The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont
5105
Kennett Pike,
302-888-4600 or
800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Miller, Margaret Motter, 1898-1979
Title: Galt-Motter-Bowman-Sitgreaves-Vail-Miller
family papers
Dates: 1789-1970
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 76x100,
78x320, 04x67
Quantity: 29 boxes, 3 folders
Location: 17 B 1-5, and map case C, drawer 2
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Margaret Motter Miller (1898-1979),
wife of Edgar Grim Miller, Jr., was the family historian whose family research
brought together these documents that relate to her ancestors. The lines traced through this collection
include the Galt, Motter, Bowman, Sitgreaves, Vail and Miller families. Most of the families involved lived in
Baltimore and Emmittsburg, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Lancaster and Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania; and Kansas.
Margaret Motter Miller (Mrs. Edgar
G. Miller, Jr.) was the daughter of Murray Galt Motter (1866-1926) and Ellen
Sitgreaves Vail (daughter of Bishop Thomas Hubbard Vail). Mrs. Miller’s husband, Edgar G. Miller, Jr.,
was the son of Edgar Grim Miller and Esther Amelia Valentine and the grandson
of Margaret G. Galt (1829-1923) and Milton Valentine (1825-1906).
Peter Galt (1777-1831) and his
brother Sterling Galt, esq. (1796-1885) were the sons of Matthew William Galt
(1746-1828) and his wife Mary Jane Little (Maria Klein). Peter was a silversmith in Baltimore,
Maryland, where Sterling worked as a watch and clockmaker, before settling as a
farmer in Carroll County. Peter’s son
Dr. John Murray Galt married his first cousin Nancy E. Galt, the daughter of
Sterling Galt, esq. These Galt families can
be traced through the nineteenth century with these papers.
There are several ministers,
military, and medical men in the families.
Among the more prominent are Bishop Samuel Bowman (1800-1861, Episcopal
bishop in Pennsylvania) and Bishop Thomas Hubbard Vail (1812-1889, Episcopal
bishop in Kansas). Thomas Hubbard Vail
was married to Ellen Ledlie Bowman (1828-1894; she was his second wife), who
was the daughter of Bishop Samuel Bowman. Israel Everett Vail (1842-1915), son of Thomas
Hubbard Vail, was in the Navy during the Civil War. Another relative, electrician and inventor
Alfred Vail (1807-1859), an associate of Samuel F. B. Morse, refined the early
telegraph.
Alexander Hamilton Bowman
(1803-1865), a brother to Bishop Samuel Bowman, was a military engineer who
helped in the building of Fort Sumter.
He later had charge of the defense of
Other members of this extended
family were clergy or prominent members of Lutheran and Presbyterian churches.
There were several physicians, including
James Taylor Motter (1838-1903, grandfather of Margaret Motter Miller) and his
son Murray Galt Motter of Washington, D.C. (1866-1926, father of Margaret
Motter Miller). Murray Galt Motter was not
only a doctor, but also professor of physiology, commissioner of pharmacy, and
a health officer for the District of Columbia.
John Murray Galt (1810-1898) was
a physician in Baltimore.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
A collection of papers pertaining
to the Galt (chiefly from Maryland), Bowman, Vail, Motter, Sitgreaves, Miller,
and a few members of other related families.
The largest run of correspondence are those letters between Margaret E.
Galt, her beau (then husband) James Taylor Motter, and their son Murray Galt
Motter. There is also correspondence of
Bishop Samuel Bowman, Bishop Thomas H. Vail, and other members of their
families.
The correspondence deals with the social
life and customs of the day. This
includes buying fabric for making dresses, parties, touring battlefields, the
behavior of soldiers in towns, orators, and so on. The women of these families wrote about the
social climate of their respective cities.
Parties, lectures, religious meetings, who came and who went, were all
discussed. The letters of I. Everett
Vail, who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War, are filled with
interesting facts about various bombardments and battles on board ships
blockading harbors in the South. Murray Galt Motter, a physician in Washington,
D.C., wrote to his parents about the practice of medicine, his long hours and
poor pay. Some letters are from students
at school or college, including Yale College, Pennsylvania College, and others,
and undoubtedly relate stories of school events. Some of the materials about Peter Galt shed
light on his work as a jeweler, while other papers record his involvement with
the Maryland militia.
There are
quite a number of different forms of material in the collection, ranging from
manuscript and typed letters, to programs, invitations, rewards of merit
(including a medal from the Southern Home School in Baltimore), estate records
(Joshua Motter was named executor of several estates), Maryland militia
rosters, certificates and diplomas, brochures, news clippings (most now photocopied),
and photographs. Some genealogical
charts are also included, but a comprehensive one tying all the names together
is not found. (A brief summary of
genealogical information relating to the more prominent members of the families
is available at this repository.)
Most of
the photographs are of family members.
Also found are a photo of scientific instruments given to Pennsylvania
College (now Gettysburg College) by the Class of 1886 (in a folder of
miscellaneous Murray Galt Motter material); photos of Motter homes; a photo of
an early Episcopal Church in Kansas, a rude log structure; and some photographs
of President Woodrow Wilson, including the sheep he kept on the White House
lawn during World War I.
ORGANIZATION
The
collection is housed in 29 boxes and 3 oversize folders. The papers are arranged by family, and where
possible, chronologically. Galt and Motter family materials are in Boxes
1-15; Bowman and Miller families in 16-17; Vail in 18-19, and other families in
19-20. Legal size files are in Boxes
21-24, photographs in 25-26, and oversize files in 27-28, with many families
represented in these boxes. The oversize
folders hold materials about the Galt, Bowman, and Motter families.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The
materials are in English, with some letters in Italian, and some invitations in
French.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection
is open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of
Margaret Motter Miller (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller).
Accession
04x67 (Galt family genealogy) is the gift of Thomas C. Haydock, Jr.
