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100 1 _aWadsworth, James,
_d1768-1844.
245 0 0 _aJames Wadsworth family papers,
_f1730-1959.
300 _a7,000
_fitems.
300 _a50
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a22
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aIncludes 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.
520 8 _aAlso 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.
530 _aPhotograph album also available through the Library of Congress Web site, Words and Deeds in American History.
545 0 _aLandowner, reformer, and philanthropist whose family settled Geneseo, N.Y.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014
600 1 0 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889.
600 1 0 _aGreeley, Horace,
_d1811-1872
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Theodore,
_d1858-1919
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aWadsworth family.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xOfficers.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of State.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNational Security Training Commission.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
650 0 _aLibraries
_zNew York (State)
_zGeneseo
_xEndowments.
650 0 _aSchools
_zNew York (State)
_zGeneseo
_xEndowments.
650 0 _aSlavery
_xSouthern States.
650 0 _aWilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.
651 0 _aGeneseo (N.Y.)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aLondon (England)
_xSocial life and customs
_y19th century.
651 0 _aNew York (State)
_xPolitics and government
_y1865-1950.
651 0 _aPennsylvania
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xCampaigns.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xAutographs.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xCampaigns.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xCasualties.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xPeace.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1865-1933.
651 0 _aVirginia
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xCampaigns.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs
_y19th century.
656 7 _aLandowners.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aPhilanthropists.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aReformers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aHay, John,
_d1838-1905.
_tJohn Hay papers.
700 1 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865.
_tAbraham Lincoln correspondence.
_f1864 July 9.
700 1 _aWadsworth, James S.
_q(James Samuel),
_d1807-1864.
_tJames S. Wadsworth papers.
700 1 _aWadsworth, James Wolcott,
_d1846-1926.
_tJames Wolcott Wadsworth papers.
700 1 _aWadsworth, James Wolcott,
_d1877-1952.
_tJames Wolcott Wadsworth papers.
700 1 _aWadsworth, William,
_d1761-1833.
_tWilliam Wadsworth papers.
856 4 _3Photograph album
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.msmcc051
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997014.3
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