Thomas McCurdy Vincent family papers, 1824-1916.

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Thomas McCurdy Vincent family papers, 1824-1916.

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Early papers (1824-1856) relate to the Joseph B. Lancaster family and reflect social events, education of children and family matters. Letters of Thomas Vincent and Laura Lancaster (1857) pertain to Vincent's military career, family matters and the education of his son, Thomas Norris Vincent. Other correspondence describes the effects of yellow fever in Galveston and surrounding area (1867); local political environment in Kentucky (July 21, 1851); and Whig sentiments among the students of a Catholic girls school in Kentucky (Nov. 21, 1840). Additionally, correspondence contains letters of recommendation for admission to West Point, including a letter from William T. Sherman (1884), letters from Julia Dent Grant concerning a promotion for a friend (July 17, 1891) as well as social news (Aug. 26, 1891), and letters from Ida Tarbell, journalist, concerning her article "Disbanding the Army in 1865". There is also correspondence pertaining to the Catholic education of girls (1840-1855), conversion to Catholicism (1857) and the influence of the Catholic Mission Movement on the Vancouver Indian of Oregon (1876). Collection also contains papers of geodesist, Julius E. Hilgard, relating to his professional activities, his work on the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and charges of maladministration brought against him in 1885. Other items include genealogical records of the Vincent, McCurdy, Lancaster and related families; photographs; Thomas Vincent's diaries (1856-1857); and an account book (1849-1853) recording Vincent's expenditures as a cadet at West Point. Among the printed materials are newspaper clippings and reports of the Freedmen's Bureau (1872-1878). A John J. Audubon autograph is also in the collection (1833).

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