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THE JAMES WADSWORTH FAMILY
A REGISTER OF ITS PAPERS IN THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Prepared by
Russell Smith, 1961, and David Mathisen, 1985
Revised by Connie L. Cartledge
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 1997
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
The papers of the James Wadsworth Family were given to the
Library of Congress by James W. Symington, Evelyn W. Symington,
James J. Wadsworth, and Reverdy Wadsworth between 1960 and 1983.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of the James Wadsworth
Family in this collection and in other collections of papers in
the custody of the Library has been dedicated to the public.
A description of the James Wadsworth Family Papers appears
in the Library of Congress _Quarterly Journal of Current
Acquisitions_, vol. 18, no. 3 (May 1961), pp. 129-130.
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Readers interested in consulting any of the division's
collections are advised to write or telephone the
Manuscript Reading Room at (202) 707-5387 before visiting.
Many processed and nearly all unprocessed collections are
stored off site, and advance notice is needed to retrieve
these items for research use.
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Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 22
Approximate number of items: 7,000
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
James Wadsworth
1768, Apr. 20 Born, Durham, Conn.
1787 Graduated, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1796-98 Acquired property with William Wadsworth on the
bank of the Genesee River, New York state
Traveled to Europe with the help of Robert Morris,
Aaron Burr, and DeWitt Clinton to interest
foreign capitalists in American investments
ca. 1800- Urged establishment of county academies;
ca. 1844 instrumental in securing the enactment of
legislation authorizing sending the public
_Lectures on School-Keeping_ to each school
district; responsible for establishment of
school district library system in New York; and
built and endowed a public library in Geneseo,
N.Y.
1804 Married Naomi Wolcott
1844, June 7 Died, Geneseo, N.Y.
James S. Wadsworth
1807, Oct. 30 Born, Geneseo, N.Y.
1834 Married Mary Craig Wharton
1861 Commissioned brigadier general, U.S. Army
1864 Commissioned brevet major general in the field for
gallantry at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and
The Wilderness, Va.
1864, May 8 Died of wounds received at The Wilderness, Va.
James Wolcott Wadsworth, Sr.
1846, Oct. 12 Born, Philadelphia, Pa., son of James S. Wadsworth
1864-65 Volunteer aide on staff of Major General G. K.
Warren, U.S. Army
1865, Jan. 24 Commissioned and appointed captain, aide-de-camp
1865, May 25 Brevetted major for gallant and meritorious
service at Five Forks and Petersburg, Va.
1865, June 26 Mustered out of U.S. Army
1875-77 Supervisor, Geneseo, N.Y.
1876 Married Louise Travers
1878-79 Member, New York general assembly
1880-81 Comptroller of New York
1881-85 United States representative from New York
1898 Honorary A.M., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1901-07 United States representative from New York
1926, Dec. 24 Died, Geneseo, N.Y.
James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.
1877, Aug. 12 Born, Geneseo, N.Y., son of James Wolcott
Wadsworth, Sr.
1898 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1899 Entered stock and farming business
1902, Sept. 30 Married Alice Hay, daughter of John Hay
1905-10 Director, Genesee Valley National Bank and Trust
Co.
Member, New York general assembly; speaker,
1906-10
1908-1928 Delegate, Republican national conventions
1911-15 Managed large ranch, Paloduro, Tex.
1915-27 United States senator from New York
1933-51 United States representative from New York
1951-52 Chairman, National Security Training Commission
1952, June 21 Died, Geneseo, N.Y.
John Hay
1838, Oct. 8 Born, Salem, Ind.
1858 A.M., LL.D., Brown University, Providence, R.I.
LL.D., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
LL.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
LL.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
LL.D., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
1861-65 Private secretary, with John George Nicolay, to
Abraham Lincoln
Brevet colonel, United States volunteers
1865-70 Secretary of legation, Paris, France; Madrid,
Spain; Vienna, Austria
Charge d'affaires, Vienna, Austria
1874 Married Clara Stone
1879-81 President, International Sanitary Conference
1890 Published with John George Nicolay _Abraham
Lincoln, a History_ (New York: Century Co.
10 vols.)
1897-98 Ambassador to England
1898-1905 Secretary of state
1905, July 1 Died, Washington, D.C.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The papers of the James Wadsworth Family of Geneseo, New
York, span the period 1730-1959 and describe the activities of
four generations of the family in both regional and national
affairs. The collection consists chiefly of the correspondence
of James and William Wadsworth, who founded the Geneseo branch of
the family and occupied land there in 1790; James S. Wadsworth,
Civil War general who commanded the First Division, I Corps, at
Gettysburg and was later killed in the Battle of the Wilderness;
James Wolcott Wadsworth, United States representative from 1881
to 1885 and 1891 to 1906; and James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., who
represented New York in the United States Senate from 1915 to
1927 and in the House of Representatives from 1933 to 1951.
Consisting primarily of personal correspondence, the papers
reflect the changing problems of the nation in the careers of
succeeding generations.
