Wainwright Family Papers
name: label: Author
content: Wainwright Family
label: Collector
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
label: Names
content: Mayhew, Charlotte
label: Names
content: Mayhew, Elisa (Eliza)
label: Names
content: Wainwright, Elizabeth
label: Names
content: Wainwright, Jonathan
label: Names
content: Wainwright, Mayhew
label: Names
content: Wainwright, Peter, Jr.
label: Names
content: Wainwright, Peter, Sr.
place: label: Place
content: New York
label: Place
content: Boston (Mass.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased, August 1986.
creator: label: Author
content: Wainwright Family
label: Collector
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: Wainwright Family Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The correspondence, financial and legal materials, writing and notes, and various other materials of the Wainwright family who lived in early 1800s New York.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In the early 1800's, Peter Wainwright Sr. of New York had two sons.  Peter Jr., was a banker in Boston, and Jonathan Wainwright was a minister in New York. Jonathan married Elisa (Eliza) Mayhew, and they had two children named Elizabeth and Mayhew. Peter married Charlotte Mayhew (perhaps the sister of Elisa).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1777-1893
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred from Warshaw Collection, October 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0244
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Family papers
label: Type
content: Financial records
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Papers
label: Type
content: Legal documents
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into four series.

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1777-1830

Series 2: Financial and Legal Materials, 1817-1819

Series 3: Writings and Notes, undated

Series 4: Other Materials, 1804-1893
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, 2006
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Family papers -- 18th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Financial records -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Papers
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 18th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Legal documents -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Most of the correspondence between members of the Wainwright Family dates from around 1800 to 1840.  Early correspondence of Elisa Mayhew dates from around 1777 to 1800.  Other correspondence is to members of the Wainwright family from friends and business associates.  Included also, are financial and legal materials of the Wainwright family dating from 1804 through 1837 plus some undated writings and notes.  Additionally, a group of other material dated 1804 1893 composed of correspondence, financial and legal materials of various people, perhaps unassociated with the family are included.