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titleThomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter family papers, 1840-1957
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionLetters, many from artists, to painter Thomas P. Rossiter, to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, and to other family members; and research material on Thomas Rossiter compiled by his granddaughter, Mrs. Edith Rossiter Bevan. In addition, there are several artists' letters unrelated to the Rossiter family.

Letters to Thomas, undated and 1840-1870, are from Adam Badeau, John Britton, William Corcoran, Frederick Cozzens, Christopher Cranch, George W. Curtis, Timothy Dwight, Edward Everett, George P.A. Healy, Richard Morris Hunt, William Morris Hunt, John Jay, John F. Kensett, A. Gracie King, Benson J. Lossing, Louis Remy Mignot, George P. Morris, William H. Morris, George Peabody, Dwight W. Tryon, Henry T. Tuckerman, Nathaniel P. Willis, Richard Willis, and others. Also included are 4 letters of introduction for him from James Fenimore Cooper, John A. Dix, Benson Lossing, and Samuel F.B. Morse.

Letters to Rossiter's son, Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, undated and 1891-1930, are from Samuel P. Avery, Cecilia Beaux, Frank V. DuMond, William B. Faxon, Daniel C. French, Robert S. Gifford, Birge Harrison, Will H. Low, Harry S. Mowbray, Robert L. Newman, Dwight W. Tryon, Bernhardt Wall, Henry C. White, and Rufus F. Zogbaum. There are also a letter of introduction for Ehrick from Gari Melchers and a letter from John Sartain to Ehrick's wife.

Letters to Edith Rossiter Bevan (Mrs. W. T. Bevan), granddaughter of Thomas, undated and 1912-1940, are from William A. Coffin, John F. Folinsbee, Dorothy S. Harding, Will H. Low, Arthur N. MacDonald, R. McGill Mackall, Louis Rhead, and Sidney L. Smith. Also included are a biography of T.P. Rossiter and a checklist of his paintings compiled by Bevan, and a photograph of William A. Coffin signed to Kensett, 1905.

The collection also includes miscellaneous artists' letters, some unrelated to the Rossiters, including 5 to Gretta Smith of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1936-1951, from Alexander Archipenko, Rockwell Kent, Ralph M. Pearson, David Scott-Moncrieff, Otto Soglow, and Elizabeth Whitmore; 2 letters to Elizabeth Jordan, 1905, from Jay Hambidge, and Peter S.H. Newell; and 6 letters to various individuals from James C. Beckwith, Emma M. Cadwalader-Guild, William Coffin, Fanny Young Cory, Charles Dana Gibson, and Frederic Remington.

ADDITION: A scrapbook concerning Thomas Prichard Rossiter compiled by Edith R. Bevan, Rossiter’s granddaughter, containing biographical information; sketches by Rossiter of his family and other subjects; a sketch of Rossiter by Felix Octavius Carr Darley [1852]; Bevan’s preliminary provenance research on Rossiter’s paintings as well as her notes on Rossiter’s life and work, including a list of Rossiter's paintings in public collections; photographs and reproductions of paintings; printed material and miscellany. Also included are an oil sketch of the portrait of the Rossiter family, now in the possession of Patti Ravenscroft; various ink and pencil sketches by Rossiter; a small sketchbook owned by Rossiter, which he took with him on a trip to Italy in 1943; and a dossier entitled "Checklist of Paintings by Thomas Prichard Rossiter 1818-1871," compiled by Bevan.

Bio / His Notes:
Thomas P. Rossiter, portrait painter; Ehrick Kensett, architect; Edith Rossiter Bevan, daughter of Ehrick and granddaughter of Thomas. Ehrick Kensett was named after Thomas's close friend, John Kensett, the painter.
extent0.2 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel) ADDITION: 0.3 linear ft., D33
formatsCorrespondence Ephemera Writings
accessCOLLECTION IS BEING PROCESSED AND DIGITIZED AND IS CLOSED TO RESEARCHERS; PATRONS MUST USE MICROFILM COPY.
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
acquisition informationDonated 1957 by Mrs. W.T. Bevan, Rossiter's granddaughter and in 2007 by Patti Rossiter Ravenscroft, Rossiter's great great granddaughter.
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titlePeabody Institute Library Papers, 1813 to present [Bulk Dates: 1852-1920]
repositoryPeabody Institute Library
descriptionThe George Peabody Papers include early letters from Peabody to his sister Judith and his partner Elisha Riggs, business letters to Riggs Hitchcock & Co., correspondence between him and Fitch Poole, Robert Daniels and others regarding his donation to the Peabody Institute, his pleasure that the building was completed and one to a Mrs. Adams.

