Charles Hazen Peaslee Correspondence, 1831-1852

Title:

Charles Hazen Peaslee Correspondence, 1831-1852

Creator:

Peaslee, Charles Hazen, 1804-1866

Accession / Call Number:

1926.003

Object ID:

M 1926-003-Peaslee

Date:

1831-1852

Physical Description:

1 box, 51 items ; 0.21 linear feet

Level of Description:

Collection

Abstract:

The Charles Hazen Peaslee Correspondence includes letters about his legal practice, submitting pension applications for soldiers, the New Hampshire Insane Asylum, and a few political letters. The correspondence dates from 1831 to 1852.

Scope and Content:

The Charles Hazen Peaslee Correspondence provides some business letters of a new lawyer working on a variety of cases. He was a principal founder and trustee of the Insane Asylum. The letters he received about the matter from 1838 to 1839 (in folder 2) give some insight into the organization and the controversy of the location of the asylum. Other letters recommend persons for local postmasters, as well as discussing other political matters such as the election campaign of 1832, candidates for senator, and pension claims. Charles Hazen Peaslee was a law partner with John Hatch George while in Congress.

Arrangement:

The materials in this collection are organized into folders by subject, then chronologically.

Subjects:

Banks and banking , Lawyers , Politics and government , Presidents--United States--Election--1832 , Railroads

Locations:

Concord, NH
Wolfeboro, NH

People:

Armory, William , Buswell, Charles , Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859 , Cogswell, Thomas , Conant, John , Darling, Timothy, 1798-1871 , Eastman, Joel, 1798-1884 , Evans, Richard, 1811-1891 , Fox, Charles J., 1811-1846 , Gilchrist, John James, 1809-1858 , Gregg, David Aiken, 1788-1866 , Harper, Joseph M., 1787-1865 , Hill, Isaac, 1789-1851 , Hook, Leavitt , Kent, Moody, 1779-1866 , Lancaster, Columbus , Low, Joseph, 1790-1859 , McLane, Robert M. , Newell, C. S. , Page, John, 1787-1865 , Peaslee, Charles Hazen, 1804-1866 , Prescott, William, 1788-1875 , Quincy, Josiah, 1793-1875 , Reding, John R., 1805-1892 , Rix, James Madison, 1811-1856 , Stark, John , Steele, John Hardy, 1789-1865 , Swasey, Samuel , Thorn, James

Organizations:

Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society collection.
New Hampshire Histoical Society purchase.

Location Code:

TL/1W

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Preferred Citation:

Item title, Charles Hazen Peaslee Correspondence, 1926.003. New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date accessed.

Finding Aid Link:

RS63221_Peaslee_Charles_Hazen_Correspondence_1926.003.pdf