Denby family papers
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English
Word Count
500,000 words, Guess
Page Count
2,000 pages
Identifiers
- Library of Congress Control Number2001084834
- Open LibraryOL25198836M
Description
Chiefly correspondence and related material exchanged among Denby family members. The bulk of the letters are between Charles Denby (1830-1904), his wife Martha Fitch Denby, and their children Graham, Charles (1861-1938), Harriet, Wythe, Edwin, and Thomas Garvin. Also includes letters from Martha's mother Harriet Satterlee Fitch and father Graham Newell Fitch. Includes courtship correspondence (1850s) between Charles Denby, a lawyer in Evansville, Ind., and Martha of Logansport, Ind., and Washington, D.C. Includes Civil War correspondence of Charles written while serving with the Forty-second Indiana Volunteers and the Eightieth Indiana Volunteers in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Letters speak of life at home and in camp. Correspondence (1860s-1870s) documents family life, local and national events, and Charles's work as a lawyer. Includes letters from Denby's son Charles while he attended the College of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J., and from their daughter Harriet while she attended Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ont. Correspondence (1885-1905) pertains to the elder Charles Denby's post as minister to China, the official, social, and domestic lives of the diplomatic community in Beijing, and the life of other Denby family members in China and the U.S. Includes material relating to son Charles's work in diplomatic service and business in China and Edwin's service in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service (Hai guan zong shui wu si shu). Documents the Spanish-American War in relation to Edwin's and son-in-law Gilbert Wilkes's service aboard the cruiser Yosemite in 1898 and father Charles's service on a commission investigating the conduct of the U.S. War Dept. during the war and on the U.S. Philippine Commission. Includes a journal Martha kept on a trip with the commission to the Philippines. Correspondence (1890s-1911) document Wythe's work as a mining engineer in Alaska, Arizona, and Utah; Edwin's election to Congress, his early days in Washington, D.C., and a trip to Europe; and son Charles's work in the State Department.
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