Papers of Charles P. S. Wardwell, 1840-1891 (bulk 1850-1870).

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Papers of Charles P. S. Wardwell, 1840-1891 (bulk 1850-1870).

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Personal and professional correspondence of Charles P. S. Wardwell. Correspondents include his wife Marcia B. Wardwell, brothers, parents, and other family members, friends and business associates. The letters discuss family matters, personal, social, religious and professional lives of various family members, political news, everyday life, primarily in New England as well as his various inventions and patents. Included are pieces describing Page's Oar Factory at Coaticook, Quebec (1859), emigration, working condition, wages, and social life of miners in California during the Gold Rush, the Civil War, Freedmen, etc.

415 pieces.5 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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