

 1 23

Unknown date - Miscellaneous - In Appeal to the Constitutional Republicans of Pennsylvania 

 1 24

Unknown date - Miscellaneous - Letter fragments 

 1 25

1775 - Photostats - John Mifflin – Cousin Rodney 

 1 26

1788 - 1794 - Photostats 

 1 27

1795 - 1797 - Photostats 

 1 28

1798 - 1800 - Photostats 

 1 29

1801 - 1805 - Photostats 

 1 30

1807 - 1813 - Photostats 

 1 31

1814, October - Photostats 

 1 32

1814, November - December - Photostats 

 1 33

1815 - Photostats 

 1 34

1816 - Photostats 

 1 35

Unknown date - Photostats 

 1 36

Report to a Committee of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, Connected with the Western Insurrection of 1794 

 2 1

1815, December - Annual Report to the Secretary of the Treasury 

 2 2

1816 - Report on the General Tariff of Duties 

 2 3

1815, December - Report on the State of the Finances 

 2 4

Draft of the Biography of Alexander James Dallas, 1759-1817, written by George Mifflin Dallas 

 2 5

Draft of the Biography of Alexander James Dallas, 1759-1817, written by George Mifflin Dallas 

 2 6

Letters from the Executive of Pennsylvania to the Executive of the United States - Draft appendix 1 to The Life and Writings of Alexander James Dallas, ed. George Mifflin Dallas 

 2 7

Features of Mr. Jay’s Treaty - Draft appendix 2 to The Life and Writings of Alexander James Dallas, ed. George Mifflin Dallas 

 2 8

Address to the Republicans of Pennsylvania - Draft appendix 3 to The Life and Writings of Alexander James Dallas, ed. George Mifflin Dallas 

 2 9

1815 - Organization of the Military Peace Establishment - Draft appendix 6 to The Life and Writings of Alexander James Dallas, ed. George Mifflin Dallas 

 2 10

Miscellaneous- Newspaper clipping 

 2 11

Printed material 

 2 12

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 Series 2.  George Mifflin Dallas political and business papers 
Box Folder

1813 – 1815 & [1813 – 1815] 

 3 1

1816 – 1818 

 3 2

1820 – 1829 

 3 3

1830 – 1831 

 3 4

1832, January 

 3 5

1832, February – March 

 3 6

1832, April – August 

 3 7

1832, November – December 

 3 8

[1832] 

 3 9

1833, January – April 

 3 10

1833, September – November 

 3 11

1834 – 1835 

 3 12

1836- January – February 

 3 13

1836, March – November 

 3 14

1837, March – July 

 3 15

1837, August – December 

 3 16

1838 

 3 17

1839, April – November 

 3 18

1839, December & [1839] 

