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Archives related to: Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
| title | A. E. (Albert Eugene) Gallatin Papers, 1794-1952 (bulk 1794-1828, 1890-1952). | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, legal documents, appointment books, address books, invitations, visiting cards, writings, clippings, accounts, wills, certificates, a genealogy, an extra-illustrated book, articles, minutes, ration books, and other papers of Albert Gallatin and the Gallatin family (1794-1952). Great-grandson A.E. Gallatin is especially well-represented. Collection contains bound volumes of correspondence (3 v.); letterbooks of official correspondence, memorandum, and proposals related to his work as a diplomat, including his participation in the U.S. commission to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent; invitations and visiting cards from his years in London, Paris, and Ghent; copy of the minutes from the 1813 St. Petersburg Convention; his manuscript entitled Comparative Dictionary of Indian Tongues; and papers related to the Albert Gallatin Memorial Fund which raised money to erect a statue to Gallatin. Frequent correspondents include Hannah Nicholson Gallatin, James W. Nicholson, and Albert Rolaz Gallatin. Papers of A.E. Gallatin in the collection include correspondence and other material related to his career as an artist, art collector, and bibliographer; a list of his sizeable art collection; appointment diaries and address books; membership certificates and cards; and copies and proofs of some of his writings, including an extra-illustrated copy of his book Gallatin Iconography. Material from other family members includes Albert R. Gallatin's papers related to the division and closing of the Gallatin Bourse (family trust) and Frederic Gallatin Jr.'s letters from France during World War II. Historical Note: Statesman and diplomat. Location New-York Historical Society Collection Mss Collection Call Number BV Gallatin |
| extent | 5.7 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Lithographs Writings Clippings Invitations |
| access | Access: open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| bibliography | The papers of Albert Gallatin supplement. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, Inc., Microfilm of ms. collection. Sponsored by New York University and the National Historical Publications Commission. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:58 |
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| title | Letter to Albert Gallatin, 1801 August 13. | repository | University of Virginia Library |
| description | Miller writes concerning the construction of a lighthouse on Faulkner's Island. He discusses exploration of the island for a suitable site, submission of proposals, alterations in the plan to bring down construction costs, the selection of a Mr. Woodward of Connecticut who offered to face the structure with hewn stone, and the delayed completion of the work. Both Gallatin and Thomas Jefferson have signed their approval of the proposed construction. Bio/History: Commissioner of the Revenue. |
| extent | 1 item. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Boston Bank Papers, 1796-1826. | repository | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the Boston Bank. Correspondents include bank President John T. Apthorp, cashier Joseph Chapman, U.S. Treasurers Albert Gallatin and William Harris Crawford, William Gray of the U.S. Branch Bank in Boston, and businessman Harrison Gray Otis. Bio/History: Active in New York City and New Windsor, Orange Co., N.Y. |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Papers of the Randolph and Nicholas families, 1777-1875. | repository | University of Virginia Library |
| description | The collection contains one drawing by Thomas Jefferson on verso of letter, 1777, from Charles Lewis; 12 bills to Jefferson, chiefly from English taverns; and a lottery ticket. The collection also contains correspondence between James Monroe and Edmund Jennings Randolph about a financial matter, and a letter from Monroe to Thomas Mann Randolph about a treaty with Spain and a proposed surveying expedition about which Mathew Carey also writes. There are legal papers and correspondence of Wilson Cary Nicholas over finances with Edmund Randolph, John Taylor and James Breckinridge as well as with Albert Gallatin about customs inspectors, Peyton Randolph on the election of Madison, and William Wirt about a naval appointment. Correspondence of Thomas Mann Randolph includes a letter of advice from his father on entering college, and letters concerning the Lynchburg bank, and a cruel overseer at Varina. Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph concerns land purchases in Albemarle, repairs at the University of Virginia and memories of his wife. Letters of George Wythe Randolph deal with a feud between his father and John Randolph of Roanoke to Henry Stephens Randall and a lengthy discussion of Jefferson, abolition, and the Fugitive Slave Law. The collection also contains a note from Dabney Carr, a letter from the sons of James A. Bayard to Samuel Smith about Jefferson's denial of an 1800 election deal with Bayard, a letter from Joseph Coolidge about publication of Jefferson's biography, and a legal statement of Peggy Eaton. The remaining letters contain family news written by Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph, Margaret Smith Nicholas, and Cornelia Jefferson Randolph. The collection also contains an account by Sarah Nicholas Randolph of George Wythe Randolph's death and an 1831 plat of Lego. |
