1.   Historical note

2.   Scope and content

3.   Provenance

4.   Processing note

5.   Inventory

6.   Subjects


    List of finding aids

    R.I.H.S. Library page

    R.I.H.S. home page

 Rowland G. and Caroline (Newbold) Hazard Papers

 Industrialist and philosopher of Peace Dale, R.I.

 Papers, 1819-1888

 Size: 27 linear feet

 Catalog number: MSS 483 sg 5

 Processed by: Rick Stattler and Bob Bellerose, May 1999


©Rhode Island Historical Society

Manuscripts Division

 


Historical note:


            Rowland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was a Rhode Island renaissance man. He was significant on the national scene for both his financial activities and his work in philosophy. He also played an important role in state politics and was a dominant force in the industrialization of the southern part of the state. He was a vocal critic of slavery, corruption and railroad monopolies, and was one of the few investors to emerge from the Credit Mobilier railroad scandal with his reputation unscathed.

            Hazard was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, the fourth of nine children of Rowland and Mary (Peace) Hazard. He was raised a member of the Society of Friends, more commonly known as the Quakers. He attended Quaker boarding schools in Pennsylvania through 1818, and developed a taste for abstract mathematics. This was the full extent of his formal schooling, though he received an honorary L.L.D. from Brown University in 1845.

            In 1819, he returned to South Kingstown and with his brother Isaac P. Hazard assumed control of their father's small woolen mill in the village of Peace Dale, and did business under the name of "R.G. & I.P. Hazard". With the addition of a third brother, Joseph P. Hazard, this partnership became "R.G. Hazard & Co." in 1828. Rowland seems to have had primary responsibility for marketing products to southern plantation owners in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Inexpensive shoes, cotton bagging, pre-cut garments and raw "Negro cloth" for slave use were the primary products sold. He wintered in New Orleans from about 1833 to 1842. His experience in the south, and his Quaker faith led him to work on behalf of kidnaped free blacks in Louisiana. He managed to secure the freedom of several unfortunate captives, which he regarded as the greatest of his many accomplishments.

            The partnership was incorporated as the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company in 1848, which became one of the largest businesses in the southern part of the state. Hazard eventually expanded his operations to another mill in the western part of the state, naming it Carolina Mills in honor of his wife.

            Hazard also authored a variety of books and articles, mostly on philosophical subjects (see list of publications). His work was well-regarded, and attracted the attention of prominent Unitarian clergyman William Ellery Channing (1780-1842); he also corresponded frequently with British philosopher John Stuart Mill.

            In 1849, Hazard became a leading advocate of the regulation of railroad trusts, which led to a tumultuous series of state legislative hearings. He was elected to three one-year terms as a state representative in 1851 (serving on the finance committee), 1854 and 1880. He also served as a state senator from 1866 to 1867. He was present as a Rhode Island delegate for the founding convention of the Republican Party in 1856, and also in 1860 and 1868. His involvement in the Republican Party and in other abolitionist causes caused a collapse of his business with the southern states, and it became necessary to alter production to suit northern markets. During the Civil War, he played an unofficial but important role in planning the Union economy, and in creating faith in American bonds abroad.

            In 1866, Hazard retired from the textile business, leaving it in the hands of his son Rowland Hazard II. That year, he became involved as an investor in the Union Pacific Railroad, with the understanding that his involvement would be purely financial, and would not interfere with his retirement. After the company fell into financial disarray, and became embroiled in the Credit Mobilier scandal, Hazard spent much of his final years in setting its affairs straight.

            Other accomplishments to his credit were his role in the foundation of the Butler Hospital in Providence, and his endowment of the Hazard Professorship of Physics at Brown University. He also provided steady financial support to Rhode Island's temperance, free religion and woman's suffrage movements.

            Rowland G. Hazard married Caroline Newbold (1807-1868) in 1828. She was a native of Bloomsdale, Pennsylvania, and the daughter of John Newbold. They had two sons: Rowland Hazard II (1829-1898) and John Newbold Hazard (1836-1900).


Bibliography:

[Hazard, Rowland G.] "Autobiographical Notes," February 1874, in this collection.

Rogers, L.E., ed. Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Rhode Island (Providence: National Biographical Publishing, 1881), 268-271.


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Scope and content:


            Of all the Hazard Family Papers, this subgroup is probably of the most general interest to historians. The correspondence files fill ten boxes, and include letters from a wide variety of the leading thinkers of Hazard's day, including philosopher John Stuart Mill, reformer Thomas W. Higginson, statesman Salmon P. Chase, and pioneering women's suffragists Elizabeth Buffum Chace and Paulina Wright Davis. In very general terms, the pre-1850 correspondence is largely related to Hazard's efforts to sell cloth in the southern states. His correspondence as a northern abolitionist doing business in the antebellum deep South is particularly interesting. After 1850, the correspondence includes a much broader mix of business, political, literary and personal affairs. The Southern business correspondents give way to business contacts throughout New England. Philosophy and national affairs become important topics in the 1860s. The correspondence file of Hazard's wife Caroline mostly relate to her family in Pennsylvania, and are a substantial example of the typical family correspondence of the period.

            The subject files also contain a wealth of important material. His records regarding Credit Mobilier are one of the most important resources on that national scandal. The file of essays and publications demonstrates how deep and wide-ranging Hazard's interests were. The miscellaneous file includes diaries by both Rowland G. and Caroline (Newbold) Hazard, and also letters regarding the illegally enslaved men he helped free in New Orleans in 1840.

            Hazard's financial records are also interesting because they relate largely to his partnership in R.G. Hazard & Co., which later was incorporated as the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. Many of the receipts and bills of this important firm from 1828 to 1848 are found in this series, including a folder of accounts relating to the construction of the mill in 1828.

            The Baker Library at the Harvard University Business School possesses a large Peace Dale Manufacturing Company Collection, which includes four boxes of Hazard's personal legal files and some of his personal financial records, as well as extensive records of the textile business from its days as R.G. Hazard & Co. The Wellesley College Archives holds six boxes of correspondence, account books and other papers of Rowland G. and Caroline (Newbold) Hazard as part of their Caroline Hazard Personal Papers. The University of Rhode Island holds a very small quantity of Rowland G. Hazard's papers, including five letters received in the early 1880s, two textile account books from 1823-1824, an 1826 receipt, and a sheet of Babylonian seal impressions.



Series arrangement:


Series 1: Correspondence

            1. Rowland G. Hazard

            2. Caroline (Newbold) Hazard

Series 2: Subject files

            1. Credit Mobilier

            2. Legal files

            3. Writings

            4. Miscellaneous

Series 3: Financial records


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Provenance:


            Most of the early business records of the Hazard family were originally donated by the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company to the Baker Library at the Harvard Business School in 1927. In 1955, the Baker Library culled out the personal correspondence and donated it to the R.I. Historical Society. The business account books and other records remain at the Baker Library today. The Baker Library also distributed a few items to other libraries, including photographs of the Narragansett Railroad locomotives, which were given to the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society; a circular regarding John Quincy Adams, given to the Harvard archives; and miscellaneous printed material distributed through the Baker and Widener libraries at Harvard.

            Another large collection of early Hazard papers was originally donated by Caroline Hazard to the John Carter Brown Library in 1934 and 1937. This entire collection, comprising 78 0.5-foot archives boxes, was then given to the R.I.H.S. in 1973. These records that were transferred from the John Carter Brown Library constitute the bulk of the RIHSL holdings on Rowland G. Hazard I, including almost all of the Credit Mobilier, lawsuit and financial records.

            About two linear feet of important correspondence and other papers had been retained by the family. These additional papers were deposited at the RIHSL by the Hazard family in 1983, and donated in 1985. The 1854 draft resolution regarding Hazard's expulsion from a train was a gift of William Sweet in 1976. Two items were donated by great-great-grandson Oliver C. Hazard in 2001: an undated mathematical problem titled "To describe a hyperbole," and a flier showing American gold prices dated 1866. Twenty-six financial documents dated 1825-1868 were purchased from Julie Bright in 2001, and interfiled in series 3.


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Processing note:


            This collection is part of the Hazard Family Papers, which were processed with support from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, the Beinecke Foundation, and the extended Hazard Family.

            Hazard's grandchildren, Caroline Hazard and Rowland Gibson Hazard II, were the first to work with this collection. They provided typed transcriptions of what they deemed the most interesting letters, and attached brief pencilled summaries of many others on small scraps of paper. Many of the letters were sorted out by subject matter, including folders marked "Publishers, Editors, Translators," "Literary Work," "Southern," "Letters on RGH's Book with Philosophical Views," "Literature and the Arts," "Politics and Financial," "Charity - Good Works," "Mine la Motte," "Family Interest" and "General Historic Interest".

            Much of the collection was then organized at the Baker Library in the 1950s, before its transfer. Circa 1985, after the papers were donated to the RIHSL, Harold Kemble and Michael Costello began reprocessing the collection, but never finished. In 1998, Rick Stattler organized the collection into its present form. All correspondence was integrated together and arranged in chronological order; the items sorted by Hazard's grandchildren were carefully examined for content, and many of them have been listed individually in this inventory.

            One problem with this collection was the difficulty of drawing a firm line between Hazard's personal and business papers. A large amount of textile-related accounts and correspondence for the firm of R.G. Hazard & Co. were found mixed in with a smaller quantity of personal papers. Some items, like the frequent letters from his brother and partner Isaac Peace Hazard, contain both personal and business content, especially during the 1820s and 1830s. The task of sorting out the two categories was seen as daunting and perhaps counter-productive, and so the business records were left in. Thus the collection contains a large quantity of material relating to the firms that led up to the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. Only a small number of letters addressed specifically to Isaac P. Hazard were removed. The supplies used in the 1998 reorganization were purchased with the assistance of the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.


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Inventory:


Series 1, subseries 1. Rowland G. Hazard correspondence.

The correspondence files before about 1850 consist largely of business letters from southern "Negro cloth" customers. After 1850, the correspondence begins contain a broader mixture of business, political, literary and personal affairs. The business letters become more oriented toward Rhode Island, and New England as a whole. Philosophy and national affairs become dominant in the 1860s.


Box 1, folder 1. 1819-1827.

Box 1, folder 2. 1822-1824.              Business.

Box 1, folder 3. 1825-1827.              Business.

Box 1, folder 4. 1828.                                    Personal.

Box 1, folder 5. 1828, January - March.        Business.

Box 1, folder 6. 1828, April - June.   Business.

Box 1, folder 7. 1828, July - September.       Business.

Box 1, folder 8. 1828, October.                     Business.

Box 1, folder 9. 1828, November.                 Business.

Box 1, folder 10. 1828, December.   Business.

Box 1, folder 11. 1829.                                  Personal.

Box 1, folder 12. 1829, January.                   Business.

Box 1, folder 13. 1829, February.                 Business.

Box 1, folder 14. 1829, March.                     Business.

Box 2, folder 1. 1829, April.             Business.

Box 2, folder 2. 1829, May.              Business.

Box 2, folder 3. 1829, June - December        Business.

Box 2, folder 4. 1829.                                    To agent Samson Almy.

Box 2, folder 5. 1830.

Box 2, folder 6. 1831.

Box 2, folder 7. 1832, January - April.

Box 2, folder 8. 1832, May.

Box 2, folder 9. 1832, June - December.

Box 2, folder 10. 1833, January - April.

Box 2, folder 11. 1833, May - August.

Box 2, folder 12. 1833, Sept. - December.

Box 2, folder 13. 1834, January - March.

Box 2, folder 14. 1834, April - June.

Box 2, folder 15. 1834, July - September.

Box 2, folder 16. 1834, October - December.

Box 2, folder 17. 1835, January - March.

Box 2, folder 18. 1835, April - June.

Box 2, folder 19. 1835, July - September.

Box 2, folder 20. 1835, October - December.

Box 2, folder 21. 1836, January - March.

Box 2, folder 22. 1836, April - June.

Box 2, folder 23. 1836, July - September.

Box 2, folder 24. 1836, October - December.

Box 2, folder 25. 1837, January - March.

Box 2, folder 26. 1837, April - May.

Box 2, folder 27. 1837, June.

Box 2, folder 28. 1837, July.

Box 2, folder 29. 1837, August.

Box 2, folder 30. 1837, September.

Box 2, folder 31. 1837, October - December.

Box 3, folder 1. 1838, January - February.

Box 3, folder 2. 1838, March - April.

Box 3, folder 3. 1838, May - June.

Box 3, folder 4. 1838, July - August.

Box 3, folder 5. 1838, September - October.

Box 3, folder 6. 1838, November - December.

Box 3, folder 7. 1839, January - February.

Box 3, folder 8. 1839, March - April.

Box 3, folder 9. 1839, May - June.

Box 3, folder 10. 1839, July - August.

Box 3, folder 11. 1839, September - October.

Box 3, folder 12. 1839, November - December.


Box 3, folder 13. 1840, January - February.

Box 3, folder 14. 1840, March - April.

Box 3, folder 15. 1840, May - June.

Box 3, folder 16. 1840, July - August.

Box 3, folder 17. 1840, September - October.

Box 3, folder 18. 1840, November - December.

Box 3, folder 19. 1841, January.

Box 3, folder 20. 1841, February.

Box 3, folder 21. 1841, March.

Box 3, folder 22. 1841, April - June.

Box 3, folder 23. 1841, July - August.

Box 3, folder 24. 1841, September - October.

Box 3, folder 25. 1841, November - December.