 3 19

1840, January – June 

 3 20

1840, August – December 

 3 21

1841, January – June 

 3 22

1841, June 

 3 23

1841, October – December 

 3 24

1842 

 3 25

1843 

 3 26

1844, January - May 

 4 1

1844, June 1- 14 

 4 2

1844, June 17 - 30 

 4 3

1844, July – August 

 4 4

1844, September – November 

 4 5

1844, December 

 4 6

1845, January 

 4 7

1845, February 3 – 20 

 4 8

1845, February 21 – 25 

 4 9

1845, February 26 – 28, unknown date 

 4 10

1845, March 1 – 9 

 4 11

1845, March 10 – 15 

 4 12

1845, March 16 – 28 

 4 13

1845, April 

 4 14

1845, May 

 4 15

1845, June 

 4 16

1845, July 

 4 17

1845, August – September 

 4 18

1845, October – November 

 4 19

1845, December, unknown date 

 4 20

1846, January – April 

 4 21

1846, May – July 

 4 22

1846, August – December 

 4 23

1847, January – March 

 4 24

1847, April – December 

 4 25

1847, October 

 4 26

1847, November – December 

 4 27

1848 

 4 28

1849 

 5 1

1850 

 5 2

1851 

 5 3

1852 

 5 4

1854 

 5 5

1855, January - August 

 5 6

1855, September 

 5 7

1856, January 

 5 8

1856, February 

 5 9

1856, March – April 

 5 10

1856, May 

 5 11

1856, June 

 5 12

1856, July – September 

 5 13

1856, November – December 

 5 14

1857, January – June 

 5 15

1857, July – August 

 5 16

1857, November – December 

 5 17

1858 

 5 18

1859, January – February 

 5 19

1859, March – August 

 5 20

1859, September – December 

 5 21

1860, January 

 5 22

1860, February – April 

 5 23

1860, May – June 

 5 24

1860, July 

 5 25

1860, August 

 5 26

1860, September 

 5 27

1860, October – December 

 5 28

1861, January – February 

 5 29

1861, March – December 

 5 30

1856 – 1861, February 1 – March 26 

 5 31

1856 – 1861, April 10 – December 20 

 5 32

1856 – 1861, Miscellaneous 

 5 33

1856, March – May - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 2 – 7 

 6 1

1856, May – June - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 8 – 17 

 6 2

1856, July - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 18 – 21 

 6 3

1856, August - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 22 – 26 

 6 4

1856, September – October - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 27 – 31 

 6 5

1856, November – December - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 32 – 35 

 6 6

1857, January - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 36 – 41 

 6 7

1857, February – March, Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 42 – 48 

 6 8

1857, April - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 49 – 50 

 6 9

1859, July – August - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 201 – 205 

 6 10

1859, September – October - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 206 – 217 

 6 11

1859, November – December - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 218-235 

 6 12

1860, January – March - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 236 – 251 

 6 13

1860, April – May - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 252 – 266 

 6 14

1860, June – July - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 267 – 281 

 6 15

1860, August – September - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 278, 282 – 288 

 6 16

1860, October - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 289 – 297 

 6 17

1860, November - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 298 – 306 

 6 18

1860, December - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 307 – 311 

 6 19

1861, January – February - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 312 – 319 

 6 20

1861, March - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 320 – 328 

 6 21

1861, April – May - Diplomatic Dispatches to Secretary of State 329 - 333 

 6 22

1855 - Diplomatic papers 

 7 1

1856, March – June – Diplomatic papers 

 7 2

1856, July 4 – 10 - Diplomatic papers 

 7 3

1856, July 11 – August 18 - Diplomatic papers 

 7 4

1856, August 20 – October 11 - Diplomatic papers 

 7 5

1856, October 13 – December 13 - Diplomatic papers 

 7 6

1856 - Diplomatic papers 

 7 7

1857 - Diplomatic papers 

 7 8

1858, March – April - Diplomatic papers 

 7 9

1858, May – June - Diplomatic papers 

 7 10

1858, July – August - Diplomatic papers 

 7 11

1858, September - Diplomatic papers 

 7 12

1858, October – December - Diplomatic papers 

 7 13

1859, January – March - Diplomatic papers 

 7 14

1859, April – June - Diplomatic papers 

 7 15

1859, July - October - Diplomatic papers 

 7 16

1859, November – December - Diplomatic papers 

 7 17

1860, January - Diplomatic papers 

 7 18

1860, February – April - Diplomatic papers 

 7 19

1860, April 9 – Case of John Moody – Sentenced to penal servitude for manslaughter 

