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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81046664
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 family papers of Nathaniel Wright, lawyer, including his sons, William Burnet Wright and Daniel Thew Wright, and grandson, Nathaniel Wright Stephenson, were purchased in 1937.
The collection was processed in 1962. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of the Nathaniel Wright family in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The family papers of Nathaniel Wright 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, Nathaniel Wright Family, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Nathaniel Wright (1789-1875) and his family span the period 1781-1917 and consist of legal, personal, and family correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, journals, accounts, receipts, deeds, agreements, briefs and other legal documents, biographical and literary writings, and related material. The collection is organized in seven series: Diaries and Related Matter , General Correspondence , Letterbooks , Legal and Financial Records , Miscellany , Legal Briefs , and General Miscellany.
The bulk of the papers are concerned with Nathaniel’s career as a teacher and lawyer and, after his retirement, with the law practice of his son, Daniel Thew Wright, and his son-in-law, Maskell Curwen, who were partners in Cincinnati, Ohio. Much of Wright’s legal business concerned the settlement of estates and litigation in connection with railroad, canal, insurance and other enterprises with which they were associated. Family letters begin with Nathaniel’s student days at Dartmouth College and continue through his own and his sons’ educational and social careers.
After Wright’s retirement from law practice due to deafness in 1842, he became interested in his church’s business affairs, in Lane Theological Seminary and law and medical schools in Cincinnati, and also in the work of his son, Reverend William B. Wright. In addition to the immediate family, there are papers generated by in-law members such as Mary F. Wright and Maskell Curwen, Louisa W. Stephenson and Reuben H. Stephenson, Eliza W. Lord and Henry C. Lord, William B. Wright, Chester Wright, Joel Wright, and Jemima Dewey.
Correspondents include Lyman Beecher, Catherine E. Beecher, Jacob Burnet, William J. Duane, George H. Dunn, Stephen Elliott, J. A. Giddings, Casey S. Goodrich, William Henry Harrison, Jr., Samuel Lewis, Edwin Noyes, William Pennington, William V. Peck, John Reiley, Samuel Perry, Daniel Vail, Chauncey Whittesey, and John Woods.
This collection is arranged in seven series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81046664
Diaries, journals, law material and notes, financial accounts and related matter.
Organized by type of material.
Correspondence and related matter.
Arranged chronologically
Letterbooks of correspondence sent by Nathaniel Wright, his son Daniel Thew Wright, son-in-law, Maskell Curwen, and the law firm of Curwen & Wright. One volume pertains chiefly of letters from Nathaniel Wright to family members.
Arranged chronologically within volumes.
Legal and financial material including bills, receipts, accounts, briefs and opinions, other case material, and related matter.
Arranged chronologically.
Charts, maps printed matter, and legal documents relating chiefly to Cincinnati, Ohio and to litigations involving railroads.
Arranged by topic, locale, or company.
Legal briefs and opinions, other case material, and related matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of case.
Biographical material, essays, poetry, photographs, broadsides and legal pamphlets, and miscellaneous printed matter.
Arranged by type of material.