Finding Aid to the James William Denver Papers, 1832-1925 (bulk 1832-1892)

Boxes 1-3

Series 1: Correspondence of James William Denver, 1846-1892.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically

Divided into 3 sub-series: Incoming, Outgoing, and Letters neither to nor from James William Denver. Letters from an individual writing more than one letter in any year have been chronologically arranged within that year.

Contains letters from Denver's personal friends and political and business associates including U.S. Senators P.B. Plumb, Joseph Blackburn, and Henry Wilson; U.S. Representatives Samuel Caruthers, R.P.C. Wilson, Willard Hall, and A.B. Greenwood; Secretaries of the Treasury James Guthrie and John Sherman; Secretary of the Interior Robert McClelland; and, Governor George Hoadley of Ohio. Correspondents listed may also be represented in folders for years without lists of correspondents.

Subseries 1.1: Incoming Letters, 1849-1892

Box 7, folder 1

1845-1855

Box 1, folder 1

1849-54

Bradford, A. A., 1815- 1849

Marshall, F. 1849

[Wages, S. R. ?] 1849

Wilkinson, C. 1849

Woodward, E. 1849

Hall, Willard Preble, 1820-1882 1850

Gray, Robert [?] 1852

Guthrie, James 1853

Robinson, John R. 1853

Smith, Charles W. 1853

Caffroth, James W. 1854

[Dunlap, P. ?] 1854

Stewart, William Morris 1854

Strout, E. 1854

Box 1, folder 2

1855

Brown, Ezekiel

Estill, J. M.

Giles, Wm. P.

Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885

Henley, Thomas J[efferson, 1810-1865]

Hewes, Thomas H.

McDougal, D.

Pomeroy, T. S.

Rust, P. C. [Sen.?]

Smith, Jack R.

Box 7, folder 2-3

1856

Box 1, folder 3

1856

Alemany, Joseph Sadoc, 1814-1885

Benham, Calhoun

Burgess, N. G.

[Caherten, Jno. ?]

Caruthers, Sam

[Clucking?]

[Danelou, W. B. ?]

Delaney, Mike

Dougherty, M. C.

Estill, J. M.

Guthrie, James

Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885

Haley, Robert

Heintzelman, H. T.

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1819-1885

Henley, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson)

Heustis, A. J.

Jones, James C.

Box 1, folder 4

1856

King, Horatio 1811-1897

Lord, I. A.

McAllister, Matthew Hall, 1800-1865

McClelland, Robert

Macgill, [Chas. ?]

Martin, Julia

Meredith, Henry

Metcalf, William

Mouson & Valentine

Patterson, J. A.

Smith, Algernon

Smith, Charles L.

Smith, Richard

[Stark, William ?]

Sutton, O. P. (Owen Paul), b. 1829

Walton, J.

Warner, J. J. (Juan Jose), 1807-1895

Whittlesey, Elisha

Williams, R. M.

Wilson, Jo[seph] S.

[illegible]

Box 7, folder 4-5

1857

Box 1, folder 5

1857

Argenté, Felix

Bradford, A. C.

Browne, J. Ross (John Ross), 1821-1875

Burgess, H. G.

Burr, T. S.

Burton, J. B.?

[Calluse ?], J. F.

Della Torre, Peter

[Dodget ?], W. Clark

Estill, J. M.

Faulkner, John

Henley, Thomas J (Thomas Jefferson), 1810-1865

Hillard, Benj. F.

Hughes, James M.

[Isacks, A. J. ?]

Box 1, folder 6

1857

Jones, [T. M.?]

Kibbe, William C.

Long, J. [D.?]

McAllister, Matthew Hall, 1800-1865

McDaniel, [Maj.] Wm.

McFarland & Downey

Mackinly, R. B.?

Metlar, George W.

Phelan, A. J. F.

Reading, Pierson Barton [1816-1868]

Riggs & Co.

Steams, Charles

Stevenson, E. A.

[Strohm ?], Isaac

Thompson, Isaac W.