 7 20

1860, May – August - Diplomatic papers 

 7 21

1860, September – November - Diplomatic papers 

 7 22

1861, January – April - Diplomatic papers 

 7 23

Unknown date – Palmerston 

 7 24

1856, March 31 - June 30 – Contingent expenses 

 8 1

1856, July 1 – December 31, Contingent expenses 

 8 2

1857, January 1 – June 30 - Contingent expenses 

 8 3

1857, July 1 – December 31 - Contingent expenses 

 8 4

1858, January 1 - June 30 - Contingent expenses 

 8 5

1858, July 1 – December 31, Contingent expenses 

 8 6

1859, January 1 – June 30 - Contingent expenses 

 8 7

1859, July 1 – December 31 - Contingent expenses 

 8 8

1860, January 1 – June 30 - Contingent expenses 

 8 9

1860, July 1 – December 31 - Contingent expenses 

 8 10

1861, January 1 – April 1 - Contingent expenses 

 8 11

1862, February – August 

 9 1

1862, September – October 

 9 2

1852, November 

 9 3

1862, December 

 9 4

1863, January – April 

 9 5

1863, June – August 

 9 6

1863, September – October 

 9 7

1863, November 

 9 8

1863, December 

 9 9

1864, January 

 9 10

1864, February 

 9 11

1864, March 

 9 12

1864, April – May 

 9 13

1864, June 1 – 8 

 9 14

1864, June 9 – 30 

 9 15

1864, July 

 9 16

1864, August – October 

 9 17

1864, November – December 16th 

 9 18

1864, December 17 – 31 

 9 19

[1864] 

 9 20

1862, September 21 - 1864, December – Memoranda book 

 9 21

1862, June 5 – 1864, December 30 – Letter book 

 9 22

1865 – 1866 – Estate of George Mifflin Dallas 

 9 23

Unknown date - B – M 

 9 24

Unknown date - P – W & unidentified 

 9 25

Unknown date – Rothschild, West, Woodbury 

 9 26

Unknown date – Unidentified 

 9 27

1819 – 1827 - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 1

1829, March – July - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 2

1829, September 27 - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 3

1829, November - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 4

1829, December – unknown date - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 5

1830, January – June - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 6

1830, July – December - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 7

1831, January – June - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 8

1852 - Letters to Samuel D. Ingham, 1819- 1852 

 10 9

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 Series 3.  Dallas Family correspondence 
Box Folder

1817 

 11 1

1830 – 1832 

 11 2

1833, January 

 11 3

1833, February 

 11 4

1837, April - May 

 11 5

1837, June - July 

 11 6

1837, August - October 

 11 7

1837, November – December 

 11 8

1837 – Letters to George Mifflin Dallas while in Russia 

 11 9

1838, January – February 

 11 10

1838, March – April 

 11 11

1838, May – June 

 11 12

1838, July – August 

 11 13

1838, September – October 

 11 14

1838, November – December 

 11 15

1838, unknown date 

 11 16

1837 – 1838 – Letterpress copies of George Mifflin Dallas – Letters from Russia 

 11 17

1837 – 1838 – Letterpress copies of George Mifflin Dallas – Letters from Russia 

 11 18

1838 – Letters to George Mifflin Dallas while in Russia 

 11 19

1839, January – March 

 11 20

1839, April – June 

 11 21

1839, July – September, [1837-1839] 

 11 22

1839 - Letters to George Mifflin Dallas while in Russia & upon his return home 

 11 23

1840 

 11 24

1841 

 11 25

1843 – 1844 

 11 26

1845 

 11 27

1846 – 1847 

 11 28

1848 

 11 29

[1848] 

 11 30

1844 – 1848 – Records relating to the death of Commodore Alexander James Dallas 

 11 31

1849 – 1852 

 11 32

1856 

 12 1

1857, February – August 

 12 2

1857, September – December & [1857] 

 12 3

1858 

 12 4

1859 – Includes diary of travels through Ireland 

 12 5

1860 

 12 6

1861 

 12 7

1865 – 1883 

 12 8

Unknown date – I - Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 12 9

Unknown date – II 

 12 10

Unknown date – III 

 12 11

Unknown date – IV 

 12 12

Dallas family photograph 

 12 13

1823 – 1831 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 1

1832, January - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 2

1832, February - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 3

1832, March – April - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 4

1832, May - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 5

1832, June – July - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 6

1832, November – December - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 7

1833, January - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 8

1833, February - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 9

1836, January - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 10

1845, February - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 11

1845, March – April - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 12

1845, November – December - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 13

