Wadsworth, James 1768-1844 creator mixed material monographic eng 7,000 50 1 22 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. Open to research. 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 Philanthropists Reformers Hay, John, 1838-1905 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Wadsworth, James S. (James Samuel), 1807-1864 Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1846-1926 Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952 Wadsworth, William, 1761-1833 mm 78044297 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc051 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc051 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014.3 Open to research. DLC 790410 20260227111626.0 mm 78044297