RELATED
MATERIALS
Papers of
T. H. Vail Motter are held by Firestone Library, Princeton University.
Ellen
Sitgreaves Vail Motter (Mrs. Murray Galt Motter) donated a Collection of
Bishops’ Letters to the Church Historical Society, Philadelphia, in 1949. These are now in the Archives of the
Episcopal Church, and inquiries about these should be directed to that
organization.
Vail
family papers are held by the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study. These papers are
primarily correspondence to and from Ellen Bowman Vail, her husband Bishop
Thomas H. Vail, and their daughter Ellen Sigreaves Vail Motter. Other family correspondence and photographs
are also included. (Their call number:
1589.)
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Bowman, A. H. (Alexander
Hamilton), 1803-1865.
Bowman, Samuel, 1800-1861.
Ford, Mary, 1817-1909.
Galt, John Murray, 1810-1898.
Galt, Peter, 1777-1831.
Galt, Sterling M., 1837-1865.
Hubbard, Thomas, Jr.,
1783-1817.
Little, Peter, 1775-1830.
Motter, James Taylor, 1838-1903.
Motter, Murray Galt, 1866-1926.
Vail, Ellen Ledlie Bowman,
1828-1894.
Vail, I. E. (Israel
Everett), 1842-
Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard),
1812-1889.
Williams, Celia, circa 1824-
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt,
1872-1961.
Bowman family.
Gault family.
Miller family.
Motter family.
Sitgreaves family.
Vail family.
Topics:
Episcopal Church - Bishops - Correspondence.
Episcopal Church - Bishops -
Biography.
Pennsylvania College.
Southern Home School (Baltimore,
Md.)
Anglican Communion - Bishops -
Correspondence.
Autograph
albums - Pennsylvania.
Churches – Photographs.
College students – Correspondence.
Courtship.
Decedents’ estates – Maryland.
Executors and administrators.
Friendship.
Funeral rites and ceremonies –
Costs.
Men - Diaries.
Physicians - Correspondence.
Rewards of merit.
Scientific apparatus and
instruments - Photographs.
Slaves – Emancipation.
Students – Correspondence.
Baltimore (Md.) - Social life and
customs.
Emmittsburg (
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and
customs.
Maryland – Militia – Registers.
Maryland – History – War of 1812.
United States – History \y War of
1812.
United States - History - Civil
War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Washington (D.C.) - Social life and
customs.
Letters.
Programs.
Clippings.
Scrapbooks.
Brochures.
Photographs.
Receipts.
Charts.
Genealogies.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
COLLECTION
Location: 17 B 1-5 and map case C,
drawer 2
Note:
Women may be listed under both maiden and married names, so be sure to check
both.
Because of the re-use of names by all
generations, it is possible that some items are misfiled. Please bring these items to the attention of
the manuscripts cataloger.
Folder 1: Galt, Carroll Grayson: article about him
Folder 2: Galt, Grayson Page: lock of hair and paper in which it was
wrapped
Folder 3: Galt, Harry: letter to Maggie, 1861
Folder 4: Galt, John Murray (Dr.): bills and
letters to him, 1832-1898, including a pass from Surgeon S.D. Freeman of the
Convalescent Hospital in Patterson Park, Baltimore, allowing Dr. Galt [spelled
Gault] and his family in and out of the hospital, 1863[?]; also certificate of
appointment from city of Baltimore to be physician for Second Ward; also part
of a document pertaining to the dissolution of the firm Drs. Martin & Galt,
no date
Folder 5: Galt, John Murray, Jr.: letter from
sister M.E.G., 1868
Folder 6: Galt, Margaret E. (Maggie E.; later
Mrs. James Taylor Motter): miscellaneous, including invitations, inventories, a
letter from S. Galt about students’ participation in rally in 1856 election,
photographs of church windows, bill for cemetery markers, etc.
[for
additional material by or about her, see under her married name of Motter]
Folder 7: Galt, Margaret G. (Mrs. E. Chester
Stott): article about her wedding to Mr. Stott
[daughter of
Henry Galt of Taneytown, Md.]
Folder 8: Galt, Margaret Grayson (Mrs. Milton V. Valentine): letters
to her, 1854-1866
[daughter
of Sterling Galt, esq., and Margaret Grayson]
Folder
9: Galt, Margaret Maury (Zunie
Maury; for a time Mrs. Walter Allan Galt): articles about her stage career
Folder 10:
Galt, Mary Jane (Jennie, died 1912):
correspondence, a bill, photo of a teacher, and reward of merit medal from
Southern Home School of Baltimore; also flyer about the school
Folder 11: Galt, Matthew Wm. (Mr. and Mrs.): letters and newspaper
articles
Folder 12: Galt, Moses: legal fees, 1816, with name Peter Galt also
appearing
Folder 13: Galt, Nancy E. (Mrs. John Murray Galt): letters, 1844-circa
1894
[note:
both her maiden and married names were Galt]
Folder 14: Galt, Nancy E. (Mrs. John Murray Galt)
from daughter Margaret E. (Mrs. James Taylor Motter), circa 1863-circa 1866
Folder 15: Galt, Nancy E. (Mrs. John Murray Galt):
bills, 1848-1901, including bill for her funeral services), and miscellaneous,
including Sunday School roll book
Folder 16: Galt, Norman (died 1908; his widow married President Woodrow
Wilson)
Folder 17: Galt, Peter: accounts of jewelry sales, receipts
for payments made by him (chiefly rent, tuition for children), folded sheets of
paper printed with his watchpaper (P. Galt, watch maker, Fells Point,
Baltimore; but note that these seem to be later prints, not from his time), rewards
of merit printed with Bible verses, tax bills, letters, charges to his estate, etc.,
circa 1803-1832 (includes bill for his coffin and some charges for his funerral,
1831)
[see also
legal size files of Peter Galt]
Folder 18: Correspondence: Galt, Peter and Little,
Peter, 1825-1828; [another letter from Little to P. Galt is in the legal size
file of Peter Galt]
also journal
of Susanna Little, 1836, in which she mentions the family of Mrs. E. Galt, and
1813 letter to Joseph Little about the death of his son (which has nothing to
do with Galts)
folder
19: Galt, Mrs. Peter (Elizabeth
Murray Galt): locks of hair, a note about the hair, and a receipted bill for
cambric, ribbon, and gloves, 1832
folder 20: Galt, Ralph Lee: death notices
folder 21: Galt, Sterling, esq. (1796-1885): letters to him, 1840s-1866;
death notices
folder 22: Galt, Sterling (1865-1922): obituaries
folder
23: Galt, Sterling M. (Rev.; 1837-1865;
Presbyterian minister): letters to and from him; certificate of licensure from
Presbytery of New Brunswick; calls from churches in Delaware; poem written upon
his death;
folder 24: Galt, Sterling M. (Rev.): correspondence from sister Maggie
and niece M.E.G.
