Waterman family papers, 1839-1919 (bulk 1846-1876).

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Waterman, Resolved. Waterman family papers, 1839-1919 (bulk 1846-1876).

Waterman family papers, 1839-1919 (bulk 1846-1876).

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The papers comprise correspondence, spanning from 1839 to 1919, among three generations of the Waterman family, with some correspondence from friends and colleagues. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Letters from Resolved Waterman to his son Henry range from 1846 to 1859. They concern St. Stephen's Church in Providence, R.I.; issues and orthodoxy of the Episcopal church including conventions; Resolved's cotton business; Henry's trip to England; and family news and events, including updates and inquiries regarding Eliza Greene Waterman's progress during her stay at the McLean Asylum for the Insane in Somerville, Mass. under the care of Dr. Luther V. Bell from November 1847 to March 1848. Eliza was in the McLean Asylum after the November 1847 death of a baby boy, who was born in June of the same year. Letters from Henry Waterman to his wife Eliza from 1849 to 1850 are from England and concern his travels; he includes descriptions of churches, Windsor Castle, and meetings with bishops and prominent clergy, including Dr. Wolff in Somerset, England. Correspondence (1845-1852) to Henry Waterman from Samuel Penny, a fellow clergyman and rector of Emmanuel Church in Manville, R.I. discuss Penny's missionary work in Constantinople, his health and state of mind, positions in the church, sermons, and traveling by train. A large amount of correspondence is from Lucius Waterman, son of Henry and Eliza, and written to each parent separately from 1867 to 1876. Lucius discusses life at Trinity College, including friends, teachers, societies such as the Atheneum and Parthenon, and the delivery and return of his bag every week with supplies, clothes, towels, food, etc. He describes rivalries at school between freshmen and sophomores, his friends, and college rituals including the trial and burning of "Anna Lytics," a yearly tradition performed by sophomores marking the end of the rigorous analytical geometry courses. Lucius relates the rigors of writing sermons and practicing preaching and his studies of Hebrew and the Bible. He discusses Bishop Niles and Bishop Williams and his upcoming ordination ceremony at Berkeley. Also included in the Waterman family papers are correspondence to Henry Waterman from his sister Nancy Waterman Matthewson and her husband Rollin and correspondence to Eliza from her sisters, Katie and Fannie, and her aunt, Eliza Greene Harris, with discussions of nieces, nephews, and weddings. There are also two letters, dated 1919, from Lucius to his son Henry.

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