Edward Clifton Wharton family papers, 1819-1947 (bulk 1819-1901).

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Edward Clifton Wharton family papers, 1819-1947 (bulk 1819-1901).

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Papers of four generations of the Wharton family are comprised of correspondence, manuscript writings, manuscript volumes, photographs, printed items and broadsides. Correspondence includes letters of Edward Clifton Wharton, his father; Franklin Wharton and other relatives, especially members of the Baylor family. The Baylor letters provide information on early Texas history, Mexican relations, the Civil War in Louisiana and Texas, Indian frontier wars and affairs, and the California Gold Rush. Correspondence of Edward C. Wharton reflects his close association with prominent writers and historians. Included is a long series of letters from Louisiana historian Charles Gayarre. Papers of Franklin Wharton pertain to his migration in 1825 from Frederickstown, Maryland, to the Arkansas Territory; his duties at Fort Smith including his service as postmaster; and as lieutenant colonel in the Crawford County Regiment of the Arkansas Territory. Among the manuscript volumes are an address book (1886-1887); notebook entries concerning the Confederate States Navy and Pierre Soule (1887); diaries of Edward C. Wharton with entries concerning the New Orleans Exposition (March 1886) and a visit to General Beauregard (June 1886); the travel diary (1825) of Franklin Wharton; and the diary (1893) of Jennie P. Wharton recording her illness, the birth and death of her infant daughter, and New Orleans opera and theater. Memorandum books of Edward C. Wharton pertain to his association with the PICAYUNE (1875) and newspaper advertising. Included is a list of letters to the TIMES-PICAYUNE, a travel expense account, orders for WAR of BACHELORS, a listing of advertisements, and genealogical notes concerning the Louisiana Goodmans and Franklin Wharton (1882-1884). Manuscript writings consist of published and unpublished novels, plays and articles by Edward C. Wharton. Among the photographs are several portraits of Wharton and Baylor family members including a daguerreotype of Colonel George Wythe Baylor, aide-de-camp to General Albert Sidney Johnson (1861), photographs of General John G. Walker, Lieutenant Richard Dowling and Albert Pike. Broadsides include the Louisiana Senate Roll for 1867, two form letters from Dozier G. Hebert and a list of military personnel taking part in the war "West of the Mississippi." Printed items contain newspaper clippings, principally from Texas,several Southern newspapers, pamphlets including BATTLE of SAN JACINTO and the SAN JACINTO CAMPAIGN by L.W. Kemp and Ed Kilman (1947), 1st Louisiana Regiment roster (n.d.) and a Baylor College commencement address (1884). Other printed materials consist of periodicals and printed volumes, among which are REPUBLIC of TEXAS by Clarence Wharton and Anne H. Wharton's GENEALOGY of the WHARTON FAMILY.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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