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Guide to the Alexander Family Papers, 1818-1956
BANC MSS P-N 105 FILM  
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I. Early Alexander Family Correspondence

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Miscellaneous letters, 1818-1849, from various members of the family of William Patterson Alexander.

Scope and Content Note

Letters from his brothers, Thomas and Samuel R. Alexander, included. A number addressed to their mother.
 

II. Miscellaneous papers of William Patterson Alexander

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Dedications to religious life, 1825-1829

Physical Description: (copy)
 

Journals and notes, 1831-1832

Physical Description: (originals and copies)
 

Notes on Washington Islands, 1834

 

Extracts, 1836-1839, from Station Reports to American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

Physical Description: (copy)
 

His copy of report from Singapore, May 1838, to the Board, sent by James F. Dockinson and Joseph S. Travelli.

 

Lease, 1841, from Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii, for land at Waioli, Kauai

Physical Description: (copy)
 

Travel notes in U.S., 1859

 

Golden Wedding, Oct. 28, 1881

Scope and Content Note

Invitation and poems by son, James McKinney Alexander.
 

III. Letters, 1831-1872, of William Patterson Alexander to his wife, Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander

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General

 

IV. Letters (and copies of letters) 1832-1852, of William Patterson Alexander to various persons

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General

 

V. Letters, 1843-1868, of William Patterson Alexander to Dwight Baldwin

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General

 

VI. Letters, 1851-1884, of William Patterson Alexander to his sons

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General

Scope and Content Note

Mainly letters to William DeWitt Alexander
 

VII. Letters to William Patterson Alexander from various persons

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George E. Beckwith

 

Titus Coan

 

Richard Armstrong

 

Charles H. Wetmore

 

VIII. Letters, 1834-1888, of Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander (1810-1888) to her husband, members of her family and to Maria P. Chamberlin, and letter, 1835, from her nephew, Alexander Grayden

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General

 

IX. Baldwin Family Correspondence and Papers

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General

Additional Note

[Letters from Abigail Charlotte (Baldwin) Alexander to her parents are with her correspondence]

Scope and Content Note

A few letters, 1844-1877, from Dwight Baldwin (1798-1886) to his wife, son, David Dwight, daughter, Abigail, and her husband, William DeWitt Alexander; letters, ca. 1863-1867, from Charlotte (Fowler) Baldwin (1805-1873) to her daughter, Abigail; letters, 1847-1887, from David Dwight Baldwin to his sister and her husband, W. D. Alexander; letter, 1888, from Henry Perrine Baldwin to his brother-in-law, W. D. Alexander; letter, 1872, from Erdman Baldwin to his cousin, William Douglas Alexander.
With these: extracts, 1837-1842, from reports of Dwight Baldwin to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions on the Lahaina Station; copies of letters, 1838-1840, to Lorenzo and Mrs. Lyons; letter to Sophronia (Baldwin) Robinson, 1840, from Croydon Benton; letters, 1853, from Richard Armstrong to Dwight Baldwin.
 

X. Letters, 1850-1911, of William De Witt Alexander (1833-1913) to various persons

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General

Additional Note

Mainly to his parents and his brothers and sisters.
 

XI. Courtship correspondence of William De Witt Alexander and Abigail Charlotte Baldwin, Dec. 1858-July 1860

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General

Additional Note

(Letters exchanged after marriage are filed with their individual papers)
 

XII. Letters, 1865-1910, of William De Witt Alexander to his wife

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General

Additional Note

Film of portion of letter, Aug. 5, 1867, describing visit to Yosemite Valley, (lent previously) added.
 

XIII. Letters, 1875-1912, of William De Witt Alexander to his children

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General

Scope and Content Note

Mainly to his sons, William Douglas and Henry E. M. Alexander and to his daughter, Mary Charlotte Alexander.
 

XIV. Letters, 1846-1912, to William De Witt Alexander from various persons

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Claudius B. Armstrong

 

Richard Armstrong

 

Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1839-1893)

 

William Nevins Armstrong

 

Hiram Bingham (1831-1908)

 

Charles Reed Bishop

 

William Fremont Blackman (1855-1932)

 

E. C. Bond

 

Isaac H. Brayton (d. 1869)

 

Lyman D. Brewster

 

Elmer E. Brown

 

Alfred L. Castle

 

Warren Chamberlain

 

Aaron Lucius Chapin (1817-1892)

 

Calvin G. Child

 

Linus M. Child

 

Nathaniel George Clark (1825- )

 

J. Edward Clarke

 

Titus Munson Coan (1836-1921)

 

Henry N. Cobb

 

James Dwight Dana (1813-1895)

 

George Davidson (1825-1911)

 

William Radcliffe De Witt (1792-1867)

 

Charles H. Dickey

 

Paul H. Dike

 

Daniel Dole

 

William Drake

 

Joseph S. Emerson

 

Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1835-1915)

 

Oliver P. Emerson

 

M. B. Ewing

 

Mary (Dillingham) Frear

 

Graham D. Gilman

Scope and Content Note

(Letter, ca. 1904, encloses portion of a family letter, 1843, concerning British repudiation of seizure of the Sandwich Islands by Lord George Paulet)
 

Edward Gorton

 

Arthur Floyd Griffiths

 

William Mason Grosvenor (1835-1900)

 

H. B. Guppy

 

Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (Jr.)

