Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848

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role

Collector Patron Artist

dates

1771-1848

city

Hartford

state

CT

sex

M

historical notes

Collector, traveler, amateur artist, architect and founder of the Wadsworth Athenaeum, 1842.
Wadsworth was the son of Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), one of Connecticut 's wealthiest and most powerful men.

Patron of Thomas Cole.

decades
of activity

1800-1810
1810-1820
1830-1840
1940-1950

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
SUNY College at Geneseo Special Collections Department	The Wadsworth family papers, 1789-1952.	see details...
Boston Athenaeum Library of the Boston Athenæum	Letter, New York, to Daniel Wadsworth, Hartford, 1828 Sept. 28.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Thomas Cole letters to Daniel Wadsworth, 1826-1832.	see details...
Connecticut Historical Society Library, Manuscript Collections	Daniel Wadsworth Papers, 1749-1883.	see details...
Connecticut Historical Society Library, Manuscript Collections	Drawings Collection	see details...
Connecticut Historical Society Library, Manuscript Collections	George Brinley Account books, 1861-1875.	see details...
The New-York Historical Society Manuscript Department	Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802.	see details...