Painter family papers, 1837-1922 (bulk 1880-1900).

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Painter family papers, 1837-1922 (bulk 1880-1900).

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The bulk of Series I is authored by the sons of Samuel M. Painter and Ann (Vickers) Painter of West Chester, Pa. Includes letters from William Painter, Francis J. Painter, Albert P. Painter, John Vickers Painter, and Uriah Hunt Painter. Series includes a number of letters from Ann (Vickers) Painter to her children [handwriting difficult to decipher] as well as letters from Samuel M. Painter. Includes fifty-eight letters written by the Painter brothers from Eaglewood School with details regarding their experiences as students. Eaglewood, in New Jersey, was operated by the abolitionist Theodore Weld and his wife. Civil War-era letters include correspondence from Francis J. Painter while serving in the Navy. His duty included time in New Orleans during the Union occupation and blockade service off the coast of the Carolinas and Texas. Also includes Civil War letters from Albert Painter in the Union Quartermaster's office in Kentucky and Joseph Ellwood Painter's service as a Union medical doctor. William Painter's letters also contain details of his time served which included the position of brevet brigadier general in charge of transportation for the Army of the Potomac. Correspondence of the Painter brothers after the Civil War revolve mainly around business dealings and travel in the U.S. and abroad. Also includes the letters of Joseph Ellwood Painter from Japan while he served as a doctor in the Navy (ca. 1870-1878) offering detailed impressions of Japanese culture and life as well as details regarding life in the Navy. Group of letters (1889-1897) from Uriah Hunt Painter to his daughter in Europe offers detailed descriptions of day to day operations in his two residences in Washington and West End, N.J. Includes details of his relationship with domestic servants and his photography. Series also includes letters from the Vickers family. Series II is an assortment of letters from school friends, professional acquaintances, and extended family. Letters from Civil War soldiers include letters sent from soldiers who Ann (Vickers) Painter took care of in her home. A group of ten letters from Olive Sprogle sent to Howard Painter offers details of courtship activity [she requested the letters be destroyed upon hearing of William Painter's death]. Letters from the U.S. consulate in Japan regard the death of Joseph Ellwood Painter. Approximately 100 letters by Emma S. Hunter sent to Uriah Hunt Painter between 1860 and 1865 discuss details of the Civil War and social/business news from West Chester including updates on Uriah's telegraph business. Camille Bevill's seventeen letters from Japan to Samuel M. Painter detail life in Japan and updates on Samuel's son Joseph Ellwood Painter. Includes letter from James Mott sent from Philadelphia in 1850 and a letter from the abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld written in 1860. Also includes a letter from Horace Mann drafted in 1853 from Antioch College. Series III includes Civil War-era telegrams and letters sent to Uriah Hunt Painter by Harding of the Philadelphia Inquirer; character references for Samuel Painter sent to governor Samuel Pennypacker; school papers; documents related to the death of John Ellwood Painter; and service (military) papers of John Ellwood Painter. Series IV includes correspondence between William Painter and John Bates related to the construction of a railroad and telegraph lines on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by the Peninsula Railroad Company. Series V includes letters between Uriah Hunt Painter and David McFarland, banker in West Chester and confidante to Uriah Hunt Painter, including straightforward discussions regarding business ventures, remarks about colleagues and acquaintances, court cases; financial investments; employees, and day to day operations of Uriah Hunt Painter's various West Chester businesses; letters between Uriah Hunt Painter, Malin Lear, and M.C. Griffith dealing with the day to day operations of Uriah Hunt Painter's West Chester businesses, mainly his ice and timber businesses, but also dealing with his real estate investments.; letters related to West Chester Opera House including correspondence from booking agents and traveling shows who offered a wide variety of genres including plays, minstrel shows, lectures, moving pictures, hypnotists, etc., and including a colorful and informative assortment of letterhead and press notices with information about particular performances as well as material from other theaters, together with copies of outgoing correspondence from Frank J. Painter and Uriah Hunt Painter as well as contracts, news clippings, playbills, advertising material, etc.; correspondence between various theaters and suppliers with Uriah Hunt Painter relating to purchasing and other financial matters, chiefly relating to theater chairs, and including brochures and other promotional/advertising materials, as well as some financial records; and correspondence of the banking firm of McFarland and Haines with J.W. Cunningham who handled the assets of Uriah Hunt Painter after his death in 1900 and was married to Painter's daughter, Ellen Painter. Series VI includes Samuel M. Painter business correspondence (1880-1884). Series VII includes correspondence from the relatives and friends of Uriah Hunt Painter's wife Belinda (Avery) Painter, the majority of the letters are addressed to Belinda Painter, the remainder are authored by Belinda Painter and include letters sent to her husband prior to their marriage and while she traveled with their daughters in Europe, and letters to Belinda Painter from her stepmother Belinda Esther Avery and Belinda Painter's sisters. Series VIII includes letters related to Ellen (Painter) Cunningham's literary interests and reform activity as well as her social life, and includes approximately 140 letters from her mother and four letters from Ida M. Tarbell.

ca. 6,000 items (20 boxes)

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Chester County Historical Society

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Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...

