Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Wadsworth, Daniel, 1771-1848
| title | The Wadsworth family papers, 1789-1952. | repository | SUNY College at Geneseo |
| description | Business and family correspondence, account books, maps, deeds, leases and business records of the Wadsworth family, early landowners in the Genesee region of western New York. Major family members represented in the collection include Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), William Wadsworth (1761-1833), Daniel Wadsworth (1771-1848), James Wadsworth (1768-1844), James Samuel Wadsworth (1807-1864), William Wolcott Wadsworth (1810-1852), Emmeline Austin Wadsworth (1808-1885), James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846-1926), William Austin Wadsworth (1847-1918), Herbert Wadsworth (1851-1930), Martha Blow Wadsworth (1864-1934), Craig W. Wadsworth (1872-1960), Charles F. Wadsworth (1835-1899), James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (1877-1952), James Jeremiah Wadsworth (1905- ), and William P. Wadsworth (1906- ). Prominent personages represented in correspondence include Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge. |
| extent | 145 ft. (ca. 55,000 items) |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers Business Records Ephemera |
| access | Open to qualified investigators with permission of College Archivist. Prior appointments are advisable if you want to use the Carl Schmidt Collection or the Wadsworth Family Papers. |
| record source | http://saranac.sunyconnect.suny.edu |
| finding aid | Inventory in repository. |
| acquisition information | Gift of William P. Wadsworth and the Hon. James J. Wadsworth, Geneseo, N.Y., 1976- and Michael Moukhanoff, Ashantee, N.Y., 1976. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:54 |
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| title | Letter, New York, to Daniel Wadsworth, Hartford, 1828 Sept. 28. | repository | Boston Athenaeum |
| description | Trumbull writes that he has just sold his painting ["The Sortie made by the garrison of Gibraltar"] to the Athenaeum. |
| extent | 1 item (1 p.), in folder ; 26 cm. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Thomas Cole letters to Daniel Wadsworth, 1826-1832. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters to Daniel Wadsworth, founder of the Atheneum Gallery and one of Cole's patrons. Cole writes about New York City, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, his family, and technical aspects of painting. |
| extent | 19 items (on 1 microfilm reel) |
| formats | Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use mircrofilm. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Lent for microfilming 1983 by Watkinson Library. Originals in: Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Ct. Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce must be obtained from: Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Daniel Wadsworth Papers, 1749-1883. | repository | Connecticut Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence and papers of artist and builder of Montevideo in Hartford, CT. Collection includes business papers, maps, surveys, and correspondence. |
| extent | 1.1 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Business Records |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions. |
| bibliography | Thomas Cole to Daniel Wadsworth, 4 August 1827, in J. Bard McNulty ed., The Correspondence of Thomas Cole and Daniel Wadsworth , Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1983, p. 12. |
| record source | http://www.chs.org/library/msscoll.htm |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Drawings Collection | repository | Connecticut Historical Society |
| description | Most of the drawings at The Connecticut Historical Society are views of Connecticut towns and landscapes, ranging in date from the early 19th through the late 20th century. Especially notable are approximately 350 drawings by John Warner Barber (1798-1885), which served as preliminary studies for his Historical Collections of Connecticut (1836); a large group of drawings and studies by Daniel Wadsworth (1771-1848), the founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum and a talented amateur artist; as well as works by Joseph Ropes (1812-1885), a Hartford artist and drawing master; and the important 20th century printmaker Martin Lewis (1881-1962). |
| formats | Drawings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and use. |
| record source | http://www.chs.org/graphcoll/graphdraw.htm |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | George Brinley Account books, 1861-1875. | repository | Connecticut Historical Society |
| description | Accounts of estate of Daniel Wadsworth; includes both the journal and the ledger. |
| extent | 2 volumes |
| formats | Account Books Journals |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, business and military accounts, and commissary records, 1776-1802, of Connecticut merchant and commissary general of the Continental Army, Jeremiah Wadsworth. Correspondence, 1776-1802 (bulk 1776-1785), includes letters addressed by Wadsworth to his wife, Mehitable Russell Wadsworth, and other members of the Wadsworth family; Peter Colt and John Jeffrey, merchants at Hartford, Connecticut; Assistant Purchasing Commissary, John Chaloner; M. Rondineau; Jonathan Trumbull; et al. Financial records include account books, 1777-1782, containing records of the Hartford firm of Wadsworth & Carter, receipts and expenditures for a wide variety of goods and services, and currency exchange; as well as transactions with or for the Continental Army. Account book, 1782 Oct.-1783 Jan., kept at Peekskill and New Windsor, records military expenses, including currency exchange. Other documents include a 12 page record of certificates given for rations and deficiency of rations, 1782 Oct.-1783 Jan., listing the officer or unit, the kind ration, and the value; an account of rations issued by Wadsworth & Carter, Hartford, Connecticut, in November of 1782; an account of provisions delivered in 1776 to the commissary general at Kingsbridge and elsewhere; and an undated general return in French of the wagoners, with names of drivers and owners, employed by the French regiment under Gen. Rochambeau, including the names of the units to which they were attached. Historical Note: Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut. Location: New York Historical Society Manuscripts Department Call Number: Mss Collection Jeremiah Wadsworth papers |
| extent | 1 box (ca. 152 items). |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Please contact repository for access and restrictions. |
| record link | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph000821041&vid=NYU |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:06 |
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