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- Creator
- Bartlett, Sidney, 1799-1889
- Call number
- MssCol 225
- Physical description
- .3 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- Sidney Bartlett correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Sidney Bartlett (1799-1889) was a lawyer in Boston, Mass. Collection consists of correspondence on professional matters including references to George D'Wolf, uncle of Herman Melville, and to the lawsuit of Gould v. Gould in regard to the administration of the estate of Jacob Gould. Correspondents include Judge Thomas Burgess, Benjamin F. Butler, R.H. Dana, Jr., Judge Richard Fletcher, Henry A. Pierce, Judge Lemuel Shaw, and H.B. Stanton.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Taylor, Thomas J. Collection, 1934Key terms
Names
- Bartlett, Sidney, 1799-1889
- Burgess, Thomas, 1756-1837
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858
- D'Wolf, George
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882
- Fletcher, Richard, 1788-1869
- Gould, Jacob
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
- Pierce, Henry A.
- Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861
- Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328