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Silas Wright, Jr. letters and documents

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Mixed material	Request in advance	MssCol 3399	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

Description

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

Silas Wright was an American lawyer and statesman, and a member of the "Albany Regency" that dominated the New York State politics in the early decades of the 19th Century. He was a member of the New York State senate from 1824 to 1827, and was elected to the Twentieth Congress in 1826. Wright was elected to the United States Senate in 1833, and served until 1844. He later served as governor of the State of New York.
This collection consists mainly of correspondence, predominantly letters from Wright to his legal and political colleagues, including John Dix, James K. Paulding, Robert John Walker, and others. Also includes a letter relating to Wright's home and his "relics," and a printed copy of his speech on tariffs.

Subjects

Access (note)

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

Additional Formats (note)

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

Call Number

MssCol 3399

OCLC

811249805

Author

Wright, Silas, 1795-1847.

Title

Silas Wright, Jr. letters and documents, 1828-1866, 1917.

Restricted Access

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

Additional Formats

Available on microfilm; New York Public library; *ZL-452

Location of Other Archival Materials

Silas Wright letters to Benjamin F. Butler, A. C. Flagg, and John Tyler; Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

Silas Wright message to the New York Legislature; Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

Occupation

Governors.

Lawyers.

Politicians.

Research Call Number

MssCol 3399