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Author: Wadsworth, James, 1768-1844. Title: James Wadsworth family papers, 1730-1959. Description: 7,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 22 linear feet. Local Call No: 0531J Oversize 5:7 Notes: 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 (American Memory). Gift, Mrs. Stuart Symington, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Reverdy Wadsworth, and James W. Symington, 1960-1983. 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 MSS44297 Subjects: 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. Dept. 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 Other authors: 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. Location: Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home Source: DLC DLC DLC dacs Control No.: 5802494 URL: Photograph album Finding aid Finding aid (PDF)
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