Box 4, folder 1. 1842, January.

Box 4, folder 2. 1842, February.

Box 4, folder 3. 1842, March.

Box 4, folder 4. 1842, April.

Box 4, folder 5. 1842, May - June.

Box 4, folder 6. 1842, July - September.

Box 4, folder 7. 1842, October - December.

Box 4, folder 8. 1843, January - March.

Box 4, folder 9. 1843, April - June.

Box 4, folder 10. 1843, July - August.

Box 4, folder 11. 1843, September.

Box 4, folder 12. 1843, October.

Box 4, folder 13. 1843, November.

Box 4, folder 14. 1843, December.

Box 4, folder 15. 1844, January.

Box 4, folder 16. 1844, February.

Box 4, folder 17. 1844, March.

Box 4, folder 18. 1844, April.

Box 4, folder 19. 1844, May - July.

Box 4, folder 20. 1844, Aug. - September.

Box 4, folder 21. 1844, October - December.

Box 4, folder 22. 1845, January - March.

Box 4, folder 23. 1845, April - June.

Box 4, folder 24. 1845, July - September.

Box 4, folder 25. 1845, October - December.

Box 4, folder 26. 1846, January - June.

Box 4, folder 27. 1846, July - December.

Box 4, folder 28. 1847, January - March.

Box 4, folder 29. 1847, April - June.

Box 4, folder 30. 1847, July - September.

Box 4, folder 31. 1847, October - December.

Box 4, folder 32. 1848, January - February.

Box 4, folder 33. 1848, March - June.

Box 4, folder 34. 1848, July - September.

Box 4, folder 35. 1848, October - December.

Box 5, folder 1. 1849, January - March.

Box 5, folder 2. 1849, April - June.

Box 5, folder 3. 1849, July - September.

Box 5, folder 4. 1849, October - December.

Box 5, folder 5. 1850, January - February.

Box 5, folder 6. 1850, March.

Box 5, folder 7. 1850, April - June.

Box 5, folder 8. 1850, July - September.

Box 5, folder 9. 1850, October - December.

Box 5, folder 10. 1851, January - March.

Box 5, folder 11. 1851, April - June.

Box 5, folder 12. 1851, July - September.

Box 5, folder 13. 1851, October - December.

Box 5, folder 14. 1852, January - March.

Box 5, folder 15. 1852, April - June.

Box 5, folder 16. 1852, July - September.

Box 5, folder 17. 1852, October - December.

Box 5, folder 18. 1853, January - June.

Box 5, folder 19. 1853, July - December.

Box 5, folder 20. 1854, January - June.

Box 5, folder 21. 1854, July - December.

Box 5, folder 22. 1855, January - June.

Box 5, folder 23. 1855, July - September.

Box 5, folder 24. 1855, October - December.

Box 5, folder 25. 1856, January - June.

Box 5, folder 26. 1856, July - December.

Box 5, folder 27. 1857, January - March.

Box 5, folder 28. 1857, April - June.

Box 5, folder 29. 1857, July - December.

Box 5, folder 30. 1858, January - June.

Box 5, folder 31. 1858, July - December.

Box 5, folder 32. 1859, January - June.

Box 5, folder 33. 1859, July - December.

Box 5, folder 34. 1860, January - April.

Box 5, folder 35. 1860, May - December.

Box 5, folder 36. 1861, January - June.

Box 5, folder 37. 1861, July - December.

Box 5, folder 38. 1861, January - June.

Box 5, folder 39. 1862, July - December.

Box 5, folder 40. 1863, January - April.

Box 5, folder 41. 1863, May - December.

Box 6, folder 1. 1864, January - April.

Box 6, folder 2. 1864, May - July.

Box 6, folder 3. 1864, August.

Box 6, folder 4. 1864, September - October.

Box 6, folder 5. 1864, November.

Box 6, folder 6. 1864, December.

Box 6, folder 7. 1865, January.

Box 6, folder 8. 1865, February - March.

Box 6, folder 9. 1865, April - June.

Box 6, folder 10. 1865, July - October.

Box 6, folder 11. 1865, November - December.

Box 6, folder 12. 1866 letter book.

Box 6, folder 13. 1866, January - April.

Box 6, folder 14. 1866, May - June.

Box 6, folder 15. 1866, July - October.

Box 6, folder 16. 1866, November.

Box 6, folder 17. 1866, December.

Box 7, folder 1. 1867, January - March.

Box 7, folder 2. 1867, April - June.

Box 7, folder 3. 1867, July - September.

Box 7, folder 4. 1867, October - December.

Box 7, folder 5. 1868, January - March.

Box 7, folder 6. 1868, April - June.

Box 7, folder 7. 1868, July - August.

Box 7, folder 8. 1868, September - October.

Box 7, folder 9. 1868, November - December.

Box 7, folder 10. 1869, January - February.

Box 7, folder 11. 1869, March - April.

Box 7, folder 12. 1869, May - June.

Box 7, folder 13. 1869, July.

Box 7, folder 14. 1869, August.

Box 7, folder 15. 1869, September.

Box 7, folder 16. 1869, October.

Box 7, folder 17. 1869, November - December.

Box 7, folder 18. 1869 - 81, transcripts of letters from son Rowland.

Box 7, folder 19. 1870, January - March.

Box 7, folder 20. 1870, April - June.

Box 7, folder 21. 1870, July - August.

Box 7, folder 22. 1870, September - October.

Box 7, folder 23. 1870, November - December.

Box 7, folder 24. 1871, January - April.

Box 7, folder 25. 1871, May - June.

Box 7, folder 26. 1871, July - August.

Box 7, folder 27. 1871, September - October.

Box 7, folder 28. 1871, November - December.

Box 7, folder 29. 1872, January - February.

Box 7, folder 30. 1872, March - April.

Box 7, folder 31. 1872, May - June.

Box 7, folder 32. 1872, July - September.

Box 7, folder 33. 1872, October - December.

Box 7, folder 34. 1872-1873 letter book.

Box 8, folder 1. 1873, January - March.

Box 8, folder 2. 1873, April - June.

Box 8, folder 3. 1873, July - August.

Box 8, folder 4. 1873, September - October.

Box 8, folder 5. 1873, November - December.

Box 8, folder 6. 1874, January - March.

Box 8, folder 7. 1874, April - June.

Box 8, folder 8. 1874, July - September.

Box 8, folder 9. 1874, October - December.

Box 8, folder 10. 1875, January - April.

Box 8, folder 11. 1875, May - August.

Box 8, folder 12. 1875, September - December.

Box 8, folder 13. 1876, January - April.

Box 8, folder 14. 1876, May - August.

Box 8, folder 15. 1876, September - December.

Box 8, folder 16. 1876-1877, transcripts of letters from son and grandchildren in Europe.

Box 8, folder 17. 1877, January - March.

Box 8, folder 18. 1877, April - June.

Box 8, folder 19. 1877, July - September.

Box 8, folder 20. 1877, October - December.

Box 8, folder 21. 1878, January - February.

Box 8, folder 22. 1878, March - April.

Box 8, folder 23. 1878, May - July.

Box 8, folder 24. 1878, Aug. - December.

Box 8, folder 25. 1879, January - March.

Box 8, folder 26. 1879, April - June.

Box 8, folder 27. 1879, July - September.

Box 8, folder 28. 1879, October - December.

Box 8, folder 29. 1880, January - March.

Box 8, folder 30. 1880, April - June.

Box 8, folder 31. 1880, July - September.

Box 8, folder 32. 1880, October - December.

Box 8, folder 33. 1881, January - April.

Box 8, folder 34. 1881, May.

Box 8, folder 35. 1881, June.

Box 8, folder 36. 1881, July.

Box 8, folder 37. 1881, August.

Box 8, folder 38. 1881, September - October.

Box 8, folder 39. 1881, November - December.

Box 9, folder 1. 1882, January - April.

Box 9, folder 2. 1882, May - June.

Box 9, folder 3. 1882, July - September.

Box 9, folder 4. 1882, October - December.

Box 9, folder 5. 1883, January - February.

Box 9, folder 6. 1883, March - May.

Box 9, folder 7. 1883, June - July.

Box 9, folder 8. 1883, August - September.

Box 9, folder 9. 1883, October.

Box 9, folder 10. 1883, November.

Box 9, folder 11. 1883, December.

Box 9, folder 12. 1884, January - February.

Box 9, folder 13. 1884, March - April.

Box 9, folder 14. 1884, May - June.

Box 9, folder 15. 1884, July.

Box 9, folder 16. 1884, Aug. - October.

Box 9, folder 17. 1884, November - December.

Box 9, folder 18. 1885, January - March.

Box 9, folder 19. 1885, April - June.

Box 9, folder 20. 1885, July - September.

Box 9, folder 21. 1885, October - December.

Box 9, folder 22. 1886, January - March.

Box 9, folder 23. 1886, April - June.

Box 9, folder 24. 1886, July.

Box 9, folder 25. 1886, Aug. - December.

Box 9, folder 26. 1887, January - March.

Box 9, folder 27. 1887, April - December.

Box 9, folder 28. 1888, January.

Box 9, folder 29. Undated, politics and finance.

Box 9, folder 30. Undated, charity and good works.

Box 9, folder 31. Undated, from Paulina M. Davis; Elizabeth Churchill; Eliz. B. Chace; William Rotch; and Sarah H. Whitman.

Box 9, folder 32. Undated, immediate family.

Box 9, folder 33. Undated, Elizabeth P. Peabody.

Box 9, folder 34. Undated, of Fancy Interest.

Box 9, folder 35. Undated, miscellaneous

Box 9, folder 36. Undated, miscellaneous

Box 9, folder 37. Undated, miscellaneous

Box 9, folder 38. 1869 - 80, transcripts of letters from son Rowland Hazard II.

Box 9, folder 39. 1840 - 45, letters rec'd from agents Thomas Lesesne; Robert Sanderson; Henry R. Green.

Box 9, folder 40. 1847 - 80, transcripts of correspondence re William E. Channing. 



Series 1, subseries 2: Caroline (Newbold) Hazard correspondence.

The large majority of these letters are from friends and family in Pennsylvania. There are a few scattered letters from Hazard in-laws, though none were noticed from her husband Rowland G. Hazard. A few other personal papers are included in the miscellaneous subseries of the subject series, including a journal and several poems.


Box 10, folder 1. 1821-1823

Box 10, folder 2. 1824-1825

Box 10, folder 3. 1826-1827

Box 10, folder 4. 1828-1829

Box 10, folder 5. 1830-1831

Box 10, folder 6. 1832-1833

Box 10, folder 7. 1834-1835

Box 10, folder 8. 1836-1837

Box 10, folder 9. 1838-1839

Box 10, folder 10. 1840-1841

Box 10, folder 11. 1842

Box 10, folder 12. 1843

Box 10, folder 13. 1844-1845

Box 10, folder 14. 1846-1847

Box 10, folder 15. 1848-1849

Box 10, folder 16. 1850

Box 10, folder 17. 1851

Box 10, folder 18. 1852

Box 10, folder 19. 1853

Box 10, folder 20. 1854-1855

Box 10, folder 21. 1856-1857

Box 10, folder 22. 1858-1859

Box 10, folder 23. 1860-1864

Box 10, folder 24. 1865-1866

Box 10, folder 25. 1867-1868

Box 10, folder 26. Undated

Box 10, folder 27. Undated

Box 10, folder 28. Undated

Box 10, folder 29. Undated


Series 2: Subject files


Series 2, subseries 1: Credit Mobilier

Box 11, folder 1. 1860, 1864.

Box 11, folder 2. 1865.

Box 11, folder 3. 1866.

Box 11, folder 4. 1867, January - March.

Box 11, folder 5. 1867, April - June.

Box 11, folder 6. 1867, July - September.

Box 11, folder 7. 1867, October - December.

Box 11, folder 8. 1868, January - May.

Box 11, folder 9. 1868, June - August.

Box 12, folder 1. 1868, September - December.

Box 12, folder 2. 1869, January - July.

Box 12, folder 3. 1869, January.

Box 12, folder 4. 1869, February.

Box 12, folder 5. 1869, March.

Box 12, folder 6. 1869, March.

Box 12, folder 7. 1869, April.

Box 12, folder 8. 1869, May.

Box 12, folder 9. 1869, June.

Box 12, folder 10. 1869, June.

Box 12, folder 11. 1869, July.

Box 12, folder 12. 1869, July.

Box 12, folder 13. 1869, August.

Box 12, folder 14. 1869, September.

Box 12, folder 15. 1869, October.

Box 12, folder 16. 1869, November.

Box 12, folder 17. 1869, December.

Box 12, folder 18. 1870, January - March.

Box 12, folder 19. 1870, April - June.

Box 12, folder 20. 1870, July - September.

Box 12, folder 21. 1870, October - December.

Box 12, folder 22. 1871, January - June.

Box 12, folder 23. 1871, July - December.

Box 12, folder 24. 1872, January - April.

Box 12, folder 25. 1872, May - July, plus December.

Box 12, folder 26. 1873, January - June.

Box 12, folder 27. 1873, February - Annotated copy of "Affairs of the Union Pacific Railroad Company."

Box 13, folder 1. 1873, July - September.

Box 13, folder 2. 1873, October - December.

Box 13, folder 3. 1873.

Box 13, folder 4. 1874, January - April.

Box 13, folder 5. 1874, May - August.

Box 13, folder 6. 1874, September - December.

Box 13, folder 7. 1875, January - March.