[Towner, Noble ?]

Vaughn, Jo. P.

Vaughn, Singleton, Jr.

Voorhais, D. W.

Watson, J. A.

Young, Samuel

Box 7, folder 6

1858

Box 1, folder 7

1858

Banta, John

Bradford, A. C.

Burnett, Ward B.

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

Chubb Brothers

Delaney, Mike

Dickinson, D[aniel] S. (Daniel Stevens), 1800-1866

Drake, E. F.

Dungan, A. F.

Estill, J. M.

Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901

Gray, Thos.

Box 1, folder 8

1858

Hatch, [I. F. ?]

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1819-1885

Hoyle, James

Judson, [Col.] W. R.

Latt, William H.

Madeira, [Col.] George

[Milton, John]

[Mourne, J. A.]

Pfeiffer, P. & Co.

Ross, W.G.

Simpton, George

Smoot, Luther R.

Squire, S. P.

Stevens, R. S.

Thompson, [Isaac ?]

Waters, B. F.

Webster, William [Capt.]

Welsh, C.

Whelan, George J.

Box 7, folder 7

1859-1862

Box 1, folder 9

1859-1860

Burton, J.B. 1859

Bryarly, Wakeman, 1820-1869 1859

[de la Reintig, H. R.?]

Gordon, Jo.

Greenwood, A. B. [Hon.]

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew, 1819-1885)

Slocomb, R. W.

Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

Leet, S. F. 1860

McCarthy, [?]

Ryland, C. T. (Caius Tacitus), 1826-1897

Smith, Eliza S.

Box 1, folder 10

1861-1863

Briggs, R. M. 1861

Smith, Samuel B.

Delaney, Mike 1862

Heintzelman, H. T.

Leet, S. F.

Smith, Samuel B.

Walker, J. Knox

Coverdale, R. 1863

Box 7, folder 8

1863-1869

Box 1, folder 11

1865

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Cowles, Edward P.

Delaney, Mike

Fall, Jno. C

Hughes, James H.

Porter, R. H.

Webster, William [Capt.]

White, John

Williams, Jno. [S?]

Williams, S. W.

Box 1, folder 12

1866

Anderson, D. D.

Anderson, S.

Chandler, William E.

Forman, Ferris, 1811-1901

Garrison, William P.

[McFallen, James P.?]

Norris, Sam[uel, 1822-1910]

Perry, W. B.

Pettus & Co.

Prince, W. C.

Rider, L. L.

Telfair, W. B.

Webster, William [Capt.]

Welty, D. W.

Winslow, O?

[illegible]

Box 1, folder 13

1867

Anderson, S.

Barnitz, David G.

Bills, Henry A.

Delaney, Mike

Fant, H. G.

Ferguson, John, 1806-1868

Harris, R.

Hughes, James

[Lack, Benj.?]

Middleton, [?.]

Norris, Sam[uel, 1822-1910]

Roane, A.

Webster, William [Capt.]

Box 1, folder 14

1868

Alexander, W. F.

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Latham Mitchell), 1826-1889

Bouton, Edward, 1834-

Boyle, William

Bradford, A. C.

Bristol, J. D.

Brodhead, Francis D.

Brodhead, H.

Brown, Isabella

Cassedy, E.

Coles, J. S.

Coverdale, R. J.

Daingerfield, W. P., (William P.), b. 1824

Delaney, Mike

Box 1, folder 15

1868

Ferguson, John, 1806-1868

Henshall, Thos.

Kelley, H.

Leet, S. F.

Murray, John P.

Peck, Charles F.

Quin, James F.

Roane, A.

Webster, William [Capt.]

[illegible]

Box 1, folder 16

1869

Boyle, Wm.

Brown, Henry

Buchanan, John

Elzey, Ellen

Grayson, E. B.

Hughes, James

[McCubbin ?], J. L.

Norris, Ira

Pattice, F.?

Quinn, M. V.

Savage, John S.

Shields, J. W.

Webster, William [Capt.]

