James Wadsworth family papers,
Wadsworth, James, 1768-1844.
James Wadsworth family papers, 1730-1959. - 7,000 items. 50 1 containers plus oversize. 22 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers of the family of James Wadsworth (1768-1844) and his brother, William Wadsworth (1761-1833), who settled in Geneseo, N.Y., in 1790 and endowed schools and libraries there. Includes papers of James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864), son of James Wadsworth, Union Army officer who fought in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and was mortally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness (Va.); James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846-1926), son of James S. Wadsworth, Union Army officer, state legislator, and U.S. representative from New York; and James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952), U.S. senator and representative from New York and chairman, National Security Training Commission, whose congressional papers comprise the bulk of the collection. Also includes papers of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.'s father-in-law, John Hay (1838-1905), diplomat and U.S. secretary of state (1898-1905), whose letters comment on life in London, England, and Washington, D.C. Also included are a letter (1864 July 9) from Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley promising safe conduct for any emissaries of peace, abandonment of slavery, or restoration of the Union from Jefferson Davis; an album of autographed photographs of leaders in the Lincoln administration; and letters of Theodore Roosevelt.
Landowner, reformer, and philanthropist whose family settled Geneseo, N.Y.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014
mm 78044297
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 --Correspondence.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Correspondence.
Wadsworth family.
United States. Army --Officers.
United States. Congress.
United States. Department of State.
United States. National Security Training Commission.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Great Britain.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Libraries--Endowments.--New York (State)--Geneseo
Schools--Endowments.--New York (State)--Geneseo
Slavery--Southern States.
Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.
Geneseo (N.Y.)--History.
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.
New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Pennsylvania--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Autographs.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Casualties.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Peace.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
Virginia--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Landowners.
Philanthropists.
Reformers.
James Wadsworth family papers, 1730-1959. - 7,000 items. 50 1 containers plus oversize. 22 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers of the family of James Wadsworth (1768-1844) and his brother, William Wadsworth (1761-1833), who settled in Geneseo, N.Y., in 1790 and endowed schools and libraries there. Includes papers of James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864), son of James Wadsworth, Union Army officer who fought in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and was mortally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness (Va.); James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846-1926), son of James S. Wadsworth, Union Army officer, state legislator, and U.S. representative from New York; and James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952), U.S. senator and representative from New York and chairman, National Security Training Commission, whose congressional papers comprise the bulk of the collection. Also includes papers of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.'s father-in-law, John Hay (1838-1905), diplomat and U.S. secretary of state (1898-1905), whose letters comment on life in London, England, and Washington, D.C. Also included are a letter (1864 July 9) from Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley promising safe conduct for any emissaries of peace, abandonment of slavery, or restoration of the Union from Jefferson Davis; an album of autographed photographs of leaders in the Lincoln administration; and letters of Theodore Roosevelt.
Landowner, reformer, and philanthropist whose family settled Geneseo, N.Y.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014
mm 78044297
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 --Correspondence.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Correspondence.
Wadsworth family.
United States. Army --Officers.
United States. Congress.
United States. Department of State.
United States. National Security Training Commission.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Great Britain.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Libraries--Endowments.--New York (State)--Geneseo
Schools--Endowments.--New York (State)--Geneseo
Slavery--Southern States.
Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.
Geneseo (N.Y.)--History.
London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.
New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Pennsylvania--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Autographs.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Casualties.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Peace.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
Virginia--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Landowners.
Philanthropists.
Reformers.