Harding, Chester
name: label: Collection Creator
content: McGuigan, Mary K.
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content: Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection
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content: Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection / Series 1: Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. Artists' Letters Collection
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content: circa 1846-1865
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content: Box 2, Folder 8-11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
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content: Chester Harding, Glasgow, Scotland, 21 December 1846, to his son Francis "Frank" Skinner Harding (b. 1843), Springfield, Massachusetts, regarding Harding instructs his youngest son to find Glasgow on the map, pens a sketch of a young boy, and inquires if he has been sledding and obeying his aunts.

[Chester Harding] Margaret Eliot Harding White (1823-1903), Keene, New Hampshire, to her future sister-in-law Julia Norton Delano, 11 March 1863, regarding White, who edited her father's memoirs, writes to her future sister-in-law, about to Mary Francis "Frank" Skinner Harding, to congratulate her and learn more about her.

Chester Harding, Springfield, Massachusetts, 8 September 1863, to his future daughter-in-law Julia Norton Delano, regarding welcoming her to the family.

[Chester Harding] Mary Ophelia Harding Krum (1818-1892), Chateaugay Lake, New York, 19 July 1864, to her future sister-in-law Julia Norton Delano, regarding summer house with her family and father, Chester Harding, and catching up.

[Chester Harding] Mary Ophelia Harding Krum (1818-1892), Springfield, Massachusetts, 11 September 1864, to her future sister-in-law Julia Norton Delano, regarding her travels and her return to St. Louis with her father, Chester Harding, as well as warning that her brother Frank's income, whom she raised, will barely support them after their wedding. 

Chester Harding, Springfield, Massachusetts, 22 December 1864, to his daughter-in-law Julia Norton Delano Harding, Detroit, regarding his wedding gift of money, as well as Frank's looking into the disposal of his property in Detroit.

Chester Harding, Springfield, Massachusetts, 15 April 1865, to his daughter-in-law Julia Norton Delano Harding, Detroit, regarding a blunder that cost Frank his job, the poor prospects for Frank's starting a new business in Detroit, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Chester Harding, St. Louis, 11 October [1865], to his daughter-in-law Julia Norton Delano Harding, Detroit, regarding the hot weather in St. Louis, his intention to stay until Christmas, and his desire to paint several portraits to keep busy.

Chester Harding, manuscript fragment, comprising parts No. 2, 3 and 4 of his memoir, --  A Sketch of Chester Harding, Artist, Drawn by His Own Hand -- , later edited by his daughter Margaret Eliot Harding White (1823-1903), and published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by John Wilson in 1866. This is the only known portion of this manuscript.