Ogden Edwards Papers mssHM 24958-25000
Gina C Giang
The Huntington Library
March 2020
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Ogden Edwards papers
Creator:
Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 24958-25000
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 expansion folder)
Date (inclusive): 1753-1903
Date (bulk): 1753-1876
Abstract: Ogden Edwards was a jurist and
legislator from New York. The collection primarily consists of correspondence between
Edwards and his father, Pierpont Edwards from 1753-1876.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Ogden Edwards papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Louis Boyle, 1953.
Ogden Edwards (1781-1862) was a jurist and legislator, son of Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826)
and Frances Ogden. A native of Connecticut, he moved to New York in the early 1800s. Edwards
served as surrogate of the County of New York in 1807, member of the New York Assembly in
1814 and 1817, counsel for the Corporation of New York from 1816-1822, member of the New
York State constitutional convention in 1821, and judge of the 1st Circuit in the State of
New York from 1822-1841. In 1846, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New York on the Whig
ticket. He died on Staten Island, New York, on April 1, 1862.
Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826) was a lawyer, politician, and jurist, the youngest son of the
theologian Jonathan Edwards, and father of Ogden Edwards and Henry Waggaman Edwards
(1779-1847). During the Revolutionary war, he served in Connecticut militia. He was elected
to the state legislature in 1777, 1784-1795, and 1787-1790, serving as a speaker in the
latter period. In 1787-1788, Edwards was a delegate to the Continental Congress, and was a
member of the state convention that ratified the Constitution. Pierpont Edwards was
appointed administrator of the estate of Benedict Arnold. In 1800, Edwards took an active
part in organizing the Jeffersonian Republicans and was recognized as the party's leader in
the state, serving as a chairman of the general committee. In 1806, Jefferson appointed him
judge of the district court of Connecticut. In 1818, he was a member of the Connecticut
constitutional convention where he served as chairman of the committee which drafted the new
state constitution.
The Ogden Edwards papers consist primarily of incoming correspondence of Pierpont Edwards
and Ogden Edwards, with some other, seemingly unrelated, letters retained evidently for
their autograph value. The letters and ephemera date from 1753-1903. Of the 43 letters, many
contain annotations identifying famous authors or addressees. The annotations are penned in
the same hand as the list of famous historical personages, apparently, a catalog and/or list
of collector's wanted items; the names represented in the Edwards collection are ticked off.
The rest of the collection are letters retained for their autograph value. This portion
consists individual letters by Thomas Gage, Samuel Huntington, Stephen Girard (1750-1831),
William Gaston (1778-1844), Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833), William North (1755-1836), and Marie
Joseph Lafayette, and indemnification bond to the Overseers of the Poor of Dover Hundred
(Delaware, 1761).
Processed by Olga Tsapina, August 2006. In 2020, Gina C Giang created a finding aid derived
from a legacy summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Judges -- New York (State) -- Archives
Autographs -- United States -- Collections
Lawyers -- Connecticut -- Archives
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- Archives
Legislators -- Connecticut -- Archives
Legislators -- New York (State) -- Archives
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1824
Women -- New England -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Revolution,
1775-1783 -- Sources
United States -- Politics and Government -- 1817-1825 --
Sources
United States -- Politics and Government -- 1825-1829 --
Sources
United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources
Collections (object groupings) -- United States
Letters (correspondence) -- United States
Allen, Stephen, 1767-1852
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 --
Correspondence
Arnold, Hannah Waterman King
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell),
1782-1850
Daggett, David, 1764-1851
Duer, William Alexander,
1780-1858
Edwards, Henry W. (Henry Waggaman),
1779-1847
Edwards, Pierpont, 1750-1826 --
Archives
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
Gaston, William, 1778-1844
Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834
Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831
Granger, Francis, 1792-1868
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796
Irving, William, 1766-1821
Johnson, William Samuel, 1778-1819
Kent, William, 1802-1861
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch
Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
North, William, 1755-1836
Nott, Eliphalet, 1773-1866
Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860
Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell),
1773-1844
Sherman, Roger Minot, 1773-1844
Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis),
1787-1842
Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin),
1786-1870
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833
Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) -- History --
Sources
Folder 1
Ogden Edwards papers