folder 25: Galt, Walter Allan: death notices
[see
also folder for his ex-wife Margaret Maury Galt]
Folder 26: Galt, William Howard Curtis (of Ireland): letter from him and
his bookplate
Folder 27: Galt, William Matthew, and wife Harriet; letters, death
notices, picture, etc.
Box 2: Galt-Motter correspondence
Folders
1-5: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter): letters from James Taylor Motter, 1862-1866
Folders
1-6: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from James Taylor Motter, 1867-1886;
In folder 2
is a copy of Historical Sketch of the
Presbyterian Churches of Emmitssburg and Piney Creek, … by William Simonton,
1876. [various members of the Galt and
related families were members of these churches]
Box 4: Galt-Motter correspondence
Folders
1-4: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from James Taylor Motter, 1886-circa 1901
Folder
5: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from Sister Mary Jane Galt, 1870s-1880s and no date
Box 5: Galt and Motter families
Folders 1-3: Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. James Taylor Motter): letters from
various people
[note:
folder 1 includes the engraving plate for the wedding of Margaret E. Galt and
James Taylor Motter, which took place at the Presbyterian Church on Nov. 28,
1865; see the note on the back of the printed invitation]
Folder
4: Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from Mother (Nancy E. Galt), circa 1860-1901, but many not dated
Folder
5: Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from Mother (Nancy E. Galt) and father (John Murray Galt), circa
1860-1870s, but many not dated
Folder
6: Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from nephew George F. Mull, 1909-1927; also a letter from Prof.
M. Valentine, 1901
Folder
7: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter): White House memorabilia, from Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
Folder
8: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter): miscellaneous, including notes on literature
Folder 9: Motter, Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor: invitations to college
exercises and weddings
Box 6: Galt-Motter correspondence
Folders
1-5: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from son Murray Galt Motter, circa 1874-1885, with many undated
Box 7: Galt-Motter correspondence
Folders
1-5: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from son Murray Galt Motter, 1880s
Box 8: Galt-Motter correspondence
Folders
1-5: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from son Murray Galt Motter, 1888-1891
Folders
1-4: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from son Murray Galt Motter, 1891-1895
Box 10: Galt-Motter correspondence
Folders
1-4: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from son Murray Galt Motter, 1895-circa 1919
Folder
5: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from uncle Rev. Sterling M. Galt, circa 1854-circa 1865, but
many undated
Folder
6: Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. James
Taylor Motter) from Hallie (H.H., i.e. Harriet Hinkle) Motter, circa 1862-1935
[Hallie
Motter was sister of James Taylor Motter; she bore the same name as her mother,
who was the Harriet Hinkle who married Joshua Motter]
Folder
1: Motter, Margaret E. Galt (Mrs.
James Taylor Motter): letters from Annie A. B. Norris, 1905-1927
[Annie A. B.
Norris, born circa 1862, was the daughter of Sarah Chittenden Norris.]
Folder 2: Motter, Harriet (Hinkle; Mrs. Joshua Motter): chiefly letters
to her, 1839-1890
Folder 3: Motter, Hallie (Harriet Hinkle, the daughter): letters to
and from
Folder 4: Motter, Joshua: correspondence to him,
1853, 1857, plus a copy of A Sermon
Preached at the Funeral of Joshua Motter, … Feb. 28th, 1875 by the
Pastor, Rev. A.R. Kreemer
Folders 5-7: Motter, James Taylor; letters from Margaret E. Galt, 1862-1865
Box 12: Motter-Galt correspondence
Folders 1-2: Motter, James Taylor: letters from Margaret E. Galt, 1865-1870s
Folders 3-4: Motter, James Taylor; letters from son Murray Galt Motter, 1880s
Folders 1-5: Motter, James Taylor: letters from son Murray Galt Motter, 1889-1896
Box 14-A: Motter family
Folder 1: Motter, Ellen S. V. (Mrs. Murray G. Motter): letters to
her, 1897-1920
Folder
2: Motter, John Lewis: letter to
him from brother James Taylor Motter, 1850, and letter from him, 1894
Folder
3: Motter, Mary Louise (Aunt Lou):
death notice, 1914
Folders
4-5: Motter, Murray Galt: correspondence,
circa 1888-circa 1926
[in folder 5
is a drawing of a roll-top desk]
Folder
6: Motter, Murray Galt: bequests
from his estate
Folder
7: Motter, Murray Galt: medical
career
Folders
8-9: Motter, Murray Galt:
miscellaneous materials, mostly printed
Includes his
grade reports from Pennsylvania College, a photo of scientific instruments
given to the college by the Class of 1886, postcards of Emmitsburg, Md., a
biographical sketches of Motter, a passport issued in 1907, pamphlets written
by him, etc.
