Wheeler H. Peckham family papers, 1838-1894.

Open to research.

Chiefly letters to Wheeler H. Peckham from Rufus W. Peckham and Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Jr., relating to family, personal, and business matters, the travels of Rufus W. Peckham, and political affairs.

Family members represented include Rufus W. (Wheeler) Peckham, lawyer, U.S. congressman from N.Y., and judge of the N.Y. Court of Appeals; and his sons: Wheeler H. (Hazard) Peckham, lawyer; and Rufus Wheeler Peckham, associate justice of the N.Y. Supreme Court and of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Collection material in English.

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