Joseph Danner Taylor Papers: Finding Aid mssHM 44205-44273

Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
April 2022
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Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Joseph Danner Taylor correspondence
Creator: Taylor, Joseph D. (Joseph Danner), 1830-1899
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 44205-44273
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1863-1881
Abstract: Correspondence belonging to 19th century Ohio lawyer and politician Joseph Danner Taylor.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Joseph Danner Taylor correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Gertrude Slaughter, through the courtesy of Professor Frederick J. Turner, 1929.

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Danner Taylor (1830-1899) was a lawyer of Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. He was also a Republican politician, and an Ohio state representative in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-second Congresses, from 1883 to 1893.

Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence of Joseph Danner Taylor, chiefly correspondence with his wife Elizabeth A. Hill Taylor and her correspondence with her father, brothers, and sisters in North Berwick, Maine. The letters discuss primarily family and personal matters, with some information on Taylor's legal cases.

Processing Information

Processed by Harriet McLune in 1975. In 2022, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lawyers -- Ohio -- Correspondence
Lawyers' spouses -- Ohio -- Correspondence
Women -- Ohio -- Correspondence
Cambridge (Ohio) -- History -- Sources
Maine -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
North Berwick (Me. : Town) -- History -- Sources
Ohio -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Family papers -- Ohio -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Taylor, Elizabeth A. Hill

Box 1

Correspondence mssHM 44205-44273 1863-1881