The Jeptha Homer Wade family papers, 1771-1957.

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The Jeptha Homer Wade family papers, 1771-1957.

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Correspondence, wills, diaries, autobiographical sketches, memoranda, deeds, contracts, drawings, financial records, passport documents, land grants, notes, receipts, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, relating to Jeptha Homer Wade and his role in the telegraph industry in the Midwest, and to his son, Randall Palmer Wade, and grandson, Jeptha Homer Wade, Jr. Includes letters from or about Ezra Cornell, Hiram Sibley, Amos Kendall, Samuel F.B. Morse, and James A. Garfield. Personal correspondence related to members to the Wade family, including Ellen Howe Garretson Wade and Ellen Howe Garretson, is included, as is travel journals written by various family members. The Wade family interest in spiritualism, particularly that of Jeptha Homer Wade after the death of his son Randall in 1876, is well documented in his personal correspondence. A calendar of correspondence for the collection is available in the appendix to the register. Literary rights to an autobiographical sketch by Jeptha Homer Wade located on roll 3, Folder 19 is retained by J.H. Wade III.

5.6 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6934559

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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