Included in the collection is correspondence of John Hay,
whose daughter Alice married James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., and
whose letters, chiefly in the years 1882-1903, comment on life in
London and Washington, D.C., in the late nineteenth century.
Also in the collection are a letter from Abraham Lincoln to
Horace Greeley, 9 July 1864, in which he promises safe conduct
for any person or persons "professing to have any proposition of
Jefferson Davis in writing for peace embracing the restoration of
the Union and abandonment of slavery," and an album containing
autographed photographs of scores of the nation's leaders during
the Lincoln administrations. Letters of Theodore Roosevelt are
also among the correspondence.
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DESCRIPTION OF SERIES
Container Nos. Contents
1-8 Family Papers, 1730-1959, n.d.
Correspondence, primarily incoming, of various
members of the Wadsworth family. Also included in
the papers are a diary, legal papers, and other
miscellaneous papers. Arranged chronologically
with an index of James S. Wadsworth's Papers filed
at the end of the papers.
9 Family Financial Papers, 1835-51.
Arranged chronologically.
10 Family Miscellany, 1730-1952.
Correspondence, photographs, clippings,
pamphlets and maps, genealogical information,
writings, and other material. Arranged
alphabetically by name of person, topic, or type
of material.
11-14 John Hay Papers, 1861-1959.
Correspondence, pamphlets and programs, poetry,
writings, memorabilia, photograph album, will, and
other material pertaining to John Hay and his
family. Arranged alphabetically by name of
person, topic, or type of material, except for the
photograph album which is filed at the end of the
series.
15-50 James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., Papers, 1723-1957,
n.d.
Diaries, correspondence, memoranda, speeches,
writings, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks,
and other material. Arranged in subseries
designated Diaries, Senate Papers, House of
Representatives, Personal, Miscellaneous, and
Scrapbooks and therein alphabetically by name of
person or organization, topic, or type of
material.
OV 1 Oversize, 1884-1952.
Oversize certificates, degrees, and
recognitions. Arranged chronologically.
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CONTAINER LIST
Container Nos. Contents
FAMILY PAPERS, 1730-1959, n.d.
Box 1 1730, 1755, 1764-1825 (28 folders)
Box 2 1826-29 (26 folders)
Box 3 1830-31 (27 folders)
Box 4 1832-39 (24 folders)
Box 5 1840-62 (29 folders)
Box 6 1863-70 (19 folders)
Box 7 1871-82, 1894-1941 (24 folders)
Box 8 1942-59, n.d. (15 folders)
Index of James S. Wadsworth's Papers, University
of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., typescript volume
FAMILY FINANCIAL PAPERS, 1835-51
Box 9 1835-51 (48 folders)
FAMILY MISCELLANY, 1730-1952
Box 10 Clippings (2 folders)
Genealogy
Memorial books
Pamphlets and maps
Photographs (5 folders)
Suffrage letters
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, typescript volume of his
letters
World War I narrative
JOHN HAY PAPERS, 1861-1959, n.d.
Box 11 Family correspondence
1861-96 (24 folders)
1897
Jan.-Aug. (4 folders)
Box 12 Sept.-Dec. (4 folders)
1898-1906, 1919, 1959, n.d. (19 folders)
Box 13 Fink, Joseph L., address, "A Tribute to a Great
American," 1938
Index to letters and diaries
Last will and testament, 1905
Lincoln, Abraham, and Mary Todd Lincoln, letters,
1861-64
Memorabilia and Lincolniana
Miscellany and autographs
Pamphlets and programs
Poems
Writings
Hay, Clara Stone (wife)
Hay, John
Index note cards
"The Money Makers"
School writing book
Box 14 Photograph album
JAMES WOLCOTT WADSWORTH, JR., PAPERS, 1723-1957, n.d.
Box 15 Diaries and autobiography
Autobiography, n.d.