One is addressed to William Edward Mayhew regarding his hopes to do something for the City of Baltimore. Those addressed to Robert S. Daniels are filed here, one regarding Peabody’s donation of Benjamin Franklin’s walking stick to the Institute, another regarding his satisfaction with the report submitted to him on the condition of the Peabody Institute, his letter from Newport, Rhode Island accepting South Danvers’s invitation to the celebration and parade to be held on October 11, the December 22, 1856 letter donation $10,000 for the creation of a branch library in north Danvers and letters donating books to both the Institutes in Danvers and South Danvers.

Three letters were purchased by the library at a later date from Goodspeed’s of Boston. These are filed in a separate folder and are addressed to S. Wetmore, Sidney Bartlett and one to a photographer requesting a sitting. One incomplete undated letter contains his recollections of his life.

In conjunction with Peabody’s visit to South Danvers in 1856, a series of sixteen prints were commissioned to record the parade. These were created for the publication Proceedings at the Reception and Dinner in Honor of George Peabody, Esq., of London, by the Citizens of the Old Town of Danvers, October 9, 1856. To Which is Appended an Historical Sketch of the Peabody Institute, with the Exercises at the Laying of the Corner-Stone and at the Dedication. While the unmated prints are filed with the manuscripts, sixteen prints, which were part of an exhibition, have been filed in the oversized box 4.

All committee records for the Peabody’s 1856 visit and Edward Everett’s speech are filed here. George Peabody’s address to the children on his October 15, 1866 visit to South Danvers is also to be found with these papers. Also here is the Reception of George Peabody, of the Children of South Danvers, October 15, 1866 which was assembled and apparently hand written by Fitch Poole. An Autograph book assembled by Fitch Poole and others, mostly of letters from those accepting or declining the invitation to the Reception for George Peabody's Reception in South Danvers in 1856 is also with these papers, as well as Mr. Peabody and His Friends, a scrapbook of photographs and letters from those invited to join George Peabody at the Peabody Institute on July 16, 1869. Included with these is a letter and photograph of Robert E. Lee.

The Autograph volume includes George Peabody's application for membership to the Peabody Institute, a telegraph from Charles Sumner declining the nomination for Massachusetts Governor and letters to trustees and librarians in the 1890's.
Two prints, either from The Illustrated London Times or Harper’s Illustrated, donated by James E. Farley, of George Peabody’s statue and of him in London are filed in oversize box 4. There are also menus of Peabody’s London dinners; a copy of Queen Victoria’s letter to him telling of her intention to present him with the miniature portrait of herself; a scrapbook assembled by Fitch Poole of any newsclippings dealing with George Peabody; a copy of The Peabody Scottisch, a copy of the Illustrated London News from July 18, 1863 describing George Peabody’s Donation to the poor of London and a song by James Magruder about Peabody; Mortuary Honors for the late George Peabody in Portland, Maine; the Eulogy given at his funeral in Peabody in 1870; and the scrapbook assembled on the occasion of his death. Various clippings from Harper’s Weekly and the Illustrated London News regarding the Peabody funeral are filed here. Also included here is one oversized print of George Peabody.
extentFifteen Boxes of Papers, five boxes of maps and plans, three photographic boxes of images, one box of postcards, plus 37 volumes.
formatsCorrespondence Clippings Business Papers Ephemera Legal Papers
accessThe papers are the property of the Peabody Institute Library and all copyrights belong to the library. Access is only in the Sutton Room and all research is supervised.
record sourcehttp://is.noblenet.org/images/pea/Peabody%20Institute%20Library%20Papers.pdf
finding aidThe finding aid is in the repository and on the repository's web site.
acquisition informationSee finding aid for complete provenance information.
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titleGeorge Peabody Papers, 1815-1927.
repositoryPeabody Essex Museum
descriptionBusiness correspondence, outgoing series contains letter books and pressbook correspondence from Peabody and his company clerks to partners and business associates, chiefly documenting mercantile activities of Peabody, Riggs & Co. dry goods and mercantile banking firm (founded in 1816 in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., as Riggs, Peabody & Co., moving to Baltimore, Md., and renamed in 1829, later headquartered in London, England) and George Peabody & Co. (mercantile bankers founded 1844 in London; later reorganized as J.S. Morgan & Co.).