 

Frank A. Hosmer

 

Albert Francis Judd

 

H. W. Laws

 

Chester Smith Lyman (1814-1890)

 

Curtis J. Lyons

 

Susan Lincoln (Tolman) Mills (1826-1912)

 

John Hipple Mitchell (1825-1905)

 

John A. Moore

 

William B. Oleson

 

I. D. Paxton

 

Henry Byron Phillips

 

Samuel U. Pond

 

Edward G. Porter

 

William Edwin Safford (1859-1926)

 

S. Percy Smith

 

A. C. Standart

 

E. D. Tenney

 

Cyrus Thomas (1825-1910)

 

James Walker

 

Walter E. Wall

 

A. B. Weymouth

 

William R. Woodbridge

 

XV: Miscellany of William De Witt Alexander (1833-1913)

 

a. Miscellaneous papers of William De Witt Alexander, 1847-1912

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Scope and Content Note

Include copies of journals, 1847-1850; poems, essays and miscellaneous writings; accounts of Silver and Golden Wedding celebrations; commission as Surveyor General, Republic of Hawaii; various personal papers.
Two unidentified items: Article on teaching English to natives [ca. 1856?] and Reminiscences of Ecuador, with the papers.
 

b. Newspaper clippings from papers of William De Witt Alexander

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General

 

c. Obituary and biographical material for William De Witt Alexander and Abigail Charlotte (Baldwin) Alexander

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XVI. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Abigail Charlotte (Baldwin) Alexander, 1841-1883

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General

Scope and Content Note

Include letters from Mary E. Green, members of the Hawley and Sterling families in Connecticut, Anna Eliza (Clark) Gulick, Melissa P. Dodge, Maria Jane (Chamberlain Forbes) and others.
Miscellaneous papers include a copy of her Journal, July-Nov. 1850, describing visit to island of Hawaii; schedule of studies outlined by their father for her and her brother, David Dwight Baldwin, on their voyage around Cape Horn on the barque, Croton, 1850; various note-books and compositions while attending Mt. Holyoke Seminary; later writings; drafts of petitions, 1883, to the Board of Directors, Punahou School, in behalf of William L. Jones.
 

XVII. Letters, 1844-1879, of Abigail Charlotte (Baldwin) Alexander (1833-1913) to her parents

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Scope and Content Note

A letter, July 28, 1868, to her mother-in-law, Mary Ann (McKinney) Alexander, and draft of letter, 1903, to a friend, included.
 

XVIII. Letters, Nov. 1860-1903, of Abigail Charlotte (Baldwin) Alexander to her husband, William De Witt Alexander

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General

 

XIX. Letters, 1871-1909, of Abigail Charlotte (Baldwin) Alexander (1833-1913) to her children

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General

 

XX. Letters, 1850-1903, of James McKinney Alexander (1835-1911) to his family

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General

Scope and Content Note

Mainly to his parents and to his brother, William De Witt Alexander. A letter, 1882, from his wife, Mary E. (Webster) Alexander to her sister-in-law, Abigail, included.
With these: a college essay, ca. 1855, and a letter from L. S., ca. 1847.
 

XXI. Letter, 1852, of Henry Martin Alexander to his brother, William De Witt Alexander

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General

 

XXII. Letters, 1862-1903, of Samuel Thomas Alexander (1836-1904) to members of his family

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General

Scope and Content Note

To his brother, William De Witt Alexander, and niece, Mary Charlotte Alexander.
With copy of a portion of letter from his daughter, Annie, concerning ill-fated trip with her father in Africa, 1904.
 

XXIII: a. Letters, 1868-1873, of Emily Whitney (Alexander) Baldwin to her brother, William De Witt Alexander and his wife

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XXIII: b. Letters, 1873, from Mary Jane Alexander (1840- ) and her sister, Ellen Charlotte Alexander (1852-1926) to their parents

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XXIV. Letters, 1870-1906, of William Douglas Alexander to his family

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General

Scope and Content Note

Mainly to his mother, Abigail Charlotte (Baldwin) Alexander.
 

XXV. Letters, 1878-1952, of Arthur Chambers Alexander to his family

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Scope and Content Note

Mainly to his brother, William Douglas Alexander, and sister, Mary Charlotte Alexander. Some of the earlier ones have added notes by their mother.
 

XXVI. Letters, 1881-1890, of Henry E. M. Alexander (1868-1900) to his parents

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XXVII. Correspondence, 1882-1956, of Mary Charlotte Alexander

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Scope and Content Note

Letters, 1882-1883, to her father, William De Witt Alexander; and letters, 1943, from Alexander cousins and 1956, from Ethel M. Damon.