Box 7, folder 9

1870-1879

Box 1, folder 17

1870

Brinley, George W.

Cowen, Dale O.

DeBruin, E. M.

Devon, David G.

Dowdney, S. F.

Downer, A. L.

Draper, Robert E.

Ely, J. F.

Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1896

Flanagan, T. A.[?]

Box 1, folder 18

1870

Gould, Edmund L.

Gould, W. C.

Gray, L. M.

[Jennings, G. F.]

Joice, E. D.

Kerr, H. V.

Lilley, Wm.

Lloyd, R.

Logan, H. C.

McFerran, J. G.

Morton, J[ulius] Sterling, [1832-1902]

Box 1, folder 19

1870

Peck, Charles F.

Pendleton, George H[unt 1825-1889]

Pike, George A.

Powell, Thomas

Ripley, George, [1808-1880]

Sands, J. B.

Savage, John S.

Smith, Samuel B.

[Stark, Wm. W. ?]

Stevenson, S. H.

Sykes, James

Valentine, E. K.

Wilkerson, M.

Wilson, Jos[eph] S.

[Whiteside ?]

Box 2, folder 1

1871

Anderson, D. D.

Barnitz, David G.

Campbell, John R.

Daingerfield, W. P. (William P.), 1826-1889

Johnson, C. S.

Miswander, Lizzie H.

Morris, J. M.

Quin, James F.

Roane, A.

Thurman, Allen Granberry, 1813-1895

Warner, J. W.

Wozencraft, Oliver M. [circa 1815-1887]

Box 2, folder 2

1872

Anderson, D. D.

Arnold, Reuben

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Latham Mitchell), 1826-1889

Blackburne, O. P.

Buncroft, Elwin

Burwell, A.

Childs, J. J.

Coverdale, R. J.

Haskell, [T.?] E.

Newham, J. S. C.

Quin, [Mrs.] U. V.

Savage, L. E.

Schlay, Jno.

Smith, Samuel B.

Thatcher, Thomas

Wilson, E. W.

Witkowski, Julius

Box 2, folder 3

1873

Barnitz, David G.

Betts, Madison

Burwell, A.

Crosby, Henry R.

Dent, Lewis

Draper, Robert E.

Drummond, Willis

Glascock, Joseph

Huntington, [Judge] T. H.

Johnson, J. Edward

Nelson, T. A.

Newham, J. S. C.

Peck, Charles F.

Scott, Charles S.

Smith, Samuel B.

Templeton, W.

Thornton, R. S.

White, Carr B.

Witherspoon, Jas. S.

Witkowski, Julius

Box 2, folder 4

1874

Barnitz, David G.

Cartwright, J. N.

[Converse, A. B.?]

Delaney, Mike

[Horkell, Sarah E.?]

Hosmer, A. A.

Long, H. W. [Judge]

[Moulton, D. S.?]

Sawyer, E. M.

Steward, J. B.

Strother, Wade D.

Templeton, W.

Tucker, Beverley

Wickersham, Mary [G?]

Winston, [G?]

[unsigned]

Box 2, folder 5

1875

Arnold, Reuben

Ivory, William W.

King, James L.

Witkowski, Julius

Wilson, [J. G.?]

Wolfe, A. J., [M.D.]

Box 2, folder 6

1876

Chiles, John

[Claughlon, H. O.?]

Delaney, Mike

Gould, W. C.

Gwin, William Mckendree, 1805-1885

Hardee, John L.

Lyon, C. D.

[McCook, G. W.]

Manfred, Edward [W.?]

Porter, N. D.

Smith, Samuel B.

[Stim, Isaac F.?]

Box 2, folder 7

1877

Adams, F. G.

Burford, H. Marshall

Burwell, A.

Byrne, Edward

Chiles, John

Clevenger, Peter

Delaney, Mike

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrews), 1819-1885

Howe, David J.

Manfred, Edward [W.?]

Massey, Thomas E. [Dr.]