Business correspondence, incoming series includes correspondence from merchants, bankers, and business associates in the U.S., and throughout the world, including correspondence of partners Wetmore & Cryder, C.C. Gooch, and J.S. Morgan, and companies cooperating with Peabody on special ventures: Corcoran & Riggs and Baring Brothers (dealing with Peabody on Mexican war bonds, 1848), Atlantic Telegraph Co., Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co., and others.

Account books series consists of business accounts of Peabody, Riggs & Co., and George Peabody & Co., and personal, civic, and estate papers, relating to international banking, ships, railroads, iron industry, Memorial Church (Georgetown, Mass.), and other charities and investments. Financial and legal records series, chiefly reflecting activities of the Peabody companies, includes general accounts, cargo warrants (chiefly concerning vessels trading in tea), records of U.S. securities, patents, and legal and insurance records, including co-partnership agreements with Samuel Riggs, H.T. Jenkins, A.W. Peabody, Wetmore & Cryder, and Charles C. Gooch.

Personal papers series contains Peabody's family and personal correspondence, diaries, speeches, information relating to his courtship with Esther Elizabeth Hoppin, financial and legal papers, and ephemera; and correspondence of family members including Achsah, Thomas, and Jeremiah Peabody, Judith (Peabody) Russell Daniels, Jeremiah Russell, and Mary (Peabody) and Caleb Marsh. Correspondence with major political, business, and diplomatic figures, business associates, and family members reflects Peabody's interests and financial support in many areas, including sculptor Hiram Powers, portraitist George Healy, the Crystal Palace Exhibition (1851), construction of the Panama Canal, support of financier Henry Grinnell in the search for Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, historical and educational organizations such as Peabody Institutes in Baltimore (now part of Johns Hopkins University) and Danvers, Mass., Civil War, Anglo-American relations, and Delia S. Bacon's research on the "true" authorship of Shakespeare's works.

Estate papers series contains correspondence and legal and financial records pertaining to activities of executors Charles W. Chandler, Robert S. Peabody, and George Peabody Russell, and their settlement and division of Peabody's estate. Miscellaneous & collected papers series consists of a variety of materials collected by or about Peabody, including memorandums, circulars, programs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, invitations, and miscellaneous materials.

Pamphlets series documents Peabody's business and civic interests and chiefly concerns Peabody foundations (Peabody Institutes and Peabody Education and Donation funds), banks, railroads, canal companies, Atlantic Telegraph Co., celebrations and festivals, and other subjects.

Biographical and Historical Note
Merchant, banker, and philanthropist; b. in South Danvers (renamed Peabody), Mass.; later of Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., and London, England.
extent144.5 linear ft.
formatsBusiness Papers Financial Records Legal Papers Personal Papers Correspondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
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titlePapers of W. W. Corcoran, 1791-1896 (bulk 1849-1888).
repositoryLibrary of Congress
descriptionCorrespondence, letterpress books, financial papers, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business interests, especially real estate and railroad investments; brokerage and banking business, Corcoran & Riggs, Washington, D.C.; philanthropic efforts; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Includes material relating to his father, Thomas Corcoran, and to social life in Washington, D.C.

Correspondents include William Aiken, George Bancroft, August Belmont, John C. Breckinridge, Arthur Brice, Jesse D. Bright, James Buchanan, Thomas Green Clemson, Leslie Combs, Jefferson Davis, John Wesley Davis, Daniel S. Dickinson, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Alexander Doyle, Edward Everett, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Millard Fillmore, John W. Forney, Edward Miner Gallaudet, John Lane Gardner, Friedrich Karl Joseph von Gerolt, Ransom H. Gillet, Gabriel Harrison, Joseph Henry, Alexander von Humboldt, R. M. T. Hunter, Anthony Hyde, Robert Ward Johnson, George Wallace Jones, J. William Jones, Amos Kendall, Charles Lanman, Robert E. Lee, J. M. Mason, Junius Spencer Morgan, George Peabody, James Renwick, Elisha Riggs, Lawrason Riggs, David Rorer, Philip Slaughter, William Wetmore Story, Aaron Vail, Charles S. Venable, Robert J. Walker, Daniel Webster, James Grant Wilson, and Robert C. Winthrop.
extent54,000 items. 105 containers. 5 microfilm reels.
formatsMicrofilm Clippings Correspondence Financial Papers Printed Materials
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://catalog.loc.gov
finding aidFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room
acquisition informationGift, William Corcoran Eustis, 1920.
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titleRiggs family papers, 1763-1945.
repositoryLibrary of Congress
descriptionFamily and business correspondence, diaries, account books, writings, financial records, biographical and genealogical papers, printed materials, and other papers of Riggs family members.