Box 14-B: Motter family
Folder 1: Motter, Murray Galt: miscellaneous
notes and writings
Folder
2: Motter, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar
Grim Miller) from Aunt Hallie [the younger Harriet Hinkle Motter]
Folder
3: Motter, Margaret (later Mrs.
Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from father, Murray G. Motter), circa 1904-1919
[continues
in next box]
Box 15: Motter family
Folder
1: Motter, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar
Grim Miller, Jr.) from father, Murray G. Motter), 1918-1923
[continued
from previous box]
Folders
2-3: Motter, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim
Miller, Jr.) from Mother Ellen S. V. Motter, 1915-1933
Folders
4-5: Motter, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim
Miller, Jr.) from Grandmother Margaret E. G. Motter, 1898-1932 and undated
Folder
6: Motter, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar
Grim Miller, Jr.): various correspondents1917-1970 and undated
Folder 7: Motter, Vail
Folder 8: Motter family: genealogical notes, a bill, letters
Box 16: Bowman family
Folder
1: Bowman, Alexander Hamilton:
biographical sketch and letter from daughter Louise (Lulu)
[A.
H. Bowman (1803-1865) was a brother of Bishop Samuel Bowman.]
[see
also folder: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop): letters from brother Alexander Hamilton
Bowman]
Folder 2: Bowman, Eliza: letter to her from brother S., 1821
[Eliza
Bowman (1793-1848) was sister of Bishop Samuel Bowman]
Folders 3-4: Bowman, Ellen Ledlie: letters from father Bishop Samuel Bowman,
1840-1861
[Ellen
Ledlie (Ellie) Bowman (1828-1894) married Thomas H. Vail]
[Additional letters are filed under her
married name]
Folder 5: Bowman, Ellen Ledlie: letters to her after death of father
Bishop Bowman, 1861
Folder
6: Bowman, Ellen Ledlie (Mrs. Thomas
H. Vail): letters from mother S. Sitgreaves Bowman, 1842-1846 and no year
Folder
7: Bowman, Ellen Ledlie:
photostatic copies of letters from Jackson Kemper, 1847-1867; also includes one
letter from Kemper to Samuel Bowman
[Jackson
Kemper (1789-1870) was the first Episcopal bishop of Wisconsin.]
Folder 8: Bowman, Ellen Ledlie: letters from Aunt Ellen May,
1846-1849
[the
aunt was Ellen Stuart Bowman, sister of Bishop Bowman, married James May]
Folder
9: Bowman, Ellen Ledlie (Mrs. Thomas
H. Vail): letters to and from various people, 1848-1867 and undated;
includes
printed program from her school St. Mary’s Hall, for closing exercises of Sept.
24, 1845; Ellen L. Bowman read a composition
folder 10: Bowman, Frank: letters to Mrs. Motter, no date and 1933
Box 17: Bowman family; Miller
family
Folder 1: Bowman, Mary: letters to her, 1825, 1846, no date
[sister
of Bishop Samuel Bowman]
Folder
2: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop):
letters from brother Alexander Hamilton Bowman, 1841-1861
Folder
3: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop):
letters from sister Ellen Bowman May, 1852, 1858
Folder 4: Bowman, Bishop Samuel: letters from brother William Bowman,
1841-1843
Folder 5: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop): letters from
son, S. Sitgreaves Bowman, 1841-1846
[S.
Sitgreaves Bowman wrote some of these letters from Yale College]
Folder 6:
Bowman, Samuel (Bishop): letters
from Susan Sitgreaves, 1824-1825
Folder 7: Bowman, Samuel Sitgreaves: letters
about his death, 1846;
Includes a
poem by George Canning about the death of his son;
[Samuel
Sitgreaves Bowman was the son of Bishop Bowman]
Folder
8: Bowman, Susan Sitgreaves (Mrs.
Samuel): letters from father, Samuel Sitgreaves, Sr., 1813-1818
Folder
9: Bowman, Susan Sitgreaves (Mrs.
Samuel): letters from brother, Samuel Sitgreaves, Jr., 1810, 1822, no date
[a letter
from Auburn includes a floor plan for the parsonage he plans to build]
Folder 10: Bowman, Susan Sitgreaves (Mrs. Samuel): letters to and from
her, 1812-1825;
Includes
some notes about her finances
Folder
11: Bowman, William: invitation to
wedding of his brother Samuel and Susan Sitgreaves, 1825 (written, not printed)
[see also
folder of his letters to Bishop Samuel Bowman]
Folder 11: Bowman family: miscellaneous notes and letters
Folder 12: Miller, Edgar Grim, Sr.: letter from him, 1903, and death
notices, 1927
Folder 13: Miller, Edgar Grim, Jr. (Ned): letter from father, 1925
Folder 14: Miller Margaret Esther: letters to her from M. E. G. Motter,
1929, 1931
Folder
15: Miller, William Jacob: passport
(1862); travel diary (1862); pocket book; death notice (1908), etc.
[he was
father of Edgar Grim Miller]
Folder 16: Miller family genealogy
Folder 17: Miller travel diary, with note speculating who kept the
diary; 3 trips recorded:
1845-1846:
Germany, Egypt, Holy Land, France;
1847: Hudson
Valley, Montreal, Quebec, through Michigan, Indiana (comments on corduroy
roads), Kentucky (visits Mammoth Cave), Virginia;
1848:
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont;
Also a
letter to Daniel, written by the diary keeper from Paris, Jan. 1846
Box 18: Vail family
Folder 1: Vail, Alfred: biographical sketch
Folder
2: Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs.
