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245 0 0 _aDenby family papers,
_f1850-1911.
300 _a2,000
_fitems.
300 _a8
_fcontainers.
300 _a3.2
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aChiefly correspondence and related material exchanged among Denby family members. The bulk of the letters are between Charles Denby (1830-1904), his wife Martha Fitch Denby, and their children Graham, Charles (1861-1938), Harriet, Wythe, Edwin, and Thomas Garvin. Also includes letters from Martha's mother Harriet Satterlee Fitch and father Graham Newell Fitch.
520 8 _aIncludes courtship correspondence (1850s) between Charles Denby, a lawyer in Evansville, Ind., and Martha of Logansport, Ind., and Washington, D.C. Includes Civil War correspondence of Charles written while serving with the Forty-second Indiana Volunteers and the Eightieth Indiana Volunteers in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Letters speak of life at home and in camp. Correspondence (1860s-1870s) documents family life, local and national events, and Charles's work as a lawyer. Includes letters from Denby's son Charles while he attended the College of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J., and from their daughter Harriet while she attended Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ont.
520 8 _aCorrespondence (1885-1905) pertains to the elder Charles Denby's post as minister to China, the official, social, and domestic lives of the diplomatic community in Beijing, and the life of other Denby family members in China and the U.S. Includes material relating to son Charles's work in diplomatic service and business in China and Edwin's service in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (Hai guan zong shui wu si shu). Documents the Spanish-American War in relation to Edwin's and son-in-law Gilbert Wilkes's service aboard the cruiser Yosemite in 1898 and father Charles's service on a commission investigating the conduct of the U.S. War Dept. during the war and on the U.S. Philippine Commission. Includes a journal Martha kept on a trip with the commission to the Philippines.
520 8 _aCorrespondence (1890s-1911) document Wythe's work as a mining engineer in Alaska, Arizona, and Utah; Edwin's election to Congress, his early days in Washington, D.C., and a trip to Europe; and son Charles's work in the State Department.
545 0 _aDenby family members including Charles Denby (1830-1904), lawyer and U.S. minister to China; Charles Denby (1861-1938), diplomat to China; and Edwin Denby (1870-1929), congressman and U.S. secretary of the navy.
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.ms007015
600 1 0 _aDenby, Charles,
_d1830-1904
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDenby, Charles,
_d1861-1938
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDenby, Edwin,
_d1870-1929
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDenby, Graham
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDenby, Harriet
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDenby, Martha Fitch
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDenby, Thomas Garvin
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDenby, Wythe
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFitch, Graham N.
_q(Graham Newell),
_d1809-1892
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFitch, Harriet Satterlee
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aDenby family.
610 1 0 _aChina.
_bHai guan zong shui wu si shu.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bIndiana Infantry Regiment, 42nd (1861-1865)
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bIndiana Infantry Regiment, 80th (1862-1865)
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of State.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bPhilippine Commission (1899-1900)
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bWar Department.
610 2 0 _aCollege of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
610 2 0 _aHellmuth Ladies' College (London, Ont.)
610 2 0 _aYosemite (Cruiser)
650 0 _aCustoms administration
_zChina.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zChina.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American
_zChina
_zBeijing.
650 0 _aMining engineering
_zAlaska.
650 0 _aMining engineering
_zArizona.
650 0 _aMining engineering
_zUtah.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zIndiana
_zEvansville.
650 0 _aSpanish-American War, 1898.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zNew Jersey
_zPrinceton.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges
_zOntario
_zLondon.
651 0 _aAlabama
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aChina
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aChina
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aEurope
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aEvansville (Ind.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aIndiana
_xHistory.
651 0 _aIndiana
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aKentucky
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aLogansport (Ind.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aPhilippines
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aTennessee
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zChina.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007015
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007015.3
999 _c44581
_d44581