Box 13, folder 8. 1875, April.

Box 13, folder 9. 1875, May - July.

Box 13, folder 10. 1875, August - October.

Box 13, folder 11. 1875, November - December.

Box 13, folder 12. 1876, January.

Box 13, folder 13. 1876, February - May.

Box 13, folder 14. 1876, June.

Box 13, folder 15. 1876, June.

Box 13, folder 16. 1876, July - September.

Box 13, folder 17. 1876, October - November.

Box 13, folder 18. 1876, December.

Box 13, folder 19. 1876.

Box 13, folder 20. 1877, January - April.

Box 13, folder 21. 1877, May - August.

Box 13, folder 22. 1877, September - October.

Box 13, folder 23. 1877, November - December.

Box 13, folder 24. 1877.

Box 13, folder 25. 1878, January - April.

Box 13, folder 26. 1878, May - August.

Box 13, folder 27. 1878, September - October.

Box 13, folder 28. 1878, November - December.

Box 14, folder 1. 1878.

Box 14, folder 2. 1879, January - March.

Box 14, folder 3. 1879, April.

Box 14, folder 4. 1879, April.

Box 14, folder 5. 1879, May.

Box 14, folder 6. 1879, May.

Box 14, folder 7. 1879, June - September.

Box 14, folder 8. 1879, October - December.

Box 15, folder 1. 1879.

Box 15, folder 2. 1880, January - May.

Box 15, folder 3. 1880, June.

Box 15, folder 4. 1880, July.

Box 15, folder 5. 1880, July.

Box 15, folder 6. 1880, August - September.

Box 15, folder 7. 1880, October - November.

Box 15, folder 8. 1880, December.

Box 15, folder 9. 1880.

Box 15, folder 10. 1881, January.

Box 15, folder 11. 1881, February.

Box 15, folder 12. 1881, March - May.

Box 15, folder 13. 1881, July - October.

Box 15, folder 14. 1881, November - December.

Box 15, folder 15. 1881.

Box 15, folder 16. 1882, February.

Box 15, folder 17. 1882, March.

Box 15, folder 18. 1882, April.

Box 15, folder 19. 1882, May.

Box 15, folder 20. 1882, June - August.

Box 16, folder 1. 1882, September.

Box 16, folder 2. 1882, October.

Box 16, folder 3. 1882, November.

Box 16, folder 4. 1882, November.

Box 16, folder 5. 1882, December.

Box 16, folder 6. 1882, December.

Box 16, folder 7. 1882, December.

Box 16, folder 8. 1882.

Box 16, folder 9. 1883, January - February.

Box 16, folder 10. 1883, March - May.

Box 16, folder 11. 1883, June - July.

Box 16, folder 12. 1883, August - December.

Box 16, folder 13. 1884, January - March.

Box 16, folder 14. 1884, April - May.

Box 16, folder 15. 1884, June - July.

Box 16, folder 16. 1884, August - September.

Box 16, folder 17. 1884, October.

Box 16, folder 18. 1884, November - December.

Box 16, folder 19. 1884.

Box 17, folder 1. 1885, January - March.

Box 17, folder 2. 1885, April - May.

Box 17, folder 3. 1885, June - August.

Box 17, folder 4. 1885, September - October.

Box 17, folder 5. 1885, November - December.

Box 17, folder 6. 1886, January - February.

Box 17, folder 7. 1886, March - April.

Box 18, folder 1. 1886, May - June.

Box 18, folder 2. 1886, July - September.

Box 18, folder 3. 1886, October - December.

Box 18, folder 4. Undated.

Box 18, folder 5. Undated.

Box 18, folder 6. Undated.

Box 18, folder 7. Undated.

Box 18, folder 8. Undated.

Box 18, folder 9. Undated.

Box 18, folder 10. Undated.

Box 18, folder 11. Undated.

Box 18, folder 12. Undated.

Box 18, folder 13. Undated.

Box 18, folder 14. Undated.

Box 18, folder 15. Undated.

Box 18, folder 16. Undated, Argument A, Case 2, (Hazard vs. Dur)

Box 18, folder 17. Undated legal memoranda.



Series 2, subseries 2: Legal files


Christopher Allen

Box 19, folder 1. 1861, Rowland Gibson Hazard vs. Christopher Allen.


Samson Almy vs. Peleg Wilbur. Involves Christopher Lippitt's Jewett City mills.

Box 19, folder 2. 1830-1834.

Box 19, folder 3. 1843-1849.

Box 19, folder 4. 1851.

Box 19, folder 5. 1851-1852.

Box 19, folder 6. Undated.

Box 19, folder 7. Undated.

 

Boston & Providence Railroad / Stonington Railroad. Regarding their alleged combination to destroy Hazard's business in 1853.

Box 19, folder 8. 1851-1879.

Oversized box 1, folder 1. 1872 testimony.


H.K. Browning

Box 19, folder 9. 1848.



William Cole (Huntsville, Ala.)

Box 19, folder 10. 1847 - 1851



Crosby & Hoyt

Box 19, folder 11. 1850.



John Darrington

Box 19, folder 12. 1841-1848.


A. Emerson & Co.

Box 19, folder 13. 1849-1853.

Box 19, folder 14. 1851.

Box 19, folder 15. 1852-1853.


Benjamin R. Greene

Box 19, folder 16. 1864.


Samuel Hallett

Box 19, folder 17. 1852 - 1859.

Box 19, folder 18. 1860 - 1869.

Box 19, folder 19. Undated.

Box 19, folder 20. 1860 - 1864, correspondence.

Box 19, folder 21. 1842-1863, Elisha R. Potter's files.

Box 19, folder 22. 1857, Washington County Bank vs. Samuel Hallett and Company.


Samuel Harris vs. Hugh Kendall

Box 19, folder 23. 1848


Thomas S. Holley vs. W. K. Covill

Box 19, folder 24. Undated, circa 1842.


John Irwin et al

Box 19, folder 25. 1833.

Box 19, folder 26. 1834.


Kellogg & Otis

Box 19, folder 27. 1847.


Thomas Lord & Elisha Parks

Box 19, folder 28. 1826.


Charles Low

Box 19, folder 29. 1831-1840, Charles Low and Fenner.

Box 19, folder 30. 1829-1839, Low vs. Hazard.

Box 19, folder 31. 1829-1837, Low vs. Hazard.


James McHenry

Box 19, folder 32. 1885.


Alexander McLeod

Box 19, folder 33. 1844-1849.


Mississippi Railroad Company

Box 19, folder 34. 1843-1847.


R.G. Mitchell

Box 19, folder 35. 1841-1860.


Samuel Newhall

Box 19, folder 36. 1843.

 

Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, as administrator of estate of John G. Copelin. An extended suit relating to Mine La Motte, the Hazard family mining property in Missouri. These files include numerous records relating to related suits.

Box 20, folder 1. 1869-1870

Box 20, folder 2. 1871

Box 20, folder 3. 1872

Box 20, folder 4. 1873-1874

Box 20, folder 5. 1875

Box 20, folder 6. 1876

Box 20, folder 7. 1877 deposition book.

Box 20, folder 8. 1877

Box 20, folder 9. 1877 depositions

Box 21, folder 1. 1877

Box 21, folder 2. 1877

Box 21, folder 3. 1878

Box 21, folder 4. 1878

Box 21, folder 5. 1878.

Box 21, folder 6. 1878.

Box 21, folder 7. 1878

Box 21, folder 8. 1879

Box 21, folder 9. 1880.

Box 21, folder 10. 1881.

Box 21, folder 11. Undated depositions.

Box 21, folder 12. Undated depositions, bound.

Box 21, folder 13. Undated, depositions.

Box 21, folder 14. Undated deposition notes.

Box 21, folder 15. Undated deposition notes.

Box 21, folder 16. Undated deposition packet (166 pages).

Box 21, folder 17. Undated deposition reviews.

Box 21, folder 18. Respondent's argument, undated (pages 1-146).

Box 21, folder 19. Respondent's argument, undated (pages 147-272).

Box 21, folder 20. Respondent's argument, undated (pages 273-451).

Box 21, folder 21. Undated, miscellaneous.

Oversized box 1, folder 2. Undated deposition file (72 pages).

Oversized box 1, folder 3. Extracts from Hazard's memorandum books, 1871-1874

Oversized box 1, folder 4. 1871-1876, miscellaneous.

Oversized box 1, folder 5. 1877, miscellaneous.

Oversized box 1, folder 6. 1878-1879, miscellaneous

Oversized box 1, folder 7. Undated, miscellaneous.


Samuel Rodman

Box 21, folder 22. 1881.


Thomas O. Stark

Box 21, folder 23. 1842-1847.


John Tipton

Box 21, folder 24. 1844.


United States Internal Revenue Service

Box 21, folder 25. 1876-1877, correspondence.

Box 21, folder 26. 1876, personal letters.

Box 21, folder 27. 1877, personal letters.

Box 21, folder 28. 1876, newspaper clippings.

Box 21, folder 29. Undated miscellaneous.

Box 21, folder 30. 1862-1870.

Box 22, folder 1. 1874.

Box 22, folder 2. 1875.

Box 22, folder 3. 1876.

Box 22, folder 4. 1877.



Series 2, subseries 3: Writings

Box 22, folder 5. [Address to Historical Society], 1/18/1848.

Box 22, folder 6. "Address to the Electors of Rhode Island," 1860.

Box 22, folder 7. "An Address Delivered by Request of the Pawcatuck Temperance Society at Westerly, R. I.," 7/4/1843.

Box 22, folder 8. [Address to the Wool Growers and Manufacturers], 1866.

Box 22, folder 9. "Against Capital Punishment" (lecture), undated.

Box 22, folder 10. "Animals not Automata," 1875.

Box 22, folder 11. "The Bible" (essay), undated. Two drafts.

Oversized box 1, folder 8. [Cause] (essay), 1877

Box 22, folder 12. "Character of the Age" (unpublished lecture), 1853.

Box 22, folder 13. "Compensation to Slaveholders" (speech), 5/17/1862.

Oversized box 1, folder 8. "Concerning Certain Needs of Rhode Island" (article), 5/16/1882

Box 22, folder 14. [Constitutional Rights] (essay), ca. 1873.

Box 22, folder 15. "Contraction vs. Expansion" (newspaper article), 1864.

Box 22, folder 16. "Essay on Language" (drafts), 1835.

Box 22, folder 17. "Essay on Language" (draft), 1835.

Box 22, folder 18. "Freedom of Mind in Willing," Book 1 (draft), 1864.

Box 22, folder 19. "Freedom of Mind in Willing," Book 2 (draft), 1864.

Box 22, folder 20. "Freedom of Mind in Willing" -- Reviews, 1864.

Box 22, folder 21. "Hours of Labor" (draft of article), 1866.

Box 22, folder 22. "Man a Creative First Cause" (article), 1883. Drafts.

Box 22, folder 23. "Inflated Currency: Farmers the Greatest Losers by It" (newspaper article), 1868.

Box 22, folder 24. "Lecture on Bribery," 1854?

Box 22, folder 25. [Letter on Railroad Regulation to Prov. Journal], 1/21/1854.

Box 22, folder 26. "Letter in Regard to the McGowan Statement on the Railroad Question," 1855.

Box 22, folder 27. [Letters to the Daily Journal re. Spragues], 1882-1883.

Box 22, folder 28. "Man a Creative First Cause" -- Printer's copy, 1883.

Box 22, folder 29. "Man a Creative First Cause" -- Printer's copy of notes, 1883.

Box 22, folder 30. "Man a Creative First Cause" -- Galleys, 1883.

Box 22, folder 31. "Man a Creative First Cause" -- Revised galley proofs, 1883.

Box 22, folder 32. "Man a Creative First Cause" -- Additions to second edition, 1883.

Box 22, folder 33. "Man a Creative First Cause" -- Reviews, 1883-1885.

Box 22, folder 34. "Normal School" (Speech), 1856.

Box 22, folder 35. "On Causation and Freedom in Willing," 1869 -- Draft and annotated copy, 1869.

Box 22, folder 36. "On Causation and Freedom in Willing . . .," reviews, 1870-1877.

Box 22, folder 37. "Our Financial Policy" (article), 4/23/1863.

Box 22, folder 38. "Our Finances" (article), 6/1868.

Box 22, folder 39. "Our Resources" (printer's copy), 1864.

Box 22, folder 40. "Our Resources" (draft), 1864.

Box 22, folder 41. "Our Resources" -- Reviews, 1864.

Box 22, folder 42. "Payment of 5/20 Bonds" (article), 12/13/1867.

Box 22, folder 43. "Prepared to Meet Reiterated Insinuations . . .," ca. 1852-1856.

Box 22, folder 44. "The Proposed Constitutional Amendment," 1867.

Box 23, folder 1. [Providence & Stonington Railroad : argument of R.G.H. in response to Ames], 2/1854.

Box 23, folder 2. [Providence & Stonington Railroad : misc. articles], 1851 and undated.

Box 23, folder 3. [Railroads] (undated articles).

Box 23, folder 4. "Reconstruction -- Freedman's Bureau" (newspaper article), 6/30/1866.

Box 23, folder 5. "Reduction of Paper Issues" (newspaper article), 7/2/1884.

Box 23, folder 6. "Relations of Railroad Corporations to the Public," 12/1849.

Box 23, folder 7. "Remarks of Mr. Hazard before the Senate on the Railroad Bill," 1854.

Box 23, folder 8. [Republican Party] (speech), undated.

