J. S. Holliday research collection on the William Swain family 1799-1980

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J. S. Holliday research collection on the William Swain family 1799-1980

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J.S. Holliday's collection relating to the Swain family acquired while doing research for his book The World Rushed In. The collection includes 27 letters from Sabrina and George to William, dated April 15, 1849 to September 8, 1850. Also included are "A Forty Niner," William's dictated recollections, and his will, made out before leaving for California. Other family papers include William's father Isaac's account books, letters of family members and neighbors, and a daguerreotype and cased albumen prints, presumably of family members. Holliday's research files include approximately 150 letters from Sara Swain to Holliday and another 70 to her Mormon cousin Nancy Williams, with much information on the Swain family and Niagara County, New York. These are accompanied by Holliday's notes, transcripts of the Swain letters, photocopies of materials related to the Wolverine Rangers, Edward Eberstadt's notes, Sara Swain's notes on family and local history, and After 100 Years, Nancy Williams' biography of Rebecca and Frederick Granger Williams.

Total Boxes: 9; Other Storage Formats: 1 broadside; Linear Feet: 3.77

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349792

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Swain family

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Williams, Nancy Clement.

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Swain, Sara Sabrina.

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Swain family

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Holliday, J. S

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Jaquelin Smith Holliday II was born on June 10, 1924 in Indianapolis, and served in the United States Navy during World War II. He graduated from Yale University in 1948 with a degree in history and was prepared to enter his family's steel business when noted rare book dealer Ed Eberstadt showed Holliday William Swain's 1849 diary of his journey to California, suggesting that it could be the basis of an important book. Holliday took Eberstadt's advice and began work on what was originally titled...

Swain, George, 1819-1892.

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Swain, Sara Sabrina.

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Swain, Isaac

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Swain, William, 1821-1904

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In 1849, Swain, with F. A. Bailey, M. Hutchinson, and J. Root,left Youngstown, New York, to join the California gold rush. After a few months at the mines, he returned to New York by Panama. He was a farmer in Youngstown and became prominent in local politics. From the description of Journals and letters, 1849-1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126403 ...

Wolverine Rangers (Firm)

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Williams, Nancy Clement.

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Eberstadt, Edward, 1883-1958

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Edward Eberstadt (1883-1958) was a rare book dealer in New York City whose private collection of Western Americana was continued by his sons Lindley and Charles and sold after they retired. From the description of Eberstadt collection, 1699-1959. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20660325 The Eberstadt Collection began with a few books that came into the possession of Edward Eberstadt (1883-1958) around the turn of the century while he was wor...

Swain family

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