William Swinton Bennett Hopkins papers, 1834-1946, bulk 1852-1898

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Summary

Creator:
Hopkins, William Swinton Bennett
Extent:
3.5 Linear Feet
1657 Items
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
RL.00575

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists largely of correspondence between family members, friends, and business associates spanning three generations, as well as some Civil War and early Reconstruction letters relating to Hopkins' activities in New Orleans. Correspondents include Hopkins' daughter, Elizabeth; her husband Alfred Lawrence Aiken, a prominent banker in Boston; the Gadsden family of Charleston, S.C.; and the Peck family, relatives of Hopkins' wife, Lizzie. An information folder chronologically lists a portion of the collection. Also included in this collection are a few legal papers, financial papers, addresses and writings, pictures, and a miscellaneous folder that includes some genealogy. Subjects mentioned in the letters include travel in the U.S. and Europe, marriage and family life, illness, Williams College, Yale College, politics, law,"bloodletting with leeches," Civil War activities, and The Worcester Continentals.

Biographical / historical:

Colonel in the 31st Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War and a prominent Mass. attorney and politician. His father was Erastus Hopkins, a noted Mass. clergyman.

Acquisition information:
The William Swinton Bennett Hopkins Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1983.
Processing information:

Processed by Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library staff.

Encoded by Walt Evans

This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

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Collection is open for research.

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[Identification of item], William Swinton Bennett Hopkins Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.