Includes papers (1813-1896) of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853) relating to family affairs, travel in Europe, sales of land in Illinois, and the development of his New York mercantile business; papers (1844-90 of Elisha Riggs, Jr. (1826-1881) relating to travel in Great Britain, the firm of Corcoran & Riggs, and the Averill Coal and Oil Company of West Virginia; papers (1860-1910) of Elisha Francis Riggs (1851-1910); papers (1887-1935) of Elisha Francis Riggs, Jr. (1887-1936) relating to family matters, military service at Fort Riley, Kan., and in the Philippines, and diplomatic service in Russia during the Russian Revolution; papers (1836-1881) of George W. Riggs (1813-1881) relating, in part, to Corcoran & Riggs; and papers (1821-1882) of Romulus Riggs (1782-1846). Also includes the papers (1887-1945) of Thomas Riggs, Jr. (1873-1945) relating to gold mining in Alaska, the Alaskan Engineering Commission, his governorship of Alaska, the Alaska Boundary Survey, and to family matters; papers (1790-1943) of Thomas Lawrason Riggs (1888-1943) relating to personal and family matters, World War I service with the U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces in France, experiences as a Catholic priest, and writings; and papers (1850-1912) of William Henry Riggs (1837-1924) relating to his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Spain, and Syria, and to his interests in the art world, including his donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes papers of other family members and records of the firm of Corcoran & Riggs relating, in part, to the financing of the Mexican War and the settlement (1843) of Choctaw and Chickasaw land claims. Correspondents include George Bancroft, Clara Barton, Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Bierstadt, Dion Boucicault, James Buchanan, Ole Bull, John C. Calhoun, George Earle Chamberlain, Walter Eli Clark, Grover Cleveland, W.W. Corcoran, Frederic R. Coudert, Frederick S. Cozzens, J.L.M. Curry, Jefferson Davis, John W. Davis, John Elliott, Ernest Gruening, Joseph F. Guffey, Nathan Hale, Franklin K. Lane, Francis Napier, George Newbold, Noel J. Ogilvie, John Howard Payne, George Peabody, James K. Polk, William Henry Seward, John Slidell, Buckingham Smith, Julian Street, Booth Tarkington, Daniel Webster, Levi Woodbury, and Brigham Young.

Biographical and Historical Note
Merchant and banking family of New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and Washington, D.C.
extent100,000 items. 359 containers. 3 microfilm reels.
formatsMicrofilm Prints Photographs Correspondence Financial Records
accessRestrictions apply.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
finding aidFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
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titleSarah Fisher Ames Papers, [ca. 1860-1879].
repositoryBrown University, John Hay Archives
descriptionCollection of letters and printed items to Mrs. Ames from prominent figures of the day, including: Mary Mann, John Hay, Robert Winthrop, Whitelaw Reid, J.O.P. Burnside, Wendell Phillips, Rufus King. Also includes: also includes letter from her husband, Joseph A. Ames; three letters from her son stationed in Cuba; various letters of introduction and permission, including one from Abraham Lincoln; letters to her husband, Joseph Ames.

Biographical and Historical Note
Boston artist known for her busts of Abraham Lincoln and Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts. Her work for the cause of the Union during the Civil War was personally acknowledged by President Lincoln. Widow of portrait and genre artist, Joseph Alexander Ames (1816-1872). Her daughter was a musician and her son, F. R. Ames, was captain of the 8th. infantry in Cuba.
extent34 items.
formatsCorrespondence
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/
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titleGilpin Family Papers, 1727-1872.
repositoryThe Historical Society of Pennsylvania
descriptionThe papers of a family distinguished in scholarship, commerce, and political leadership. Most of the papers are those of Henry D. Gilpin, whose long and varied career makes his papers particularly informative on many aspects of national history. His correspondence includes letters from Martin Van Buren, 1836-1862; James Buchanan, 1839-1856; George M. Dallas, 1831-1859; Edward Everett, 1831-1861; T. F. Bayard, George Peabody, Edward Livingston, Henry Clay, Richard Rush, Charles Gallagher, George Bancroft, Gouverneur Kemble, John W. Forney, J. B. Francis, Benjamin Chew, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, General Winfield Scott, and others, 1819-1872.

