Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
E.W. Blatchford collection on Charles G. Hammond, 1843, 1877-1913.
Collection
Identifier: MS4982
Abstract
Charles Goodrich Hammond was born in Bolton, Connecticut on June 4, 1804. He was the eldest son of Chester and Fanny Goodrich Hammond. Charles was elected Auditor General of the State of Michigan for a time and then as the collector of the port of Detroit. In 1852, he became the Chicago manager for the Michigan Central Railroad and remained intimately connected with the city for the rest of his life. He died on April 15, 1884. Eliphalet Wickes (E.W.) Blatchford was born on May 31, 1826 in...
Dates:
1843, 1877-1913
Ezra Stiles correspondence to John Hubbard, 1777. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4870
Dates:
1777
Gardner Family papers, 1892-1994.
Collection
Identifier: MS5409
Abstract
The Gardner family collection starts with Rev. John Gardner (1868-1954) and his wife Agnes Annie Gardner (1866-1957). They were married in 1892 and had five children together: Agnes Gardner Buttrick (1893-1990), Annie Gardner Glover (1895-1934), Evelyn Gardner (1897-1990), Gladys Gardner Jenkins (1901-1994) and Rev. John Ashworth Gardner (1904-1990). This collection contains letters, travel notes, finances, writings, wills, chrurch records, birth and marriage certificates, books, postcards...
Dates:
1892-1994
Hall Family papers, 1815-1871, 1939.
Collection
Identifier: MS5425
Abstract
Gordon Hall was a missionary to India who was from Tolland, Massachusetts. While in India he met Margaret Lewis, who had lived there for over 20 years. They would eventually get married and have four kids together, though only one survived into adulthood. That child, first born Nathan and then Gordon, was a minister who served in Wilton, Connecticut and Northampton, Massachusetts. Gordon would marry Emily Baldwin Hall and they would have seven children together. One of those children, Gordon...
Dates:
1815-1871, 1939
Horace Bushnell correspondence to J. L. Tomlinson, 1871. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4880
Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ records, 1829-1986. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0103
Dates:
1829-1986
Jaques Family Collection correspondence, circa early 20th century. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS1016
Dates:
circa early 20th century
John Henry Livingston correspondence, 1790. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS0913
Dates:
1790
John Wiley pew deed, 1844, 1964.
Collection
Identifier: RG5404
Abstract
John Wiley was born in Flatbush, Long Island on October 4th, 1808. He is the son of Charles Wiley, the influential printer who founded John Wiley & Sons, now known as just Wiley. John Wiley would start working at the company upon the death of his father in 1826. Over his tenure, the company would go through several name changes. First was Wiley, Lane & Co., then Wiley & Putnam, and then John Wiley. Wiley died in East Orange, New Jersey, on February 21st, 1891. Collection consists...
Dates:
1848; 1964
Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society records, 1786-1954.
Collection
Identifier: RG0120
Abstract
This collection contains various records from The Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society which formed on March 24, 1786, when their Act of Incorporation was passed and signed. The Society served and continues to serve as financial support for widows and children of deceased Congregational ministers, and this is reflected in the collection in the form of grant applications, correspondence with beneficiaries, and financial statements.
Dates:
1786-1954