Thomas H. Vail): miscellaneous
[other letters are filed under her maiden name]
Folders
3-4: Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thomas
H. Vail): letters, 1867-890 and no date; a letter of Oct. 15, 1868, includes
sketch of memorial stained glass window
Folder
5: Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thomas
H. Vail): letters from Bishop Robert H. Clarkson, 1848-1880
Folder
6: Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thomas
H. Vail): letters from cousins Henry A. Coit, Mary B. Coit, and others
Folder 7: Vail, Ellen Ledlie Bowman (Nellie;
Mrs. Thomas H. Vail): letters from uncle Theodore Sitgreaves, 1870-1885
Folder
8: Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thomas
H. Vail): letters from Louisa Vouglet, 1861-1881
Folder 9: Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thomas H. Vail): letters from
Wheeler cousins, 1870s-1880s
Folder
10: Vail, Ellen Sitgreaves (Ellie,
Ella, Mrs. Murray G. Motter): letters , 1889-1944
Folder
11: Vail, Ellen Sitgreaves (Mrs.
Murray G. Motter): miscellaneous; includes a printed collection of her poems, From My Heart, and a list of the bishops
whose letters she donated to the Church Historical Society
Folder
1: Vail, Frances Sophia Burling
Vose (Mrs. Thomas H. Vail - 1st wife): letters, 1840, 1842
Folder
2: Vail, Hannah West (Mrs. Sam
Tyler): letters, 1814, 1822, 1839; copper engraving plate for Mrs. Samuel
Tyler; stationery sheet for Pendleton’s Fancy Goods, Music & Print Store,
Boston, with the name Mrs. Samuel Tyler at head (this seems to have once held
the engraving plate)
[Hannah,
born 1785, was daughter of Mary Ann Everett and Christopher Vail of Connecticut;
she married Samuel Tyler in 1824; he died in 1854]
Folder 3: Vail, Hattie: death notices
[Harriet
Burling Vail, born 1841, daughter of Bishop T. H. Vail and Frances S. Burling
Vose Vail]
Folder
4: Vail, Israel Everett (1783-1817):
letters: 1803 (from Thomas Hubbard in Calcutta, India), 1813
[Israel
Everett Vail was son of Mary Ann Everett and Christopher Vail (born 1758);
Israel married Maria Rogers, daughter of Zabdial Rogers, in 1807. Israel and Maria were the parents of Bishop
T. H. Vail, who was named for the Thomas Hubbard, Jr., who wrote the letter
from Calcutta.]
Folder 5: Vail, Israel Everett (1842-1915): letter, 1914; and death
notice, 1915
[Son
of Thomas Hubbard Vail and his first wife.]
Folder 6: Vail, Jacob E.: letter from father C. [Christopher] Vail,
Richmond, 1815
Note: fragile, handle with care
Folder
7: Vail,
Maria Rogers (Mrs.
[Maria, born
1775, was the daughter of Elizabeth Snow and Zabdiel Rogers; she married Israel
E. Vail in 1807; their children were Christopher Rogers (1807-1816), Israel
Everett (1810-1817), and Thomas Hubbard (born 1812).]
Folder 8: Vail, Rogers K. (Rev.): letters to and from him, 1862, 1867
[son
of Thomas Hubbard Vail and his first wife Frances Burling]
Folder 9: Vail, Samuel Bowman (“Bobo”): letters to him, 1869, 1876
Folder 10: Vail, Thomas H.: correspondence, 1863-1889 and undated
Folders
11-12: Vail, Thomas H.: miscellaneous:
death notices, biographical sketches; information about Episcopal Church in
Kansas and founding of college; notebook of cash accounts of settlement of his
estate; list of books by him, etc.
Folder 13: Vail, William Van Wyck: death notice
[son
of Bishop Vail]
Folder 14: Vail family: miscellaneous correspondence, calling cards
presented to them
Folder 15: Vail genealogy and coat of arms
Folder
16: Valentine, Esther Amelia (Essie;
later Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Sr.): autograph album, 1878-1880, many dated from
Gettysburg, Penn.
Folder 17: Valentine, Milton Henry: death notice, 1947
Folder 18: Valentine, Sterling Galt: letter to him, 1911; articles about
him
Folder 19: Valentine family: genealogy
Folder
20: Alleman, Julia Suesserott (Mrs.
Herbert C. Alleman): letter from her, and invitation from Pennsylvania College,
1886, including name of Herbert Christian Alleman
Folder
21: Atkins, Ann Bowman (Mrs. Dudley
Atkins; 1801-1880): obituary and notes
Folder
22: Bakewell family: John and Maria Elizabeth Vail Bakewell:
letter from him, 1889; memorial tribute to her, 1883; and notes about their
descendants
[Maria
Elizabeth Vail Bakewell was a daughter of Bishop T. H. Vail.]
Box 20: various families
Folder 1: Chittenden Genealogy
[see
also folder for Sarah Ruth Chittenden Norris]
Folder 2: Cox, William Sitgreaves (lived in 19th century),
and Cox genealogy
Folder 3: Coxe, Mary Bowman Wheeler: letters
from Susan Coxe Sherman; and articles about her
[Mary B. W.
Coxe (1868-1921) was daughter of Mary Dudley Atkins and John Charles Coxe; a
note on one of the letters states that Susan Coxe Sherman was daughter of Mary
B.W. Coxe, but genealogies indicate they were sisters. The Coxe sisters were descended from Ebenezer
Bowman of Wilkes-Barre, Penn.]
[See also the folder for Susan Tyng Coxe
Sherman.]
Folder 4: Coxe family: invitations to French weddings, 1909
Folder 5: Croll, Jennie S.: letters to an unnamed friend, 1880s-1890s
[Mrs. Croll
lived in Gettysburg; her husband was a professor in the college there. She
signed Esther Amelia Valentine’s autograph book, in the folder under Miss
Valentine’s name.]