Box 23, folder 9. [Response to Bowen's Lecture] (speech), 3/18/1866.

Box 23, folder 10. Response to John D. Van Buren's "How to Resume Specie Payments Without Contraction" (article), 1866.

Box 23, folder 11. Reviews -- Miscellaneous, 1856-1870.

Box 23, folder 12. "Some Economic Aspects of the Free Treatment of Tuberculosis by the State," undated.

Box 23, folder 13. [Speech], Peace Dale, July 4 1845.

Box 23, folder 14. [Speech], 7/4/1871.

Box 23, folder 15. "Speech at Grant and Colfax Flag-Raising," 10/3/1868.

Box 23, folder 16. "Speech of Mr. Hazard in the R. I. Legislature," 2/1855.

Box 23, folder 17. "The Supreme Court Versus the General Assembly" (newspaper article), 1882.

Box 23, folder 18. [Tariffs] (speech), 3/6/1885.

Box 23, folder 19. "Taxation and Paper Issues" (article), 2/1862.

Box 23, folder 20. "Taxing Bonds," 1/24/1868.

Box 23, folder 21. "To Write Well, Write About What You Know Little or Nothing About" (unpublished essay), 1864.

Box 23, folder 22. [U. S. Loan on Public Lands] (article), 1864.

Box 23, folder 23. "What Shall We Do For a Supreme Court . . .," 1859.

Box 23, folder 24. [William Ellery Channing] (essay fragment), Undated.

Box 23, folder 25. "The Woman's Covenant" (article), Undated.

Box 23, folder 26. Miscellaneous undated manuscript fragments.

Box 23, folder 27. Miscellaneous verses

Box 23, folder 28. Miscellaneous -- "Literary Memoranda," undated.



Series 2, subseries 4: Miscellaneous

Box 24, folder 1. Adams, Nathaniel. Agreement re brick manufacture, 1841.

Box 24, folder 2. American Steamboat Company -- Pass, 1872.

Box 24, folder 3. American Woman Suffrage Ass'n -- Delegates, 1869; suffrage bill, 1881.

Box 24, folder 4. Autobiographical notes, 1874 and undated.

Box 24, folder 5. Autograph book, 1814-1815.

Box 24, folder 6. Berkeley Memorial Fund, 1881.

Box 24, folder 7. Bryan, Isaac M. -- News clippings, 1882.

Box 24, folder 8. Business cards of London contacts.

Box 24, folder 9. Business cards, undated (of R.G.H.).

Box 24, folder 10. Carlos, Catherine. School certificates of merit, undated.

Box 24, folder 11. Channing Memorial Church -- Pledge sheet and consecration program, etc., 1880-1881.

Box 24, folder 12. Concord Summer School, 1881-1883 (lecturer).

Box 24, folder 13. Deeds and leases, 1836-1869.

Box 24, folder 14. Diary, 10/30/1866 -- 12/31/1866.

Box 24, folder 15. Diary, 5/1/1886 -- 3/4/1888; continued in different hand, 4/27/1888 -- 6/11/1888; 2 pages of financial memoranda, 1882-1887.

Box 24, folder 16. Distribution of "Man a Creative First Cause," 1883.

Box 24, folder 17. Estate division, 1888.

Box 24, folder 18. Fremont, Col. John C. Bonds and correspondence, 1858-1862.

Box 24, folder 19. Hayne, Paul H. Poems, 1880-1886; newspaper article on Rowland G. Hazard, 3/6/1884, Augusta Evening News.

Box 24, folder 20. Hazard, Caroline (Newbold). Journal of trip to New York and New Jersey July 17 to September 1 1827 (manuscript and typescript).

Box 24, folder 21. Hazard, Caroline (Newbold). Poetry.

Box 24, folder 22. Hazard, Caroline (Newbold). Commonplace book, 1816, includes journal of visit to Philadelphia, 1826.

Box 24, folder 23. Hazard, Caroline (Newbold) - Commonplace book, 1822.

Box 24, folder 24. Hazard, Caroline (Newbold). Penmanship book, 1824.

Box 24, folder 25. Hazard, Caroline (Newbold) - Miscellaneous

Box 24, folder 26. Herbert Spencer Fund, 1866 and undated.

Box 24, folder 27. Herbert Spencer Dinner at Delmonico's in N.Y.C. with menu, 1882.

Box 24, folder 28. Instructions for sun dial, undated.

Box 24, folder 29. Inventory of family papers, 10/26/1888.

Box 24, folder 30. Janvier, Emma (Newbold). Travel memoir, 1828; Presented to Caroline Newbold Hazard. (with typescript).

Oversized Box 1, folder 9. Jersey Land Company. Prospectus with plat map, 1869

Box 24, folder 31. Kingston Congregational Church -- Newspaper clipping, undated.

Box 24, folder 32. Liberal Union Club of Boston -- Miscellaneous, 1883-1887.

Box 24, folder 33. Lowell Mills admission cards, [1847].

Box 24, folder 34. Marriage certificate (Society of Friends), 1828.

Box 24, folder 35. Mathematical problems and correspondence, 1865-1883.

Box 24, folder 36. Medicinal recipes, undated.

Box 24, folder 37. Memoranda re cattle, ca. 1871.

Box 24, folder 38. Memorandum book, 1872-1873.

Box 24, folder 39. Memoranda, loose. Undated.

Box 24, folder 40. Mining notes and agreements -- North Carolina, 1833.

Box 24, folder 41. Monetary policy -- Research file of news clippings, 1864-1868.

Box 24, folder 42. Narragansett Pier -- Petition for R. G. H. to restrain cattle, 1872.

Box 24, folder 43. New England Emigrant Aid Society, certificate, 1856.

Box 24, folder 44. Newbold, John L. Texas property - Correspondence, 1845-1850, 1902. Re disputed title to land in Van Zandt County (30 miles east of Dallas).

Box 24, folder 45. Newbold, John L. Texas property - Deeds and memoranda, 1845-1856

Box 24, folder 46. Niagara Falls certificate, 1846.

Box 24, folder 47. North Jersey Land Company, 1869-1876.

Box 24, folder 48. Oakdell Cemetery -- Act of Incorporation, undated; deed of lot, 1875.

Box 24, folder 49. Oregon Development Company, 1884.

Box 24, folder 50. Partnership agreement w/ John Waterhouse, 1847 (unsigned).

Box 24, folder 51. Passports, 1864-1866.

Box 24, folder 52. Passport, 1872.

Box 24, folder 53. Political memoranda, 1859-1868, undated.

Box 24, folder 54. Politics -- Miscellaneous, 1866-1886.

Box 24, folder 55. Postal Telegraph Company, 1883-1886.

Box 24, folder 56. Powers of attorney, 1830-1885.

Box 24, folder 57. Printed ephemera of R.I. interest, 1866-1883 (brochures, certificates, etc.)

Box 24, folder 58. Processing notes on papers by Caroline Hazard, ca. 1933.

Box 24, folder 59. Property -- Cranston -- Deed, 1847.

Box 24, folder 60. Property -- Division agreement with Isaac P. Hazard, 1846.

Box 24, folder 61. Property -- Hopkinton/South Kingstown -- Factory mortgage, 1838-1839.

Box 24, folder 62. Property -- Iowa -- Deed, 1871; agreement, 1882.

Box 24, folder 63. Property -- New York -- Statement of property, 1868.

Box 24, folder 64. Property -- North Kingstown -- Deeds, etc., 1838-1882.

Box 24, folder 65. Property -- Richmond/Charlestown -- Carolina Mills, 1843-1866.

Box 24, folder 66. Property -- South Kingstown -- Deeds, etc., 1828-1882.

Box 24, folder 67. Purchase of U. S. bonds abroad, 1864-1866

Box 24, folder 68. Railroads -- Hudson Highland Suspension Bridge Company stock certificates, 1888-1890.

Box 24, folder 69. Railroads -- Iowa Falls & Sioux City R.R., 1880-1882.

Box 24, folder 70. Railroads -- Oregon Pacific R.R., 1883-1886.

Box 24, folder 71. Railroads -- Tehuankpec Interocean R.R., 1881.

Box 24, folder 72. Railroads -- Wisconsin Central R.R., 1873-1882.

Box 24, folder 73. Relief Fund accounts, 1862-1863; Congregational Society accounts, 1870.

Box 24, folder 74. Resolution re explosion from Stonington Railroad, 1854.

Box 24, folder 75. R. I. General Assembly roll calls, 1850-1866, 1881.

Box 24, folder 76. R. I. General Assembly railroad legislation, 1853-1855.

Box 24, folder 77. Sales and labor agreements, 1828-1866.

Box 24, folder 78. Singing school -- Subscriber list, ca. 1857. Peace Dale.

Box 24, folder 79. Sketch of machinery, undated.

Box 24, folder 80. Slavery -- Intervention on behalf of New Orleans free men -- News clippings, 1841.

Box 24, folder 81. Slavery -- Intervention on behalf of New Orleans free men -- Descriptive lists, ca. 1841.

Box 24, folder 82. Slavery -- Intervention on behalf of New Orleans free men -- Correspondence, 1840-1841.

Box 24, folder 83. Soldiers and Sailors Monument -- Meeting notices and fliers, 1866-1869.

Box 24, folder 84. South Kingstown -- Town petition re assessments, 1882.

Box 24, folder 85. Temperance Advocate -- Stock certificate, 1852.

Box 24, folder 86. Timber memoranda, undated.

Box 24, folder 87. Trust agreement, 1885.

Box 24, folder 88. Waterproof cloaks for sisters, 1872.

Box 24, folder 89. Will and probate, 1880, 1888.

Box 24, folder 90. Will of Louisa E. Shaw of Georgia, 1829.

Box 24, folder 91. Women's suffrage broadsides and clippings.

Box 24, folder 92. "Yankee Notion" steam dredging machine, deeds & accts., 1879-1884.



Series 3: Financial

Box 25, folder 1. Bond packet inventory books, 1875-1881 (also family members).

Box 25, folder 2. Household account book, 1828-1862.

Box 25, folder 3. Lodging account, London?, 1857.

Box 25, folder 4. Memoranda book, 1846-1847 (marked "Hazard & Green")

Box 25, folder 5. Memoranda book, 1854-1856.

Box 25, folder 6. Memoranda & cash book, 1835.

Box 25, folder 7. Order books, 1837-1843 (9 small volumes).

Box 25, folder 8. Personal ledger, 1833-1835, includes family, furnace accounts.

Box 25, folder 9. Accounts, 1822-1827.

Box 25, folder 10. Accounts, 1828 (R. G. Hazard & Co.)

Box 25, folder 11. Accounts, 1828 (R. G. Hazard & Co.)

Box 25, folder 12. Accounts, 1828-1829 (Peace Dale Mill construction)

Box 25, folder 13. Accounts, 1828-1829 (household expenses). Food, furniture, clothing.

Box 25, folder 14. Accounts, 1829 (R. G. Hazard & Co.)

Box 25, folder 15. Accounts, 1829 (R. G. Hazard & Co.)

Box 25, folder 16. Accounts, 1830 (R. G. Hazard & Co.)

Box 25, folder 17. Accounts, 1831.

Box 25, folder 18. Accounts, 1832.

Box 25, folder 19. Accounts, 1833.

Box 25, folder 20. Accounts, 1834.

Box 25, folder 21. Accounts, 1835.

Box 25, folder 22. Accounts, 1835 (Steam engine).

Box 25, folder 23. Accounts, 1835-1838 (Son Rowland's school & clothing).

Box 25, folder 24. Accounts, 1836.

Box 25, folder 25. Accounts, 1837.

Box 25, folder 26. Accounts, 1838.

Box 25, folder 27. Accounts, 1839.

Box 25, folder 28. Accounts, 1840.

Box 25, folder 29. Accounts, 1841.

Box 26, folder 1. Accounts, 1842 (Sugar Loaf Coal Company of Philadelphia).

Box 26, folder 2. Accounts, 1842.

Box 26, folder 3. Accounts, 1843.

Box 26, folder 4. Accounts, 1844.

Box 26, folder 5. Accounts, 1845.

Box 26, folder 6. Accounts, 1846.

Box 26, folder 7. Accounts, 1847.

Box 26, folder 8. Accounts, 1848.

Box 26, folder 9. Accounts, 1849.

Box 26, folder 10. Accounts, 1850.

Box 26, folder 11. Accounts, 1851.

Box 26, folder 12. Accounts, 1852.

Box 26, folder 13. Accounts, 1853.

Box 26, folder 14. Accounts, 1854.

Box 26, folder 15. Accounts, 1855.

Box 26, folder 16. Accounts, 1856.

Box 26, folder 17. Accounts, 1857-1859.

Box 26, folder 18. Accounts, 1860-1863.

Box 26, folder 19. Accounts, 1864.

Box 26, folder 20. Accounts, 1865.

Box 27, folder 1. Accounts, 1865-1868 (book production and sales).

Box 27, folder 2. Accounts, 1866.

Box 27, folder 3. Accounts, 1866 (European trip).

Box 27, folder 4. Accounts, 1867.

Box 27, folder 5. Accounts, 1868.

Box 27, folder 6. Accounts, 1869.

Box 27, folder 7. Accounts, 1869-1870 (paid bonds).

Box 27, folder 8. Accounts, 1870-1872.

Box 27, folder 9. Accounts, 1873.

Box 27, folder 10. Accounts, 1874-1879.

Box 27, folder 11. Accounts, 1880.

