Guide to the Winslow family papers, 1762-1970

(bulk 1831-1835)


Salve Regina University Special Collections> McKillop Library
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-341-2276
Fax: 401-341-2951
email: archives@salve.edu

Published in 2014

Collection Overview

Title: Winslow family papers
Date range: 1762-1970, Bulk, 1831-1835
Creator: Brevoort, Henry, 1782-1848
Extent: 0.5 Linear feet
One document box
Abstract: Contains correspondence and other documents created by, related to, or collected by the ancestors of the Winslow family, following the descendants of Henry Brevoort, Jr. and his wife Laura Carson through the Kane, Bristed, and Winslow families; includes collected materials of historical value created by prominent figures in American history.
Language of materials: English
Repository:
Collection number: SP.08

Scope & content

The collection includes correspondence and papers created by and related to the ancestors of donor John Grenville Winslow, beginning with Henry Brevoort, Jr. in the early nineteenth century. While the bulk of the collection relates to Henry Brevoort, Jr. and his children, the papers encompass several generations of the Brevoort family as they and their descendants married into the Bristed, Kane, and Winslow families. Also included in the collection are lists of letters created after the settlement of estates, auction catalogs and related papers, and collected letters of historical value unrelated to the family.

Access Points

Subject Names Document Types Subject Topics Subject Topics

Arrangement

Organized into five series:

  • I: Brevoort family papers
  • II: Bristed family papers
  • III: Kane family papers
  • IV: Winslow family papers
  • V: Collected papers and research

Within each series, the materials are grouped by family or individual and arranged chronologically.

Biographical Note

Henry Brevoort, Jr. (1782-1887) was the son of Henry Brevoort, Sr. (1747-1841) and Sarah Wheaton. He is the great-great-grandfather of John Grenville Winslow, the donor of the collection. Henry Brevoort, Jr.'s siblings were William Whetten Brevoort (1784-?), who married Sarah Nash about 1804; Margaret Anne Brevoort Renwick (1794-?), who married James Renwick on October 10, 1816); John Brevoort (1797-?); and Elias Brevoort (1804-?), who married Mary Brown in 1830.

With his wife Laura Carson Brevoort, Henry Brevoort, Jr. had eight children: James Carson Brevoort (1818-1887), William Augustus Brevoort, (1819-ca. 1832), Elizabeth Neville Brevoort Coolidge (1821-1849), Henry Wortley Brevoort (1831-?), Laura Whitten Brevoort Bristed (1823-1860), Margaret Claudia "Meta" Brevoort (1825-1876), Constance Irving Brevoort Sedgwick (b. 1828), and Edith Brevoort Kane (1832-1891).

Of Henry Brevoort, Jr.'s children, J. Carson Brevoort married Elizabeth Dorothea Lefferts and had one son, Henry Lefferts Brevoort (1848-1895), who married Elizabeth Schermerhorn in 1871. Elizabeth Neville Brevoort married Frederick W. Coolidge and had a son, the mountaineer William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (1850-1926), whose aunt Meta introduced him to alpine climbing. Laura Whitten Brevoort married Charles Astor Bristed (1820-1874). Constance Irving Brevoort married William Ellery Sedgwick in 1850. Edith Brevoort married Pierre C. Kane (1828-1870), son of Eliza Corne Kane and Oliver Grenville Kane, who was the cousin of federal judge John Kintzing Kane (sharing grandparents John O'Kane and Sybil Kent). Edith and Pierre Kane's children were Grenville Kane (1854-1943), Meta Kane (b. 1856), Elizabeth de Gironcourt Kane (1859-1961), Henry Brevoort Kane (1866-1930), and William Carson Kane (b. ca. 1868).

Of Edith and Pierre Kane's children, their son Grenville Kane married Margaret A. Wolfe (1839-1940). Their children were Sybil Kane (b. ca. 1882), Edith Brevoort Kane (b. ca. 1884), Margaret Dorothy Kane (b. ca. 1886), Anzonetta (also called Anzonella) Kane (b. ca. 1888), and Rose O'Neil Kane (b. ca. 1890).

Of Grenville Kane's children, Rose O'Neil Kane married Carroll Dana Winslow. They had three children: Penelope Winslow, John Grenville Winslow (the donor of the collection), and Rose O'Neil Winslow. Rose's sister Edith Brevoort Kane married George F. Baker, Jr. (1878-?), having four children: Florence Baker (b. ca. 1913), Edith B. Baker (1913-1975), George Fisher Baker III (1915-1977), and Grenville Kane Baker (1921-1949).