Folder 6: Eichelberger family
Folder 7: Fendall, Reginald: death notices and memorial
[husband
of Annie Augusta Galt Fendall]
Folder 8: Grayson, William and Agnes: copy of document from 1797
Folder 9: Greer, Mary: letters to Maggie, 1890s
Folder 10: Grim family: notes on genealogy
Folder 11: Henkel - Hinkel family: notes on genealogy
Folder
12: Higbee, Elnathan E. (Rev.) and
Lucinda (Motter) family: his death notices and letter to her from brother
James, 1856
Folder 13: Kerschner, Jacob and Anna Barbara (Motter): letters and death
notices
Folder 14: Lane family: notes
Folder 15: Lenny, Julia: letter to Mr. Motter, 1895
Folder
16: Le Ray de Chaumont, James:
letters to him from C. D. Coxe, 1815; and articles about him
[somehow, James is connected to the Coxe family]
Folder
17: May, Ellen Bowman: letters from
brother Bishop S. Bowman, 1842-1846; and letter from Dr. M. B. Roche, 1860
Folder 18: May, James (Rev. Dr.): part of letter or note
[husband
of Ellen Bowman May]
Folder 19: Mull, George: part of letter
[George
Mull’s wife was a daughter of Lucinda Motter and Elnathan E. Higbee; Mull was a
minister.]
Folder 20: Murray family: letters, genealogical notes
Folder
21: Norris, Sarah Ruth Chittenden: letter
from Ephraim Otis, 1846; letter from N. Chittenden, 1847; receipt signed John
M. Galt, 1854 (pertaining to reburial of Mrs. H. Chittenden); and bill for
digging her grave, 1916
[Sarah R. Chittenden, daughter of Nathaniel Chittenden,
married a J. Norris in 1847 in Baltimore; the Norrises had a daughter named
Annie A. B. Norris.]
Folder
22: Sherman, Susan Tyng Coxe (Mrs.
Birdsey L. Sherman): letters; article about her [with the incorrect name of
Susan King Sherman]; invitations to French weddings; calling card
[Susan Coxe
Sherman was married to Birdsey Lewis Sherman, who died in New York in 1892. Mr. Sherman worked for the Hartford Steam
Boiler Inspection Co. Her sister was
Mary Bowman Wheeler Coxe.]
[Additional letters by Susan are in the
folder of Mary Bowman Wheeler Coxe.]
Folder
23: Sitgreaves, John: letter from
John Sitgreaves, Halifax, to John Sitgreaves, Philadelphia, 17998, with note
about the Halifax John Sitgreaves
Folder
24: Sitgreaves family: poem, “Lines
by a Lady on the Death of Her Husband,” not signed, and nothing to connect it to
Sitgreaves family
Folder
25: Suesserott, Mary: letter to
“Dear Mary,” 1893, from Miss Maggie
Folder
26: Troxell family [but also
includes Motter Bible records]
Folder
27: Watson - Clarkson genealogy
Folder
28: Wheeler, Andrew:
correspondence, 1861, 1893
Folder
29: Wheeler, Charles: obituaries, 1883
Folder
30: Wheeler, Eliza: letter from
brother Samuel Bowman, and letter by her, 1846, about death of S. Sitgreaves
Bowman
[Eliza
Bowman Wheeler was sister of Bishop Bowman; she married Charles Wheeler (1788-1858).]
Folder
31: Wheeler family: mostly
newspaper clippings
Folder
32: Williams, Celia (also called
Cecelia): courtship letters, 1847-1848, letters from Galts, and a silk ribbon
with woven design of eagle and American flags
[She was a
mulatto servant living with the family of Dr. John Muray Galt. Born around 1824, she was with the family as
least as late as 1880.]
Folder
33: Wingerd, Virginia C. Motter:
letters, death notice, 1913
[daughter of
Joshua Motter; married to Adam B. Wingerd]
Box 21: Bowman, Coxe, Ford, Galt
families [legal size files]
Folder 1: Bowman, Ebenezer: letters from Sam. Sitgreaves Sr., et al.,
1789-1822
Folder 2: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop): correspondence, circa 1820-1861
Folder 3: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop): memo on will and accounts
pertaining to his estate
Folder
4: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop):
miscellaneous: including newspaper clippings, pictures, legal papers
Folder 5: Bowman, Samuel Sitgreaves: photocopies of certificates or
diplomas
Folder 6: Bowman genealogy
Folder
7: Coxe, Charles D.: letters to
him, 1798-1824; and Baldocci’s account for colours & varnish, &c, 1825
[in Italian]
[Charles
Davenport Coxe was married to Fortunata Caruana; one of their children was John
Charles Coxe (born 1814).]
Folder
8: Coxe, Fortunata: letters to
her, 1811-1849, in Italian (from Tripoli and Malta)
[Fortunata
Caruana was originally from Malta; she was married to Charles Davenport Coxe.]
Folder
9: Ford, Mary (1817-1909):
includes manumission papers (freed by Sterling Galt), copy of will, letters,
and copy of a photo of her
[Mary Ford
was a servant in family of Margaret E. Galt Motter; in the 1860 census, she was
living with the family of Sterling Galt, working as a domestic.]
Folder 10: Galt, John Murray (Dr.): unsigned poem,
1827; the poem is about a doctor, so may have been written for John Murray
Galt; and contesting of his will, suit between Nancy E. Galt et al. and Mary
Jane Galt et al., circa 1936
Folder 11: Galt, Peter: letters, 1821 (includes one from Peter Little)
Folder 12: Galt, Peter: military
papers, 1812-1827; includes lists of men in Maryland militia
Folders 13-14: Galt genealogy
Box 22: Galt, Grim, Kemper, Little, Motter families
[legal size files]
Folder 1: Galt family genealogy; William Matthew Galt Bible (acc.
04x67)
Folder 2: Grim family
Folder 3: Kemper family
Folder
4: Little family genealogy
(Klein: a Huguenot family that changed its name)
Folder
5: Motter, Ellen S. V. (Mrs.
