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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Sylvanus Cadwallader, journalist and public official, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1965.
The papers of Sylvanus Cadwallader were processed in 1966. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Sylvanus Cadwallader is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Sylvanus Cadwallader are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Sylvanus Cadwallader Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Sylvanus Cadwallader, born in Ohio in 1825 or 1826, attended school in Ross County, Ohio, and moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the early 1850s, where he started a newspaper career before becoming co-publisher with his brother-in-law, George H. Paul, of the Milwaukee
The papers of Sylvanus Cadwallader (born 1825 or 1826) consist primarily of correspondence and telegrams spanning the years 1818-1904, with the bulk of the material dating between 1862-1898. The correspondence is supplemented by newspaper clippings, military passes, printed material, invitations, and commissions.
Cadwallader, as a journalist during the Civil War years, was closely associated with General Ulysses S. Grant and his staff. He was with Grant during the Mississippi and Tennessee operations as a correspondent of the
After the war Cadwallader became a state official in Wisconsin, later moved to Missouri, and finally removed to California where he wrote of his wartime experiences. His reminiscences were edited by Benjamin P. Thomas and published under the title
There are two types of correspondence in the collection, family and general. The family correspondence, spans the years 1849-1897, with the bulk of the letters dated in the 1860s. Included are letters to his wife, Mary Isabella Paul Cadwallader, his daughter, and close personal friends. General correspondence dates from 1862 to 1904, but relates principally to the 1880s and 1890s. Correspondents in this group include Orville Elias Babcock, Adam Badeau, Elias Boudinot, Theodore S. Bower, Benjamin F. Butler, William E. Chandler, Frederic T. Dent, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, George Gordon Meade, George H. Pendleton, Horace Porter, Edwin McMasters Stanton, William T. Sherman, and James Harrison Wilson. Still other correspondents are newsman such as James Gordon Bennett, George William Curtis, Charles A. Dana, Frederic Hudson, Joseph B. McCullagh, Horace Rublee, and George Alfred Townsend.
Letters and telegrams from the Civil War period primarily concern Cadwallader's newspaper activities, his travels as a war correspondent, and the death of his daughter in Wisconsin. There is also a file of telegrams for the period September-October 1864, relating to Cadwallader's attempt to secure a substitute and thereby prevent being drafted into the army.
Letters from 1880s and 1890s concern the career of General John A. Rawlins, General Grant's major aide-de-camp, and the whereabouts of his personal papers. Most of these letters are from James Harrison Wilson.
Also in the collection are files on Cadwallader's masonic activities, 1849-1890; stock certificates, 1865-1867; appointments to office in Wisconsin 1859-1863; military passes 1862-1865; and invitations, cards, and newspaper clippings.
Papers that may have been collected by Cadwallader include an 1833 letter from Nathaniel Macon to Samuel Price Carson and two letters from Spencer Roane, one to Henry Clay, 1820, the other to Thomas Richie, undated.
This collection is arranged by type of material.