Shaler family papers
Contributors: Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906; Shaler, William, 1778?-1833; Southgate, Richard, 1729-1795
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Correspondence; American Diplomatic and consular service; History
Description: Correspondence (1810-1880), appointments (1815-1829), passports (1809-1814), financial papers (1814-1823), indentures (1819-1859) for transfer of land in Kentucky, patent, biographical sketch, genealogy, broadsides, portraits, and clippings.  Chiefly the papers of Nathaniel Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, William Shaler, and Richard Southgate.  Correspondents include Henry Clay, James Monroe, and Jonathan Russell.  Includes documents signed by Andrew Jackson, James Madison, James Monroe, and Robert Smith.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Mrs. D. S. Robertson, 1959.

Members of the Shaler (Schaller) family.  Persons prominent in the collection include William Shaler, U.S. consul general at Havana and Algiers; his brother, Nathaniel, captain of a privateer during the War of 1812; Nathaniel's father-in-law, Richard Southgate; and Nathaniel's son, Nathaniel S. Shaler, geologist and educator.

Collection material in English.