Murphy, Charles

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

Box 2, folder 8

1878

Clark, Francis D.

Fiedler, Helen M.

Ford, Stephen Speed

Hartley, J. W. [Capt.]

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1819-1885

Henriques, Joseph

Kendrick, Sam

[London, D. W. G ?]

McLean, William Francis

Murphy, Charles

Payne, James H.

Wynkoop, [E. W.] [Edward Wanshear, b. 1836]

Box 2, folder 9

1879

Burr, A. B.

Craig, W.

Gould, John R.

Howe, David J.

Kenaday, Alexander M. (Alexander McConnell)

Kirk, [Capt.]

Murphy, Charles

O'Donoghue, J. B.

Payson, Chas.

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Sidwell, N. H. [Dr.]

Walling & Curtain

Box 7, folder 10

1880-1889

Box 2, folder 10

1880

Chiles, John

Clarke, Jno. A.

Davis, John B. C.

Guth, Fr.

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1819-1885

Howe, David J.

Kenaday, Alexander M. (Alexander McConnell)

Kendrick, Sam

McKinney, J. F.

Murphy, Charles

Nutt, S[argeant] Prentiss

Reading, R. G.

Sewell, C. S.

Smith, Samuel B.

Thompson, John G.

Box 2, folder 11

1881

Coate, John B.

Howe, David J.

Johnson, O. B.

Merrill, Katherine

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Pike, Luther H.

Sloane, Ulric

Smith, Samuel B.

Thompson, Chas. D.

Williams, L. H.

Box 2, folder 12

1882

Conklin, H. C.

Deuel, Lizzie S.

Jones, J. R.

King, H. I.

Nutt, S[argeant] Prentiss

Peck, Charles F.

Perry, Charles A.

Walker, Duncan S.

Webster, William [Capt.]

Wingate, George Wood

Worthington, A. S.

[illegible]

Box 2, folder 13

1883

Crihfield, A. R.

Hoover, William H.

Nesbit, Josephine

Nutt, Julia A.

Nutt, Sargeant Prentiss

Patterson, John H.

Perry, Charles A.

Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891

Sloane, Ulric

Weisenreder, E.

Wheeler, Charles Aukney Henry

Wilshire, W. W.

Yeoman, S. M.

Box 2, folder 14

1884

Baldwin, J. B.

Barclay, M.

Bargar, Gilbert H.

Boyd, Jno. R.

Butler, John M.

Coate, J. B.

Ferrell, C. B.

Guth, Fr.

Holladay, Joseph

Howarth, [Jas?]

Kramer, Joseph

Madison, Laura

Mattoe, A. H.

Nutt, S[argeant] Prentiss

Box 2, folder 15

1884

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Perlman, L. S.

Proctor, Tom M.

Robertson, A. J.

Shields, J. W.

Showers, H. S.

Smith, Orland

Spore, James

Thompson, John G.

[Treat, Nath'l. ?]

Weller, Everhard

Box 2, folder 16

1885

Adams, F. G.

Babbs, F. H.

Barrow, George E.

Brinkley, Hu. L.

Cartwright, I. F.

Cassin, John H.

Crossin, Wm.

Cuppy, F. P.

Daingerfield, Eliza R.

De Akers, Robert L.

Delaney, Mike

Dodd, John W.

Edwards, Moses

Guth, Fr.

Hoadley, George, 1826-1902

Hohendorf, B.

Hoyle, James

Hughes, W. A.

Box 2, folder 17

1885

Kenaday, Alexander M. (Alexander McConnell)

Leal, Joseph

Miller, James [b. circa1807]

Morris, M. F.

Nutt, S[argeant] Prentiss

Peale, Truman P.

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Prince, W. E.

Proctor, Mary V.

Rainey, G. F.

[St. Mix, French ?]

Sheeley, Jas. C.

Shields, J. W.

Smith, J. J.

[Strickler, John M. ?]

Taylor, James

Townsley, James E.

Walker, J. W.