Box 27, folder 12. Accounts, 1880 (Gideon Noka).

Box 27, folder 13. Accounts, 1881.

Box 27, folder 14. Receipt from heirs of Mrs. Job Greene for $5, 1881 (in compensation for pay error made in 1831).

Box 27, folder 15. Accounts, 1882.

Box 27, folder 16. Accounts, 1883.

Box 27, folder 17. Accounts, 1883-1884 (market reports).

Box 27, folder 18. Accounts, 1884-1888.

Box 27, folder 19. Accounts, undated.


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Subjects:


This listing may appear to be a complete index to the correspondence, but it is not. While the collection was being organized, groups of letters from many correspondents were noticed. Rather than lose this important information, the following notes were compiled. Many more important letters can be found by browsing through the files chronologically. This listing will provide an impression of the types of letters in the collection, and perhaps save some time for those interested in specific individuals.


Abbot, Francis E. (1836-1903). Clergyman of Boston, Mass. Appeal in support of Free Religion amendment, 6/9/1876. Many other letters through 1887.


Afro-Americans - Rhode Island - South Kingstown. Household account book listing wages paid to servants Mary Ann Hazard and Mary Niles, described as "of colour," 1836-1837. Box 25, folder 2.


Alcott, A. Bronson (1799-1888). Educator and mystic of Concord, Mass. Circular advertising Concord Summer School, 7/1/1879.


Allen, Zachariah (1795-1882). Textile manufacturer of Providence. 9/19//1840, solicits old Hazard family autographs and other South County notables for personal autograph collection.


Almy, Samson (1795-1876). Of Providence. Letter, 11/6/1840, discussing settlement of Almy & Brown firm with William Jenkins.


American Women's Suffrage Association. Circular letter, 8/19/1869, signed by Lucy Stone, Caroline Severance, Julia Ward Howe, T.W. Higginson and George Vibbert, asking for support. Letter, 10/25/1869, from Charles K. Whipple, asking for support in founding association. Circular letter, 8/23/1871. Also 1869 delegate list and 1881 suffrage bill, in box 24, folder 3.


Anthony, Charles (1815-1888). Of Richmond, R.I. Long letter re operation of RGH's mill at Richmond, 12/24/1841. Frequent letters re Carolina Mill thereafter.


Anthony, Henry B. (1815-1884). Letter, 10/19/1883. "Your previous works have placed you among the first metaphysicians of the day and have added largely to the reputation of the state."


Babcock, Horace (1822-1883). Of the Westerly Total Abstinence Society. Thanks to RGH for speaking to Society, 7/11/1843; draft response of RGH, 7/28/1843.


Bacon, Helen (Hazard) (1861-1925). Granddaughter. Letter, 7/1/1877.


Baird, Henry C. (1825-1912), publisher. Letters, 4/4/1860, 7/17/1860, 7/27/1860, 11/16/1860.


Bancroft, George (1800-1892). U.S. historian. Short signed letter, 7/10/1883, declining invitation to visit "the vale of peace".


Barnard, Henry (1811-1900), educator. Letter, 1/22/1844, re publishing.


Barstow, Amos C. (1813-1894). Of Providence. Letters: 8/18/1853, asking for support of the Daily Tribune (temperance paper); 12/20/1853, re Temperance party convention. Political letter, 6/5/1880. Many other mundane letters, 1850s to 1880s.


Bates, Stephen. Letter, 1/6/1852, asking for support in bringing stagecoach line to Carolina Mills.


Bicycles. Letter from William A. Robinson of Philadelphia, 1819/6/29, with long description of the latest fad in Philadelphia: the velocipede (bicycle). Accompanied by a wonderful drawing captioned "Improved mode of traveling."


Blackwell, Henry B. (1825-1909). Women's suffrage advocate, Boston. Letter, 6/22/1874, asking for help in enlisting T.W. Higginson for senatorial race.


Blake, Eli W. (1795-1886). Inventor. Letters, 7/31/1864, 11/6/1864, 1/4/1865, 1/14/1865, 8/7/1883, 10/15/1883


Booth, Jesse B. (1805-1883). Self-styled prophet, of South Providence, R.I. Long letter, 4/30/1857, describing revelations and asking for support. "I have been under inspirational guidance now 18 months which has reduced me pecuniarily by being unable to work / Before I can appear before the public I shall have to ask for aid from some kind Samaritans... Therefore I apeal to thee Rowland for a little timely aid to help in my fit out / For my Evangelical Mission as the unravailer of 60 creeds of religion and am ready to be the Bearer of the Last Light spoke of by Apostle Paul... I claim the title of Pope to bother Popery. Earthly evangelist or pope Jesse for the Millenium Era, the only receptacle on Earth for Divine Inspiration." [Booth was born in England, married, and had at least four children. In the 1860 census, he was living in the Knightsville neighborhood of Cranston, and had no occupation. He is buried at Swan Point Cemetery.]


Boston & Providence Railroad Company. File regarding Hazard's suit against the company, 1851-1879. In box 19, folder 8.



Bowen, Francis (1811-1890). Economist, Cambridge, Mass. Letter, 3/1/1866, denies writing article, attributes it to Simon Newcomb. Also 11/13/1866, several dated 1867-1879.


Bradley, Charles S. (1819-1888). Chief Justice, R.I. Supreme Court. Very frequent correspondent of RGH in 1860s and 1870s, mostly on legal matters.


Brandon, Gerard C. (1788-1850), former Governor of Mississippi. Draft letter from RGH seeking literary endorsement, 3/10/1841; response to RGH dated 3/14/1841: "If I was sent out to shoot a literary and talented man, I would never think of snaping at R.G. Hazard Esq. and take this opportunity of informing you I desire no further of your correspondence."


Brandon, William L. (1801-1890). Of Arcole Plantation, Mississippi. Letter, 1/22/1844. Southern planter complaining of insult to honor after an attempt to collect his debt. "I would rather be sued any time than dunned...I am astonished that a Yankee of your astuteness should be surprised at the shortcoming of his customers with a short crop!...I hope you won't inflict a visit on me...I lost a very valuable negro and a great deal of labor by sickness by not receiving my winter clothing in time." Brandon later served as a general in the Confederate Army.


Brayton, Charles Ray (1840-1910). Republican Party leader and postal official, Rhode Island. Two letter copies, RGH to Brayton, 8/2/1877 and 8/3/1877, re appointment of Wakefield postmaster and social invitation.


Brown, John (1800-1859). Abolitionist. Two letters from Rebecca Buffum Spring to RGH, dated 12/17/1859 and 2/3/1860, discussing efforts to save Brown's compatriot Mr. Stevens from the death sentence. Discusses John Brown as follows: "[Stevens] did write me just after Capt. Brown’s death, ‘The Capt. was as cheerful the morning of his execution as I ever knew him. I think he is better off than any of us, I almost long to be with him in the spirit land.’" “Capt. Brown wrote to me a few days before his death, of a dear son, who went first to Kansas to settle, and when it was known they were Free State men, the border ruffians burned their house, destroyed their property, killed one brother, and by their cruel treatment drove another mad! Mr. Jason Brown then returned to Ohio, as the Capt. said in his letter, ‘next to a ruined man.’ I have had two letters from this son, of whom the father said, ‘he is a laborious, ingenious, honest temperate & truthful man.’” Also see copy of letter from George Sennett to Mrs. R.B. Spring, 12/14/1859. A more detailed summary of these letters is available in the collection file at the RIHSL.


Brown, Nathaniel H. Circular letter, 5/23/1864, announcing partnership of Brown with RGH in New York City dry goods commission warehouse. Brown was general partner, RGH invested $100,000.


Brown University. Letters from son Rowland Hazard II as Brown student, 1847-1849.


Buffum, David (1811-1899). Of Brooklyn, N.Y. Frequent social letters from 1850s to 1887.


Burnside, Ambrose E. (1824-1881). Short notes to RGH dated 4/30 and 9/12/1867, in file on Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Letter, 2/26/1877, in full: "You have no doubt before this heard from the department that your case has been settled on the basis spoken of in Providence. I am quite sure this was the best that could have been done. I hope to see you in RI very soon." Letter, 5/7/1877, dictated but signed. Apologizes for delay in responding due to illness; "if you will advise me of the matter of your taxes still remains unadjusted, I will take great pleasure in assisting you to the extent of my ability."


Calvert, George H. (1803-1889). Author. Long letter re philosophy, 4/1867.


Capital punishment. Lecture, "Against Capital Punishment," undated, in box 22, folder 9.


Carey, Henry C. (1793-1879). Economist. Several letters, 1861-1863, etc.


Carolina Mills (Richmond, R.I.). Cotton and woolen mill, Carolina, R.I. Several very detailed letters describing the equipping of the mill, August - November 1843. Letters discussing mill operation are common thereafter through 1869. See entries for Charles Anthony, R. Holden.


Carpenter, Esther B. (1848-1893). Historian, Wakefield, R.I. Poem, 10/9/????; letters, 11/12/1879, 10/24/1883.


Carpenter, Rowland H. Testimony in trial of Carpenter for burning schoolhouse, 9/19/1845. Draft testimony of RGH re Carpenter, 1/26/1846. Letter from wife Thankful M. Carpenter of Peace Dale, begging for RGH's assistance in freeing alcoholic husband from prison, 11/26/1846. Letter from Elisha R. Potter, 12/21/1846, convincing RGH to support Carpenter's release. 2/4/1847, letter from E.R. Potter on behavior of Carpenter since release.


Caswell, Alexis (1799-1877). President, Brown University. Several letters, 1868-1877.


Chace, Arnold Buffum (1845-1932). Industrialist, son of Elizabeth Buffum Chace. Letter, 8/27/1881, asking for help in efforts to allow women admission to Brown University. Letter, 2/12/1883, asking for support of Free Religion Society. Letter, 3/17/1886, re Mr. Gregory's opinions on perjury cases.


Chace, Elizabeth Buffum (1806-1899). Reformer, Valley Falls, R.I.

[Letters generally solicit donations on behalf of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association and the Free Religious Association.] 38 letters dated 10/20/1871, 1/18/1872, 5/3/1872, 2/3/1874, 2/11/1874, 10/19/1874, 11/14/1875, 4/27/1877, 5/25/1877, 11/29/1878, 12/5/1878, 10/7/1879, 10/22/[1879??], 11/1/1880, 11/6/1880, 11/9/1880, 5/12/1881, 10/18/1881, 10/22/1881, 9/26/1882, 10/20/1882, 10/17/1883, 2/4/1884, 10/31/1884, 11/8/1884, 1/11/1885, 3/10/1885, 10/11/1885, 10/15/1885, 2/7/1886, 3/28/1886, 9/25/1886, 10/8/1886, 2/13/1887, 3/6/1887, 3/11/1887, 3/15/1887, undated. Also draft letter of RGH to Chace dated 2/6/1886. Letter of 10/18/1881, in part: "I don't see how the injustice of the disfranchisement of women is ever to be wiped out, until men who believe it is unjust, and in whose hands is the power, take up the matter and see that justice is done. However, if men cannot come to our meetings and do some of the work, we must call upon them to give us aid in some other way..." Postscript from 2/4/1884 letter: "I write this while very sad, over the great shock which the sudden death of our most honored and beloved friend and helper in everything good, Wendell Phillips, has given us. Now, nearly all that band are gone. There does not even seem to be one left, to say the fitting word over his deserted body. Too many gone, and yet, so much left to be done." A more detailed summary of these letters is available in the collection file at the RIHSL.


Chace, Jonathan (1829-1917). U.S. Senator. Letter to introduction of RGH to L.Q.C. Lamar, 4/14/1886.


Chadsey, Alfred B. (1815-1902). Of Wickford, R.I. Offers to nominate RGH for U.S. congressional seat, 2/13/1857. Several other letters, 1868, etc.


Channing, William E. (1780-1842). Clergyman. Circular letter 11/19/1842 from heirs, soliciting loans of Channing letters for use in a published edition of his correspondence. Circular letters, 4/23/1879, 4/30/1879, 7/19/1879, soliciting funds to build a Channing birthplace memorial in Newport. Also fragment of undated essay on Channing in box 23, folder 24. Pledge sheet and program for Channing Memorial Church, 1880-1881, in box 24, folder 11.


Channing, William F. (1820-1901), inventor. Letter, 8/6/1844. Draft of letter from RGH, 12/19/1842. Letter, 2/24/1869 re suffrage event. Letter, 12/24/1869, re R.I. Society for Encouragement of Domestic Industry. Letters, 3/12/1874, 3/16/1874, 2/28/1877, 10/24/1883.


Channing, William H. (1810-1884). Clergyman. Letter, 12/20/1844, re publishing RGH's manuscript.


Charlestown, R.I. - Commerce. See Carolina Mills.


Chase, Salmon P. (1808-1873). Statesman, Ohio. Letter, 1/10/1858, asking for reacting to Chase's recent message, inquiring about Mr. Walker. "Are there any gentlemen in Rhode Island to whom you would desire the message sent? If so please give me a list say of ten or fifteen names, including that of the editor of the Newport paper." Letter to RGH, 4/6/1860, expressing dismay at the election of William Sprague as Governor of Rhode Island. "We all regret it deeply. Every Republican, who is really such, in the Country must regret it." Sprague later married Chase's daughter. Also included is the draft response from RGH to Chace, 4/10/1860. Three other draft letters from RGH to Chase, 4/30/1862, 6/24/1862, 1/1/1863. Letter from Chase, 2/19/1863: unable to assist Miss Congdon in finding work.

