Finding Aid of the General Joseph Hooker Correspondence C058029
H. VanHorn
Society of California Pioneers
07/17/2019
101 Montgomery Street, Suite 150
Presidio of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94129
pkeats@californiapioneers.org
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Title: General Joseph Hooker Correspondence
creator:
Hooker, Joseph, Maj. Gen., 1814-1879
Identifier/Call Number: C058029
Physical Description:
1 folder
One letter, handwritten in ink, by General Joseph Hooker
One sheet of lined paper, letter written in ink
Date (inclusive): 1877 July 14
Abstract: A letter from Major General Joseph Hooker, a member of the Society of California Pioneers, to Secretary Francis D. Clark expressing
his support for a celebration of the 27th aniversary of California's admission to the United States.
Major General Joseph Hooker was a career U.S. military officer who served as a major general and commander of the Union Army
of the Potomac during the Civil War, as well as a member of the Society of California Pioneers from 1853 on. Joseph Hooker
was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, on November 13, 1814, and studied at Hopkins Academy in Massachusetts, then the United
States Military Academy at West Point. He joined the Society in September of 1853.
In 1865, Hooker was transferred to command of the Department of the East, which encompassed New York, New Jersey and New England.
In September, 1865, he married Olivia Groesbeck, sister of an Ohio congressman, but their marriage ended three years later
when she died in 1868. That same year, Hooker retired from the military. His own health had declined significantly in the
years after the war, and two strokes eventually left him partially paralyzed. He died in Garden City, Long Island, in 1879
at the age of 64.
Source: https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/joseph-hooker
This letter from Major General Joseph Hooker to Francis D. Clark of the Society of California Pioneers expresses Hooker's
support and enthusiasm for an event celebrating the 27th anniversary of Californias admission to the United States. Hooker
doubts his ability to attend the event personally, as he was "meditiating on succession" (This was 2 years before Hooker's
death due to a longstanding decline in health).
General Joseph Hooker Correspondence. The Society of California Pioneers.
Existence and Location of Copies
The Society of California Pioneers, 101 Montgomery St., Suite 150, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94129
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Invitations.
Society of California Pioneers
Clark, Francis D.
Hooker, Joseph, Maj. Gen., 1814-1879