Hamilton Family Papers L 62, OBC 49, OBD 13, V 446 1788-1963 51 Mss
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Hamilton Family Papers L 62, OBC 49, OBD 13, V 446 1788-1963 51 mss. boxes, 2 os. folders, 3 volumes Rare Books and Manuscripts Divison Indiana State Library Reprocessed by: Barbara Hilderbrand, July 2007 Finding aid revised: Brittany Kropf, 11/06/2015 Biographical Note: Allen Hamilton was born in 1798 in Ireland. In 1820, he moved to Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana where he worked as a clerk in the land office. In 1823, he moved to Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, where he worked as a deputy clerk for the U. S. Land Office. He served as sheriff of Allen County Sheriff, 1824-1826; Fort Wayne Postmaster, 1825-1831, and as county auditor, clerk, and recorder, 1831-1838. He was a merchant and a lawyer with the firm of Hamilton and Taber and was involved in politics as a Whig and a Democrat from 1830s-1861. Allen Hamilton married to Emerine Jane Holman in 1828 and together they had four children. Allen Hamilton died in 1864 in Saratoga, New York. Andrew Holman Hamilton was born June 7, 1834 and was the son of Allen and Emerine Hamilton. He graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1854 and went on to Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and began his practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He married Phoebe Tabor on March 27, 1861 and together they had five children. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, 1875-1879. Andrew Holman Hamilton died May 9, 1895 and is interred in Lindenwood Cemetery. Allen Hamilton was born in January 1874 and was the son of Andrew Holman and Phoebe Hamilton. He worked as a physician. Montgomery Hamilton was born about 1844 and was the son of Allen and Emerine Hamilton. He worked as a merchant and landlord. Her married Gertrude and together they had five children. He died on June 9, 1909. Edith Hamilton was born August 12, 1867 and was the daughter of Montgomery and Gertrude Hamilton. She studied Latin and was a holder of the Mary E. Garrett European Fellowship for Graduate Students in 1895-96. She attended Leipzig and Munich Universities. On returning to America she became the first headmistress of Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. Edith Hamilton died May 31, 1963. Alice Hamilton was born on February 16, 1869 and was the daughter of Montgomery and Gertrude Hamilton. She was the managing director of the Illinois Occupational disease Survey and worked on identifying and curing industrial diseases. In 1919 she was appointed the chair of Industrial medicine of Harvard Medical School where she served for 23 years. Margaret Hamilton was born in June of 1871 and was the daughter of Montgomery and Gertrude Hamilton. She worked as an aide to her sister Edith at Bryn Mawr School and later served as headmistress for five years. Arthur Hamilton a.k.a. Quint was born March 31, 1886 and was the son of Montgomery and Gertrude Hamilton. He studied Romance Languages and worked at the University of Wisconsin. He worked with the Red Cross during World War I. He then became a professor of Romance Language at Illinois University and the Dean of Foreign Students. Arthur Hamilton died in 1967. Sources: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. 4 June 2007 < http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000102> Ancestry Library. Indiana State Library. 02 July 2007. <http://www.ancestrylibrary.com> Scope and Content Note: This collection contains business papers, correspondence, receipts and deeds from the firm of Hamilton and Taber, including Cyrus Taber's correspondence with Allen Hamilton. Much of the correspondence regards business, various Indian treaties, railroads, politics, and the settlement of Hamilton's estate following his death in 1864. Materials date from 1788 through 1963, with the bulk of the collection dating from Allen Hamilton's career. Materials are arranged chronologically, with business records filed together with the small amount of personal papers in the collection. Personal papers in the collection include those of Allen Hamilton's son Andrew H. Hamilton (1834-1895) from his time as a student and as a United States Congressman (1875-1879), and family correspondence dating from the 1820s through the early 1900s. Correspondents in the collection include early Indiana politicians, Indian agents, and other well-known Indiana residents. These include Thomas H. Blake, Jesse D. Bright, Michael G. Bright, T. Hartley Crawford, John D. Defrees, John Dowling, Thomas Dowling, John B. Duret, Henry C. Ellsworth, George W. Ewing, William G. Ewing, Francis Godfroy, Samuel Hanna, Andrew J. Harlan, Thomas A. Hendricks, William Hendricks, Jesse L. Holman, William S. Holman, Edmond O. Hovey, Henry S. Lane, James F. D. Lanier, Ebenezer F. Lucas, Jonathan McCarty, Hugh McCulloch, Samuel Merritt, Samuel Milroy, Elias Murray, Abel C. Pepper, Daniel D. Pratt, George H. Proffit, James Rariden, Joseph Richardville, William Rockhill, Samuel C. Sample, Caleb B. Smith, Oliver H. Smith, John Test, Richard W. Thompson, John Tipton, David Wallace, Nathaniel West, Albert S. White, Charles White, Jesse L. Williams, Daniel Worth, and Joseph A. Wright. Box and Folder Listing: Box 1. Folder 1. Land Deed, 1788 2. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, 1810-1819 3. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, 1820-1822 4. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, 1823-1824 5. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, 1825 6. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, 1826 7. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan.-Aug., 1827 8. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Sept.-Dec., 1827 9. Papers, receipts, and correspondence,, 1828 10. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan.-July, 1829 11. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Aug.-Dec., 1829 12. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, 1830 13. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan.-June, 1831 14. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, July-Dec., 1831 15. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan.- Mar. 1832 16. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Apr.-June, 1832 17. Papers, correspondence, and receipts, July, 1832 18. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Aug.- Oct., 1832 19. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Nov.-Dec., 1832 Box 2. 1. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan.-Feb., 1833 2. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Mar. 1833 3. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Apr., 1833 4. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, May-June, 1833 5. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, July-Aug., 1833 6. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Sept.-Oct., 1833 7. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Nov.-Dec., 1833 8. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan., 1834 9. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Feb.-Mar., 1834 10. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Apr.-May, 1834 11. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, June-July, 1834 12. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Aug., 1834 13. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Sept., 1834 14. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Oct., 1834 15. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Nov., 1834 16. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Dec. 1834 Box 3. 1. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan.-Feb., 1835 2. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Mar.-Apr., 1835 3. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, May, 1835 4. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, June, 1835 5. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, July, 1835 6. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Aug., 1835 7. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Sept.-Oct., 1835 8. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Nov., 1835 9. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Dec., 1835 10. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan.-Feb., 1836 11. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Mar.-Apr., 1836 12. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, May, 1836 13. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, June, 1836 14. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, July-Aug., 1836 15. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Sept., 1836 Box 4. 1. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Oct., 1836 2. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Nov., 1836 3. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Dec., 1836 4. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan., 1837 5. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Feb.-Mar., 1837 6. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Apr., 1837 7. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, May, 1837 8. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, June, 1837 9. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, July, 1837 10. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Aug., 1837 11. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Sept. 1837 12. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Nov., 1837 13. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Dec., 1837 Box 5. 1. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan., 1838 2. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Feb., 1838 3. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Mar., 1838 4. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Apr., 1838 5. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, May, 1838 6. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, June, 1838 7. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, July, 1838 8. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Aug.-Sept., 1838 9. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Oct.-Nov. 9, 1838 10 Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Nov. 10-Nov. 30, 1838 .11. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Dec., 1838 12. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, 1838 Box 6. 1. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Jan., 1839 2. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Feb., 1839 3. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Mar., 1839 4. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Apr. 1- Apr. 21, 1839 5. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, Apr. 22- Apr. 30, 1839 6. Papers, receipts, and correspondence, May, 1839 7. Papers, receipts, and correspondence,