Letter from Chase, 4/17/1869, asking RGH to assist Hamilton Smith in gaining information on Peace Dale. Encloses letter from Smith dated 3/25/1869, discussing visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Sprague in Narragansett. Letter from Chase, 9/23/1870, describing ill health; dictated but signed. Policies of Chase discussed at length in letter of J.E. Williams, 3/18/1876.


Churchill, Elizabeth K. (1829-1881). Woman's rights advocate, Providence. Letters, 2/2/1880, 2/6/1880, 2/11/1880, 11/3/1880. See also RI Woman's Suffrage Association.


Clarke, George L. (1813-1890). Of Providence. Letter, 1/8/1853, asks for support of Rhode Island Free Democrat (Free Soil newspaper).


Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888). Transcendentalist clergyman. Letters, 9/20/1876, 8/1/1881, 7/14/1883, 10/7/1883.


Clarke, John H. (1789-1870). U.S. senator, of Warwick R.I. Letters regarding postal appointments, 6/12/1849, 6/21/1849, 9/5/1849, 9/22/1850, 2/15/1851, 7/23/1852. RGH's responses, 6/11/1849, 6/24/1849, 4/12/1850


Clay, Cassius M. (1810-1903) Abolitionist, U.S. Minister to Russia. Letter, 12/1/1866, with draft of response dated 12/16/1866. Letters, 12/20/1866, 2/26/1867.


Collins, Peter H. (1809-1898). Of Hopkinton, R.I. Letter soliciting funds for repair of shed at Peace Dale Friends Meeting House, 2/8/1877.


Colt, Samuel P. (1852-1921). R.I. Attorney General. Letter, 3/24/1886. Asks RGH's advice on proposed legislation; "all word looks as though I would get the nomination on the first ballot, but we must be prepared for all kinds of attempted tricks by the ex-postmaster [Boss Brayton]." Several other letters, 1886.


Concord Summer School. Programs and notes re Hazard's lectures at the school, 1881-1883, in box 24, folder 12.


Cope, William D. Of "Connymead". 3 letters dated 1867, addressed to "dear brother". Exact relationship unknown; RGH's great-grandson married a Nancy Cope in 1922.


Copelin, John G. Files related to extended lawsuit filed by Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company on behalf of Copelin estate, relating to the Mine la Motte Company, 1869-1881. In boxes 20 and 21.


Credit Mobilier. Most of the voluminous correspondence and legal papers relating to this case are filed in Series 2, subseries 1. However, there is more than passing reference to the case in the correspondence files from 1868 onward, especially in the letters of Rowland R. Hazard Jr.


Curtis, Samuel. Of Peace Dale. "I have ben informed that you have orderd all of the houses that you owne in this place to be cleared by the 25th of March next for new famaleys and wee that now ocapies them to git some where else to live. It was unexpectid to mee I have lived hear a grate while...I ain't no friends hear I aint no where...I should be very glad to remain where I now live one more year if I live so long, my children are willing to worke in the mill...I will take boarders if you wish...I hoope you wont turn me away enny how." 2/3/1848.


Davis, Pauline Wright (1813-1876). Rhode Island suffrage activist.

Letters dated 11/11/1868, 11/27/1868, 10/3/1869, 10/10/1869, five undated. Also draft letter from RGH, 11/13/1868. Mostly re New England Woman Suffrage Association. A more detailed summary of these letters is available in the collection file at the RIHSL.


Davis, William B. Draft letter from RGH, 5/25/1847, proposing to sell Peace Dale operations; "My brother Isaac and myself are disposed to very materially lessen our business..."


Davis, William D. (1813-1903). Mill owner, Centreville, R.I. Letter, 11/21/1859, recommending mill help to RGH.


Deane, Charles (1813-1889). Historian, Cambridge, Mass. Letters, 6/25/1864, 8/20/1864, 8/25/1864


Dennis, J., Jr. Patent researcher. Letter informing RGH that something superior to his rail car invention has already been patented, 9/3/1858; 9/13/1858, accepts RGH's improvements.


Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company. Correspondence re mining prospects along rail line, 1877-1878.


Dewey, Orville (1794-1882). Clergyman, Sheffield, Mass. Letters, 3/22/1867, 10/14/1867.


Diaries - 1827. Diary of Caroline Newbold of Pennsylvania (later Mrs. Rowland G. Hazard), kept on trip to New Jersey and New York, July 17 to September 1 1827. In manuscript and typescript, in box 24, folder 20.


Diaries - 1828. Travel diary of Emma Newbold of Pennsylvania (later Mrs. Francis Janvier), 1828. Manuscript and typescript. In box 24, folder 30.


Diaries - 1866. Diary of Rowland G. Hazard, October 30 - December 31 1866.


Diaries - 1886-1888. Diary of Rowland G. Hazard, May 1 1886 to March 4 1888, and continued in another hand through June 11 1888.


Dillon, Sidney (1812-1892). Railroad financier, New York; president of Union Pacific railroad. Letter copy from RGH, 11/7/1879; probably other correspondence in Credit Mobilier files.


Dorr Rebellion. There is very little on the Rebellion in the correspondence files, only these two entries, quoted in full. 4/18/1842 from Isaac P. Hazard: "Things are going on quietly in Providence. This is the People's Town Meeting for election of general officers & most of our hands have gone either to town meeting or training or both." 4/29/1842 from Isaac P. Hazard: "30th. Rowly [Rowland Hazard II, aged 13] has a week holyday & goes over to see the end of the old & commencement of the new government. The old legislature meet tomorrow & the election is next day." Letter, 3/31/1845, from John Slocum: "Every individual ought to be striving for the peace of our state and to consistantly liberate Dorr from prison and to restore him to equal rites of other men."


Dredges. Folder of deeds and accounts re dredging machine Yankee Notion, 1879-1884, in box 24, folder 92.


Dyer, Elisha (1811-1890). Of Providence, former governor of R.I. Letter, 12/18/1865, asking for advice on sheep-raising.


Elder, James. Plantation owner, Charleston, S.C. Letter, 11/13/1839: "I am sorry the Negro Clothing did not please me, I am always anxious thay should be well clothed."


Eliot, Charles W. (1834-1926). President of Harvard University. Draft letter from RGH, 12/8/1869, declines invitation. Letter, 4/20/1871, asking for information on Harvard scholarship for students from the "Petaquamscot in the Narragansett Country".


Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-1869). Secretary of Treasury. Draft letters from RGH, 7/19/1864, 8/9/1864, 8/11/1864, 8/20/1864, 8/22/1864. Also a copy of a letter from J.E. Williams to Fessenden, 8/3/1864.


Fisher, Margaret (Hazard) (1867-1940). Granddaughter. Letter, 12/17/1876.


Ford, Henry A. Of Niles, Michigan. Letter, 9/1866, thanks RGH for visit and recalls anecdote re Sarah Helen Whitman. Several letters, 1867-1869, 12/27/1883


"Free Religion". Frequent correspondence on this topic with Francis F. Abbot, Arnold B. Chace, Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Thomas W. Higginson.


Fremont, John C. (1813-1890). Explorer, politician and soldier of California. One folder of bonds and financial correspondence, 1858-1862. Box 24, folder 18.


Goddard, William (1825-1907). Of Providence. Letter, 8/26/1886.


Greeley, Horace (1811-1872). Editor, New York. Letter, 11/29/1858. Asks Hazard to help in forwarding New York Tribune circulars to ""two or three earnest Republicans at each Post Office address". Signed "Horace Greeley & Co.".


Grimke, Sarah M. (1792-1873). Abolitionist. Letter of thanks for donation, 12/12/1873; mentions their previous acquaintance in Charleston.


Hallett, Samuel. Entrepreneur in the submarine industry. Many letters, 1857, especially 8/4/1857 on letterhead of Nautilus Submarine Company of London, and 10/3/1857. Files on lawsuit vs. Samuel Hallett, 1842-1869, in box 19, folders 17-22.


Hayne, Paul H. (1830-1886). Editor and poet of Charleston, S.C. Many letters, 1879-1886. Also two letters from Hayne's son William, 1886, 1887. Also folder of Hayne's poems in box 24, folder 19.


Hazard, Barclay (1852-1938). Nephew, son of Thomas R. Hazard. Post cards, 11/22/1877, 8/27/1879. Letters 11/15/1882, 3/9/1883, 10/23/1883


Hazard, Caroline (1856-1945). Granddaughter. Letters, 12/16/1876, 2/4/1877, 3/25/1877, 5/27/1877. Also her processing notes on the collection, circa 1933, in box 24, folder 58.


Hazard, Caroline (Newbold) (1807-1868). Wife of Rowland G. Hazard I. One box of letters received, 1821-1866, mostly from friends and family in Pennsylvania, in series 1, subseries 2. Also in box 24, folders 20-25: 1827 journal of her trip to New York; commonplace books from 1816 and 1822, and miscellaneous poetry.


Hazard, Frederick R. (1858-1917). Grandson. Letters, 12/16/1876, 12/17/1876, 5/6/1877,


Hazard, Isaac P. (1794-1879). Of Newport, R.I.; brother and business partner of RGH. Hundreds of letters from 1820s through 1878, mostly re business, with frequent mention of family affairs.


Hazard, John N. Son. Virtually no correspondence noticed in collection. Short letter, 2/21/1877.


Hazard, Joseph P. (1807-1892). Of Newport, R.I.; brother and business partner of RGH. Many letters throughout collection.


Hazard, Margaret A. (Rood). Daughter-in-law. Letters, 10/29/1871, 2/11/1874, 2/20/1874, 1/23/1875, 1/25/1875, 3/9/1875, 1/28/1878, .


Hazard, Rowland (1763-1835). Letters, 5/19/1829, and others.


Hazard, Rowland II (1829-1898). Son of RGH. Writes frequently to father. First letter dated 1/21/1840. See also 12/26/1840, 12/18/1843, 6/29/1845, 10/4/1847, 10/20/1847, 1/25/1848, 3/27/1848, 4/4/1848, 9/17/1849, 10/18/1849, 10/19/1849, 11/13/1849, several in 1850-1851, 6/28/1853, 8/9/1853, 12/7/1854, 12/28/1854, 12/29/1854, several 1855, 11/27/1857, 9/23/1859, 11/25/1859, 10/21/1859, 7/18/1861, 8/14/1862, several annually from 1864 onward. Also letters to mother Caroline (Newbold) Hazard, 1851 and possibly others. At Brown University, 1847-1849.


Hazard, Rowland G. II (1855-1918). Grandson. Letters, 12/16/1876, 5/25/1877, 6/12/1877, 10/18/1877, 1/24/1880, 4/28/1885.


Hazard, Rowland R. Jr. Cousin, of Newport, R.I. several political letters, 1859-1860. Many letters re business, 1869 onward.


Hazard, Thomas R. (1797-1886). Brother of RGH, of Newport, R.I. Many letters, including several from the 1830s, 6/25/1843, 8/23/1843, 9/3/1843, 3/30/1845, 4/26/1845, 3/1846, 4/1/1846, 1/14/1847, 5/11/1847, 2/14/1848, 12/12/1849, many from 1850s, 1/5/1860, 1/5/1861, 11/28/1861, 2/12/1862, 1/10/1864, 4/27/1865, 6/11/1865, 8/12/1865, 9/9/1865, 11/3/1865, 1/26/1866, 9/19/1867, 12/26/1867, 2/5/1868, 8/13/1868, 1/23/1869, 8/11/1869, 8/30/1869, 11/4/1869, 3/10/1870 (including a "physiometrical deliberation" on RGH), 11/5/1870, 8/15/1871, 8/18/1871, 8/23/1871, 10/1/1871, 10/31/1871, 11/28/1871, 12/1/1871, 4/30/1872, 5/10/1872, 6/3/1872, 6/25/1872, 7/10/1872, 7/19/1872, 12/12/1872, 8/14/1873, 10/27/1873, 11/29/1873, 12/5/1873, 12/9/1873, 6/9/1874, 6/22/1874, 12/14/1874, 12/19/1874, 12/26/1874, 12/31/1874, 10/6/1875, 1/5/1876, 7/26/1876, 8/1/1876, 12/14/1876, 12/18/1876, 3/7/1877, 11/8/1877, 11/15/1877, 2/7/1878, 2/13/1878, 7/21/1878, 12/8/1879, 3/18/1880, 8/1/1881 (describing relationship to the John N. Hazard whose business folded in 1829), 9/9/1881, 9/17/1881, 10/23/1881, 11/28/1882, 12/16/1882, 12/27/1882, 1/10/1883, 1/29/1883, 2/2/1883, 2/3/1883, 2/16/1883, 2/26/1883, 5/10/188310/18/1884, 12/1/1884, 6/1/1885, 6/20/1885, 6/28/1885, 7/8/1885, 9/27/1885, 2/1/1886, 2/10/1886, 2/19/1886.


Hazard, William R. (1803-a.1883). Brother, of Poplar Ridge, N.Y. Letters, 12/20/1881, 12/21/1881, Letter dated 6/22/1883, arbitrating dispute between his brothers Thomas R. and Rowland G. Hazard.


Higginson, Thomas W. (1823-1911). Reformer and publisher. Letter, 9/2/1869, solicits funds for biology scholarship at museum in Cambridge. Letter, 9/30/1869, asks for signature re American Women's Suffrage Convention. Letter dated 10/10/1869, attempting to raise funds for paper. Note dated 10/16/1869, enclosing subscription papers for "the proposed women's journal". Subscription list includes Julia Ward Howe. Letter from Henry B. Blackwell to RGH, 6/22/1874, asking for help in enlisting Higginson for senatorial race.