1846, January – March - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 14

1846, April - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 15

1846, May - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 16

1846, June - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 17

1846, July – August - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 18

[1846] - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 19

1847 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 20

1848 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 21

1849, January 5 – 15 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 22

1849, January 16 – 31 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 23

1849, February - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 24

1851 – 1852 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 25

1856 – 1857 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 26

Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Dallas, Sophia Chew Nicklin 

 13 27

1864, February 8, 1858, October 18 – Alexander – From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 1

Unknown date – Ashburton, Lady - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 2

Unknown date – Banning, Thomas - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 3

Unknown date – Bates, L.A. - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 4

1860, March 26 – Biddelph, Thomas - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 5

Unknown date – Blane, Lewis - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 6

1858, August 3 – Brogham, Lord - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 7

1858, July 16 – [Clauwitiz, S.J.] 

Scope and content note

Previously given folder title of [Clauwitiz] seems to differ from written signature on letter. Writing is hard to distinguish.

 14 8

Unknown date – Cochrane, J. W. - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 9

Unknown date – Cotton, Dr., Provost of Worcester - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 10

1856, June 18 – Cust, Sir Edward - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 11

Unknown date – Dawson, Charlotte - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 12

1858, August 17, unknown date – Derby, Lord – Derby, Lady - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 13

1857, November 27 – Greg, Major General - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 14

1859, December 6, unknown date – Hankey, Thomson - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 15

Unknown date - Hepburn, Lieutenant – Colonel - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 16

Unknown date – Holland, Saba - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 17

Unknown date – Kaye, Matilda S. - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 18

Unknown date – Lefeure, Madeline Shaw - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 19

1858, February 13 – Lyell, Charles - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 20

1859, February 2 – Lyons, Lord Richard Bicherton Pernell - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 21

Unknown date – Malmesbury, James Howard Harris – Malmesbury, Lady - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 22

1855- Mavrocordatos, Alexander [Alexandros]- From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 23

Unknown date – [Monteagle], M. - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 24

1857, May 8 – Morgan, Lady Sydney - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 25

Unknown date – Norfolk, Duchess Dowager - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 26

Unknown date – Othon, King of Greece – Signature - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 27

1857, July 11 – Oliveira, B. - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 28

Unknown year, February 4, March 25 – Overstone, Samuel Jones Loyd – Overstone, Lord & Lady - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 29

Unknown year, July 30, September 23, October 18 - Unknown date – Palmerston, E. - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 30

Unknown year, March 10 – Panizzi, Sir Antonio - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 31

1858, August 17 – Radstock - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 32

Unknown year, March 15 – Rich, Charles Spring - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 33

1857, April 25, May 9, August 11 – Russell, Lady Elizabeth Anne - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 34

1859, March 21 – Somers, Jane - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 35

1858, Jan 11, February 13, April 2 – Unknown date – Somerset, Duchess of - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 36

Unknown year, June 25 – Spearman, H. From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 37

1857, July 14 – Spencer - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 38

1858, February 16 – Stanhope, Fifth Earl Philip Henry - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 39

Unknown date – Summer, Robert G. W. - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 40

Unknown year, May 20 & 21 – Thomas, Maria - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 41

Unknown date – Tricoupi, Mme Charilaos (Catherine Tricoupi) - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

 14 42

Unknown date – Van de Weyer, Madame Sylvanus [Sylvain] - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1859, April 17 - Unknown date – Wensleydale, Baron (James Parke) - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1856, June 26, 1858, July 15 – Westminster, The Marquess - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1857, December 17 – Westminster School, The Captain - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1857, July 29 – Whewell, Dr. William - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1857, October 24 – Wilberforce, Samuel C Bishop of Oxford - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1858, June 17 – Williams, General William F. (of Kars) – From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1856, September 23 - Unknown date – Wolff, Adeline Drummond - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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1857, June 8 – Wood, Sir Charles - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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Unknown year, July 17 – Yardley, Sir Cullen - From Susan Dallas’ scrap book 