Of Edith Brevoort Kane's children, George Fisher Baker III married Frances Drexel Munn Baker; they had three children, George F. Baker III (d. 1977), Anthony (1943-2008), and Pauline Baker Pitt. With his second wife, George Fisher Baker had two children, Kane Kendall Baker and Lavinia Baker.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: This collection is not restricted.
Use of the materials: Various copying restriction apply, according to the Archives' use policy. Guidelines are available from the Salve Regina University Archives. Salve Regina University owns the copyright to material produced by employees and trustees of the University and work for hire. Requests for permission to publish material from the University Archives should be directed to the Archivist. See also the Archives' copyright and publication statement.
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], in SP. 08, Winslow Family Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Salve Regina University Special Collections, McKillop Library, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI.
Contact information: Salve Regina University Special Collections> McKillop Library
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-341-2276
Fax: 401-341-2951
email: archives@salve.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The papers were donated to Salve Regina University in 2010 by John Grenville Winslow.
Processing information: The collection was inventoried by Allyson Neurohr and Nicole Nietzel in spring 2009; this was updated by University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Julie Swierczek in May 2013. The collection was processed by University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Maria Bernier and Susan Millard in 2010 and 2011. University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Genna Duplisea finished the finding aid and encoded it in October 2014.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Genna Duplisea.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Genna Duplisea using Archivists' Toolkit 2014 October 09
Revisions:

2017 August 1

  • Corrections and small additions to the Bibliography, Biographical Note, and Related Material note were added to the finding aid by Genna Duplisea.

    • 2021 April 19

  • Genna Duplisea made some corrections to names of correspondents and encoded item date information.
    		•
    Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

    Additional Information

    Related material: Related materials on Henry Brevoort, Jr., J. Carson Brevoort, and Henry L. Brevoort are held in the Brevoort Family Papers (1977.285) at the Brooklyn Historical Society.The New York Public Library holds an Edith Brevoort diary (MssCol 24250 volume 1). The Baker Library at Harvard Business School holds materials related to George F. Baker, Jr. (husband to Edith Brevoort Kane) and his father George F. Baker, Sr. in the Baker Family Papers (Mss.781 1768-2011 B167).The papers of the Renwick family, in particular Professor James Renwick (husband of Laura Whitten Brevoort Renwick), are held by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University (MS# 1063).Materials related to the Kane family, particularly federal judge John Kitzing Kane, are held at the American Philosophical Society> in the Kane Family Papers, 1745-1955 (Mss.Ms.Coll.115) and the University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center> in the Kane Family Papers, 1802-1965 (UPT 50 K916).Salve Regina University Special Collections holds a copy of William Rhinelander Stewart's Grace Church and Old New York (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1924; call # BX5980.N5 G7 1924) which contains annotations related to Henry Brevoort, Sr. and Henry Brevoort, Jr.
    Bibliography:
      The following sources delineate the genealogy of many of the familial branches represented in this collection.
    • D. Appleton and Company. 1918. "Kane, Grenville." In The Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Eds. James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. Volume VIII. New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc. Google Books. Accessed September 24, 2014. http://books.google.com/books?id=qVQ_AQAAIAAJ.
    • Riker, James, Henry Pennington Toler, and Sterling Potter. Revised History of Harlem (City of New York): Its Origin and Early Annals.... New York: New Harlem Publishing Company. Internet Archive. Last modified August 9, 2009. Accessed August 1, 2017. https://archive.org/details/revisedhistoryh00pottgoog.
    • Stewart, William Rhinelander. 1924. Grace Church and Old New York. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co.

    Inventory

    Series I: Brevoort family papers, 1798-1871 ((bulk 1824-1843))
    0.25 Linear feet (8 folders)

    Box 1
    Correspondence, some notes, and a commonplace book created or received by members of the Brevoort family, specifically Henry Brevoort, Jr., his wife, and his children. Includes correspondence of Henry Brevoort, Jr. with various friends and business associates; correspondence between family members and friends while several of the Brevoort children attended Baron Fellenberg’s experimental boarding school at Hofwyl in Switzerland; a commonplace book with enclosed correspondence; and the correspondence of J. Carson Brevoort, the oldest of Henry Brevoort Jr's children, including letters written while he was the secretary of Washington Irving in Madrid, 1842-1843.

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence of Henry Brevoort, Sr.