Wysong, Esla

Box 2, folder 18

1886

Belgar, James [Col.]

Blackburn, Jo[seph] C. S.

[Chanchlor, Edward ?]

Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 1825-1898

Fleming, Samuel

Follett, John F.

Grady, C. Powell

Guth, Fr.

Hall, James C.

Harper, Frank

Higgins, Thos. W.

Hinton, Frank P.

Howe, Henry, 1816-1893

King, C. A.

Box 2, folder 19

1886

Leete, Ralph

Livingston, J. H.

[Medary S. A.?]

Mitchell, John F.

Nutt, S[argeant] Prentiss

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Reedy, George W.

Robinson, C. W.

Safford, W[illiam] H[arrison], 1821-1903

Walker, Calvin B.

Zachry, James Greer

Ziegler, F. J.

Ziegler, G. W.

Box 2, folder 20

1887

Bradford, J. L.

Crawford, George Addison, 1827-1891

Delaney, Mike

Driskill, Joseph

Goodrich, R. C.

Jenkins, J. [F.?]

Maynard, J. C.

Mitchell, Thomas

Neal, Julia E. [Linn]

Nutt, S[argeant] Prentiss

Walker, Calvin B.

Zachry, James Greer [Lamar & Zachry]

Box 2, folder 21

1888

Delaney, Mike

Strong, R. P.

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Box 2, folder 22

1889

Chastain, J. B.

Delaney, Mike

Gray, James D.

Hamlin, E. W.

Harvey, Eli

Leete, Ralph

Box 3, folder 1

1889

McDonald, W. H.

Mitchell, John T.

Pearson, Aven

Pendleton, Mason C.

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Powell, W. L.

Troth, Isma

Watson, John

Box 7, folder 11

1890-1893

Box 3, folder 2

1890

[Adee, Alvey A. ?]

Adler, Jacob

Delaney, Mike

Haines, William C.

Hawkins, Morton [C.?]

Leete, Ralph

McGill, J. Nota

McPike, Henry C. (Henry Clay), b. 1857

Mitchell, John T.

Morgan, George W.

Neal, Juana A.

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

[Wallace, Charles M.?]

Box 3, folder 3

1891

Case, Lyman W.

Delaney, Mike

Glascock, Henry C.

Gordon, Charles E.

Gray, James D.

Haines, William C.

Hummel, J. S.

Hunt, Samuel F.

Kenaday, Alexander M. (Alexander McConnell)

King, Oscar

Leete, Ralph

McNally, Jno. J.

Martin, William T.

Box 3, folder 4

Mitchell, John T. 1891

Box 3, folder 5

1891

Pendleton, Edmund, [1845-1910]

Pendleton, Philip, [Maj.]

Powell, W. L.

Roach, Thomas N.

Sayres, L. D.

Singleton, [Jas. W.?]

Stevens, A. C.

Thornton, R. S.

Warner, A. J.

Williams, W. Mosby

Wilson, R. P. C.

Zachry, James Greer

Box 3, folder 6

1892

Clement, C.

Delaney, Mike

Earle, Wm. E.

Haines, William C.

Hall, Frank, 1836-1917

Hummel, J. S.

Leete, Ralph

McDonald, Be? F.

Medary, S. A.

[Messec, I. G.?]

Miller, William H. H.

Pendleton, Philip [Maj.]

Perry, B.

Perry, Charles A.

Pond, Riley

[Prince, Theo. ?]

Singleton, James J.

Tucker, John Randolph, 1823-1897

Wilcox, Mary R[achel]

Box 3, folder 7

undated

Delaney, Mike

Democratic Club of Clarksville 1893?

Gray, W. H.

Highland, Edward [D.?] 1884?

Morrison, M.

Mowry, Sylvester, [1830-1871] 1867?

Rogers, Mrs. Leona [A. E.?] 1890-92?

