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Charles Henry Ray papers

Description: A collection of approximately 437 items from 1826 to 1950, it consists of the professional, political, and personal correspondence and papers of Charles Henry Ray; chiefly letters addressed to him. Included are letters discussing family news; Ray's studies of medicine in New York; the whaling voyage from 1841 to 1843 onboard the New Bedford whaler Newton; early medical practice in Illinois; business affairs; the Chicago Tribune; the Chicago Evening Post; his involvement in the trade with the South during the Civil War. Also, contemporary politics, including the Republican party, the Lincoln presidency and the Civil War. Correspondents include Levi Ray, Jane Yates Per Lee Ray, Julia Annah Clark Ray, Harvey Hubbard, William M. Fenton, Serranus Clinton Hastings, Tench S. Fairchild, Charles S. Hempstead, James Wilson Grimes, Joseph Medill, Henry Martyn Smith, Lyman Trumbull, Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Horace White, and others. Also included are newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Charles H. Ray, and photographs and portraits of Ray and his second wife. The collection also includes additional family and political letters and a manuscript of "Charles H. Ray and the Chicago Tribune."
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Date

1826-1950

Call number

mssRY

Creator

Ray, Charles Henry(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Julia Ray Andrews, 1943.

Gift of Paul Ray and Julia Ray Andrews, 1954.

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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Associated people

Fairchild, Tench S. (1808-1871.)

Fenton, William M. (active 1838.)

Grimes, James W. (1794-1874.)

Hammond, O. T., (1814-1893.)

Hempstead, Charles S., (active 1847.)

Hastings, S. Clinton (1823-1899.)

Hubbard, Harvey, (-1861.)

Medill, Joseph, (1840-1913.)

Ray, Jane Yates Per Lee, (1796-1850.)

Ray, Julia Annah Clark, (1828-1894.)

Ray, Levi, (1813-1896.)

Smith, H. M. (1816-1887.)

Trumbull, Lyman, (1834-1916.)

Washburne, E. B.

White, Horace,

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