Series I. Blatchford family, 1796-1865, 1895, inclusive
I.A. Rev. Samuel Blatchford (1767–1828)
Biographical / Historical
Presbyterian minister.
Letter from J. Smith, 1796 April 23
Scope and Contents
"J. Smith" was, possibly, John Blair Smith (1756-1799), first president of Union College, Schenectady, New York (1795-1799).
Letter to daughter, Mary Milford Windeatt Blatchford, 1813 November 10
Letters to wife, Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford, 1817 May 15; 1824 May 17, inclusive
Biographical material, 1895, inclusive
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Passage on Rev. Samuel Blatchford cut from The Bi-Centennial Celebration of the First Congregational Church and Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut, June 12th and 13th, 1895 (New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse, and Taylor, 1895), 36-38, and illustration following 26.
I.B. Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford (1767–1846)
Biographical / Historical
Wife of Rev. Samuel Blatchford [I.A].
Letter to son, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1828 February 11
Condolence letter on her death to the Misses Blatchford, 1846 December 7
I.C. Mary Milford Windeatt Blatchford (1790–1847)
Biographical / Historical
Daughter of Rev. Samuel Blatchford [I.A] and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford [I.B].
Letter to nephew, Samuel Blatchford, 1830 May, inclusive
I.D. Richard Milford Blatchford (1798–1875)
Biographical / Historical
Attorney and political figure. Member of the New York State Assembly (1855) and 4th United States Minister to the Papal States (1862-1863). Son of Rev. Samuel Blatchford [I.A] and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford [I.B].
Death notice for sister, Alicia Windeatt Blatchford (1791–1808), 1810 April 3
Chancery license, 1826 June 19
Letters to wife, Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford, 1818, 1846-1847, 1850, undated, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1827-1828, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1830, 1832, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1834, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1836-1838, inclusive
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Letter of April 14, 1836 includes doodled portrait of a man on verso.
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1839, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1840, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1841, 1843-1844, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1846-1849, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1850-1853, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1862, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1863, inclusive
Letters to daughter, Julia Maria (Blatchford) Potter, 1842, 1844-1846, 1850, inclusive
Letter from Eliphalet Nott, 1846 December 7
Account of monies due from William H. Seward, 1844 January 1; 1845 January 1, inclusive
Letter from William H. Seward, 1855 February 7
Letter from Daniel Webster, 1847 July 5
I.E. Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford (1798–1857)
Biographical / Historical
First wife of Richard Milford Blatchford [I.D].
Letter to mother, Mary J. Mumford, 1832 September 25
Letters to husband, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1835, inclusive
Letters to husband, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1841, inclusive
Letters to husband, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1842, inclusive
Letters to husband, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1846-1848, inclusive
Letters to husband, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1850-1851, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1828, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1830, 1832, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1834, 1836, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1838-1839, inclusive
Letters to son, Samuel Blatchford, 1840-1841, 1845, inclusive
Letter to daughter, Mary Milford (Blatchford) Griswold, 1842 October 27
Letters to daughter, Julia Maria (Blatchford) Potter, 1845-1847, inclusive
I.F. Samuel Blatchford (1820–1893)
Biographical / Historical
Jurist. Served in 1840 as private secretary to New York State Governor William H. Seward, his father's college friend and law partner. Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1867-1878); Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit (1878-1882); Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1882-1893). Son of Richard Milford Blatchford [I.D] and Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford [I.E].
Letters to father, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1835, 1847, 1850-1851, 1855, inclusive
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Letter of July 5, 1847 exhibited in Two Centuries of the Law: Cravath, Swaine & Moore at the New-York Historical Society, March 22 – June 9, 2019.
Letters to mother, Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford, 1838, 1846-1847, inclusive
Letters to aunt, Ethelinda Jane (Blatchford) Corbin, 1836, 1838, inclusive
Columbia College records, 1824-1838, inclusive
New York State bar admission certificate, 1842 January 25
Correspondence with William H. Seward, 1841-1844, inclusive
I.G. Caroline Frances (Appleton) Blatchford (1817–1901)
Biographical / Historical
Wife of Samuel Blatchford [I.F].
