Joseph Gardner Swift letters
name: label: Creator
content: Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865
topic: label: Occupation
content: Civil engineers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Generals -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
creator: label: Creator
content: Swift, J. G. (Joseph Gardner), 1783-1865
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Army General, Civil Engineer; New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 154 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1821-1862
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.swifj
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel N26 (frames 646-1222) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: List of correspondents available at Archives of American Art offices, filed New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, including c. 60 letters to his brother-in-law, George W. Whistler, father of the painter James McNeill Whistler.