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245 0 0 _aHorsford-Tryon families papers,
_f1800-2000
_g(bulk 1835-1887).
300 _a3,300
_fitems.
300 _a10
_fcontainer.
300 _a3.8
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aChiefly correspondence of Horsford and Tryon family members primarily in central New York.
520 8 _aCorrespondence of Jerediah Horsford and his wife, Maria Charity Norton Horsford, relating to his service as U.S. representative from New York, the Whig party, Free Soil Party, the death of Henry Clay, antislavery politics, and social and political life in Washington, D.C. Subjects also include boardinghouse life, slavery in Washington, D.C., and Myrtilla Miner and her school, the Normal School for Colored Girls in Washington, D.C.
520 8 _aCorrespondence of Eben Horsford pertains to his years as a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; his appointment to the faculty of Harvard College in 1847 and life in Cambridge, Mass.; his commitment to women's education; Emma Willard, and her school, the Troy Female Seminary; and daguerreotypes.
520 8 _aCorrespondence of Eliza Horsford Tyron concerns her student years at Miss Bennet's School in Auburn, N.Y., and the Le Roy Female Seminary, Le Roy, N.Y.; domestic life, courtship, marriage, and childbirth; life in Rochester, N.Y.; political events of the Whig Party; and a visit by Jenny Lind to Rochester in 1850. Correspondence of Eliza's husband and banker, James Tryon pertains chiefly to banking and commerce in New York, Hartford, Conn., and along the Erie Canal. Includes correspondence with Eliza's cousin, Harriet Hinsdale Haskell, and James's friend, James Richards Cox.
520 8 _aSubjects also include farming in upstate New York, medical matters, and travel plans and descriptions of trips in New York, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and Cambridge, Mass. Correspondents include Henry Clay, Stephen Decatur, and William Gillette.
533 _aTypewritten transcripts, in part.
_b[S.l.].
545 0 _aMembers of the Horsford (Hosford) and Tryon families. Family members represented include Jerediah Horsford, U.S. representative from New York (1851-1853), missionary to the Seneca Indians in Moscow, N.Y., and farmer; his wife, Maria Charity Norton Horsford; and their children: Eben Norton Horsford, chemist and advocate for women's education; Julia Horsford Norton; Laura Horsford; Maria Horsford Byam; and Eliza Horsford Tryon and her husband, James Tryon, banker.
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.ms012192
583 _aOriginally cataloged as the Charry Maria Norton Horsford papers, 1851-1853. Correct name is Maria Charity Norton Horsford.
600 1 0 _aByam, Maria Horsford,
_d1826-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClay, Henry,
_d1777-1852
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClay, Henry,
_d1777-1852
_xDeath and burial.
600 1 0 _aCox, James Richards
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDecatur, Stephen,
_d1779-1820
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGillette, William,
_d1853-1937
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHaskell, Harriet Hinsdale
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHorsford, Eben Norton,
_d1818-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHorsford, Jerediah,
_d1791-1875
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHorsford, Laura,
_d1828-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHorsford, Maria Charity Norton,
_d1790-1859
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLind, Jenny,
_d1820-1887.
600 1 0 _aMiner, Myrtilla,
_d1815-1864.
600 1 0 _aNorton, Julia Horsford,
_d1822-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTryon, Eliza Horsford,
_d1820-1883
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTryon, James,
_d1820-1895
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWillard, Emma,
_d1787-1870.
600 3 0 _aHosford family.
600 3 0 _aTryon family.
610 2 0 _aFree Soil Party (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aHarvard College (1780- )
610 2 0 _aLe Roy Female Seminary.
610 2 0 _aMiss Bennet's School (Auburn, N.Y.)
610 2 0 _aNormal School for Colored Girls (Washington, D.C.)
610 2 0 _aRensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
610 2 0 _aTroy Female Seminary.
610 2 0 _aWhig Party (U.S.)
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xEducation
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aAgriculture
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aBanks and banking
_zConnecticut
_zHartford.
650 0 _aBanks and banking
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aBoardinghouses
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aChildbirth
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aCourtship
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aDaguerreotype.
650 0 _aEducation
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aMedicine
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aSlavery
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSlavery
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aWomen
_xEducation.
650 0 _aWomen
_xEducation
_zNew York (State)
650 0 _aWomen
_xEducation
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aCambridge (Mass.)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aCambridge (Mass.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aConnecticut
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aConnecticut
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aErie Canal (N.Y.)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aHartford (Conn.)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aMassachusetts
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aNew York (State)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aNew York (State)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aNew York (State)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aRochester (N.Y.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1845-1861.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs.
600 3 4 _aHorsford family.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012192
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012192.3
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