Charles W. Brewster Papers, 1818-1869, bulk 1837-1853

Title:

Charles W. Brewster Papers, 1818-1869, bulk 1837-1853

Creator:

Brewster, Charles Warren, 1802-1868

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

1977.079

Object ID:

1977.079

Date:

1818-1869

Physical Description:

1 box ; 0.21 linear feet ; approximately 110 items

Scope and Content:

The Charles Warren Brewster Papers, 1818-1869, are comprised primarily of correspondence. The bulk is political correspondence from the Whig Party dated from 1837 to 1853. Brewster was a member of the Whig Central Committee when Asa McFarland was president in 1845. There is also a folder of correspondence with lecturers for the Portsmouth Lyceum dated 1839 to 1843, a brief journal/account book detailing personal expenses and activities with entries from 1818 to 1825, two military commissions from 1824 and 1825, and some correspondence on his book Rambles about Portsmouth.

Subjects:

Account books , Accounts , Antislavery movements , Elections , Music , Newspapers , Politics and government , Politicians , Authors , Journalists , Military appointments

Locations:

Portsmouth, NH

People:

Tuck, Amos, 1810-1879 , Brewster, Charles Warren, 1802-1868 , Bell, Charles Henry, 1823-1893 , Claget, Bartlett , Claggett, William , Coffin, Samuel , Cutter, Charles William, 1799-1856 , Ela, G. M. , Emerson, George B. , Fox, Charles J., 1811-1846 , Freeman, T. C. , Gerrish, Robert Y. , Godfrey, Charles L. , Goodwin, Ichabod, 1794-1882 , Hazelton, H. L. , Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 , Lawrence, William , McFarland, Asa, 1769-1827 , Miller, Tobias H. , Morrill, David Lawrence, 1772-1849 , Noyes, John , Palmer, D. S. , Peabody, William Bourne Oliver, 1779-1847 , Plumer, William, Jr., 1789-1854 , Quincy, Edmund , Rice, George William , Robinson, John P. , Saltonstall, L. , Sherburne, John Henry , Upham, Charles W., 1802-1875 , Walker, Lyman B. , Ward, George A. , Wetmore, S. F. , Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851 , Woods, Leonard, 1807-1878

Organizations:

New Hampshire State Prison
Portsmouth Journal
Portsmouth Lyceum
Whig Party (N.H.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles T. Brewster.
New Hampshire Historical Society collection.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS57225_Brewster_Charles_Warren_Papers_1977.079.pdf