Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888. Squier family papers, 1746-1888 (bulk 1816-1888).
Title:
Squier family papers, 1746-1888 (bulk 1816-1888).
Correspondence and papers, 1746-1888 (bulk 1816-1888), of the Squier family. The material includes a 1746 letter from Philip Squier to his mother, Elizabeth, and a notebook containing miscellaneous accounts and receipts, 1775-1778, kept by Ephraim Squier, but most of the material is nineteenth century. Ephraim Squier was a farmer in Ashford (Conn.); the collection contains a large number of his letters, most of them to his son Joel, who became a Methodist minister, working in Bethlehem (N.Y.) and other places in New York State. Joel Squier's papers include 18 pocket diaries, kept at various times between 1833 and 1879; a record of marriages performed by him between 1831 and 1876; about 50 manuscript sermons; pocket expense books for 1839-1840 and 1868; a brief autobiographical sketch; legal documents, some relating to his bankruptcy, deeds, and receipts; and correspondence, most of it with his sons, Ephraim George Squier, Charles Wesley Squier, and Frank Squier. The letters written by Ephraim George Squier include some from Nicaragua, written while he was U.S. chargé d'affaires in Central America, as well as many others written from New York City, Paris, and London while he was secretary of the Honduras Interoceanic Railway Company, and many pertaining to his writings and their publication. The collection includes a number of letters David D. Porter wrote to him in 1869. There are also legal documents, including papers relating to a purchase of land in Honduras; to his imprisonment for debt in Lancaster Castle in 1867, and declaration of bankruptcy in England; to the appointment of his brother Frank as his guardian when he became incapacitated by mental illness; and copies of documents relating to the annulment of the first marriage of his wife, Miriam Florence Folline, to David C. Peacock. (Miriam Squier was later married to Frank Leslie). There are are also a manuscript entitled Two lectures on the origin and progress of modern civilization, printed ephemera, including the invitation and menu for his 50th birthday clambake, and drawings of Lancaster Castle (shelved in oversize area). Charles Wesley Squier's papers include a pocket diary, June 17, 1862 - January 24, 1863, kept while in active service with the 74th New York State Volunteers, his commission as captain in the regiment, correspondence, much of it dating from the Civil War, and some drawings, probably by Charles Wesley Squier, mostly on Civil War themes; one of Camp Wade includes instructions to an engraver. There is a bill of exchange issued to Frank Squier, and a few letters from him. The collection includes other miscellaneous papers, wills, newspaper clippings, and genealogical notes.
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2 linear feet (4 boxes)
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