    		 1798
    Henry Brevoort Sr. to his Excellency General James Wilkinson, Esq., Commander of the United States Armies

    		 1798-08-13
    Box 1, Folder 2 Correspondence of Henry Brevoort Jr.
    		 1804-1832
    Henry Brevoort Jr. in Marietta to parents

    		 1804-02-07
    P. Lherbette in New York to Henry Brevoort

    		 1805-03-06
    Henry Brevoort Jr. in Montreal to John Jacob Astor in New York

    		 1811-05-09
    Henry Brevoort Jr. in St. Joseph's to Mr. John Whetten (uncle) in New York

    		 1811-06-25
    Waterfull to Henry Brevoort

    		 1813-04-28
    Waterfull to Henry Brevoort (copy)

    		 1813-04-28
    S. Brevoort (mother) to Henry Brevoort care of P. Irving

    		 1813-08-04 (stamped date)
    John Howard Payne on account of Mr. Charles Kemble in Liverpool to Henry Brevoort, Esq.


    Names:
    Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854


    Names:
    Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852


    		 1813-09-02
    S. A. Booth to Henry Brevoort

    		 1815?-06-02
    "Malvina" to Henry Brevoort Jr.

    		 1816-01-02
    "Malvina" to Henry Brevoort Jr. (copy)

    		 1816-01-02
    John Jeffrey to Henry Brevoort, Esq.

    		 1819-10-04
    Henry Brevoort Jr. in Philadelphia to Rembrandt Peale, Esq. in Philadelphia

    		 1824-01-02
    Rembrandt Peale in Philadelphia to Henry Brevoort Jr. in New York

    		 1824-06-13
    Rembrandt Peale in Philadelphia to Henry Brevoort Jr. in New York (later copy)

    		 1824-06-13
    Rembrandt Peale to Henry Brevoort Esq. (photocopy)

    		 [1824]
    Rembrandt Peale to Henry Brevoort Jr. (photocopy)

    		 [1824]
    Rembrandt Peale to Henry Brevoort Esq. (negative photocopy)

    		 [1824]
    Robert Emmet to Henry Brevoort in New York

    		 1825-02-22
    John Hamilton to Henry Brevoort

    		 1825-12-25
    James Kent to Henry Brevoort Esq.


    Names:
    Kent, James, 1763-1847


    		 1826-02-16
    Charles Carroll of Carrolton, Baltimore, to Henry Brevoort

    		 1826-05-24
    E.C. in Newport to Henry Brevoort in New York
    		 1830?-09-08
    E.C. in Newport to Henry Brevoort in New York (typescript copy)

    		 1830?-09-08
    E.C. in Newport to Henry Brevoort in New York (typescript copy)

    		 1830?-09-08
    Henry Brevoort Jr. in Fontainebleau to Henry Brevoort Sr.

    		 1832 April
    Chancellor Kent in St. Mark's Place, 8th Street to Henry Brevoort Jr.


    Names:
    Kent, James, 1763-1847


    		 1832-09-28
    Envelope containing notes and invitations to Henry Brevoort Jr. or Mrs. Brevoort

    		 1812-1843
    Box 1, Folder 3 Correspondence of Henry Brevoort Jr.
    		 1833-1861, n.d.
    R. L. Livingston in Clermont to Henry Brevoort in New York

    		 1833-09-23
    Winfield Scott to Henry Brevoort

    		 1833-10-08
    George Washington Lafayette in Paris to Henry Brevoort

    		 1834-05-23
    J. Henry in Paris to Henry Brevoort

    		 1835-04-19
    Unknown to Henry Brevoort, Esq.

    		 1835-07-29
    James Renwick and Margaret Anne Renwick in Lebanon Springs to Henry Brevoort Esq in Saratoga Springs

    		 1835-08-08
    E. C. in Newport to Henry Brevoort in Saratoga, New York

    		 1835-08-16
    Welles to Henry Brevoort

    		 1835-08-22
    Robert L. Livingston in Clermont to Henry Brevoort

    		 1836-01-01
    J. Hare Powel to Henry Brevoort

    		 1835-07-18
    Colonel John Trumbull to Henry Brevoort

    		 1836-09-08
    E. G. in Charleston to Henry Brevoort in New York

    		 1837-01-12
    W. S. Mount to Henry Brevoort

    		 1837-01-26
    Henry Brevoort to daughter Fifi

    		 1842-01-02
    Unknown to Mr. [Henry] Brevoort regarding the New York Book Society
    		 ca. 1842
    Envelope to Henry Brevoort Esq.

    		 1843-02-18
    Envelope to Henry Brevoort Esq.

    		 1843-04-20
    J. L. Mayer to Henry Brevoort Esq.

