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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
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Inventory of the Hannah Hayden Letters, 1806-1866, bulk 1806-1823
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Virginia Hay Smith, 2008. ©2008. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Hayden, Hannah |
| Title | Hannah Hayden Letters |
| Dates | 1806-1866 |
| Dates | bulk 1806-1823 |
| Extent | 0.1 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
| Abstract | Correspondence written in the early nineteenth century by Hannah Hayden from Hartwick and Springfield, Otsego County, New York, to her parents and sisters in Windsor, Connecticut, plus a few other family letters. Seventy-six items, the bulk of which are written by Hannah, detail her everyday life with her husband, and the births, lives and deaths of some of their twelve children. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS 136 |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 35 3 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Hannah Hayden Letters, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Camilla Hayden Heller, 1975.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Access
The Hannah Hayden Letters are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Hannah Hayden Letters are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of Hannah Hayden
New York State wife and mother.
Hannah Hayden was born in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1778, and moved with her husband Hezekiah to Hartwick, Otsego County, New York in 1806, and then to Springfield, New York, in 1811. In both towns they ran saw mills.The Haydens had twelve children, several of whom died in infancy.
Both Hannah and Hezekiah died in 1823.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Mainly letters written by Hannah Hayden from Hartwick and Springfield, Otsego County, New York, to her parents and siblings in Windsor, Connecticut, which discuss the details of everyday life: births, deaths, accidents, sicknesses, meetings, etc. The letters are pasted into a Jackson, Michigan general store receipt book, dated 1845-1847.
The correspondence, supplemented by a few other family letters, was compiled by son Henry A. Hayden in 1875.
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Arrangement
Letters left as arranged in receipt book.
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Hayden, Hannah
Subjects
- Correspondence -- New York State -- 1806-1866
- Family life -- New York State -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Manuscripts, American -- New York State
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