Papers of Henry Waller, 1809-1943 (bulk 1826-1880).

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Papers of Henry Waller, 1809-1943 (bulk 1826-1880).

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Correspondence of several generations of the Waller family centering on Henry Waller, his parents, siblings, wife, children, friends, and business associates. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence between Henry Waller and his wife Sarah Bell Langhorne Waller and their children. The detailed letters describe their life in Kentucky and Chicago and discuss family matters, social news, their feelings for each other, their religious reflections (the Wallers were devout Presbyterians), parenting, schools, political affairs, legal practice, business, etc. Also included are a few pieces of the political and legal correspondence, including individual letters by John Marshall (1755-1835), Garret Davis, and John J. Crittenden. The collection also contains letters addressed to Sarah Bell Langhorne Waller, including those from the Confederate prisoners and their families. Also included are items related to the arrest and imprisonment of William S. Waller, Jr., letters from Maurice Waller, John Duke Waller, Henry Waller, Jr., and other children to their parents, a group of military records documenting Edward C. Waller's service in the Spanish American War, and genealogical materials. There is also a small group of private and professional correspondence of Henry Waller's father, William Smith Waller (1785-1855) who for more than forty years served as cashier of the Bank of Kentucky, including are two letters by George Madison (1763-1816) describing the War of 1812 in Kentucky. Other correspondents include Henry Waller's sister Catherine Waller Carson and her husband James Green Carson (1815-1863), a planter who owned and operated Canebrake Plantation in Mississippi, and then Airlie Plantation in East Carroll Parish, La. Their letters describe life on the cotton plantations, including discussion of slaves. There are also letters written by members of other branches of the Waller family as well as the related families of Langhorne, Breckenridge, Marshall, and others.

Approx. 5000 pieces.28 boxes, also, an oversized folder.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Waller, Henry, 1810-

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Waller, Edward C. (Edward Carson) 1845-1931.

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Marshall, John, 1755-1816.

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Carson, Catherine Waller, b. 1815.

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Waller, Henry, Jr., b. 1844.

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Marshall family.

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Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863

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Carson, James Green, 1815-1863

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Breckenridge family.

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Davis, Garrett, 1801-1872

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Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane (Jacksonville, Ill.).

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Madison, George, 1763-1816

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Waller, Maurice, 1840-1916.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Waller, William S. (William Smith), Jr., 1838-1874.

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United States Military Academy. Class of 1962

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Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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