| extent | 50 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Drawings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Annotated list available. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | A. E. (Albert Eugene) Gallatin Papers, 1794-1952 (bulk 1794-1828, 1890-1952). | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, legal documents, appointment books, address books, invitations, visiting cards, writings, clippings, accounts, wills, certificates, a genealogy, an extra-illustrated book, articles, minutes, ration books, and other papers of Albert Gallatin and the Gallatin family (1794-1952). Great-grandson A.E. Gallatin is especially well-represented. Collection contains bound volumes of correspondence (3 v.); letterbooks of official correspondence, memorandum, and proposals related to his work as a diplomat, including his participation in the U.S. commission to negotiate the Treaty of Ghent; invitations and visiting cards from his years in London, Paris, and Ghent; copy of the minutes from the 1813 St. Petersburg Convention; his manuscript entitled Comparative Dictionary of Indian Tongues; and papers related to the Albert Gallatin Memorial Fund which raised money to erect a statue to Gallatin. Frequent correspondents include Hannah Nicholson Gallatin, James W. Nicholson, and Albert Rolaz Gallatin. Papers of A.E. Gallatin in the collection include correspondence and other material related to his career as an artist, art collector, and bibliographer; a list of his sizeable art collection; appointment diaries and address books; membership certificates and cards; and copies and proofs of some of his writings, including an extra-illustrated copy of his book Gallatin Iconography. Material from other family members includes Albert R. Gallatin's papers related to the division and closing of the Gallatin Bourse (family trust) and Frederic Gallatin Jr.'s letters from France during World War II. Historical Note: Statesman and diplomat. Location New-York Historical Society Collection Mss Collection Call Number BV Gallatin |
| extent | 5.7 linear ft. |
| formats | Diaries Legal Papers Invitations Clippings Notebooks |
| access | Open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | In repository |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Albert Gallatin Papers, 1258-1947 (bulk 1780-1849). | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Personal and official correspondence, wills, deeds, pamphlets, notes, speeches, drafts, land papers, commissions, marriage certificates, wax bas-relief portraits, historical snuff boxes, medals, watercolor portraits, engravings, and other papers of Gallatin and his family (1258-1947). Reflected in the collection are his early years as a Swiss immigrant, his life on the Pennsylvania frontier, his service as a Senator and Congressman from that state from 1784 to 1801, his work as Secretary of the Treasury during 1801-1814, and his later career as a diplomat. There is also genealogical material on the Gallatin family, including source documents. Topics given coverage in the collection include Pennsylvania and United States politics, U.S. foreign policy and treaties, revolution in Geneva, roads and canals, land speculation, banking, tariff, Americans in Europe, Indian languages and affairs, U.S. expansion, the Northeastern boundary settlement, and the slave trade. Among the numerous correspondents found in the collection are John Quincy Adams, Jean Badollet, Susanne Gallatin-Vaudenet, Voltaire, Catherine Pictet, James W. Nicholson, Alexander Dallas, Thomas Worthington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Tench Coxe, John Randolph, John Jacob Astor, James Monroe, Comte de Romanzoff, Lord Ashburton, Henry Clay, W.H. Crawford, Hannah Nicholson Gallatin, Marquis de Lafayette, Madame de Stael, G.W. Erving, Duc de Richelieu, Richard Rush, J.C. Hottingeur, John Forsyth, Etienne Denis de Pasquier, Baron Hyde de Neuville, French foreign minister Chateaubriand, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Nicholas Biddle, H.U. Addington, George Canning, David Gelston, Albert Rolaz Gallatin, David Shriver, Jr., A.R. Gallatin, and A.H. Gallatin. Location New-York Historical Society ; Collection Mss Collection Call Number Gallatin Papers |
| extent | 44.3 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Legal Papers Writings Financial Records |