Letter, 5/12/1875, asks RGH to serve as vice-president of the Free Religious Association. Note, 5/19/1879, invites RGH to meeting of Board of Examiners of State Normal School Letter, 5/28/1879, invites RGH to Free Religious Association meeting.


Holden, R. Of Carolina Mills. Letter, 11/20/1851, blaming his failures as Carolina Mills company store keeper on the superintendent, Charles Anthony. Describes competition with other local stores.


Holland, George Ira, Jr. (ca.1853- ). Confectioner of Wakefield, R.I. Long letter, 2/3/1882, seeking $250 loan from RGH. "Unless you will help me I must go down may god help me if I du, I was in the meet bissness a while but I could not make eny thing at it, it requard more captol then I had then to carry it on so I was oblige to give it up. Sence that time I have run a small bissness of oysters confectionry &c also a barber shop and was geting along all rite but the bills I owed that I contracted when I was in the meet bissness has give me a hard one... I am trying to rase up to all ways to be a honest Cristin man, I am 29 years old & I have got a good prospect for me if I could only get out of this trubble." [In 1870 census, listed as aged 17, employed in woolen mill, living with carpenter father.]


Holmes, Oliver Wendell I (1809-1894). Essayist of Boston, Mass. Letter declining invitation to visit due to poor health, 10/1/1879; "I have not heard anything lately of our friend Miss Esther Carpenter - I hope she is well and has not forgotten me."


Janvier, Emma (Newbold). Travel diary, 1828. With typescript. In box 24, folder 30. Also her annual notes of thanks to Hazard for semi-annual checks of $50 or $60 from 1868 to 1886, filed chronologically in his correspondence.


Janvier, Francis D. (1817-1885). Husband of Mrs. RGH's cousin. RGH was in some sort of business partnership with him. Two letters discuss dissolving the partnership: 9/18/1843 and 10/28/1843.


Janvier, Thomas A. (1849-1913). Journalist, cousin-in-law, of New York. Letters re RGH's literary work, 10/19/1883, 10/25/1883, 1/13/1884


Jones, Augustine (1835-1925). Quaker educator. Long letters, 5/5/1882 and 6/24/1882, soliciting money for the Friends Boarding School library in Providence.


Kent Academy. East Greenwich, R.I. Circular re alumni gathering, 2/24/1855.


King, George G. (1807-1870). U.S. Representative, Newport. Letters re postal appointment at Peace Dale, 5/18/1852, 5/19/1852.


La Motte Lead Company. Correspondence re Missouri lead mine, 1869-1878.


Latham, Benedict (1816- ). Of Centerville, R.I. Long political letter, 10/15/1868: "Now our little political battle is over, and as the smoke clears up and the wounded are brought in, and the straglers & skulks come sneeking back, we can see where the weak points and mistakes are..."


Lazarus, Moritz (1824-1903). Philosopher and psychologist, Germany. Letter, 1/17/1876, and response, 2/21/1876.


Lead mines and mining - Missouri. Correspondence re Mine la Motte mine, 1869-1878.


Lesesne, Thomas. Of Mobile, Ala.; sales agent for R.G. Hazard & Co. Copies of several original letters sent by RGH, 1840-1841. These may have been accessioned at a later date than the remainder of the collection, or may have been returned to RGH for some reason.


Lewis, Tayler (1802-1877). Lawyer, educator. Letter re RGH's Causation, 11/14/1869.


Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865). U.S. President. Draft of letter from RGH, 3/1/1861. Opposes rumored appointment of Simon Cameron as Secretary of War. Cameron was appointed despite RGH's protest, but was removed from office on charges of corruption the following year. Draft of letter from RGH to "Dear Sir," 9/3/1864, clearly to President Lincoln (see last page). 15 pages, urging the adoption of RGH's financial policies that had been ignored by Sec. Fessenden. Draft of letter from RGH, 1/19/1865: "a good financial policy would end the war."


Lippitt, Christopher (1783- ). Textile manufacturer, Jewett City, Conn. Series of business letters circa 1828-1829, including one dated 10/7/1828 that reads in part "P.S. It seams that if ther is any bad luck it falls on me. This day one of the heads of my famulies is consigned to the grave, this makes the 4 out of the same family. And the famuly that I had lately hired to work in the factory & ware to have mooved last Saturday, have disapointed me & cannot come. I begin to think that I never shall git my mill all in opporation." Also files on lawsuit of Samson Almy vs. Peleg Wilbur, relating largely to Lippitt's Connecticut Mills, in box 19, folders 2-7.


McCarter, James J. (1799-1872?). Of Charleston, S.C. Dozens of letters, 1830s-1870s. One particularly interesting one dated 7/25/1868 reads in part "I think you have shewn most conclusively that, to work 8 hours a day instead of 10, wil result in loss to the laboring man, will reduce his proportion of the results of capital and labor combined, and prove in the long run a serious injury to the working man - greater by far than the proportion of loss which will fall to the capitalist."


McCulloch, Hugh (1808-1895). U.S. Secretary of Treasury. Letters, 12/30/1865, 3/31/1866, 5/22/1866, 5/28/1866, 8/31/1866, 8/14/1868, re economic policy.


Meyer, E. New York City. Letter, 6/30/1862, asking RGH to warn Salmon Chace about the exportation of specie to Europe by "a parcel of german jews who would sell their souls if sure to make a few per cent..." Continues on in this vein for eight pages.


Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873). Philosopher, England.

Nine letters from Mill dated 12/13/1864, 6/7/1865, 11/15/1865, 6/27/1866, 11/16/1866, 12/22/1866, 8/12/1867, 5/18/1870, 4/9/1873. Also draft letters from RGH to Mill, 6/25/1865, 7/1/1865, 11/25/1866. Letters discuss philosophy and American politics; Mill offered detailed critiques of RGH's philosophical works. Letter, 6/7/1865, reads in part: "Emancipation is not enough, without making the freed negroes electors and landholders, nor without reinforcing them by a large migration of northern people to the southern states. Otherwise the negroes will remain in a state of dependence on their old masters approaching slavery..." Letter, 11/15/1865, reads in part: "What a great benefit your people have conferred on mankind by showing what democracy and universal education together can do - how they make a whole people heroes when heroism is required, and peaceful citizens again as soon as the necessity is ended." A more detailed summary of these letters is available in the collection file at the RIHSL.


Mine la Motte. Lead mine, Missouri. RGH owned this mine; there are many letters regarding it from 1869 onward, especially 1869-1873, 1877-1878. See also lawsuit files of Rhode Island Hospital Trust, 1869-1881, in boxes 20 and 21.


Mineral industries - Missouri. Correspondence re Mine la Motte lead mine, 1869-1878.


Minturn, Robert B. (1805-1866). Merchant of New York City. Letters, 4/25/1866, 4/28/1866.


Missouri - Mining. Correspondence re Mine la Motte lead mine, 1869-1878.


x Newbold, Caroline. See Hazard, Caroline (Newbold).


x Newbold, Emma. See Janvier, Emma (Newbold).


Newbold, John L. Of Philadelphia. RGH's brother-in-law, frequently in correspondence files re business, especially the Sugar Loaf Mining Company in the 1840s. See also file on his disputed title to Texas lands, 1845-1902, in box 24, folders 44, 45.


Newbold Family. Letters from various Newbolds throughout collection, especially to Caroline (Newbold) Hazard in series 1, subseries 2.


Oakdell Cemetery (South Kingstown, R.I.). Undated act of incorporation, and 1875 deed for lot, in box 24, folder 48.


Padelford, Seth (1807-1878). Of Providence; R.I. Governor, 1869-1873. Political letters, 6/9/1859, 10/31/1859, 12/16/1859, 12/31/1859, 1/24/1860.


Pawcatuck Temperance Society (Westerly, R.I.) "An Address Delivered by Request of the Pawcatuck Temperance Society at Westerly, R.I.," July 4 1843, in box 22, folder 7.


Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer (1804-1894). Educator and Transcendentalist; served as publisher of some of RGH's works . Many letters, 1855-1856, 12/22/1859, 1/18/1860, 4/20/1860, 1/15/1862, 5/4/1860, 7/21/1862, 1/16/1863, 2/28/1863, 7/20/1863, 10/22/1863, 1/1/1864, 8/15/1864, 8/27/1864, 9/14/1864, 3/16/1865, 7/23/1866, 7/4/1871, 7/17/1871, 7/29/1871, 7/23/1872, 6/23/1872, 4/16/1873, 9/3/1873, 1/10/1874, 3/8/1875, 7/19/1875, 7/15/1875, [1876], 2/20/1876, 11/7/1876, 12/1/1876 (circular card), 8/14/1878, 3/13/1879, 7/13/1879, 7/25/1879 (2 cards), 1/6/1880, 1/24/1880, 7/25/1880, 7/19/1881, 8/4/1881, 8/10/1881, 10/27/1881, 12/13/1881, 6/27/1882, 2/1883, 2/8/1883, 3/12/1883, 9/9/1883, 1/24/1884, 2/24/1885, 3/29/1885, 6/5/1885, 8/24/1885, 10/15/1885, 6/6/1886, 6/25/1886, 7/20/1887. Also original letter from L.L. Zulavsky to Peabody, 4/8/1860; travel itinerary, ca. 7/1879.


Peace Dale Furnace Company. Several letters in 1834 seem to relate to the operation of a furnace in Peace Dale; a 9/15/1834 letter is even addressed to "R.G. Hazard, Agent, Peace Dale Furnace Co."


Peace Dale Manufacturing Company. Woolen mill, South Kingstown, R.I. Frequent correspondence and loose bills, especially from 1828 to 1866, producing "Negro cloth" for southern market. Several letters seeking mill jobs, 1858-1860.


Pendleton, Enoch B. (1805-1875). Of Westerly. Three substantial letters on local and national politics, 9/2/1856, 9/6/1856, 9/9/1856.


Philosophy - Rhode Island. Correspondence of the author of several works of metaphysics, including letters received from John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer and many others. Most of the philosophical correspondence can be found after 1863. See also essays and drafts of many of Hazard's published works in series 2, subseries 3.


Porter, Noah (1811-1892). President of Yale University. Several letters, ca. 1860-1888.


Potter, Elisha R. (1795-1882). Many letters. Draft letter by RGH to General Assembly recommending his removal as judge, 5/1876.


Potter, James B.M. (1818-1900). Textile manufacturer, Usquepaugh, R.I. 10/26/1841: Bitter letter from Davis & Potter re RGH's failure to vacate a mill that had been leased to Davis & Potter the previous spring. 11/20/1843: Arbitration ruling on this case by L.A. Arnold, that RGH must pay rent for disputed period.


Providence & Stonington Railroad Company. File regarding Hazard's suit against the company, 1851-1879. In box 19, folder 8. Also articles on subject in box 23, folders 1-2.


Providence Conference Seminary. East Greenwich, R.I. Letter from H.W. Conant, essentially proposing that the school could be renamed as the Hazard Academy for a large enough donation, 6/12/1874. Fund-raising appeal, 11/19/1874. Reunion circulars, 5/23/1876, 5/19/1877. Personal invitation, 5/29/1876. Invitation to board meeting, 4/11/1878. Asks for help in fund-raising, 10/8/1879.


Railroad law - Rhode Island. Frequent correspondence re railroad regulation, especially in 1850s, and regarding the Credit Mobilier case from 1867 to 1888. Also legal files in series 2, subseries 1 and 2, covering the same periods. Also essays on subject in box 22, folders 25, 26; and box 23, folders 1, 2,3, 6, 7. Also subject files on individual railroads, 1873-1890, in box 24, folders 68-72, 76.


Republican Party. Frequent insider correspondence re Republican politics, both national and local, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880. See especially letter of Benedict Latham.


Rhode Island Horticultural Society. Circular re meeting, 8/12/1852.


Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company. Files on extended lawsuit by the Company as administrator of the estate of John G. Copelin, 1869-1881. In boxes 20, 21.


Rhode Island - Politics and government. Frequent correspondence re local, state and national politics, mostly re Whig and Republican parties, 1840s to 1880s. Also folder of political memoranda, 1859-1868, in box 24, folders 53, 75-76. See entries for John Slocum, Sylvester Shearman, Benedict Latham, etc.


Rhode Island State Temperance Society. Circulars re meeting, 1/1845 and 1/10/1850


Rhode Island State Total Abstinence Society. Circulars re meetings, 8/25/1853, 11/9/1853.


Rhode Island Temperance Union. Letters from agent H. W. Conant 10/29/1869, 12/7/1870, 6/15/1871, 12/3/1873, 3/14/1874, 3/11/1875, 11/28/1876, 12/2/1876, 4/19/1877, 9/26/1877, 4/30/1879, 3/27/1881. Circular letter, 10/5/1871. Letter from William S. Holland of Peace Dale committee, 2/28/1881.


Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association. Letters from secretary Rhoda A. Fairbanks, 1/28/1869, 6/1/1869, 12/6/1869. 6/1/1869 letter includes printed constitution, listing RGH as vice-president. Letter from Elizabeth Churchill asking for support of RGH in setting up lecture at Peace Dale, 12/17/1869. Letter re meeting, 10/6/1871, 10/20/1871. Petition to General Assembly discussed, 1/18/1872. Request for funds, 3/2/1872. Thanks for donation, 3/16/1872. 4/4/1872 - Elizabeth Churchill expresses interest in becoming clerk of Legislature. Letters from agent Margaret Campbell, 12/18/1876 and 12/22/1876. Letter from secretary Frances Frost, 10/3/1881, asking RGH to speak at meeting.