[illegible]

Box 7, folder 12

undated

Subseries 1.2: Outgoing Letters, 1846-1892

Box 3, folder 8

1846-92

Foos, G. 1846

Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866 1849

Citizens of Wilmingon, Ohio 1855

Lander, Frederick W. (Frederick West), 1821-1862 1862

Axtell, Samuel Beach, 1819-1891 1869

Savage, John S. 1870

Pike, George A. 1870

Routhe, E. A. 1870

Anderson, T. C. [Col.] 1873

Vilas, William Freeman, 1840-1908 1885

Choller, M. H. [Maj.] 1888

Harter, M[ichael] D[aniel], 1846-18?? 1891

Hartley, A. 1889

Campbell, Jas. C. 1891

McGrotty, Edwin B. 1892

Box 7, folder 13

Cisco, John J. 1870

Box 7, folder 13

Mason, O.T. 1870

Subseries 1.3: Letters neither to nor from James William Denver, 1856-1884

Box 3, folder 9

1856-1862

[Strickle, A. E?] to Mr. Ambury 1856

Whipple, S. G to Thomas J[efferson] Henley, 1810-1865 1857

Pickett, Charles Edward, 1820-1882 to [Judge] G. W. Baker 1857

Hoburg, W. H. to Wm. M. Irvin 1857

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1819-1865 to D. E. Sickles 1858

[Griffering, Fred?] to Mike Delaney 1860

Delaney, Mike to P. Warren Van Winkle, 1825-1914 1860

Mix, Charles S. to E. B. French 1862

Box 3, folder 10

1866-1884

Baird, J. W. to William H. B. Meyers, b. 1815 1866

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Latham Mitchell), 1826-1889 to James Hughes 1866

Magruder, A. B. to James Hughes 1868

Spencer, Geo. W. to James Hughes 1868

Savage, John S. to W. C. Gould 1870

Shepherd, Henry A. to W. B. Telfair 1870

Nelson, T. A. to Samuel B. Smith 1871

Roney, W. H. to [Judge] Samuel A. Gilbert 1873

Stewart, George W. to Mike Delaney 1874

Johnson, Laura to S[argeant] Prentiss Nutt [1876]

Hendricks, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1819-1865 to R. W. Johnson 1877

[Converse, A. B.?] to Alexander M. (Alexander McConnell) Kenaday 1880?

Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885 to Mike Delaney 1884

Box 3, folder 11

Letters to S[argeant] Prentiss Nutt 1884

Box 7, folder 14

Relating to case involving confiscation of confederate property 1865

Boxes 4-5

Series 2: Denver Family Correspondence, 1841-1925.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged by relationship to James William Denver, and then chronologically.

Divided into 3 sub-series: Incoming, Outgoing, and Miscellaneous Family correspondence. Miscellaneous family correspondence is divided into letters among family members and between family members and non-family.

Contains letters between Denver and his wife; those Denver received from his brother, Arthur St. Claire Denver; Denver's letter to his son, James William Denver, Jr., concerning the party structure in the United States government; and, daughter Katherine Denver Williams' letter describing the 1881 inauguration of James Garfield.

