James Washington Singleton Papers
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The collection consists of family papers spanning the lifetime of five generations of Singleton descendants. The collection includes papers of James Singleton, the father of James W. Singleton; James W. Singleton; Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn, the daughter of James W. Singleton; the Thomas children, the grandchildren of James W. Singleton; and Judith Ball Wysong Cofer, the great-granddaughter of James W. Singleton. The bulk of the collection concerns the lives of James Singleton, James W. Singleton and Lily Singleton Thomas Osburn.
- Conditions Governing Access
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The collection is open to researchers without restrictions.
- Dates
- Creation: 1770-1975, undated
- Other: Majority of material found within 1850-1920
- Other: Date acquired: 01/14/1977
- Extent
- 20.80 Linear Feet
- 35 Hollinger document cases; 1 clamshell box, 2 oversized boxes boxes
- Related People/Organizations
- Singleton, James Washington (1811-1892)
- United States. Congress. House
- Singleton family
- Singleton, James Washington (1811-1892)
- Language of Materials
- English
This series is further divided into 13 subseries. Within each subseries, the correspondence is arranged chronologically.
- Dates
- Creation: 1787-1975
The correspondence of James Singleton (1762-1815). Most of the correspondence dates from the War of 1812 period and is concerned with Singleton's activities in that conflict.
- Dates
- Creation: 1787-1815
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- Creation: 1787-1801
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- Creation: 1804-1810
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- Creation: 1811-1813
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- Creation: 1814 March-August
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- Creation: 1814 September
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- Creation: 1814 October-November
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- Creation: 1815
- Dates
- Creation: 1811 March 5
The correspondence of Joseph Holmes Sherrard (1802-1889). This subseries also includes some correspondence of Sherrard's daughters, Virginia and Elizabeth Sherrard.
- Dates
- Creation: 1826-1911
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- Creation: 1826-1827
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- Creation: 1830-1838
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- Creation: 1841-1850
- Dates
- Creation: 1852-1911
The correspondence of James Washington Singleton(1811-1892). Most of the correspondence dates from the post 1860 period. There are five folders of letters from the 1860-1866 period which give a limited view of Singleton's Civil War activities. The subseries includes correspondence from the 1879 to 1883, the period when Singleton was serving in the House of Representatives. There is a good file of correspondence from the 1884-1885 period when Singleton was seeking a position in Cleveland's administration as Commissioner of Agriculture.
- Dates
- Creation: 1837-1892
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- Creation: 1837, 1839
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- Creation: 1840-1849
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- Creation: 1850-1859
- Dates
- Creation: 1860-1861
Includes a letter from Ulysses S. Grant on March 24, 1862.
- Dates
- Creation: 1862-1863
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- Creation: 1864
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- Creation: 1865
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- Creation: 1866
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- Creation: 1867-1868
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- Creation: 1870-1874
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- Creation: 1875-1879
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- Creation: 1880-1881
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- Creation: 1882
- Dates
- Creation: 1883 January-December 24
- Dates
- Creation: 1883 December 25-31
- Dates
- Creation: 1884
- Dates
- Creation: 1885
- Dates
- Creation: 1886-1892
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