Creator:
Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883.
Inclusive Dates:
1814- 1891
Abstract:
Papers of the
New York State lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1859-1863),
abolitionist, born near Pompey, N.Y. Correspondence (1847-1891);
genealogical material; legal and financial records
(1814-1879); writings (1837-1884), including essays, speeches, and
published letters; and memorabilia. Largely family
correspondence with additional letters of Louis Agassiz, Samuel
Bowles, Salmon P. Chase, F.J. Child, James Freeman Clarke,
Roscoe Conkling, George W. Curtis, John A. Dahlgren, Richard H.
Dana, H.L. Dawes, Daniel S. Dickinson, J.T. Fields, John M.
Forbes, John C. Frémont, William Lloyd Garrison, George W. Geddes,
George F. Hoar, John Jay, Thomas Starr King, Samuel J.
May, Robert B. Minturn, Levi P. Morton, Charles Eliot Norton,
Elizabeth P. Peabody, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward,
Gerrit Smith, Israel Washburn, R.S. Watson, Andrew D. White, and
others.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.), History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Lawyers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Abolitionists -- United States.
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements.
Social reformers -- United States.
Creator:
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872.
Inclusive Dates:
1834- 1854
Abstract:
Letters to and from the American politician and lawyer.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Creator:
Snyder, Charles R.
Inclusive Dates:
1811- 1937
Abstract:
American lawyer, apparently specializing in railroads and utilities.
Collection includes correspondence, corporate records, letterbooks, more.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Letter books.
Subject:
Lawyers.
New York State
Railroads
Lawyers -- United States.
Public utilities -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Railroad law -- United States.
Creator:
Stewart, E. W.
Inclusive Dates:
1840- 1841
Abstract:
Manuscript diary of lawyer from Camden, New York, containing his opinions on many subjects
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Subject:
Camden (N.Y.) -- History.
Lawyers.
New York State
Courts -- United States -- History.
Law -- United States -- History.
Lawyers -- 19th century -- New York (State)
Slavery -- America.
Creator:
Strong, George Washington, 1783-1855.
Inclusive Dates:
1809- 1844
Abstract:
New York attorney. Collection contains legal documents from his
Manhattan practice spanning nearly 40 years.
Type of Material:
Affidavits.
Bail bonds.
Briefs (legal documents)
Claims.
Legal instruments.
Mortgages.
Submittals.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History
Lawyers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Law -- New York (State)
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- History.
Lawyers -- United States -- History.
Practice of law -- United States -- History.
Creator:
Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861.
Inclusive Dates:
1782- 1855
Abstract:
Incoming correspondence of the Massachusetts lawyer,
justice of the peace and adjutant general in the Massachusetts militia. Also included are a few letters addressed to his father, Increase Sumner, and a few official documents.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Massachusetts. -- Adjutant General's Office.
Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century.
Lawyers.
Legislators.
Lawyers -- Massachusetts.
Legislators -- Massachusetts.