    		 YYYY-05-23
    Note on behalf of Mr. Kent to Henry Brevoort

    		 YYYY-07-07
    Laura Brevoort to Henry Brevoort in Havre

    		 YYYY-10-20
    E.G. in Newport, RI to Henry Brevoort in New York

    		 YYYY-08-29
    E.G. in Newport, RI to Henry Brevoort in New York

    		 YYYY-09-02
    E.G. in Charleston, SC to Henry Brevoort in New York

    		 YYYY-11-05
    J.J. Astor to H. Brevoort Esq. in New York

    		 YYYY-10-12
    E.G. in Newport to Henry Brevoort in New York

    		 YYYY-MM-29
    Note re: William S. Mount
    General Note:
      Note is on yellow lined paper in ball point pen, and clearly dates from much later than the rest of the collection. The same handwriting appears on envelope enclosing marriage certificate of Edith Brevoort and Pierre C. Kane in folder 3 and the list in folder 15. Originally placed after YYYY-08-29 letter from E. C. in Newport to Henry Brevoort.


    		 n.d.
    Unknown to Henry Brevoort re: George

    		 n.d.
    Note by Henry Brevoort re: Mrs. Jacob Arden

    		 n.d.
    Note by Henry Brevoort (transcription)

    		 n.d.
    J. Fenimore Cooper to Henry Brevoort

    		 n.d.
    Box 1, Folder 4 Correspondence with Brevoort children at Hofwyl
    		 1831-1832
    William Brevoort academic documents, Institution des Mr. Gase
    		 1831-08-13
    James Carson Brevoort to his uncle Mr. H. Renwick in New York

    		 1831-09-12
    James Carson Brevoort in Berne to his father Henry Brevoort in Paris

    		 1831-10-17
    L.C. Brevoort to her son J. Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1831-11-03
    H.B. and L.B. in Paris to boys in Hofwyl

    		 1831-11-16
    Henry Brevoort in Paris to James Carson Brevoort, William A. Brevoort, and James G. King

    		 1831-12-02
    H.B. in Paris to James Carson Brevoort

    		 1831-12-19
    Mother and H.B. in Paris to their boys

    		 1831-12-22
    Cover of letter to J. Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1831[?]-12-22
    L.B. to her children in Hofwyl

    		 1832-01-05
    Gase in Paris to C. Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1832-01-20
    Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to mother in Paris

    		 1832-01-22
    H.B. in Paris to William A. Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1832-01-24
    H.B. and Laura Brevoort in Paris to William and boys in Hofwyl

    		 1832-02-11
    James Carson Brevoort and William A. Brevoort to Laura Brevoort in Paris

    		1832-02-19
    L.B. to James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1832-[?]-02-22
    Cutting in Paris to Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1832-02-24
    L.B. in Paris to Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1832-03-02
    James Carson Brevoort and James Gore King to Mrs. Brevoort

    		 1832-03-18
    H. Brevoort in Paris to Willy (W. A. Brevoort) in Hofwyl

    		 1832-03-20
    William A. Brevoort and Carson to father in Paris

    		 1832-03-25
    Envelope addressed to Monsieur Brevoort in Paris

    		 1832-04-08
    H.B. in Fontainebleau to his boys in Hofwyl

    		 1832-04-10
    Jas. G. King in New York to Henry Brevoort in Paris

    		 1832-05-01
    H.B. in Fontainebleau to J. Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1832-05-09
    Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to his mother and father
    		 1832-05-13
    L.B. in Fontainebleau to Willy (W. A. Brevoort) in Hofwyl

    		 1832-05-23
    William A. Brevoort to father in Fontainebleau

    		 1832-05-27
    H.B. in Fontainebleau to Willy (W.A. Brevoort) in Hofwyl

    		 1832-06-08
    James Carson Brevoort and William A. Brevoort in Hofwyl to mother and father in Fontainebleau

    		 1832-07-03
    H.B. in Fontainebleau to the "boys" in Hofwyl (draft)

    		 1832-07-06
    H.B. in Fontainebleau to the "boys" in Hofwyl

    		 1832-07-06
    William A. Brevoort to father and mother; Carson Brevoort to mother in Fontainebleau
    General Note:
      The written year on the letter is 1831, but the postmark and context indicate 1832. Furthermore, Henry Brevoort Jr. did not send or receive mail from Fontainebleau until April 1832.

    		 1832-07-15
    Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to father and mother in Fontainebleau
    General Note:
      The written year on the letter is 1831, but the postmark and context indicate 1832. Furthermore, Henry Brevoort Jr. did not send or receive mail from Fontainebleau until April 1832.

