Shaler family papers, 1809-1935.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 47 items; 1 containerSubject(s): - Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 -- Correspondence
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Madison, James, 1751-1836
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831 -- Correspondence
- Russell, Jonathan, 1771-1832 -- Correspondence
- Smith, Robert, 1757-1842
- Schaller family
- United States -- History -- War of 1812
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Cuba
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Algeria
- Diplomats
- Educators
- Geologists
- Mariners
Open to research.
Correspondence (1810-1880), appointments (1815-1829), passports (1809-1814), financial papers (1814-1823), indentures (1819-1859) for transfer of land in Kentucky, patent, biographical sketch, genealogy, broadsides, portraits, and clippings. Chiefly the papers of Nathaniel Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, William Shaler, and Richard Southgate. Correspondents include Henry Clay, James Monroe, and Jonathan Russell. Includes documents signed by Andrew Jackson, James Madison, James Monroe, and Robert Smith.
Members of the Shaler (Schaller) family. Persons prominent in the collection include William Shaler, U.S. consul general at Havana and Algiers; his brother, Nathaniel, captain of a privateer during the War of 1812; Nathaniel's father-in-law, Richard Southgate; and Nathaniel's son, Nathaniel S. Shaler, geologist and educator.
Collection material in English.
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