Research Catalog

Title

George Gibbs collection of Oliver Wolcott correspondence, 1789-1848.

Author

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide and digital images

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
• Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
• Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Marshall, John, 1755-1835
• Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813
• Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
• Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833

Description

.9 linear foot (1 box, 4 volumes), 1 microfilm reel.

Summary

Oliver Wolcott, Sr. (1726-1797) and Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760-1833) were American statesmen from Litchfield, Connecticut. George Gibbs (1815-1873), grandson of Oliver Wolcott, Jr., was a lawyer, historian, and ethnologist. The collection consists of correspondence of Oliver Wolcott, Sr. and Oliver Wolcott, Jr. as collected by George Gibbs during the writing of his work Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams, edited from the papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury (New York, 1846), with letters about the work received by Gibbs after its publication. The documents, many written or signed by prominent Americans, comprise extra-illustrated items removed from Gibbs' personal copy of his two-volume work, bound in four parts. Most are unpublished. Wolcott correspondence, 1789-1803, concerns political as well as business and personal matters, largely reflecting the Treasury Department career of Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1789-1800). Correspondence of George Gibbs, 1846 and 1848, consists of letters from prominent persons and friends thanking him for copies of his book, some adding further comments. An unrelated 1820 letter from General Andrew Jackson to Colonel Charles Gibson concerns Jackson's retirement from the Army.

Subjects

• Governors > Connecticut
• Connecticut > Politics and government > 1775-1865
• United States > History > 1783-1865
• United States > History > Constitutional period, 1789-1809
• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865
• United States > Department of the Treasury > Office of the Secretary
• Politicians
• Wolcott family
• Statesmen
• Historians

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
• Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm
• is available full-text via
• available as digital images.

Funding (note)

• Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Source (note)

• Deposited by Nicholas Roosevelt, 1942; donated by Nicholas Roosevelt, 1960.

Call Number

MssCol 3368

OCLC

144652443

Author

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873.

Title

George Gibbs collection of Oliver Wolcott correspondence, 1789-1848.

Additional Formats

Entire collection, filmed in original binding order (excluding Gibbs' printed work), available on microfilm, New York Public Library; *ZL-481

The printed work is available full-text via http://www.hathitrust.org

Selected items available as digital images.

Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Restricted Access

Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.

Funding

Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Source

Deposited by Nicholas Roosevelt, 1942; donated by Nicholas Roosevelt, 1960.

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NYPL Digital Collections

Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

Historians.

Politicians.

Statesmen.

Added Author

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873, Correspondent.

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, Correspondent.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845, Correspondent.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Correspondent.

Marshall, John, 1755-1835, Correspondent.

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813, Correspondent.

Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797, Correspondent.

Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833, Correspondent.

LCCN

ms 71000361

Research Call Number

MssCol 3368