Wainwright family of Rhinebeck, N.Y. papers 1849-1960

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Wainwright family of Rhinebeck, N.Y. papers 1849-1960

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18010

The Wainwright family papers includes military correspondence and records of William P. Wainwright of Rhinebeck, N.Y. as Colonel of the 22nd Regiment, New York State Militia, 1849-1855; letterpress copy books containing correspondence and financial records kept by his sons John T., Charles H., and William P. Wainwright Jr., 1895-1899, 1903-1913 (3 vols.) as agents for the estate of their grandfather John C. NY; additional business papers, legal documents and certificates of William P. Wainwright, Jr., 1897-1921; passports of Charles Wainwright and a few letters to his wife Margaret, 1920-1960.

.5 linear feet; 2 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6311829

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Wainwright, William P. (William Pratt), 1818-1895.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6183649 (person)

Wainwright, John T. (John Tillotson), 1868-1900.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f1904d (person)

New York (State). Militia. Regiment, 22nd

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x964kv (corporateBody)

Wainwright, Charles H. (Charles Howard), 1869-1948.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vm4bw3 (person)

Tillotson, John C

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s3kpt (person)

Wainwright family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64897nn (family)

The Wainwright family lived in Rhinebeck, N.Y. and New York City. William Pratt Wainwright (1818-1895), the distinguished Union Army Colonel and doctor, was born in New York City and raised on his father's farm in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was the older brother of Charles Shiels Wainwright (1826-1907), who also served in the Civil War and whose battle diary was published posthumously in 1962. William studied medicine shortly after graduation from the City University of New York and, sharin...

Wainwright, William P. (William Pratt), 1818-1895.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6183649 (person)

New York (State). National Guard. Regiment, 7th. Company K.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w625594k (corporateBody)