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Correspondence, 1837-1845.

Title: Correspondence, 1837-1845.

Letters to Haight regarding his appointment as professor of Pastoral Theology at General Theological Seminary (GTS); GTS alumni activities; dispute over the ordination of a man accused of adhering to Roman Catholic principles; the doctrine of the Blessedness of Mary; other GTS business; and other subjects. Correspondents include Benjamin T. Onderdonk, H. Ten Broeck, Paul Trapier, H. Vletebreem, Isaac Smart, C. Hackley, Moses Marcus, and John David Ogilby.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155474535 View

Trapier family. Trapier family papers, 1752-1887 (bulk 1825-1865) [manuscript].

Title: Trapier family papers, 1752-1887 (bulk 1825-1865) [manuscript].

Chiefly correspondence, 1825-1865, of Paul Trapier (1806-1872), Episcopal clergyman of Georgetown and Charleston, S.C., about church and personal matters, and scattered earlier family papers. Correspondence includes letters from Trapier to Robert W. Harris at Columbia College, N.Y., 1828-1830, and letters from Stephen Elliott (1806-1866), James Hervey Otey (1800-1863), and other Episcopal clergymen. Scattered papers of Trapier's father-in-law, Bishop Theodore Dehon (1776-1817), 1797-1810, are included, as is a speech, perhaps by Dehon, on procedures for electing a bishop in Connecticut, 1813.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23306014 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Lowndes, William, 1782-1822. William Lowndes papers, 1791-1901.

Title: William Lowndes papers, 1791-1901.

Papers of William Jones Lowndes and family include commonplace book, 1803, reproduced on fiche (M112), re classical reading and moral reflections; letter, 9 Apr. 1818, Washington [D.C.], from [James Monroe], noting departure of Mr. Pinckney from Russia, and offering Lowndes position of ambassador to Russia or minister to Constantinople. Correspondence of family members includes letter, 26 Nov. 1822, Liverpool, A. Hodgeson, to Mrs. William Lowndes [Elizabeth Pinckney Lowndes], Paris, offering his sympathies, and extending invitation to visit the Rathbone family, with whom her husband had lodged in the past. Other materials include letter, 12 Sept. 1829, Charleston, S.C., S[arah] R[utledge] to Mrs. William Lowndes, New York, N.Y., re address delivered by [Charles] Cotesworth [Pinckney, Jr.] to the Agricultural Society at Charleston advocating religious instruction for Negro slaves, noting distribution of the address by Rev. Paul Trapier to friends in the North, describing improvements to a house recently sold by Lowndes, and relaying news of prominent Charleston residents residing at home and away at resorts, including mention of members of the Pinckney, Pringle, Murrey, Nesbitt, Alston, and Deas families. Later items include letter, 16 [July] 1830, Paris, Lyde deNeuville to Madame Elisabeth Lowndes, Charleston, S.C., written in Frenchre travels of family and friends since departure of Lowndes family; and 30 Sept. [ca. 1835], Norwich, [Ct.], anonymous to Rebecca M[otte] Lowndes, rea visit to Boston, and comparison of Boston hospitality verses that of New York.

ArchivalResource: 9 items and 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38125191 View

Calvary Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.). Calvary Episcopal Church records, 1848-1978.

Title: Calvary Episcopal Church records, 1848-1978.

Records include a parish register recording confirmations and communicants (1849-1976), marriages (1849-1977), and burials (1849-1978). Also included are two volumes of vestry minutes (1952-1969), account books (1919-1931), and some loose papers (1931-1975).

ArchivalResource: 8 microfiche

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/756838161 View

Harvard University. Mathematical theses, 1782-1839

Title: Mathematical theses, 1782-1839.

The mathematical theses consist of equations and drawings which illustrate the equations. At the time of their creation, the purpose of these finely executed documents on large sheets of paper was to demonstrate a student's mastery of one or more mathematical concepts, yet the enduring value of many of the them lies in the fact that they are works of art.

ArchivalResource: 16 cubic feet; (406 broadsides)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua17004/catalog View

Gadsden allied family papers, 1703-1939.

Title: Gadsden allied family papers, 1703-1939.

Papers consist of legal documents, correspondence, slave records, genealogical material, a diary, a sermon, and other items. Farr family papers (1703-1832) include receipts, plats, indentures, bonds, the will of Thomas Farr, a slave bill of sale (1800), manumissions (1814-1817) and letters testamentary. Boyle family papers (1822-1888) include receipts, a slave mortgage, correspondence, a printed phrenological chart (n.d.) and handwritten phrenological evaluation (1840) of John Boyle by S. Kirkham, contracts, and accounts. Trapier family papers (1832-1939) include correspondence, memoirs (1865) of Paul Trapier, and genealogical material, including a family chart, clippings, photographs, letters, and notes. Hayne family papers (1861-1886) include letters (1862) of E.T. Shubrick Hayne concerning his military service during the Civil War, letters of condolence to his family after his death, other correspondence, and family history notes. Also included is a diary (n.d.) of Mary Deas Frost concerning a trip with her husband (Henry R. Frost) to a medical convention in Cincinnati (Ohio); a tax return (1856) of Henry R. Frost; and a sermon (n.d.) of Theodore Dehon.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36793841 View

Trapier, Paul, 1806-1872. Trapier reminiscences, 1865-1936.

Title: Trapier reminiscences, 1865-1936.

Typescript copies of "Notices of Ancestors & Relatives, Paternal & Maternal & of Incidents in my Life" (1865-1870) by Paul Trapier and "An Account of the Experiences of the Family of the Rev. and Mrs. Paul Trapier during and after the War Between the States" by S.D. (Mrs. Paul) Trapier transcribed during a W.P.A. project. Paul Trapier's "Account" contains genealogical information concerning the Trapier, Shubrick, Motte, Horry, and Huger families; observations about relatives; his feelings about slavery; autobiographical material; references to Belvedere and Serenity Plantations and St. Michael's Church (Charleston, S.C.); his religious beliefs, ministry, and professorship at the church's theological seminary; his views about nullification, secession, and the Civil War; the financial distress brought about by the war; and his sadness at being sent to a parish in Maryland. T.D. Trapier's "Account" describes the situation for Trapier, her husband, and her ten children. Trapier describes ministering to sick and injured soldiers, the difficulty of finding food, the sickness and death of her children, concealing the family's valuables, the family's encounter with Union troops, and the capture of her son by Union forces.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31741003 View