Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Family and Business Papers, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
The correspondence, financial and legal materials, writing and notes, and various other materials of the Wainwright family who lived in early 1800s New York.
Scope and Contents:
Most of the correspondence between members of the Wainwright Family dates from around 1800 to 1840. Early correspondence of Elisa Mayhew dates from around 1777 to 1800. Other correspondence is to members of the Wainwright family from friends and business associates. Included also, are financial and legal materials of the Wainwright family dating from 1804 through 1837 plus some undated writings and notes. Additionally, a group of other material dated 1804 1893 composed of correspondence, financial and legal materials of various people, perhaps unassociated with the family are included.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into four series.
Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1777-1830
Series 2: Financial and Legal Materials, 1817-1819
Series 3: Writings and Notes, undated
Series 4: Other Materials, 1804-1893
Biographical / Historical:
In the early 1800's, Peter Wainwright Sr. of New York had two sons. Peter Jr., was a banker in Boston, and Jonathan Wainwright was a minister in New York. Jonathan married Elisa (Eliza) Mayhew, and they had two children named Elizabeth and Mayhew. Peter married Charlotte Mayhew (perhaps the sister of Elisa).
Provenance:
Collection purchased, August 1986.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form:
Family papers -- 18th century
Financial records -- 19th century
Correspondence -- 1930-1950
Papers
Correspondence -- 18th century
Legal documents -- 19th century
Citation:
Wainwright Family Papers, 1777-1893, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
