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Guide to the Spicer Family Papers, 1809-1913
BANC MSS Z-Z 135
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Collection Title: Spicer Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1809-1913
Collection Number: BANC MSS Z-Z 135
Creator:
Spicer family
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Miscellaneous business and personal papers, correspondence, letter books, and clippings, mostly relating to Brigadier General
Peter W. Spicer (?-1834) and his son, John W. Spicer. An important part of the collection consists of correspondence and letters
of recommendation assembled by General Spicer in his efforts to secure a federal appointment from President Andrew Jackson.
A number of items, including warrants, commissions, and gold epaulets, relate to John W. Spicer's connection with the 7th
Regiment of the New York National Guard. Papers relating to property owned in Illinois and Massachusetts also included.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Spicer family papers, BANC MSS Z-Z 135, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
The Spicer family papers were given to The Bancroft Library by John Spicer Smith in 1953. Covering the period 1816-1887, they
consist primarily of papers of Peter W. Spicer, a New York merchant and Brigadier General in the New York State Artillery,
who eventually became a land office examiner in Illinois; and papers of his son, John W. Spicer. Most of Peter Spicer's papers
relate to his efforts to secure a federal appointment from President Andrew Jackson and to his service in the New York State
Artillery. John Spicer's papers relate primarily to his service in the New York State National Guard and to property owned
in Illinois and Massachusetts.