Murray G. Motter): miscellaneous, including a letter, a sketch of life of
Bishop Vail, and papers pertaining to a lawsuit
Folder 6: Motter, James Taylor: correspondence (to and from him),
1850-1902
Folder 7: Motter, James Taylor: miscellaneous,
including essays, bills (one is for his wedding clothes, 1865), death notices
Folder 8: Motter, James Taylor: pertaining to estates of which he was
executor
Folder 9: Motter, Joshua: estate of, 1875-1880 (James Taylor Motter
was executor)
Folder 10: Motter, Margaret E. Galt: notes on sermons
[see
also under her maiden name Margaret E. Galt]
Folder
11: Motter, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar
Grim Miller, Jr.): letters from mother Ellen S. V. Motter, undated, plus the
cloth bag which contained the letters
Folder
1: Motter, Murray G.: mscelleneous:
includes newpaper articles; notes on Bible verses, some correspondence, a copy
of his will (1915), a brief diary from 1881, a paper written by him, etc.
Folder 2: Motter, William: obituary (died 1885; son of Lewis and Mary
Magdalena Motter)
Folder 3: Motter family: chiefly genealogical notes
Folder 4: Rogers family: genealogical notes
Folder
5: Sitgreaves, Ellen (Mrs. Murray
Galt Motter): letters, 1896-1935, and a hand-written newsletter for a literary
society to which she belonged, 1896
Folder
6: Sitgreaves, Mary Jesup (1858-1940;
daughter of Lorenzo): includes copies of her will (1940); a poem titled
“Wilkes-Barre,” signed Mary; and a notebook with notes about the family and a
list of book titles
Folder
7: Sitgreaves, Samuel, Sr.:
(1764-1827): includes copy of will (1825); a biographical sketch of him; and
his executors’ accounts for settling his estate, 1827-1832
Folder
8: Sitgreaves, Theodore
(ca.1807-1886) and wife Anna Maria Michler (ca.1810-1893): copies of their
wills; accounts settling the estate of Theordore (1886-1893); etc.
[Theodore
was a son of Samuel Sitgreaves, Sr.]
Folder 1: Sitgreaves genealogy: includes correspondence and notes,
including incomplete notes about an unnamed person’s estate
Folder
2: Vail, Christopher and Mary Ann
Everett: letters from daughter Hannah West Vail Tyler (Mrs. Samuel Tyler),
daughter-in-law Maria Rogers Vail (Mrs. Israel Everett Vail), and grandson
Thomas H. Vail, 1826-1851
Folder
3: Vail, Ellen Ledlie Bowman
(Mrs. Thomas H. Vail); she was the second wife: includes copies of wills and other estate
papers
Folder
4: Vail, Frances S. Vose (Frances
Sophronia Burling Vose; Mrs. Thomas H. Vail; she was the first wife): letters
from son Everett Vail, 1861-1864
[Israel
Everett Vail lived 1842-1915, dying in Washington, D.C., where he had worked as
a government clerk. Everett served in
the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, and these letters were written from his
various ships and places where he was stationed. Mrs. Vail was been married twice, first to
Mr. Vose and then to Thomas H. Vail.]
Folder
5: Vail, Thomas H.: correspondence,
1829-1862
Folder
6: Vail, Thomas H.: letters from
son Everett Vail [Israel Everett Vail], 1861-1886
[Most of
these letters are from the Civil War, but the post-war letters indicate that
Everett was moving around; the 1886 letter was written from Canton, China.]
Folder
7: Vail, Thomas H.: letters from
his mother Maria Rogers Vail, 1823-1853
Folder
8: Vail family: includes a list
of books which was in a folder labeled “Grandfather Vail’s library,” notes
about Hyde family, and articles about the Sisters of Bethany School in Kansas
Folder
9: Valentine, Milton V.: chiefly
obituaries and other articles about him; also a drawing of a tree executed by
him; and a copy of the marriage ceremony used by him to married Murray G.
Motter and Ellen Sitgreaves Vail.
[President
of Gettysburg College; married to Margaret Grayson Galt. Their daughter Esther Amelia Valentine was married
to Edgar Grim Miller Sr.]
Box
25: Miscellaneous files and Photographs
Miscellaneous
files:
Folder
1: Centennial Address on the History of Taneytown, Carroll County,
Maryland, ... by Rev. W. H. Luckenbach ... 1876. Mentions Galts as early settlers.
Folder
2: Christ's Hospital and Bethany
College: articles about these institutions in Topeka, Kansas, which were
founded with the encouragement and support of Bishop Vail
Folder 3: "List of Grannie's as to who got what from where"
Folder
4: Miscellaneous materials: stray
letters, calling cards, invitations, articles, printed materials, etc.
Folder 5: Silver: notes on Dumoutet silver owned by Millers
Folder
6: Wilkes-Barre real estate:
addressed to someone in Lancaster, includes street map [all in very poor
condition]
Photographs:
Folder
7: Bowman family: Bishop Samuel
Bowman; and Mary Bowman (sister of Bishop Bowman);
photo of
Mary Bowman: from F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Oct. 1867;
3 photos of
Bishop Bowman: one photographed by Wenderoth & Taylor and published by
McAllister & Bro., Philadelphia; another from Earles’ Galleries &
Looking-Glass Ware-rooms, Philadelphia
Folder
8: Bowman family: modern prints
of photos of Bishop Bowman, Alexander Hamilton Bowman ((1803-1865) and Cousin
Mary Bowman (original taken in Easton, Penn.)
Folder
9: Brunot family (friends of Vail
grandparents):
Felix R.
Brunot (carte-de-visite, no photographer’s label);
Felix R.