    		 1832-07-31
    H.B. in Fontainebleau to Carson in Hofwyl

    		 1832-08-04
    James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to Henry Brevoort, Jr.; W. A. Brevoort to Laura Brevoort in Paris

    		 1832-09-02
    H.B. in Fontainebleau to his boys in Hofwyl

    		 1832-10-03
    Laura or Henry Brevoort in Paris to Sir [Baron Fellenberg?]

    		 1832-10-30
    Laura or Henry Brevoort in Paris to Sir [Baron Fellenberg?]

    		 1832-11-03
    Laura or Henry Brevoort in Paris to Sir [Baron Fellenberg?]-- partial copy

    		 1832-11-03
    H. Brevoort to Carson

    		 1832-11-05
    James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to mother and father; William A. Brevoort to Laura Brevoort

    		 1832-11-13
    Laura Brevoort to James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1832-11-16
    H.B. in Paris to his boys in Hofwyl

    		 1832-11-17
    Unknown in Hofwyl to Madame

    		 1832-11-22
    Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence with Brevoort children at Hofwyl
    		 1833
    H.B. to boys in Hofwyl

    		 1833-01-12
    James Carson Brevoort and James G. King in Hofwyl to Henry Brevoort in Paris

    		 1833-01-23
    L. Brevoort in Paris to James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1833-02-07
    H.B. in Paris to boys in Hofwyl

    		 1833-03-02
    James Carson Brevoort to Father; A. Gracie King to Mr. Brevoort; William A. Brevoort to father, mother, and grandmother; and James G. King to Mr. Brevoort. All in Hofwyl to Mr. Brevoort in Paris.

    		 1833-03-11
    Laura W. Brevoort in Paris to brother Carson Brevoort

    		 1833-03-19
    H. Brevoort in Paris to boys

    		 1833-04-12
    James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to sister Laura Brevoort and mother

    		 1833-04-16
    James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to mother; Archibald Gracie King to Laura in Paris

    		 1833-04-28
    Laura C. Brevoort to children in Hofwyl

    		 1833-05-17
    James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to Laura Brevoort in Paris

    		1833-05-26
    James Carson Brevoort and William A. Brevoort in Hofwyl to Laura Brevoort in Paris

    		 1833-06-10
    E. Brevoort, James Carson Brevoort, and William A. Brevoort in Hofwyl to Laura Brevoort in Paris

    		 1833-06-23
    James Carson Brevoort, William A. Brevoort and J. G. King in Hofwyl to Mrs. Brevoort in Paris

    		 1833-09-09
    Carson in Hofwyl to mother in Paris

    		 1833-09-23
    Laura Brevoort in Paris to children in Hofwyl

    		 1833[?]-09-27
    James Carson Brevoort to mother in Paris

    		 1833-10-03
    William Augustus Brevoort and Carson in Hofwyl to mother in Paris

    		 1833-10-06
    L. Brevoort to children in Hofwyl

    		 1833-10-11
    Laura Brevoort in Paris to brother

    		 1833-10-18
    W. H. Carroll to Carson and Forbes and Still in Hofwyl

    		 1833-10-26
    William A. Brevoort and James Carson Brevoort to mother in Paris

    		 1833-10-27
    Henry Brevoort in Paris to children in Hofwyl

    		 1833-11-06
    Laura Brevoort in Paris to her boys in Hofwyl

    		 1833-11-21
    William A. Brevoort in Hofwyl to father and mother; Carson Brevoort to father in Paris

    		 1833-12-15
    H.B. in Paris to children in Hofwyl

    		 1833-12-25
    Box 1, Folder 6 Correspondence with Brevoort children at Hofwyl
    		 1834-1835, n.d.
    Henry and Laura Brevoort to their boys in Hofwyl

    		 1834-01-21
    Henry Brevoort to his boys in Hofwyl

    		 1834-02-10
    William A. Brevoort and Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to their father and

    		1834-02-23
    Henry Brevoort to his boys in Hofwyl

    		 1834-02-27
    William A. Brevoort and Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to father and

    		1834-03-19
    Laura Brevoort in Paris to her children in Hofwyl

    		 1834-03-19
    Carson Brevoort and William Brevoort in Hofwyl to father and mother in Paris

    		 1834-03-19
    Henry Brevoort to his children in Hofwyl

    		 1834-04-05
    Carson Brevoort and William Augustus Brevoort in Hofwyl to father and mother

    		 1834-04-14
    H. Brevoort Jr. in Belfort, France to Carson in Hofwyl

    		 1834-06-13
    Henry Brevoort to Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1834-10-07
    Laura Brevoort to son Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl
    General Note:
      Burn holes