Richmond, R.I. - Commerce. See Carolina Mills.


Ripley, George (1802-1880). Reformer and editor. Several letters, including 7/12/1876, 1/29/1877, 9/4/1879 and others.


Robinson, William A. Of Philadelphia. Letter, 1819/6/29, with long description of the latest fad in Philadelphia: the velocipede (bicycle). Accompanied by a wonderful drawing captioned "Improved mode of traveling."


Roger Williams Monument Association. Several letters re this group, 1866-1869.


Rood, Ogden N. (1831-1902). Several letters dated 1864-1885 re finding a German translator for RGH's work, and publishing his articles in magazines. RGH's son Rowland married Margaret Ann Rood in 1854, possibly the sister of Ogden. In any event, Ogden and his wife Mathilde frequently address RGH as "father". A 12/26/1865 letter is signed "your third son Ogden".


Ross, Arthur A. (1791-1864). Clergyman, Pawtucket, R.I. 11/17/1852, anguished letter re slavery and the new Pierce administration.


Rotch, William B. (1802-1826). Letter, in undated correspondence file.


Sharpe, Thomas A. Of Marongo County, Ala. "Your prices are not in conformity with what I had to take for cotton last year...We Southerners will have to make our own clothes & shoes." 4/11/1840.


Shearman, Sylvester G. (1803-1868). Of Wickford, R.I. Letter, 3/26/1846, re distressing decision of Elder Slocum to run for election. Letter, 3/27/1849, asking for support in Whig candidacy for U.S. Representative (which he eventually lost by 20 votes). "I know that you are not much of a politician...I trust you will do all that you can conveniently do for me in the matter of the election - both in your town, and at the Carolina Mills, which takes Richmond and Charleston...My prospects are very good, but my friends must do their duty or I may be defeated."


Sheffield, William P. (1820-?) U.S. Representative and Senator, Rhode Island. Letters, ca.1868-1870, re Credit Mobilier.


Slaves - Southern States - Social conditions. Extensive correspondence re sales of "Negro Cloth" for use by southern slaves. See "Southern States - History". Also, see three folders in "miscellaneous" series re Hazard's interventions on behalf of several illegally enslaved black free men in New Orleans, 1840-1841, in box 24, folders 80-82.


Slocum, John. Of Peace Dale. 11/3/1842, offers to operate RGH's shingle machine in Rhode Island. 10/6/1843, presents qualifications of A.A. Wiley of Pittsfield as machinist for mill. 10/10/1843, describes in detail delivery of equipment to Carolina Mill. Letter, 3/31/1845, on politics in Peace Dale. "Every individual ought to be striving for the peace of our state and to consistantly liberate Dorr from prison and to restore him to equal rites of other men." 2/9/1847: Isaac P. Hazard "has not yet decided what to do with the peacedale mill but sayes he had rather rent outwrite than run it himself." 10/16/1847: "Had rather do nothing than such a business as have been engaged in for the last few years, all the hope I have had was that there may be some arrangement made to enlarge, had I known things would have taken the turn they have, I should have left this place years ago and saught employment else where that would have given me a living with industry on my part." Several other letters in collection, all of them unusually informative, though not particularly literate.


Smith, Amos D. (1805-1877). Of Providence. Places order for cloth, 8/19/1840.


Smith, James Y. (1809-1877). Of Providence. Invites RGH to Republican Convention, 4/26/1872.


Society of Friends - Rhode Island. Letter from Peter Collins soliciting funds for repair of shed at Peace Dale Friends Meeting House, 2/8/1877.


South Kingstown, R.I. - Commerce. See Peace Dale Manufacturing Company.


Southern States - History - 1775-1865. RGH traveled extensively in the South during the 1820s, 1830s and 1840s, and his business sold "Negro cloth" to a primarily Southern market. The collection includes very frequent correspondence from Southern plantation owners negotiating purchases. See entries for Paul Hayne, James J. McCarter, James Elder and Gerard Brandon.


Spencer, Anna C. (Garlin) (1851-1931). Suffrage activist, Providence. Letter, 9/1/1887, asking for use of Peace Dale hall for suffrage lecture.


Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903). Philosopher, England. Letter, 7/14/1881, re stock sale and health. Files on Herbert Spencer Fund, 1866; and Herbert Spencer Dinner, 1882, in box 24, folders 26-27.


Sprague, William (1830-1915). R.I. Governor, Senator. Letter from Salmon P. Chase re Sprague's election victory, 4/6/1860. Letter from Hamilton Smith to Salmon Chase dated 3/25/1869 (enclosed in Chase's 4/17 letter), discussing visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Sprague in Narragansett.


Spring, Rebecca (Buffum) (1811-1911). Abolitionist, of New Jersey. Sister of Elizabeth Buffum Chace. Letter to RGH, 12/17/1859, re efforts to save Mr. Stevens, a compatriot of abolitionist John Brown, from the death sentence: "They have again changed the time of his trial, they are in haste to put all these men to death. . . I would almost coin my hearts blood to save this good, kind, uncomplaining man, to whom life is I doubt not very dear. . ." Also encloses copy of letter from George Sennett to Mrs. R.B. Spring, 12/14/1859. Letter, 2/3/1860: thanks for $25; Stevens’ trail has begun, solicits funds for support of Brown's son Jason Brown. A more detailed summary of these letters is available in the collection file at the RIHSL.


Stanton, Kate Sands (1838- ). Women's rights advocate.

Spirited letters from an aspiring feminist lecturer (not a close relative of the renowned Elizabeth Cady Stanton) to whom RGH provided financial support. 22 letters dated 11/15/1867, 8/15/1871, 8/18/1871, 8/23/1871, 8/24/1871, 9/30/1871, 10/5/1871, 10/6/1871, [10/18/1871], 11/1871, 11/23/1871, 11/28/1871, 12/6/1871, 12/12/1871, 12/19/1871, 12/26/1871 (2 letters), 1/24/1872, 3/21/1872, 4/5/1872, 7/31/1872, 8/13/1873. Also an enclosed letter from B.W. Williams of the American Literary Bureau to Stanton dated 12/8/1871. 8/23/1871 letter reads in part: "You are such a great big business man I didn't know how to talk business with you, and then your metaphysics frightened me. I am going to study metaphysics however and shall begin by reading Hazard... You are a blessed man for being willing to help humanity. There is nothing in life that pays so well." 10/18/1871 letter reads in part that she feared her new lecture was "so radical that society would rise up against me. Did you feel so? Should I tone it down more?... I am willing to be somewhat of a martyr for the sake of the truth, but I want influence over my audiences." 12/12/1871 letter reads in part "I feel it, and some of my critical friends tell me that they have full faith in me - that my destiny is, if I can but once get fairly before the public, to occupy the first place on the rostrum among American women. I am determined to do it sooner or later." 1/24/1872 letter reads in part "I revel in this Bohemian life. I am going to propose George Wm Curtis for President, organize a new party and raise the deuce generally with the old fogies of both existing parties. I want you to help me, for you hate shams as much as I do. Don't let us die without ever having lived." A more detailed summary of these letters is available in the collection file at the RIHSL.


Stone, Lucy (1818-1893). Letter, 4/14/1873. Solicits $500 for suffrage movement.


Sumner, Charles (1811-1874). U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. Letter, 5/1/1868. In full: "I have your note of the 29th ult. and the enclosed letter, for which I am much obliged. Someday when the history of the period just before the rebellion comes to be written, many facts like this must come to light and will form by no means the least interesting chapter."


Taxation. Correspondence and subject files on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, 1862-1877, in box 21, folders 25-30; and box 22, folders 1-4.


Temperance - Societies, etc. - Rhode Island Letter from the International Order of Grand Templars, 2/12/1868, thanking RGH for interest and for free use of hall in Peace Dale. Draft lecture on temperance given by RGH, 4/22/1868. "Address Delivered by Request of the Pawcatuck Temperance society at Westerly, R.I.," 1843, in box 22, folder 7. See also entries for Horace Babcock, Amos Barstow, R.I. Temperance Union, and Women's Christian Temperance Union.


Texas - Buildings, structures, etc. Folder on John L. Newbold's disputed land claims in Van Zandt County, Texas, 1845-1902, in box 24, folders 44, 45.


Textile industry - Rhode Island. Frequent correspondence and loose bills re mills owned by RGH in Peace Dale and Carolina, especially from 1828 to 1866, producing "Negro cloth" for southern market. In series 1 and 3. See also entries of Samuel Curtis, Christopher Lippitt, Charles Anthony, J.B.M. Potter, John Slocum, for extracts of particularly interesting letters. Letters from southern customers are frequent, and are often very expressive; see in particular letter of Gerard Brandon.


Tillinghast, B.P. Of Georgetown. Asks advice on value of Arcade Bank stock, ½/1856 and 2/1/1856.


Tillinghast, Joseph L. (1791-1844). U.S. senator, R.I. Several letters, including one dated 10/27/1839; also receipt dated 12/5/1837 filed with financial papers.


Union Pacific Railroad Company. Frequent correspondence and extensive legal files re Credit Mobilier, 1867-1888. See series 1; and series 2, subseries 1.


United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865. Undated letter, ca.1865. Letter from Amelia ---, a southern woman complaining that "between Sherman's army and the Masstts black regiment I am left without a particle of flannel and...I feel the cold very much.". Several letters to Abraham Lincoln, and correspondence with Salmon P. Chase, suggesting economic policy.


Updike, Wilkins (1784-1867). 10/13/1845: asks for reminiscences of RGH's grandfather Gov. Robinson. 3/5/1847: Has received nomination for congressional race, needs RGH's full support. Also lauds Judge Durfee's lecture to the RIHS.


Van Uxem Family. In-laws of RGH (exact relationship unknown); he sent semi-annual checks for their support from 1868-1887, for which thank-you notes can be found in the correspondence files.


Washington County Association for the Improvement of Public Schools. Circular letter, 8/20/1844.


Watson, William R. (1799-1864). Letter, 12/30/1853, re reports that RGH has deserted the Whigs for a new secret Temperance party.


Wayland, Francis (1796-1865). Educator, Providence, R.I. Letters, 2/23/1852, 3/15/1852. Regarding some unknown scandal: "It is shockingly infamous, and I do not know but we had better set your brother Thomas to work at it. He seems the most successful in making laws of anybody I know of."


Weeks, S.M. Teacher, of Cumberland Hill, R.I. Five letters, January - April 1846, seeking employment at Peace Dale school.


Wells, David A. (1828-1898). Economist. Letter, 9/4/1866.


Westerly Total Abstinence Society. Letter of thanks, Horace Babcock to RGH for speaking to Society, 7/11/1843; draft response of RGH, 7/28/1843.


Wharton, Francis (1820-1889). Lawyer, clergyman. Several letters, 1871, 1877-1878, 1885-1887.


Wharton, Joseph (1826-1909). Nickel manufacturer, Philadelphia. Letters, 9/1/1869, 9/7/1869, 11/1/1870, re Mine la Motte.


Whitaker, Daniel K. (1801-1881). Editor of the Southern Quarterly Review. Letter, 5/21/1845.


White, Horace (1834-1916). Editor and economist, Chicago. Letter, 5/13/1873, discussing death of John Stuart Mill, and requesting a copy of RGH's Causation to replace one lost in the great fire. Other letters, 7/7/1873, 9/17/1873, 5/17/1876, 10/23/1883.


Whitman, Sarah Helen (Power) (1803-1878). Letter dated 6/24/1869, probably others. Discussed in letter of Henry A. Ford, 9/1866. Apparently discussed in letter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 10/18/1871. Printed poem, "Lines written After Seeing the Celebrated Paintings by Dubufe Representing Adam and Eve," in undated correspondence file.


Wilberforce Collegiate Institute. Circular letter, 2/19/1866, re "Normal and Collegiate School for the education of colored persons."


Women - Suffrage. RGH was an active supporter of women's suffrage in the 1870s and 1880s. See folder of women's suffrage broadsides and clippings, in box 24, folder 91. See also entries for correspondence of the American Woman Suffrage Association, the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association, Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Paulina Wright Davis, William F. Channing, Elizabeth K. Churchill, Thomas W. Higginson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Anna Garlin Spencer, Kate Sands Stanton, Lucy Stone.


Women's Christian Temperance Union. Letters from Elizabeth Churchill of R.I. branch, 9/22/1877 and 12/21/1877.


Woods, Alva (1794-1887). Educator. Letters, 6/1/1870, 6/9/1870, 9/18/1871, 5/19/1884


Woods, Anne Brown (Francis) (1828-1896). Letter, 10/12/1883


Woolen goods industry - Rhode Island. Material on Peace Dale Manufacturing Company and Carolina Mills.


Wyman, Lillie B. (Chace) (1847-1929). Poet, daughter of Elizabeth Buffum Chace. Letter, 3/10/1887, asking for brief statement in support of suffrage.


Yankee Notion (steam dredge). Folder of deeds and accounts re dredging machine, 1879-1884, in box 24, folder 92.


Yarnall, Charles. Letter, 9/5/1845, discussing the necessity of suspending classes of the Haverford School in Philadelphia. Rowland Hazard II was a student there.


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