United States. Army

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Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895

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Writer Weld, the husband of Angelina GrimkeĢ, was active in the abolitionist and temperance movements. For additional biographical information, see Dictionary of American Biography and Who Was Who in America, 1607-1896 (1963). From the description of Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007533 Theodore Dwight Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut on November 23, 1803. An advocate and crusader for temperance, abolition and women's right...

McFarland and Haines.

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Bevill, Camille

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West Chester Opera House (West Chester, Pa.)

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Painter, Howard, 1851-1876

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Painter, William, 1838-1884

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Cunningham, Ellen Painter, 1865-1948

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Peninsula Railroad Company.

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Bates, John.

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Madison County, Illinois, resident; husband of Nancy Crosby Bates. From the description of Document : Madison County, Illinois, 1821 July 16. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26962364 ...

Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944

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Ida M. Tarbell was an investigative journalist best known from her The History of the Standard Oil Company published in 1904. She wrote for American Magazine, which she also co-owned and co-edited, from 1906 to 1915. From the guide to the Ida M. Tarbell papers, 1916-1930, (Ohio University) Historian, journalist, lecturer, and muckraker, (Allegheny College, A.B., 1880). For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of The nationa...

Griffith, M. C.

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MacFarland, David Sawyer

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Mott, James, 1788-1868

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Abolitionist. From the description of Circular letter of James Mott, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454648 American abolitionist and advocate for women's rights. From the description of Autograph note signed : Philadelphia, 1858 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 640128449 ...

Cunningham, J. W. (James Willett)

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Eaglewood School (Perth Amboy, N.J.)

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Painter, Henry, 1847-1893

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Painter, John Vickers, 1835-1903

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Painter, Samuel Marshall, 1809-1884

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Samuel M. Painter was the son of Joseph and Lydia (Marshall) Painter. He married Annie Vickers. Their children included John V., Uriah H., Wm. T., Francis J., Henry and Albert. Samuel M. Painter first worked in his father's printing office. In 1832 he opened a book and stationery store in West Chester, which he operated until 1847. From the description of Ledger, 1832-1842. (Chester County Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 23906714 ...

Lear, Malin

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Avery family

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Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916

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Samuel Pennypacker -- governor, jurist and historian -- was born in Phoenixville and educated at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied law. He was called to the bar in 1868 and elected president of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. In 1889, he became judge of the Court of Common Pleas and remained in that post for 20 years. Pennypacker became governor of Penn. in 1902. He built a new capitol building and organized the health and highway departments as well as th...

Painter, Ann Vickers, 1810-1890

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Painter, Uriah Hunt, 1837-1900

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Uriah Hunt Painter was a newspaper correspondent, lobbyist, and businessman of West Chester County, PA and of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1855-1936. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584677 Uriah Hunt Painter (5 Mar. 1837- 20 Oct. 1900) was a native of West Chester, Pa., and a journalist for the Philadelphia Inquirer during the Civil War. One of nine sons born to Samuel and Ann Vickers Painter, he was an active citizen and busi...

Sprogle, Olive

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Painter, Francis J. (Francis James), 1841-1910

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Francis J. Painter was born on 11 Jan. 1841 in West Chester, Pa., the fourth son of Samuel and Anne Vickers Painter. Francis, or Frank as he was known, was appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster with the U.S. Navy on 17 Feb. 1863, and was initially assigned to the gunboat Owasco. He saw action off the coast of North Carolina and then was ordered to service on the USS Estrella in the blockade of Texas and New Orleans. After the close of the war, he served on the USS Tuscarora and the USS Jamestown ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Painter, Joseph Elwood, 1842-1878

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Painter family.

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Quaker family of West Chester, Pa. Samuel Marshall Painter (1809-1884) was a successful newspaper publisher, book dealer, and local official. Both he and his wife, Ann Vickers Painter (1810-1890), were active abolitionists. Samuel aided in the escape of freedom seeker Rachel Harris and Ann Vickers Painter was the daughter of noted Underground Railroad conductor, John Vickers. The collection also includes the correspondence of their children: John Vickers Painter (1835-19...

Painter, Albert P., 1844-1918

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Hunter, Emma S.

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