04999cpcaa2200757 a 4500 mm 78044297 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 790410|||||||||||| eng mm 78044297 ms 62004853 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Wadsworth, James, 1768-1844. James Wadsworth family papers, 1730-1959. 7,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 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. Photograph album also available through the Library of Congress Web site, Words and Deeds in American History. 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 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 New York (State) Geneseo Endowments. Schools New York (State) Geneseo Endowments. 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 Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Autographs. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Casualties. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Peace. United States Politics and government 1865-1933. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs 19th century. Landowners. itoamc Philanthropists. itoamc Reformers. itoamc Hay, John, 1838-1905. John Hay papers. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Abraham Lincoln correspondence. 1864 July 9. Wadsworth, James S. (James Samuel), 1807-1864. James S. Wadsworth papers. Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1846-1926. James Wolcott Wadsworth papers. Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952. James Wolcott Wadsworth papers. Wadsworth, William, 1761-1833. William Wadsworth papers. Photograph album http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc051 Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014.3 40044 40044