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Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936

Title: John Vaughan papers, 1768 - Circa 1936

The collection of about 850 items covers the period from 1782 to c. 1936, with the bulk dating to the 1780s to 1840s. The collection is divided into four series. Series I contains correspondence relating to a wide variety of topics, including French and English politics, business, trade, religious matters, and personal affairs. Many of the items are letters of introduction. There is also information on John Vaughan’s immigration to America, Joseph Priestley, vaccines and inoculation (with Jefferson's comments on the same), Vaughan's business in Philadelphia, and the American Philosophical Society. Also included in this series are 2 boxes with copies of Vaughan correspondence as well as miscellaneous notes by E. W. Madeira, gathered in the course of his research on Vaughan in the 1930s. Series II consists of three volumes. Included are two of Vaughan's commonplace books. One, entitled, "J. Vaughan's book," May 17, 1779 (47 pp., in Latin; 870/L34), includes mostly Latin notations. The other commonplace book, dated 1783 (ca. 66 pp.; B V 462.c), includes comments on several prominent Americans, such as Benjamin Rush and David Rittenhouse, as well as American society generally. The third volume is a copybook with thirty letters spanning the period 1784 to 1801 (B V462.1). Series III includes material relating to Vaughan's administration of the estate of the Philadelphia merchant Samuel Merrick, 1796-1822 (Vaughan-Merrick Papers, B V462.m; 2 boxes). Series IV consists of correspondence between Vaughan and the DuPont Co. for which he served as agent (B V462.4; photocopies of 73 letters).

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Linear feet, Ca. 850 items

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Miner, Charles, 1780-1865. Letters to Isaac Wayne, 1820-1829.

Title: Letters to Isaac Wayne, 1820-1829.

ArchivalResource: 35 items (37 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79478622 View

Taylor, John W., 1784-1854. John W. Taylor correspondence and papers, 1804-1846.

Title: John W. Taylor correspondence and papers, 1804-1846.

The John W. Taylor Papers, 1798-1852 consist primarily of correspondence related to Taylor's service as the United Stated Congressman from Saratoga County, New York from 1813-1833 during which time he was elected twice as Speaker of the House. The letters pertain to national, state and county politics, abolition and slavery, elections, banking, the tariff, internal improvements, land policy, national figures, New York politicians, the post office department, legislation and patronage as well as personal matters. Some of Taylor's frequent correspondents included Jesse Buel, DeWitt Clinton, Esek Cowen, Samuel Cook, Alfred Conkling, John Cramer, Stephen Decatur, John A. Dix, Isaac M. Ely, Jonathan Fisk, James Geddes, Jabez D. Hammond, Salma Hale, Richard M. Livingston, Henry C. Martindale, John McLean, J.B. Mower, Charles Miner, Hezekiah Niles, Eliphalet Nott, Lemuel C. Paine, George Palmer, Thomas Palmer, John Russell, Ebenezer Sage, John Savage, Ambrose Spencer, James Tallmadge, John L. Viele, Daniel D. Tompkins, Jane Taylor (his wife), Martin Van Buren and William Woodbridge. There is also a group of 83 letters from Taylor to his wife, 1813-1833. The Taylor Papers include speeches mostly in manuscript form. One speech delivered in Ballston Spa on October 8, 1831 was printed as a pamphlet supplement to the Schenectady and Saratoga Standard. An undated broadside entitled The People's Nomination describes a meeting held at Ballston Spa at which Taylor was nominated for Congress. There are certificates, including stock certificates in the Mohawk Bridge and Ballston Turnpike Company; deeds, mortgages, and other land papers, including two deeds in the name of his father-in-law, James Hodge; petitions; memoranda; several diplomas from Union College; circulars; receipts; records of the findings of an inquest held in 1812; minutes and lists. Personal correspondence includes the draft of a letter to and the reply from Thomas Jefferson. There are also large numbers of invitations and visiting cards.

ArchivalResource: 2.8 linear feet (7 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475915303 View

Charles Miner Studio. Charles Miner Studio collection [graphic], circa 1900-2009.