    		 1834-10-23
    Laura Brevoort to son Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl
    General Note:
      Burn holes


    		 1834-11-07
    Laura Brevoort to son Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl
    General Note:
      Burn holes


    		 1834-11-14
    Laura W. Brevoort [sister] and Laura Brevoort [mother] to James Carson Brevoort

    		 1834-11-24
    L.B. [mother?] to J. Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1834-11-24 (dated on back 1834-11-28)
    Laura Brevoort in Paris to James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1834-12-12
    Laura Brevoort to son James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1834-12-22
    [A.] Gracie King in Paris to Jas. Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 1835-03-23
    G. King in Flushing to Carson Brevoort in Paris

    		 1835-06-10
    William Augustus Brevoort and James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl to father and mother in Paris

    		 YYYY-04-12
    Henry and Laura Brevoort in Belfort, France to Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 YYYY-10-02
    Laura Brevoort in Paris to son Carson

    		 YYYY-11-28
    Laura Brevoort to son J.C. Brevoort and Adele in Hofwyl

    		 n.d.
    [?] de France to James Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 n.d.
    H. Brevoort to Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 n.d.
    letter cover to Carson Brevoort in Hofwyl

    		 n.d.
    Laura Brevoort to Carson and William Brevoort and James [King?]

    		 n.d.
    Constance B. and Carson Brevoort to father

    		 n.d.
    Baron Fellenberg in Hofwyl, school bill

    		 n.d.
    Box 1, Folder 7 Commonplace book by Brevoort children
    General Note:
      Enclosed in the commonplace book were four letters, which remain with the book for context.

    		 ca. 1837
    Commonplace book of quotes and sketches by Brevoort children

    		 ca. 1837
    Edith to Mamma

    		 1834-01-01
    Edith to Mamma

    		 1834-01-DD
    Henry to Mamma

    		 n.d.
    Papa in Hilton Head, S.C. to Unknown

    		 1865-08-05
    Box 1, Folder 8 Correspondence of Carson Brevoort
    		 Bulk, 1839-18431839-1871, n.d.
    A. Granger to Carson Brevoort

    		 1839-02-08
    Henry Brevoort to Carson Brevoort

    		 1839[?]-05-07
    Henry Brevoort to Carson Brevoort in New York

    		 1840-10-03
    C. Eagar to Carson Brevoort in New York

    		 1841-03-09
    [Bougere?] in Paris to Carson Brevoort in New York
    		 1841-05-25
    Carson Brevoort in Riviere de Loup to his sister in Cold Spring, New York

    		 1841-08-24
    Charles Eagar to Carson Brevoort in New York

    		 1841-10-30
    Extracts from Carson's letters home

    		 1842-07-11 to 1842-07-21
    Carson Brevoort in Madrid to Laura Brevoort (Lol) in West Point

    		 1842-07-26
    Carson Brevoort in Madrid to mother

    		 1842-09-17
    Envelope addressed to H. Brevoort in New York, labeled "Dear Cars"

    		 1842-10-01
    Carson Brevoort in Madrid to father in New York

    		 1842-11-18
    Carson Brevoort in Madrid to mother in New York

    		 1843-01-21
    Carson Brevoort in Madrid to father in New York

    		 1843-03-04
    Carson Brevoort in Madrid to mother

    		 1843-03-23
    Carson Brevoort in Madrid to his siblings Hen and Pussy (Edith)

    		 1843-03-24
    Carson Brevoort in Naples to mother in New York

    		 1843-05-11
    Carson Brevoort in Rome to Bessy

    		 1843-06-08
    Carson Brevoort in Geneva to mother

    		 1843-08-10
    Carson Brevoort in Paris to father in East Hampton, New York

    		 1843-08-29
    Carson Brevoort in Paris to father in New York

    		 1843-09-18
    Carson Brevoort in Havre to mother

    		 1843-10-01
    Carson Brevoort in London to father in New York

    		 1843-10-03
    Carson Brevoort in London to father in New York

    		 1843-11-03
    [Carson Brevoort] in London to father

    		 1843-11-14
    Carson Brevoort to Henry Brevoort, Jr. in New York

    		 1843-11-15
    Carson Brevoort in Amsterdam to mother in New York

    		 1843-11-30
    Carson Brevoort in Portsmouth to father

    		 1843-12-20
    Description of first edition of "The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam" signed J.C.B.