Subseries 2.1: Incoming Letters, 1841-1892

Box 4, folder 1-17

Denver, Louise Rombach 1856-1883

Box 4, folder 18-19

Williams, Kate Denver Williams 1869-1880, 1882-1892

Box 4, folder 20

Denver, James William Jr. 1880-1882

Box 4, folder 21

Lindley, Mary Louise Denver 1880-1882

Box 4, folder 22

Denver, Matthew 1878-1882

Box 4, folder 23-24

Denver, Arthur St. Clair 1864-1884

Box 4, folder 25

Denver, Frank 1856-1871

Box 4, folder 26

Denver, H. C. 1856-73

Box 4, folder 27

Rombach, Matthew 1857-1870

Box 4, folder 28

From sisters 1841-1882

Box 4, folder 29

From cousins 1858-1891

Box 4, folder 30

From nieces and nephews 1862-89

Box 4, folder 31

From miscellaneous relatives 1875-91

Subseries 2.2: Outgoing Letters, 1856-1892

Box 5, folder 1-11

Denver, Louise Rombach 1856-1892

Box 5, folder 12

Williams, Kate Denver and Mary Louise Denver Lindley 1883-1892

Box 5, folder 13

Denver, James William Jr. 1880-1886

Subseries 2.3: Miscellaneous Denver Family Correspondence, 1847-1925

2.3.1: Among Family Members

Box 5, folder 14

Williams, Kate Denver to James William Denver, Jr. 1874-1881

Box 5, folder 15

Denver, James William Jr. to Kate Denver Williams 1885

Box 5, folder 16

Lindley, Mary Louise Denver to Matthew Denver 1880

Box 5, folder 17

Lindley, Mary Louise Denver to James William Denver, Jr. 1881

Box 5, folder 18-19

Williams, Kate Denver to Louise Rombach Denver 1874-1885

Box 5, folder 20

Denver, James William Jr. to Louise Rombach Denver 1880

Box 5, folder 21

Lindley, Mary Louise Denver to Louise Rombach Denver 1880-1885

Box 5, folder 22

Denver, Matthew to Louise Rombach Denver 1910

Box 5, folder 23

Denver children joint letters to Louise Rombach Denver 1880

Box 5, folder 24-25

Denver family letters to Louise Rombach Denver 1856-1909

Box 5, folder 26

Denver, Louise Rombach to miscellaneous family members 1859-1881

Box 5, folder 27

Miscellaneous Denver family letters 1847-1889

2.3.2: Between Family Members and Non-family

Box 5, folder 28-29

to Louise Rombach Denver 1847-1909

Box 6, folder 1

to Kate Denver Williams 1878-1914

Box 6, folder 2

to James William Denver, Jr. 1881-1904

Box 6, folder 3

to Mary Louise Denver Lindley 1876-1894

Box 6, folder 4

to Matthew Denver 1880-1925

Box 6, folder 5

Denver, Louise Rombach to miscellaneous non-family 1877-1893

Box 6, oversize folders 1-2

Series 3: Personal Papers, 1832-1908, undated

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.

Includes poems and short essays by James William Denver; miscellaneous personal and family papers; miscellaneous legal documents, especially some concerned with Cotton Tax litigation; documents relating to meetings and viewpoints of the Mexican War Veterans Association; and newspaper clippings, including articles from Ohio newspapers bearing on Denver's political campaigns and numerous obituaries from newspapers around the country.

Box 6, folder 6-7

Poems by James William Denver circa 1866-1885

Box 6, folder 8

Outline on Reconstruction by James William Denver undated

Box 6, folder 9

History of Party System by James William Denver undated

Box 6, folder 10

The Wants of the South by James William Denver undated

Box 6, folder 11

Denver family documents 1832-circa 1890

Box 6, folder 12

Denver family miscellany circa 1860s-1890s

Box 6, folder 13

Financial miscellany 1845-1891

Oversize folder 1A

Financial miscellany undated

Box 6, folder 14

Mexican War pension 1856-1908

Box 6, folder 15

Hughes, Denver and Peck Law Firm 1866-1877

Box 6, folder 16-18

Legal documents 1832-1890

Box 6, folder 19

Checks 1866-1886

Box 6, folder 20

Cotton Tax Litigation circa 1867-1872

Oversize folder 1A

Cotton Tax Litigation undated

Box 6, folder 21

Receipts undated

Box 6, folder 22

Presidential campaign miscellany 1876-1884

Box 6, folder 23

Mexican War Veterans Association 1878-1892

Oversize folder 1A

Mexican War Veterans Association 1892

Oversize folder 2A

Mexican War Veterans Association 1892

Box 6, folder 24

Ohio National Guard 1880-1883

Box 6, folder 25

Clippings 1858-1925

Oversize folder 1A

Clippings 1886

Oversize folder 2A

Clippings 1858-1925

Box 6, folder 26

Miscellaneous papers undated

Box 6, folder 27

The Denver Papers catalog of John A. Fox sale 1968

Container List