Manuscripts
Samuel F. Gay correspondence
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Samuel F. Gay letters to Jabez Gay
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Two letters written by Samuel F. Gay, a member of the 7th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry, to his father Jabez Gay during the American Civil War. The letters are dated 1863 March 1, and 1864 April 28, and written from camps near Falmouth and Brandy Station, Virginia, respectively.
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1846-1863 February
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Correspondence between Samuel F. Gay and his father Jabez J. R. Gay (born 1809). Samuel F. Gay’s letters were chiefly written while in camps in Washington, D.C., Downsville, Maryland, Warrenton, and Brandy Station, Virginia, with several letters describing the battles of Williamsburg, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and the Peninsular and Rapidan campaigns. The letters depict various aspects of life as a Union soldier including officers, Confederate prisoners, payments, rations, reviews and drills, diseases, and medical care. Also present is information on movements of the troops and discussion of war and political news. Jabez R. Gay’s letters contain news from home, discussion of political issues of the day, such as slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation and the nature and course of the war. Also included are letters from Edwin C. Bragg to Jabez J. R. and Samuel F. Gay, including an account of the Battle of Roanoke Island in February 1862. There are also individual letters that concern other family members and Gay's post-war life. Ephemera includes a clipping from the New York Herald, 1862, containing an article on the battle of Fredericksburg, and a printed sheet containing: A poem composed by a pious woman, soon after the taking of Cape-Breton, the first time : upon Christian love and peace. joined with united fervent prayer, / Composed by Mrs. Deborah Field, 1745, printed by N. Coverly, Boston, between 1805 and 1824.
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Mary (Loud) Gay to Edwin Francis Gay and Aaron F. Gay to Edwin Francis Gay
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A collection of 9,601 items from 1786 to 1973, which consists of professional and personal material related to Edwin Francis Gay's life and multifaceted career. The collection documents his career in the civil service, at Harvard University, the New York Evening Post, and the Huntington Library; there are also some papers related to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Subjects include European economic recovery after World War I; international economic relations after World War II; United States business; and Gay's voluminous research notes on European and American economic history. Also included are Gay's notes on the Temple family papers in the Stowe collection at the Huntington Library and correspondence and papers relative to Herbert Heaton's book Scholar in action : Edwin Francis Gay (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952). The collection also includes business, family and personal correspondence, documents, genealogy, printed material, photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Also present is Woodrow Wilson telegram to Edwin Francis Gay, 1919 September 17 (GY 3292) in Box 124.
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Edwin Francis Gay to Margaret Randolph (Gay) Davies; Edward FitzRandolph Gay; Mary (Loud) Gay; Aaron F. Gay, etc
Manuscripts
A collection of 9,601 items from 1786 to 1973, which consists of professional and personal material related to Edwin Francis Gay's life and multifaceted career. The collection documents his career in the civil service, at Harvard University, the New York Evening Post, and the Huntington Library; there are also some papers related to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Subjects include European economic recovery after World War I; international economic relations after World War II; United States business; and Gay's voluminous research notes on European and American economic history. Also included are Gay's notes on the Temple family papers in the Stowe collection at the Huntington Library and correspondence and papers relative to Herbert Heaton's book Scholar in action : Edwin Francis Gay (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952). The collection also includes business, family and personal correspondence, documents, genealogy, printed material, photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Also present is Woodrow Wilson telegram to Edwin Francis Gay, 1919 September 17 (GY 3292) in Box 124.
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Correspondence relevant to Gay academic "offers" and/or appointments
Manuscripts
A collection of 9,601 items from 1786 to 1973, which consists of professional and personal material related to Edwin Francis Gay's life and multifaceted career. The collection documents his career in the civil service, at Harvard University, the New York Evening Post, and the Huntington Library; there are also some papers related to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Subjects include European economic recovery after World War I; international economic relations after World War II; United States business; and Gay's voluminous research notes on European and American economic history. Also included are Gay's notes on the Temple family papers in the Stowe collection at the Huntington Library and correspondence and papers relative to Herbert Heaton's book Scholar in action : Edwin Francis Gay (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952). The collection also includes business, family and personal correspondence, documents, genealogy, printed material, photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Also present is Woodrow Wilson telegram to Edwin Francis Gay, 1919 September 17 (GY 3292) in Box 124.
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Aaron F. Gay family documents: account books, etc
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A collection of 9,601 items from 1786 to 1973, which consists of professional and personal material related to Edwin Francis Gay's life and multifaceted career. The collection documents his career in the civil service, at Harvard University, the New York Evening Post, and the Huntington Library; there are also some papers related to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Subjects include European economic recovery after World War I; international economic relations after World War II; United States business; and Gay's voluminous research notes on European and American economic history. Also included are Gay's notes on the Temple family papers in the Stowe collection at the Huntington Library and correspondence and papers relative to Herbert Heaton's book Scholar in action : Edwin Francis Gay (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952). The collection also includes business, family and personal correspondence, documents, genealogy, printed material, photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Also present is Woodrow Wilson telegram to Edwin Francis Gay, 1919 September 17 (GY 3292) in Box 124.
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