Inventory of the Louis Addison Dent Papers, 1717-1946

Collection Number 2858


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Dent, Louis Addison, 1863-1947.
Title
Louis Addison Dent Papers, 1717-1946.
Call Number
2858
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 2500 items (4.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Native of Maryland, Dent was a lawyer who held federal appointive offices under Republican administrations and was long associated with James G. Blaine (1830-1893), acting as Blaine's secretary during his second term as secretary of state, 1889-1892, and at other times. Dent was consul to Jamaica, 1892 and 1897-1898; an active Republican; and a member of many civic, commercial, church, historical, and patriotic societies, committees, and commissions. The papers chiefly concern Dent's public activities, particularly 1890-1900, and provide information about Washington, D.C., politics; the machinations behind appointments to various offices; his work for Secretary of State James G. Blaine; foreign affairs, especially in the West Indies, where he visited the United States consulates; abuses in the foreign service during the administration of Grover Cleveland; Dent's appointments to the Jamaican consulate (he had been appointed in 1892 but was removed by Cleveland and was reappointed in 1897, serving there during the War of 1898); and his work as registrar of wills in Washington, D.C., auditor of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, special assistant to the Attorney General, and as a member of various commissions, committees, and societies.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1952
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Louis Addison Dent Papers, #2858, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893.
Dent family.
Dent, Louis Addison, 1863-1947.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Selection and appointment--History.
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901.
Jamaica--Foreign relations--United States--History--19th century.
Patriotic societies--United States--History.
Patronage, Political--United States.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History.
Spanish-American War, 1898.
United States--Foreign relations--1865-1921.
United States--Foreign relations--Jamaica--History--19th century.
United States--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment--History.
United States. Dept. of State.
Washington (D.C.)--Officials and employees--History.
Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government--1878-1967.
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Biographical Note

Native of Maryland, Dent was a lawyer who held federal appointive offices under Republican administrations and was long associated with James G. Blaine (1830-1893), acting as Blaine's secretary during his second term as secretary of state, 1889-1892, and at other times. Dent was consul to Jamaica, 1892 and 1897-1898; an active Republican; and a member of many civic, commercial, church, historical, and patriotic societies, committees, and commissions.

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Collection Overview

The papers chiefly concern Dent's public activities, particularly 1890-1900, and provide information about Washington, D.C., politics; the machinations behind appointments to various offices; his work for Secretary of State James G. Blaine; foreign affairs, especially in the West Indies, where he visited the United States consulates; abuses in the foreign service during the administration of Grover Cleveland; Dent's appointments to the Jamaican consulate (he had been appointed in 1892 but was removed by Cleveland and was reappointed in 1897, serving there during the War of 1898); and his work as registrar of wills in Washington, D.C., auditor of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, special assistant to the Attorney General, and as a member of various commissions, committees, and societies.