Joseph Hawley papers, 1849-1905.

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Joseph Hawley papers, 1849-1905.

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Primarily incoming and outgoing correspondence of a Hartford, Connecticut, lawyer, editor, publisher, Congressman, Senator and Governor. His incoming correspondence includes personal, political and military topics, 1860-1905, and among his outgoing correspondence are several letters to his first wife, Harriet Foote Hawley. Among his correspondents were Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries of various federal departments, and literary figures, among them Isabella Beecher Hooker, Marshall Jewell, Gideon Welles, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Greenleaf Whittier, Alfred Terry, P.T. Barnum, Andrew Carnegie, James G. Blaine, John Jay, and Theodore Roosevelt. In addition to the correspondence are a diary with very sparse entries, 1885; legal documents consisting of records of a court case, 1849, and Hawley's will, 1861; memorabilia including invitations, his diploma from Hamilton College, and a seating plan for the Charles Dickens Banquet in New York City, 1868; newspaper clippings; notes on the Civil War (attributed to Joseph Hawley Coudert); political notes; and speeches. Harriet Foote Hawley is represented by correspondence from family and friends, 1881-1885, including one from Henry Ward Beecher. Samuel S. Hawley is represented by a single order of payment, 1762.

0.5 linear feet (1 box, 1 envelope).

Connecticut Historical Society

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