    		 1850-11-02
    Putnam bookseller to J. C. Brevoort

    		 1851-12-18
    Robert Balmanns to James Carson Brevoort

    		 1858-03-10
    J. G. Shea to J. C. Brevoort

    		 1861-MM-DD
    A. V. [name?] to Carson Brevoort

    		 1871-10-23
    C. Eagar to Carson Brevoort in New York

    		 YYYY-08-04
    Mother to James Carson Brevoort

    		 YYYY-10-19
    Unknown in Paris to Carson Brevoort
    		 YYYY-12-23

    Series II: Bristed family papers
    0.04 Linear feet (1 folder)

    Papers created by the Charles Astor Bristed, husband of Laura W. Brevoort, soon after the death of his wife.

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 9 Correspondence of Charles Astor Bristed
    		 1861
    C. A. Bristed in Baden to Ellery

    		 1861-08-07
    Charles A. Bristed in Baden Baden to Tot (Laura W. Brevoort Bristed's sister)

    		 1861-08-08

    Series III: Kane family papers, 1852-1933 ((bulk 1896-1919))
    0.08 Linear feet (2 folders)

    Legal documents and correspondence created by members of the Kane family, in particular Pierre C. Kane, husband of Edith Brevoort, and their son Grenville Kane. The series also includes genealogical and historical information about the family's ancestry which seems to originate with the settlement of Grenville Kane's estate.

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 10 Kane family papers
    		 Bulk, 1896-19191852-1933
    Elisha Kent Kane and J. B. Thomas to the Secretary of the Navy re: John P. Gillis
    General Note:
      Written year is 1825; the last two digits were most likely transposed, as Elisha Kent Kane was born in 1820.


    		 1852-03-07
    Marriage settlement between Edith Brevoort, daughter of Henry Brevoort, Pierre C. Kane
    General Note:
      Envelope is much newer than document and labeled in fountain pen in the same handwriting as the William Mount note in folder 3 and the list in folder 15.


    		 1853-10-01
    Wistar Party invitation from Judge Kane to Judge Cunningham

    		 1856-10-06
    Chas. Henry Hart to Mr. Grenville Kane (copy)

    		 1896-05-23
    Bank receipt from Anzonetta B. Wolfe to Margaret Dorothy Kane
    		 1896-11-14
    W. L. Strong, Mayor of New York, to Mr. Grenville Kane

    		 1897-04-21
    H. Duncan Wood to Grenville Kane

    		 1899-01-30
    Commander Robert E. Peary in "The Oakland" to Mr. Grenville Kane


    Names:
    Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920


    		 1909-12-29
    Acknowledgment signed by Harry H. Hymes from Grenville Kane to account of George D. Smith, Washington Irving letters

    		 1911-05-05
    W. A. B. Coolidge in Switzerland to Grenville Kane Esq.

    		 1919-01-09
    W. A. B. Coolidge to Grenville Kane Esq. (large envelope)

    		 1919-01-29
    James King Hand's description of a duel between Kane and Wadsworth

    		 1933-07-DD
    Box 1, Folder 11 Settlement of Kane estate -- Brevoort papers
    		 ca. 1943
    List titled "Brevoort papers from Grenville Kane Estate"

    		 n.d.
    Kane daughters to Franklin F. Hopper regarding gift of book in memory of their father

    		 n.d.
    List titled "Various Brevoort papers"

    		 n.d.
    List titled "Various Brevoort papers," typescript

    		 n.d.
    List titled "Various Brevoort papers," typescript with handwritten annotations

    		 n.d.

    Series IV: Winslow family papers, 1959-1970
    0.04 Linear feet (1 folder)

    Papers related to the family of John Winslow, the donor of the collection.

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 12 Winslow family correspondence
    		 1959-1970
    Envelope from C. W. Post College to Mr. John Winslow

    		 1959-12-10
    Betty Hasting in Long Island to Helen and John Winslow in New York

    		 1969-12-03
    Laura Walker to John Winslow

    		 1970-01-05

    Series V: Collected Papers and Research, 1852-1933
    0.125 Linear feet (3 folders)

    This series contains a miscellany of correspondence, transcriptions, notes, and items related to the collection of antique manuscripts, all of which are related to figures in American history as well as the Brevoort family. The items in this series seem to be from the collection of Grenville Kane, as indicated by some notes and the list of Brevoort family papers in Series III.