| access | Access: open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society, patrons must use microfilm when available. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Calender available in repository |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Nicholson family papers, 1759-1846. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, wills, estate papers, accounts, receipts, bills, deeds, and legal and financial papers, 1759-1846, of the family of naval officer James Nicholson of Maryland and New York City and his wife Frances Witter Nicholson. Papers include ca. 144 letters, 1805-1829, written to Frances Witter Nicholson in New York City from her children, James W. Nicholson, of New Geneva, Pennsylvania, Maria Montgomery, of Baltimore, Maryland, Jehoiadden Chrystie, of Newburgh and Albany, New York, Catharine Few, and various grandchildren and members of the related Nicholson, Chrystie and Gallatin families. The letters chiefly concern family matters, social activities, visits and local travel, health and illness, care and progress of the Chrystie and Nicholson children, and references to contemporary politics. Land and estate papers of Frances W. Nicholson include legal and business correspondence, land transfers for New York City properties, indentures, deeds, records of rents collected, accounts, deeds, bills, and estate inventories, 1800-1846, relating to the management and settlement of Mrs. Nicholson's estate and real estate holdings. Correspondents include her son-in-law Albert Gallatin, George Washington Strong, William Few, and various members of the Nicholson, Few, and Chrystie families. Albert Gallatin served as administrator of Mrs. Nicholson's estate. Papers of Commodore James Nicholson include business and personal correspondence concerning shipment and sale goods to and from New York City, debts and finances, and political matters; along with various financial and legal documents such as promissory notes, letters of attorney, receipts, bills, notes, Mr. Nicholson's will of 1777, and papers pertaining to various stock and land holdings. Summary: Family papers also include the 1787 will of Frances Witter Nicholson's father, Thomas Witter, of New York City, along with a few miscellaneous accounts, four letters concerning the transport and sale of a slave woman and her child for Witter by ship's captain Johnson Basden, documents and cadastral maps pertaining to property owned by Witter in New York City, and an 1833 document granting Albert Chrystie power of attorney for James Chrystie. Historical Note: Family of naval officer James Nicholson of Maryland and New York City and his wife, Frances Witter Nicholson; with members residing in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York State, and elswhere. Location New-York Historical Society Collection Mss Collection Call Number Nicholson family papers |
| extent | 1 box (ca. 320 items) |
| formats | Correspondence Estate Papers Legal Papers Financial Records |
| access | Access: open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society |
| record link | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph000804021&vid=NYU |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Chrystie family Papers, 1746-1888. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, papers, genealogical material, and diaries of the Chrystie and allied Witter, Ludlow, Few, Nicholson, and other families. The collection includes copies of Revolutionary War letters of Major James Chrystie (1750-1798); letters of Albert Gallatin, James Lawrence, Oliver Hazard Perry, and Isaac Hull; letters, 1836-1848, to and from Edward C. Ross (1800-1851) while serving in the U.S. Army in Alabama and Florida during the Seminole War and later as a professor of Mathematics at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; and long diary, 1830-1841, of Thomas Witter Chrystie (1808-1888), a New York City attorney. Historical Note: Active in New York City and New Windsor, Orange Co., N.Y Location New-York Historical Collection Society Mss Collection Call Number Chrystie Family |
| extent | 300 items. Correspondence and papers, etc. 5 v. Diaries. |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Personal Papers |
| access | Access: open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Walworth family papers, 1774-1884. | repository | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| description | Consists of correspondence, financial records, legal records, official documents, architectural drawings and various ephemera. Contains detailed correspondence concerning land transactions for the Connecticut Land Company; records of the post offices of Painesville, Ohio, and Cleveland, Ohio; records of the Port of Cuyahoga; records of the Circuit Court of Geauga County, Ohio, Corporation of the Village of Cleveland, and the Cleveland School House; records of the Cleveland Branch of the Erie Bank of Pennsylvania; land valuations and tax lists for Cleveland and the Fire Lands; and legal records of Litchfield County, Connecticut, and New London County, Connecticut. Correspondents include William Eldredge, Frederick Miner, Gideon Granger, Calvin Pease, Samuel Huntington, David Abbott, Nathaniel Ledyard, Lewis Cass, Oliver Phelps, Charles P. Barnum, Lewis Morgan, and Oliver Forward. A calendar of correspondents is included in the register to the collection. Insight into the social relations of the Walworths and their relations, including the Dunlap, Beattie, Strickland, Keyes, Wren, and Avery families, is seen through the correspondence between the women in the Walworth family. Bio/History: The Walworth family was one of the most influential families in the early history of the Western Reserve of Ohio. John Walworth and his family settled in Painesville, Ohio, in 1800. While there, he served as a deputy