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 Series 4.  George Mifflin Dallas miscellaneous 
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Unknown dates - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Inventory & Genealogical 

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Unknown dates - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Index 

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1810 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech on the moral influence of memory 

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[1820 – 1825?] - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech to raise funds for the relief of Thomas Jefferson 

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1828 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech to sustain the nomination of Andrew Jackson 

 15 5

[1829?] - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Eliza Goldsmith vs. John Blye 

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[1830 – 1831] - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech in support of Andrew Jackson 

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1831 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – An oration before the two literary societies at Princeton College inculcating reverence and love of our country 

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[1832] - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Response to Henry Clay’s suggestion for a tariff compromise 

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1833 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – July 4 speech on the Declaration of Independence 

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1834, June 20 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech on the 100th anniversary of the Masonic Lodge in Pennsylvania 

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1835, July 4 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech to the Franklin Literary Society & the Washington Literary Society of Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania 

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1836, January 18 - - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Address to Pennsylvania Assembly Committee investigating Society of Free Masons – Dallas defends his membership 

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1840 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Defense of Commodore Elliot 

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1846 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Smithsonian Speech 

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1849, July 16 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech on death of James K. Polk 

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1850, November 21 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – The Great Union meeting in Philadelphia 

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1856 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Draft of entry of George Mifflin Dallas life in French biographical dictionary 

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1858, July [17] – 26 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Diary entries 

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1877 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Religious material copies of prayer book 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Speech to Princeton University Cliosophic Society 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Commencement speeches 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Miscellaneous speeches 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Pym I – III, three letters to editors 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Legal notes on the ship Patapsco case 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Description of Horace Binney of the Philadelphia Bar Association 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Review of Eli K. Price’s memoir of his parents Philip & Rachel Price 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – French lessons [probably by one of his daughters] 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Memoranda – Includes undated notebook 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Land papers 

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1816 – 1825 – Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1829 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1830 – 1837 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1840 – 1849 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1851 – 1855 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1856 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1856 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1857 – 1858 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

 16 8

1859 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1860 – 1865 - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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Unknown date - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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Autographs, Presidents of the United States - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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Presidential and Vice Presidential pictures - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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Poetry by George Mifflin Dallas - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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Prose by George Mifflin Dallas - Dallas, George Mifflin – Photostats 

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1856 – 1861 – Manuscript of George Mifflin Dallas’ letters from London 

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1832 – 1848 – Newspaper clippings 

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1848 - Presidential campaign newspaper clippings I 

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1848 - Presidential campaign newspaper clippings II 

 18 3

1850 – 1855 – Newspaper clippings 

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1856 – Newspaper clippings 

 18 5

1857 – Newspaper clippings 

 18 6

1858 – Newspaper clippings 

 18 7

1859 – Newspaper clippings 

 18 8

1860 – Newspaper clippings 

 18 9

1864 – Newspaper clippings 

 18 10

1865 – Newspaper clippings – Death of George Mifflin Dallas 

 18 11

Unknown date – Newspaper clippings 

 18 12

1850 – 1860 – Newspaper clippings not directly related to George Mifflin Dallas 

 18 13

1828 – 1849 – Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Printed material I 

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Unknown date – Dallas, George Mifflin – Miscellaneous – Printed material II 

 18 15

1788 – 1815 – Dallas, Alexander James – Transferred from Historical Society miscellaneous small collections 

 18 16

1827 – 1864 – Dallas, George Mifflin – Transferred from Historical Society miscellaneous small collections 

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1792 – 1864 – Dallas, George Mifflin – 1759 – 1817 – Dallas, Alexander James – Transferred from Historical Society miscellaneous small collections 

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[1856 – 61] – 1889 – Dallas, George Mifflin – Papers relating to his missions to Russia and England – Transferred from Historical Society small collections 

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Unknown date – Dallas, Mrs. Alexander James (Arabelle Smith) – Early memoirs – Transferred from Historical Society small collections 

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