August Belmont papers 1853-1887

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August Belmont papers 1853-1887

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/257

Collection consists of Belmont's letter books, 1853-1858, as United States Chargé d'Affaires and Minister to the Netherlands; correspondence as a director and president of the New York Academy of Music; visiting list, 1853-1854, at the Hague; several letters to his wife, Catherine Slidell Perry Belmont, from European figures; and family memorabilia. Correspondents include Charles R. Fowler, D. Kingslund Macy, J.H. Mapleson, Levi P. Morton, Royal Phelps, C.A. Seward, and B. Ullman. Also, personal and household papers, photograph of Belmont, and copper plates for invitations, calling cards and admission cards.

.8 linear foot (3 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312650

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920

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Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 – May 16, 1920) was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a US representative from New York, and as the 31st governor of New York. The son of a Congregational minister, Morton was born in Vermont and educated in Vermont and Massachusetts. He trained for a business career by clerking in stores and working in mercantile establishments in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. After rel...

Belmont, Catherine Slidell Perry.

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Macy, D. Kingslund

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Phelps, Royal, 1809-1884

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Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857

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New York attorney and statesman; served as United States Secretary of State under President Pierce. From the description of William Learned Marcy letter, 1857 Mar. 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255631874 Senator, Governor of New York, 1833-39. From the description of Letter 1834 March 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617820 Secretary of War under Polk. Secretary of State under Pierce. From the description of Autog...

Seward, Clarence A. (Clarence Armstrong), 1828-1897

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Fowler, Charles R.

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Belmont family

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Mapleson, James Henry, 1830-1901

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English singer, violinist, and impresario. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 12 October [n.y.], to an unidentified friend, [n.y.] Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581771 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 27 June [n.y.], to Mr. [Samuel?] Aitken, [n.y.] June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581759 From the description of Autograph letters signed (6), dated and undated : [London] and Glasg...

Ullman, B

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Crawford, Jr., Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892

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Crawford was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1846 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1850. He joined the U.S. Army as an assistant surgeon in 1851 and served in that capacity for ten years. Crawford was the surgeon on duty at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, during the Confederate bombardment in 1861, which represented the start of the Civil War. Despite his purely medical background, he was in command of several of ...

Academy of Music (New York, N.Y.)

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Belmont, August, 1813-1890

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American banker and financier, U.S. minister to the Netherlands, and a leading Democratic political leader. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he vigorously supported the Union and helped raise the first German regiment sent from New York City. Daniel Edgar Sickles was a U.S. Representative from the State of New York (1857-1861 and 1893-1895). From the description of August Belmont letter, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 711208279 Banker and diplomat. ...