Box 16 Diaries and summary of engagements, 1915-52
Box 17 Senate papers
Antilynching bill (Dyer), 1923-26
Bonus, 1923-26
Civil Service, 1824-1926 (4 folders)
Congress of the United States, bills,
committees, and workings, 1919-27 (5 folders)
Constitution, amendments to, 1923-25
Crowell, Benjamin, 1923-25 (2 folders)
Farm policy, 1924-25
Foreign policy, 1922-26 (6 folders)
Harding, Warren G., nomination as president,
correspondence, 1935
Immigration Service, 1923-26 (18 folders)
Box 18 Labor, 1924-26 (2 folders)
Local self-government versus federal power,
1924-26 (2 folders)
Mexico, 1926-27
Military (Troop M), 1916
Military policy, 1921-27 (20 folders)
New York state politics, 1908-27 (11 folders)
Box 19 Politics, 1916-27 (17 folders)
Prohibition, 1923-27 (23 folders)
Box 20 Public works, 1921-26
Retirement, 1927
Senatorial campaign, 1925-26 (4 folders)
Social legislation, 1925-26 (2 folders)
Teapot Dome scandal, 1924
World War I, 1916-25 (3 folders)
Box 21 House of Representatives
Antilynching bill, 1937-50 (5 folders)
Austin-Wadsworth bill, 1942-45 (9 folders)
Burke-Wadsworth draft bill, 1940-45 (7 folders)
Conduct of World War II
1935-41 (13 folders)
Box 22 1942-48 (28 folders)
Congressional reorganization, 1946
Constitutional amendment, 1935-50 (6 folders)
Box 23 Demobilization, 1943-46 (11 folders)
Draft in operation, extension, 1940-46
(27 folders)
Box 24 Economy in government, 1937-50 (12 folders)
Equal rights amendment, 1944-50 (3 folders)
Farm policy, 1933-50 (24 folders)
Federal aid, 1939-50 (2 folders)
Federal power, 1934-49 (12 folders)
Box 25 Foreign policy, 1937-50 (23 folders)
Immigration, 1939-48
Labor, 1934-50 (17 folders)
Lend Lease, 1941-51 (5 folders)
Box 26 Liberty League, 1935-38 (3 folders)
Library of Congress, 1951-53 (3 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1927-50 (43 folders)
Box 27 National Security Training Commission, 1951
Neutrality embargoes, 1933-50 (17 folders)
New Deal, 1933-50 (11 folders)
Office of the Clerk, 1941
Office of Price Administration, 1941-46
(6 folders)
Peacetime draft, 1946-50 (2 folders)
Box 28 Politics, 1924-50 (63 folders)
Box 29 Postwar military policy, Woodrum Committee,
1942-50 (14 folders)
Prewar military policy, 1920-47 (7 folders)
Prohibition, 1933-44 (6 folders)
Public housing, rent control, 1946-50
(2 folders)
Reorganization of House committees, 1946
Retirement from Congress, 1950-51 (22 folders)
Box 30 Retirement, Rochester, N.Y., dinner, 1950
(8 folders)
Supreme Court, 1937 (3 folders)
Taxation, 1935-50 (17 folders)
Un-American activities, radicals, 1934-47
(3 folders)
Unification of armed forces, 1946-49 (5 folders)
Box 31 Universal military training, 1935-52
(43 folders)
Veterans bonus, pensions, 1934-52 (4 folders)
Box 32 Personal
American Military Mission to Armenia, 1919
Atlantic Union, 1950-52 (4 folders)
Bank matters, 1916-44 (3 folders)
Campaign contributions, 1926-52
Degrees and other honors, 1942-52 (3 folders)
Family history, 1813-1952 (9 folders)
Farm business matters, 1915-51 (8 folders)
Federal Security Agency, 1951
Freedom on the March, 1950-51 (4 folders)
Friends, letters
1914-50 (13 folders)
Box 33 1951, n.d. (3 folders)
Frontier Mortgage Co., 1916-52 (2 folders)
Geneseo, N.Y., and environs, 1916-52 (4 folders)
Hay, Clarence, 1938-50 (2 folders)
Historical documents and books, 1862, 1925-40
International Stock Yards, 1936-52 (5 folders)
Land, 1920-49
Letters received during illness, 1950-57
(9 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1951
Ostertag, Harold, 1951 (2 folders)
Press, relations with, 1924-50 (3 folders)
Ranch, J. A., and Richie family, 1915-51
(13 folders)
Requests for information, assistance, 1926-51
(5 folders)
Requests to speak, attend meetings, 1923-51
(10 folders)
Box 34 Roosevelt, Nicholas, 1950-51
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1906 (3 folders)
Senate friends, 1950 (3 folders)
Sons of the American Revolution, 1950-51
(3 folders)
Summary of James W. Wadsworth Papers, 1953
Symington, Tim and James, 1942-51 (2 folders)
Symington, W. Stuart, 1923-51 (5 folders)
Wadsworth, Craig, 1927-43
Wadsworth, James J. ("Jerry"), correspondence,
1917-50 (16 folders)
Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Sr., 1898-1926
Wadsworth, Reverdy, and family, 1951
Whitney, John Hay, 1951
Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1951-52
Box 35 Miscellaneous
Speeches and articles
1900-1939 (27 folders)
Box 36 1940-51, n.d. (19 folders)
Box 37 Clippings and political photos, 1910-52
(12 folders)
Box 38 Printed matter, 1900-1952 (11 folders)
Box 39 Scrapbooks
1723-1864
Box 40 1878-1881
1902-14, letterbook of James Wolcott Wadsworth,
Jr.
Box 41 1817-1940
Box 42 1898-1935
Box 43 1899-1943
Box 44 1922-27, 1952
Box 45 1926
Box 46 1933-50
Box 47 1943-47
Box 48 1947-49
Box 49 1950
Box 50 1952
OVERSIZE, 1884-1952
Box OV 1 Certificates, degrees, and recognitions, 1884-1952
*** Last updated 03/13/98 (mal) ***
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