Guide to the LeConte Family Papers: Additions, 1862-1928

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Guide to the LeConte Family Papers: Additions, 1862-1928

Collection number: BANC MSS 70/24 c

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

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Collection Summary

Collection Title: LeConte Family Papers: Additions,

Date (inclusive): 1862-1928

Collection Number: BANC MSS 70/24 c

Origination: LeConte family

Extent: Number of containers: 1 box and 1 oversize folder

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.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], LeConte family papers: additions, BANC MSS 70/24 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

This collection, gift of Dr. Julian LeConte on August 23, 1969, January, 1971 and Mar. 9, 1972, consists mainly of the papers of John LeConte and his family during the Civil War years in South Carolina, and includes correspondence, an autobiographical sketch of John LeConte, genealogical notes and a bound volume of reprints of papers by John Lawrence LeConte.

Box 1

Letters and autobiographical sketch of John LeConte

Letters, alphabetically by author, then chronologically within each folder

Civil War Documents, mainly for John LeConte - passes, etc., 1862-1865 (6 items)

Genealogical notes on the LeConte family. See also oversize portfolio.

Clippings

Covers

Misc.

Bound volume of John Lawrence LeConte's papers

Missal and Layman's Ritual that belonged to Ann Graham (2 vols.)

portfolio Portfolio

(oversize)

Genealogical notes

LeConte, John, 1818-1891

2 letters, 1865-1866. 1865 letter to his wife, and 1866 letter to his freed slaves. Also included is an autobiographical sketch in his hand and a variant in another hand.

Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910

2 letters, 1865-1868. 1865 letter to General R. H. Chilton, with endorsements by W. N. Pendleton, R. E. Lee, H. L. Clay and W. H. Taylor

Bayley, James Roosevelt, abp., 1814-1877

Letter, Dec. 24, 1872, to Mary Graham

Berton, J. G.

Letter to Professor Soulé, Nov. 11, 1871, in reply to questions of Professor LeConte on drift in rifles.

Clay, Hugh Lawson

see Alexander, Edward Porter

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1899

Letter, Feb. 2, 1889, to Mary Graham

Forel, François Alphonse, 1841-1912

Letter, Feb. 10, 1884, to John LeConte

Graham, Mary A. Cecelia, d. 1890

6 letters, 1864-1867. Mainly to her sister, Mrs. John LeConte. Mentions Prof. Pierce, Joseph Henry, Ben Gould, Julius Hilgard, Spencer Baird and Jefferson Davis. Obituary included.

Greever, Garland, 1883-

4 letters, 1927-1928, to Mrs. Julian LeConte re LeConte family papers in her possession.

Harden, Jane (LeConte), 1814-1876

5 letters, 1865-1874. 1865-1867 letters reflect conditions at Halifax (her plantation near Riceboro, Liberty County, Georgia)

Hartwell, Alfred Stedman, 1836-1912

Letter, June 19, 1865, to John LeConte

Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1821-1899

Letter, Nov. 17, 1865, to John LeConte

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 1824-1863

Letter, Mar. 9, 1862, to J. E. Johnston

LaBorde, Maximilian, 1804-1873

Letter, Jan. 30, 1873

LeConte, Caroline Elizabeth (Nisbet), ca. 1828-1915 (Mrs. Joseph LeConte)

Letter, May 12 [no year], to Mrs. John LeConte

LeConte, Emma

Letter, May 15, 1886, to her mother

LeConte, Helen

2 letters, 1890, to John LeConte. A cousin

LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901

2 letters, 1869-1891

LeConte, Eleanor Josephine (Graham), 1824-1894 (Mrs. John LeConte)

2 letters, 1866-1867

LeConte, Louis Julian, 1845-

14 letters, 1864-1865, mainly written to his mother from Camp Colquitt, Charleston, South Carolina during the Civil War.

LeConte, Mary Tallulah, 1843-1868

2 letters, 1865-1866, to her mother. Letter of 1865 describes fall of Columbia, South Carolina to Sherman's army. Daughter of John LeConte.

LeConte, William

Letter, Mar. 28, 1865

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

see Alexander, Edward Porter

Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872

Letter, Nov. 15, 1865, to Mrs. John LeConte

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873

Printed letter, Feb. 7, 1866, addressed to Mrs. John LeConte, written for the office of colonization in Mexico, concerning prospects for settling in Mexico.

Memminger, Charles Gustavus, 1803-1888

3 letters, 1865-1866 to Mrs. and Mrs. John LeConte

Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, 1818-

Letter, May 19, 1869, to John LeConte

Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883

see Alexander, Edward Porter

Perry, Benjamin Franklin, 1805-1886

2 letters, 1868-1875. 1868 letter to Mary Graham

Pope, Joseph David

Statement re Mary Graham, n.d. [1860's]

Pratt, N. A.

Letter, June 4, 1864, to Mrs. John LeConte, discussing war sentiments of Bache and Pierce

Richardson, S. M.

Letter, Jan. 13, 1864, to John LeConte, re drift of rifle bullet.

St. John, Isaac Munroe, 1827-1880

Letter, Jan. 20, 1865, to John LeConte, re cost of nitre

Seddon, James Alexander, 1815-1880

Letter, Aug. 22, 1864, to John LeConte re LeConte's appointment in the Nitre and Mining Corps.

Sharswood, William, 1836-

Letter, Sept. 23, 1865, to John LeConte

Steiner, Lewis Henry, 1827-1892

Letter of condolence to Mrs. John LeConte, June 10, 1891

Taylor, Walter Herron, 1838-

see Alexander, Edward Porter

Tyndall, John, 1820-1893

2 letters, 1868-1884, to John LeConte