In addition to Gilpin family items, the collection includes groups of papers of the following: Joel R. Poinsett, James Wilkinson, Daniel Clark, William Short, James Brown, and David Porter. Henry D. Gilpin's papers: letters to his father, Joshua Gilpin, 1822-1841; correspondence with his family, 1824-1843; letter books, 1831-1833, 1846-1849; diaries, 1822-1859; docket book, United States district attorney, 1828-1833; United States district attorney, letters and correspondence, 1832-1838; United States Bank papers, 1833, 1836-1837, contains correspondence of Henry D. Gilpin, director and examiner of the Bank, with Andrew Jackson, Edward Livingston, Louis McLane, George M. Dallas, R. M. Whitney, William J. Duane, Roger B. Taney, Nicholas Biddle, Levi Woodbury, John M. Sullivan, and others, on illegal transactions of the institution, misuses of Bank funds, diversion of funds for propaganda purposes, withdrawal of public deposits from the Bank, etc. Henry D. Gilpin's letters written during his tour through Europe, 1853-1854; his journals of that tour, 1853-1854; correspondence while in Florence, Italy, which discloses his interest in art, 1853-1854; correspondence, 1856-1858; scrapbook, Henry D. Gilpin, "Governor of Michigan," 1834, Gilpin's journalistic and literary talents are shown in his manuscripts of biographical sketches of the lives of signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1826; literary reviews of current and contemporaneous publications, 1829-1830; notes on current topics and literature, 1828-1831,; memoranda, catalogue references on bibliography and literature, n.d.; miscellaneous printed matter pertaining to the University of Pennsylvania, and kindred subjects, 1825-1864; his magazine, The Atlantic Souvenir, Christmas and New Year's Offering, 1828, Philadelphia, and other publications; letters of condolence, tributes, eulogies received by Mrs. Henry D. Gilpin upon the death of her husband, 1860; Mrs. Gilpin's publication, A Memorial of Henry D. Gilpin, 1860; letters from prominent persons acknowledging receipt of her book, 1861. The papers of Joshua and Thomas Gilpin pertain to domestic, commercial, and industrial affairs: Joshua Gilpin correspondence, 1795-1841; 1797-1815; general correspondence, 1800-1822; family letters from England, 1824-1830; Bainbridge and Brown, London, legal correspondence with Joshua Gilpin, 1809-1834; John Bainbridge vs. Benjamin Chew of Philadelphia, papers in a legal suit, 1809-1831; Thomas Gilpin correspondence, 1769-1817; contracts and agreements for sales of lands in Virginia, 1769-1811; Alexander Taylor field notes of surveys for Joshua and Thomas Gilpin, 1802-1812; papers on western lands, 1770-1780; contracts and agreements for sales of land in Pennsylvania, 1800-1817; Luzurne lands, 1808-1852; letter book of Joshua and Thomas Gilpin containing the accounts of Gilpin and Fisher, 1800-1818; Thomas Gilpin journals, eastern states, 1805; New England, 1805; West, 1809; Chester and Duck Creek surveys, estimates, maps, on building canals, 1772; pamphlets on the construction of canals, railroads, tunnels, maps, printed in England, 1789-1835; maps of projected English railroads and canals, London, 1832-1835; collection of specimens of bank-note paper and of engraved currency, manufactured at Brandywine Mills, Del., n.d.

