Lewis Weld family papers 1781-1877 1853-1864

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Lewis Weld family papers 1781-1877 1853-1864

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0559

The papers contain correspondence, Civil War memorabilia, diaries, and photographs of Mason Cogswell Weld, Lewis Ledyard Weld, and Charles T. Weld, sons of Lewis Weld (1796-1853). The collection has letters written from Leipzig, Germany by Mason Weld, 1853-1855; and several letters from Lewis L. Weld describing his life and activities in Colorado, 1860-1863. The bulk of the correspondence, however, dates from the Civil War, in which all three brothers served.

3.25 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 folio)

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Mason Cogswell Weld, son of Lewis and Mary A. (Cogswell) Weld, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 18, 1829. He graduated from Yale in 1852 and studied chemistry in Europe. In 1862, Weld enlisted in the 25th Connecticut Regiment and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the war he devoted himself to scientific agriculture, especially diary-farming. Weld died near Closter, New Jersey on September 25, 1887. MASON COGSWELL WELD, 1829-1887 ...