postmaster, justice of the peace, and judge. In 1806, the family moved to Cleveland to facilitate John Walworth's posts as Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Cuyahoga and Collector for the District of Erie. He also served as a judge in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas and as postmaster of Cleveland. His son, Ashbel W. Walworth, assumed many of his father's business responsibilities and official posts, including postmaster and collector of customs at Cleveland. He was treasurer for the Corporation of the Village of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Civilization Society. His son, John Walworth, continued his business interests in Cleveland. Several brothers of Ashbel W. Walworth, including J.P. (John Periander) Walworth, moved to the southern United States and established a branch of the family along the southern Mississippi River. |
| extent | 1.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers Drawings Ephemera |
| access | Originals records closed. Microfilm use required |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Register available in library, organized into six series |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Jay Johns Papers, 1918-1974. | repository | College of William and Mary |
| description | Mostly personal and business correspondence of Jay Winston Johns, Jr. Includes papers of the Atlas Fuel Corporation of New York, N.Y. and Pittsburgh, Pa., Lee-Jackson Memorial, Inc., the Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation, and "Ash Lawn" now owned by the College of William and Mary. The correspondence of Johns includes correspondence with Virginia Democratic Party figures such as Albertis S. Harrison, William M. Tuck, Mills Godwin, Harry F. Byrd, Sr. and Carter Glass. Other prominent correspondents are Morton G. Thalhimer, Harry de Butts, James J. Kilpatrick, and George C. Marshall. There are records of social occasions given by Mr. and Mrs. Johns, correspondence relating to her illness and death, and papers relating to his death. The collection includes a manuscript collection by Johns including original items by Phillip Brooks, George Washington Parke Custis, Albert Gallatin and D. H. Hill as well as typescripts and photocopies of letters written by Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Mary Custis Lee, Richard Henry Lee, and Robert E. Lee; and materials concerning James Monroe and Ezekial Moses. Bio/History: Jay Winston Johns, Jr. was a coal industrialist from Pittsburgh, Pa. who moved to Virginia and became a leader in preserving homes of renowned Virginians. He married Helen Lambert (1881-1964). They owned "Ash Lawn," Albemarle County, Va. which had been the home of James Monroe. Johns was founder of the Lee-Jackson Memorial, Inc. and was a founder of the Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation. He served on the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute and was a trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. |
| extent | 4, 525 items. |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Inventory available in library. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Papers of the Ellis family, 1780-1869. | repository | University of Virginia Library |
| description | This collection contains the papers of Captain Josiah Ellis: a 1784 letter notifying him to assemble the militia, a 1782 notice to collect militia fines, a 1780 list of his militia company in Amherst County, Virginia, his 1786 appointment to superintend the 8th district election for the overseer of the poor. The papers of Charles Ellis include: 1809 and 1810 passports, an 1819 deed for Ellis and Allan (tobacco firm), 1824 agreement to dissolve the firm, 1827 appointment as director of Richmond Dock Company; Powhatan Ellis, Mississippi, an 1836 appointment by Andrew Jackson as chargé d'affairs. The collection also includes the papers of Thomas H. Ellis: 1850 letter from Ferdinand de Lesseps concerning military importance of the James River and Kanawha Canal, 1848 letter from Nelson Page to his sister congratulating her on her marriage to Ellis, 1857 letter from J. March, Paris, about developing Virginia's resources and transportation, 1869 commission at Virginia Military Institute. Also included are a 1789 printed list of the cargo on three ships, an 1851 C.L. Mosby letter, stock certificates from North River Navigation Company and Farmers Bank of Virginia, an 1802 circular about duty-free cotton trade on the Mississippi River signed by Albert Gallatin, an 1801 note to Israel Whilen, and an undated duplicate copy of a letter from George Washington to Benjamin Harrison concerning low stock of ammunition and clothing during the American Revolution. |
| extent | 21 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Legal Papers Financial Records |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Albert Gallatin Papers, 1790-1840. | repository | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| description | A small collection of notes, memos, and clippings of Albert Gallatin. Includes information about U.S. censuses, surveying problems, and a copy of Captain Robert Gray's journal on the discovery of the Columbia River (1792). Note(s): Robert Gray journal printed in Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, vol. 79, pp. 435-8. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Notes Writings Clippings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | New York University Gallatin Papers Project, 1954-1969 | repository | New York University Archives |