Richard Gilpin's manuscripts include material on papermaking machinery, 1815; his philosophical and literary essays, n.d.; notes on history, theatre, astrology, religion, literature, transportation, canals, agriculture, travel, etc., 1813-1828; poetic notes, 1799-1818; "Pieces in Verse and Prose," by Joshua Gilpin, essays on medical science, hygiene, politics, history, etc., 1796-1806; Joshua Gilpin's history of the colonies and the State of Delaware, n.d.; essays on the manufacture of woolen goods, n.d.; "Wool and Cotton Manufacture, Sheep and Other Subjects Connected," 1815; "Report on the Manufacturers of the State of Delaware, and a Report of the History and Principles of Tariff and Public Labor," n.d.; "Report on the Economic Condition of Philadelphia and Other Subjects," 1809; "History of the Colonization of America and of the Charter and Grant of Pennsylvania and Delaware," n.d.; copies of letters of Thomas Fisher, and some additional notes, 1840; journals and diary notes of travel, unidentified, 1836-1858; manuscript copy of "Barremore," a novelette by Bernard Gilpin, anecdotes, etc., n.d.; maps of ancient Greece, engraved by Barbie du Bocage, 1781-88. In addition, there are parchments of the marriage settlement between the Gilpin and the Dilworth families, patents of lands, deeds, etc., 1776-1834; the genealogical records and notes of the Gilpins consist of: "Memoir of the Life of Thomas Gilpin,: 1769; "Family in England," 1795; "Memories in England," n.d.; genealogical memoranda, 1206-1811; "Memories in America," 1800; and some other items. Joel R. Poinsett items fall into two chronological groups: correspondence, 1794-1829, describes his school life in Connecticut and England, travel in Russia, social life, and political activity in Mexico and South America during revolutionary upheavals there; correspondence, 1829-1850, relates to nullification and secession movements in South Carolina, split and strife in the Democratic Party, abolition and slavery, political influence of John C. Calhoun, Baltimore convention, Indian affairs and Indian warfare in the Floridas, war with Mexico, western expansion, statehood of California, discovery of gold there, organization of the Smithsonian Institution, army reorganization, building and financing of railroads, agricultural innovations, arts and sciences.

Included with the Poinsett papers are approx. 40 letters of David Porter, most of them addressed to Poinsett, concerning Porter's service in the Mexican navy, 1825-1827. James Wilkinson vs. Daniel Clark papers, 1788-1808, relate to a legal controversy between the ally of Aaron Burr in Louisiana and another speculator; they contain information on commercial enterprises in the Mississippi valley, extensions of frontiers, navigation of the Mississippi, conspiracy and rebellion in Louisiana and the Floridas, and life in New Orleans. Papers, 1786-1801, of William Short, United States chargé d'affaires in Paris and secretary to Thomas Jefferson while he was a minister to France, relate to the French Revolution, European politics, and United States diplomacy; the letters are addressed to Jefferson, John Jay, John Rutledge, Gouverneur Morris, Lafayette, Edmund Randolph, James Monroe, Thomas Pinckney, David Humphreys, William Nelson, and others. Letters, 1824-1835, of James Brown, minister to France, are addressed mainly to Edward Livingston, and deal with politics in France and Spain. Brown's commercial interests in Louisiana, and American politics.
extent15 linear ft.
formatsCorrespondence Legal Papers Business Papers Scrapbooks
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
bibliographyPublished in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography; 1926, p. 64-78, 163-178, 380-382; 1927, p. 172-190, 351-375; 1928, p.29-58.
record sourcehttp://discover.hsp.org/
acquisition informationGift of the Henry D. Gilpin estate
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titleGeorge Peabody Collection, 1846-1870
repositoryWaidner-Spahr Library
descriptionThe Waidner-Spahr Library is in the process of deaccessioning this collection (September 2008).

The collection included some correspondence and financial papers of George Peabody.

Some of the correspondents included Robert Armstrong, John Appleton, J.J. Spud, Samuel Wetmore, and Reverend H. Binney.
extent1 wallet
formatsCorrespondence Financial Records
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record source
finding aidThe collecting is being deaccessioned as of 9/2008.
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titlePeabody Family Papers, 1841-1909.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionCorrespondence and other papers of Peabody family members, including the philanthropist George Peabody, his nephew Arthur Peabody, and Arthur's wife Eleanor E.R. Peabody. Included are copies of the wills of George Peabody and Eleanor Peabody, a copy of a letter from Queen Victoria to George Peabody thanking him for his philanthropic efforts in Great Britain, and a letter from James F. Brierly introducing Arthur Peabody to General George B. McClellan.

Biographical and Historical Note
Philanthropists
extent1 case.
formatsCorrespondence Legal Papers Ephemera
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record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
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titleHoratio Gates Somerby collection, 1674-1867
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionPapers collected by London, England genealogist Horatio Gates Somerby, 1674-1867, includes early documents and deeds from Newbury, Mass. and letters, most written from George Peabody in London to Somerby about philanthropic matters. Somerby became the secretary of the board of trustees of the Peabody fund. Also includes an account book kept by an unidentified merchant, 1757-63, recording purchases and sales of linens, milk, and leather; and an account book kept by shoemaker Jabez Bradbury, 1786-93. Both account books were kept in Newbury.
extent1 box.
formatsFinancial Records Legal Papers Correspondence
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record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
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