Saxton Family Papers, 1860-1865

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Summary

Title:
Saxton family papers
Dates:
1860-1865
Abstract:
Papers belonging to the Saxton, Buck, and Carroll families of New York State.
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Saxton family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection of correspondence covers William Carroll's life as an itinerant school teacher in Northern California, where he writes about the Chinese in California, flooding in Sacramento, and enslaved people; Americus D. Buck's service in Virginia during and immediately after the Civil War; Nathan Buck's service with a New York infantry regiment and the Siege of Petersburg; Edward H. Spencer's service as a Union soldier in South Carolina; and D. Carroll's service with a New York regiment. Topics include family matters, soldiers' everyday lives, and politics.

Biographical / historical:

The Saxton, Buck, and Carroll families, related by marriage, lived in central New York during the American Civil War. Nathan Buck served in a New York Infantry regiment attached to the 6th Army Corps and took part in the Siege of Petersburg. At the end of the Civil War, Americus D. Buck was a hospital steward with the 193rd Regiment of New York Infantry, which was organized in the spring of 1865 and was posted on duty in the Shenandoah and Department of West Virginia. His daughter Clarissa married Gates Saxton, a New York farmer, in 1864. William Carroll moved from Oswego County, New York, to California in 1860 and worked as a teacher in Northern California.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Harriett Saxton, 1955 and 1957.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library staff in the 1960s. In July 2026, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Brooke M. Black
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-08-05 09:21:46 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Saxton family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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