| description | The Gallatin Papers Project was an editing project of faculty of the Department of History, 1954-1969, that produced a microfilm edition of the papers of Albert Gallatin, 1761-1849, Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and Madison and a founder of New York University. The records include correspondence, memoranda, clippings, a grant pro posal, notes on Gallatin's genealogy, photoprints, and a bound volume of calendared documents located at New-York Historical Society, all relating to the editing project. Project faculty included Bayrd Still, Chairman of the Department of History; James O. Wettereau, first executive editor; Brooke Hindle; Thomas P. Govan; Carl E. Prince; Helene H. Fineman. Library Holdings: NYU Bobst, Archives RG 21.3 |
| extent | 2.5 linear feet. |
| formats | Correspondence Ephemera Clippings Writings Notes |
| access | The Papers of Albert Gallatin are available on 46 reels of microfilm in Microforms, Bobst Library, New York University, and elsewhere. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Unpublished inventory available (folder level control). |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Daniel Huntington Study Portrait Collection, ca. 1870-1890 | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Two years after Daniel Huntington's death, his son Charles Richards Huntington (1847-1915) presented the New-York Historical Society with a collection of 141 portrait photographs used by his father "for his study of the subjects painted by him." Each of the men (and the single woman, Mary McCrea Stuart) in the collection is represented by one or more portrait photographs which had been blown-up to life-size dimensions, sometimes made from a previously existing negative or one made of an earlier photograph. In the case of sitters who died before the advent of paper photography, images were taken from daguerreotypes. The enlargements were mounted on a stiff paperboard and roughly trimmed almost to the shape of the subject's head. Each of the portraits has the sitter's surname in pencil on the verso; some have a shorthand clue to an occupation, profession, title, or institutional affiliation. These annotations, if contemporary to Huntington or his son, have been transcribed in the box and folder list that follows. Many of the photographs have a puncture at their top, most likely from the nail Huntington used to tack them up in view of his easel. The sitters are familiar to students of nineteenth-century New York: they include prominent bankers, merchants, industrialists, educators, financiers, generals, lawyers, judges, politicians, government officials, and men of the cloth. The photographs are generally not dated. Several note that they were made from daguerreotypes and a few mention particular photographers, or are mounted on the backs of printed boards from photographers' studios. The images that are dated range from the 1870s (Henry Potter) to the 1890s (Kelly, Gracie, Schurz, and Sheldon). Photographers mentioned are Bogardus (Adams, Arthur) and Sarony (Tilden), with one annotated by Huntington as having been taken in his studio (Sherman). Eight of the portraits are mounted on the verso of stamped boards from the Rockwood Studio (Brown, Gracie, Johnston, Henry Potter, Taft, and Weir) or Kurtz (Dodge Sr. and Hostetter) in New York. In addition, the portrait of Henry Codman Potter is mounted on the verso of a large photograph of Calvary Baptist Church, on West Twenty-third Street. Oil portraits of these sitters are now in the New York Chamber of Commerce Collection at the New York State Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, New York Public Library, Harvard University, Vassar College, and West Point Museum, among other institutions. The New-York Historical Society owns more than twenty portraits painted by Huntington. Other portraits remain in private collections, including those of social clubs, hospitals, corporations, and the families who commissioned them from the artist. Biographical Note Daniel Huntington (1814-1906) was educated at Hamilton College. He studied panting with Samuel Morse and Henry Inman in New York City. He primarily painted portraits and landscapes. Huntington was president of the National Academy of Design, and Vice-President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Preferred Citation This collection should be cited as: Daniel Huntington Study Portrait Photographs, PR 256, Department of Prints, Photogaphs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society. Call Phrase: PR 256 |
| extent | 0.42 Linear feet (141 photographs, 12 folders) |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Open to qualified researchers |
| record source | http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/huntington.html#c-e1160 |
| acquisition information | Gift of Charles R. Huntington, April 9, 1908. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:14 |
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