Title: Charles Miner Studio collection [graphic], circa 1900-2009.

The collection consists of eight photographs of Charles W. Miner's photographic studio at 121 W. Wayne Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. One photograph is a street scene of the studio and surrounding businesses; the other photographs are of interior shots of the studio. There are also two digital reproduction prints of a portrait of Leander P. Miner, ca. 1864, in his Civil War uniform.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders of photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489109589 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

John W. Taylor Papers, 1798-1852

Title: John W. Taylor Papers 1798-1852

John W. Taylor (1784-1854) served as a United States Congressman from 1813-1833 and was appointed Speaker of the House twice. This collection is primarily correspondence from many of Taylor’s contemporaries to him illuminating his role as a statesman particularly as to his leadership of the Restrictionist cause to abolish slavery in the newly developing western territories.

ArchivalResource: 3.75 Linear feet

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/taylor/taylor.html View

Griffin family and Lydia Sigourney papers 1807-1885 Griffin family and Sigourney papers

Title: Griffin family and Lydia Sigourney papers 1807-1885 Griffin family and Sigourney papers

The collection consists of correspondence related to the Griffin family of New York City and includes 58 letters that George Griffin and his family exchanged between 1833 and 1854 with author Lydia H. Sigourney of Hartford, Connecticut. Additional material includes correspondence among members of the Griffin family that provides commentary on family life, two extended trips to Europe, Protestant theology, and higher education. The final series in the collection is a 3-page manuscript copy of Sigourney's poem on the death of American poet John Trumbull.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1887gri?rgn=main;view=text View

Miner, Charles, 1780-1865. Correspondence with Nicholas Biddle, 1822.

Title: Correspondence with Nicholas Biddle, 1822.

Folder contains two letters from Nicholas Biddle to Charles Miner, and two letters from Miner to Biddle. Letter dated February 10, 1822 to Miner, who responded on February 16, 1822, concerns Nicholas Biddle's January 15, 1822 address before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Nicholas Biddle's letter of April 29, 1822 requests information about Jeremiah Baily's mowing machine. Miner's response is dated May 1, 1822.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (4 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903792 View

African American History collection 1729-1970 1800-1865 African American history collection

Title: African American History collection 1729-1970 1800-1865 African American history collection

The African American History collection is a miscellaneous collection of single items relating to slavery, abolition movements, and various aspects of African American life between 1729 and 1970.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 280 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-454.1afr?rgn=main;view=text View

Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854. Letterbooks, 1788-1853 [microform].

Title: Letterbooks, 1788-1853 [microform].

The records consist of a microfilm of four volumes of letterbooks containing Cope's outbound correspondence from December 1788 to May 1853. The quantity of letters decreases markedly after 1835, as Cope relinquishes most of the details of business to his sons. Cope kept no diary between 1820 and 1843, and the letters are the primary source on his life and career during this period.

ArchivalResource: 4 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86119173 View

Powel, John Hare, 1786-1856. Letters, 1821-1823.

Title: Letters, 1821-1823.

John Hare Powel's letters to Nicholas Biddle, Richard Peters (with Peters' response on the reverse), Charles Miner, Roberts Vaux, and to an unidentified correspondent in which Powel quotes from a letter of Stephen Williams and discusses dairy cattle and production. In Powel's letter to Charles Miner he discusses plans for the founding of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society.

ArchivalResource: 5 items (6 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903915 View

William L. Clements Library. African American History collection, 1729-1970, bulk 1800-1865.

Title: African American History collection, 1729-1970, bulk 1800-1865.

The African American History collection is a miscellaneous collection of single items relating to slavery, abolition movements, and various aspects of African American life between 1729 and 1970.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450121 View

Rickaby, Franz, 1889-1925. Papers : concerning ballads about the Battle of Lake Erie : manuscript, 1911-1924.

Title: Papers : concerning ballads about the Battle of Lake Erie : manuscript, 1911-1924.

Concerns Battle of Lake Erie ballads, especially Charles Miner's The Ballad of James Bird; contains biographical information about Miner and Bird.

ArchivalResource: ca. 50 leaves ; 29 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612842881 View