Letter to mother-in-law, Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford, 1850 April 14
I.H. Mary Milford (Blatchford) Griswold (1823–1852)
Biographical / Historical
Daughter of Richard Milford Blatchford [I.D] and Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford [I.E].
Letters to father, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1835, 1840, 1850, inclusive
Letters to mother, Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford, 1840, 1846, 1850, undated, inclusive
Letters to brother, Samuel Blatchford, 1832, 1839, inclusive
Letter to sister, Julia Maria (Blatchford) Potter, undated, inclusive
I.I. Julia Maria (Blatchford) Potter (1834–1922)
Biographical / Historical
Daughter of Richard Milford Blatchford [I.D] and Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford [I.E]; wife of Edward Tuckerman Potter [II.C]. See also her letters to Potter family members under Sub-series II.D.
Letters to father, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1845-1846, 1850-1851, inclusive
Letters to mother, Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford, 1850-1851, undated, inclusive
Letter to brother, Samuel Blatchford, 1847 April 2
Letter to sister-in-law, Caroline Frances (Appleton) Blatchford, 1844 November 1
Letter to sister, Mary Milford (Blatchford) Griswold, 1847 January 8
Letter from Caroline (LeRoy) Webster, 1845 December 17
Scope and Contents
Note accompanying flowers sent to Julia and her sister Ethelinda by Caroline (LeRoy) Webster (1797–1882), second wife of Daniel Webster.
Mumford and Potter families genealogical and heraldic information, undated, inclusive
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Facsimile of Mumford family bible records, and a note recording the Potter family's ancestral homes in England and their coat of arms. The donor believes these items to have originated with her great-grandmother, Julia Maria (Blatchford) Potter (1834–1922).
I.J. Sophia Ethelinda Blatchford (1836–1908)
Biographical / Historical
Daughter of Richard Milford Blatchford [I.D] and Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford [I.E].
Letters to father, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1844, 1850-1851, inclusive
Letters to mother, Julia Ann (Mumford) Blatchford, 1850-1851, undated, inclusive
Letter to brother, Samuel Blatchford, 1850 January 25
I.K. Thomas Windeatt Blatchford (1794–1866)
Biographical / Historical
Physician. Son of Rev. Samuel Blatchford [I.A] and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford [I.B].
Letter to nephew, Samuel Blatchford, 1828 October 11
I.L. Frances (Wickes) Blatchford (1805–1875)
Biographical / Historical
Wife of John Blatchford (1799-1855); mother of John Samuel Blatchford [I.M].
Letters to sister-in-law, Ethelinda Jane (Blatchford) Corbin, 1840 January 1, undated, inclusive
I.M. John Samuel Blatchford (1831–1912)
Biographical / Historical
Son of John Blatchford (1799-1855) and Frances (Wickes) Blatchford [I.L].
Letters to aunt, Ethelinda Jane (Blatchford) Corbin, 1840 September 19; 1844 May 7, inclusive
I.N. Ethelinda Jane (Blatchford) Corbin (1805–1879)
Biographical / Historical
Daughter of Rev. Samuel Blatchford [I.A] and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford [I.B].
Letters to nephew, Samuel Blatchford, 1844 December 5; undated, inclusive
I.O. Edgecumbe Heath Blatchford (1811–1853)
Biographical / Historical
Son of Rev. Samuel Blatchford [I.A] and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford [I.B].
Letter to brother, Richard Milford Blatchford, 1834 [1837?] October 10
I.P. Blatchford miscellaneous
Broadsides and newspaper photocopy, 1844, 1852, 1865, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Contains:
1. Broadside, "SUPPRESSED LETTER. With all our persuading, we cannot induce one Whig paper in or near this city to publish the latest letter of their great leader, Henry Clay. THEY DARE NOT PUBLISH IT. They have brought his kinsman and neighbor here to say that which Henry Clay says is a misrepresentation of his views. Read it." September 2, 1844, Ashland, Kentucky
2. Broadside, "National Anniversary, July 4, 1852, at Auburn [New York]."
3. Photostat of front page of The New York Herald, April 15, 1865, announcing "Assassination of President Lincoln."