    Container Description Date
    Box 1, Folder 13 Auction and Dealer Catalogs and Advertisements
    		 1890, n.d.
    George Washington auction catalogue entry
    		 1890-04-26
    Advertisement for Old Letters by Walter R. Benjamin in New York

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from Daniel Webster to Charles Marob

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Charles Astor Bristed, 1847

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from Lord Cornbury to Board of Colonial Expenses, 1708

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from Rembrandt Peale to Henry Brevoort

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from Jonathan Trumbull to Committee of Pay-Table, Hartford, 1776

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from D. Webster to Moses Kent, 1819

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from Cadwallader Colden to Sir William Johnson

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from J.K. Pauling to Henry Brevoort

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from John Rodgers to Henry Cahoone, 1811

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from David Porter to Sarah Ham[?], 1811

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from Rip von Dane to Stock & Gainsborough, 1737

    		 n.d.
    Catalog entry in pencil on back of Tailer & Co. stationery for letter from S.A. Booth to Henry Brevoort, 1815

    		 n.d.
    Box 1, Folder 14 Collected historical correspondence and papers
    		 1694-1898, n.d.
    Governor Cadwallader Colden in Fort George, New York to Sir William Johnson, Baronet

    		 1762-04-05
    Gates to Arnold (transcription)

    		 1775-08-25
    Unknown in Dorchester to Thomas

    		 1776-02-18
    Col. William Shepard, 4th Massachusetts Regiment, to Brig. General [John] Thomas in Roxbury

    		 1776-02-22
    Order of Congress signed by John Hancock to Benedict Arnold Esq. to be appointed Major General (anastatic facsimile)

    		 1777-05-02
    Notes on and transcription of letter from John Adams to Washington

    		 1777-11-19
    Alexander Hamilton to the Principal Commissary

    		 1778-08-09
    Robert Burns to William Dunbar, transcription

    		 1788-09-25
    John R. Cowenhoven in Bedford to Nicholas R. Cowenhoven

    		 1798-11-07
    J. S. to Dr. John C. Lettsom


    Names:
    Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815


    		 1799-10-03
    John R. Murray in New York to John Trumble, Esq.

    		 1812-03-06
    D. Webster to Kent

    		 1819-07-05
    Amussat in Paris to Unknown

    		 1836-11-21
    Unknown to Unknown

    		 1841[?]-01-27
    Charles Francis Adams to Professor Henry Reed in Philadelphia

    		 1849-07-17
    George Washington in Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia [?] to Mr. Demas Adams in Columbus City, Franklin County in Ohio

    		 1851-09-08
    Envelope from Rear Admiral Farragut to Comm. J. I. Palmer

    		 1854-08-09
    F. E. Spinner, Treasurer of the United States, to C. H. Ogden in New York City

    		 1864-04-14
    Unknown in Brooklyn to Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull

    		 1870-05-DD
    John Hay [likely John Milton Hay (1838-1905), American statesman, author, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln] at the New York Tribune to Stanton

    		 1871-01-11
    "Supplement to the Spirit of '76 -- The Ancestry of George Washington"

    		 1898-05-DD
    Letter from Jacques [Cosoroff?]

    		 n.d. (after 1832)
    Excerpts transcribed from the Conveyance of the Wallabout Farm
    General Note:
      Includes note "Belongs to Mr. Kane" on cover.


    		 n.d.
    "The Author of Waverly" drawing signed by Walter Scott

    		 n.d.
    Bonaparte family tree -- Joseph, Napoleon I, Lucien, Louis, Jerome

    		 n.d. (after 1878)
    E to R

    		 n.d.
    Address and phone number for Associated Bookbinders

    		 n.d.
    Journal of Barbara (3 pages)

    		 n.d.
    Two drafts of documents to Andrew Sydam [?], Capt. of militia co. and a document of sale by Deborah and Abigail B.[?] All on back of torn "Deuce is in Him" broadside, Boston, 1796.

    		 n.d. (after 1796)
    Seal of Duke of Wellington in envelope

    		 n.d.
    Count of letters from W. Irving 1808-1843
    Notes from "Old Merchants of New York. [...]" p. 353

    		 n.d.
    Newspaper clipping of painting by P. P. Rubens, engraved by G. Murray

    		 n.d.
    Engraved portrait of James Kent LL.D, signed by Kent

    		 n.d.
    "The Tribute Money," description of Rubens painting

    		 n.d.
    Box 1, Folder 15 Research Materials and Notes

    		 n.d.
    Photograph of landscape painting
    		 n.d.
    List of letters
    General Note:
      List of nine letters in the collection written in ballpoint pen on a sheet of yellow lined paper. The origin of these notes are unknown, but the handwriting matches notes on a slip of paper in folder 3 and on the envelope enclosing marriage certificate of Edith Brevoort and Pierre C. Kane in folder 10.


    		 n.d.