Papers of William James Potter, 1846-1949 (bulk 1846-1876).

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Papers of William James Potter, 1846-1949 (bulk 1846-1876).

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Personal and family papers, accumulated by Elizabeth Claghorn Babcock Potter. The collections includes correspondence; William James Potter's journals that he kept from 1849 to 1859 and his 1863 chaplain's notebook; Elizabeth's poetry and other manuscripts. Correspondence includes the letters exchanged between William J. Potter and Elizabeth (110 letters from her him, written between 1860 and 1865, and 28 letter from him to her, (1863 - 1870), and Elizabeth's letters to her mother Lydia Delano Babcock written during her visit to Algonac, the Delano estate near Newburg, in Orange County, N.Y. in the summer and fall of 1856 and her stay with husband at Camp Distribution, near Alexandria, Va. from November 1863 through May 1864 (49 letters, also the 1859-1860 letterbook.) Also included are the Potters' correspondence with his sisters Mary Ann Potter Howland, Ruth Potter Almy, and Ruby H. Potter Tillinghast; William James Potter's correspondence with his friends -- John Albee, Henry W. Brown, and George W. Bartlett (the latter discusses Maine Civil War politics), and letters from Elizabeth's numerous friends and colleagues. William J. Potter's journals document his early career, preceding his New Bedford ministry. The notebook that he kept in 1863 contains records of inspections of hospitals and military prisons, names, cases, and addresses of the inmates, etc. Elizabeth Claghorn Babcock Potter's manuscripts include her commonplace book (1858-1865), an autograph book (1851), her poetry, mostly religious, and a notebook where she recorded stories of her children (1869-1875).

489 pieces : also ephemera.11 boxes.

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