Letters, notes, and fragments from New York State luminaries

Collection — manuscript box: 21 - folder 1

Identifier: 115m

Scope and content

Routine letters and notes signed by famous New Yorkers, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Stone Blackwell, William Henry Seward, Russell Sage, Moses Coit Tyler, Jacob Gould Schurman, and Edward Eggleston. The letter from Stanton and one of the notes from Schurman is a fragment. Stanton's letter expresses her reaction to the tributes received on her 70th birthday. The letter from Seward (1864), written on Department of State letterhead, is addressed to Charles Sumner, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The longer of Schurman's two notes (1891) is a cover letter for an announcement issued by Cornell's new School of Philosophy, addressed to the editor of the Philosophical review.

Dates

circa 1851-1902.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Hunt, Washington, 1811-1867. (Person)
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872. (Person)
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. (Person)
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. (Person)
Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835-1900. (Person)
Sage, Russell, 1816-1906. (Person)
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942. (Person)
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950. (Person)
Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a founder of the American women's rights movement and a leader in the struggle for women's suffrage; Alice Stone Blackwell was a poet and suffragist.

Biographical / Historical

William Henry Seward was Governor of New York from 1839-1843, and U.S. Secretary of State during Lincoln's presidency; Washington Hunt was Governor from 1851-1853. Russell Sage was a Congressman from New York state.