Brunot; modern print, original taken by J. Cremer & Co., Philadelphia;
Mrs. Brunot:
modern print, same photographer as above;
Mrs. Brunot:
modern print, original taken by Kimbal, Concord, N.H.
Folder
10: Coit: family of Dr. Henry A.
Coit, of St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H.:
Cousin Mary
Coit (Mrs. Henry Coit): taken by Levitsky, rue de Choiseul;
Joe Coit:
taken by Kimball, Concord, N.H.;
Jo Coit:
also taken by Kimball [note: does not look like the other Joe Coit, and this
one may be Charles Coit];
Eleanor
Coit: also taken by Kimball;
Mary Bowman
Coit, aged 10 months: taken by Kimball;
Mary Coit (Conover):
also taken by Kimball;
Also modern
prints of Cousin Mary Coit, Henry A. Coit, Cousin Betty holding Charlies Coit,
and Cousin Charlies Coit
Folder
11: Coxe family:
Mary B. Coxe
(Mary Bowman Wheeler Coxe), plus a modern print showing her with another woman
Two of Mrs.
Charles Coxe, one of which identifies her as Mary Bowman Wheeler, mother of the
Coxe cousins; however, Coxe genealogy identifies Mary Bowman Wheeler Coxe and
Charles Lucien Coxe as brother and sister; Charles’ wife was Pauline Augusta
Ries, and Mary B.W. Coxe never married.
Folder
12: Fendall, Annie Augusta Galt and
her husband Reginald Fendall
Two photos,
one by Julius Ulke (dated 1874), the other by C.W. Bell (dated 1891), both of
Washington, D.C.;
Plus four
modern prints of photos, 3 of Annie, one of which was taken in 1865; and one of
Reginald
Folder 13: French, Nellie Wilson (cousin, Motter side), taken 1888
Photo
taken by Alva Pearsall, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Folder 14: Galt, Charles E.: photo and article about will
Folder 15: Galt, Nancy Elizabeth (Mrs. John Murray Galt; her maiden name
was also Galt);
5 photos;
four of which were taken by Charles Parker in Washington, D.C., of these 4, two
are identical, and the other two were taken during the same sitting
Folder
16: Galt, Sterling (1865-1922);
Two photos,
one taken by Howell of Washington, D.C., and the other, dated 1884, by Tipton
of Gettysburg, Penn. (where Sterling Galt attended college);
Plus one
modern print of photo taken in 1869
Folder
17: Galt family:
Group photo (tintype): Sterling Galt (1796-1885),
daughter Nancy E. Galt (Mrs. John Murray Galt), granddaughter Margaret E. Galt
Motter, great-grandson Murray Galt Motter;
J. Murray
Galt, Jr. (son of Dr. John Murray Galt and Nancy Elizabeth Galt, born 1842; the
information on the back pertains to the father, not to the son);
Henry Galt;
“Uncle M.W., Walter (small), Sterling, Annie Augusts
(Mrs. Reginald Fendall),” taken by M.B. Brady & Co., Washington [Annie Augusta and Walter were the children
of Matthew W. Galt; he also had a younger son named Sterling, but that Sterling
was born in 1865, and is not the Sterling in this photo.]
Folder 18: Galt family: modern prints of photos of
various members of the Galt family:
Mary Jane
Galt (“Grannie’s sister”);
Dr. John
Murray Galt, original taken circa 1840s;
Aunt Mary
Jane Galt with children Annie and Walter, 1864;
Rev.
Sterling M. Galt, taken 1864;
Norman Galt
(first husband of Edith Bolling);
Brothers
Sterling and Norman Galt;
Pennsylvania
College (now Gettysburg College) photo, supposed to include Sterling Galt,
Sterling Valentine, MGM [Murray Galt Motter], Milton Valentine, and EGM [Edgar
Grim Miller]
Folder 19: Higbee, Lucinda Motter (Mrs. Elnathan E.
Higbee)
Photo taken
by Frank Saylor of Lancaster, Penn., circa 1890
Folder 20: Miller family
Group photo:
Uncle Sterling Galt Valentine, Mary Jane Galt, (Grannie’s sister; Aunt
Jeannie); Edgar Grim Miller, Sr.; Esther Valentine Miller
Folder
21: miscellaneous people:
William
Hickson: tintype taken by Henry Moltz, Baltimore;
Mrs. Eliza
Davis, April 23, 1873: taken by Alexander Gardner, Washington, D.C.;
Cousin
Lottie, Charlotte Taylor Lane, 1883, taken by Fred Robinson in Trumansberg,
N.Y.;
Sheppie
Corning, female cousin and friend of M.E.G.M. [Margaret E. Galt Motter]; taken
by G. Frank E. Pearsall, Brooklyn, N.Y., with Aesthetic movement design on back
of photo;
Mrs. M.A.
Dulton, half-sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Murray Galt, Jan. 1892, age 87, taken by
Maryland Photo and Crayon Co., Baltimore
Folder
22: Motter, Ellen Sitgreaves Vail:
8 photos, at various ages; one is a photo postcard of her holding her children
Margaret Motter and Edgar Grim Miller III [sic]
[see also
folder for Motter family]
Folder
23: Motter, James Taylor: four
photos (two the same), two dated 1886 and 1892, taken in Washington, D.C.
[He
died in 1903; he married Margaret E. Galt; their son was Murray Galt Motter;]
Folder
24: Motter, Margaret E. (Mrs.
James Taylor Motter): two photos, taken at same sitting
Folder
25: Motter group: Margaret
Elizabeth Galt Motter and Margaret Motter Miller
Folder
26: Motter, Murray Galt: eight
photos, taken at various ages; includes one of him in a group photo with Thos.
W. Lane and Alfred H. Smith, “The Three Blondes,” taken on steps of a building
in Philadelphia in 1886
Box
26: Photographs: various families
Folder 1: Motter family:
Herbert
Higbee and Murray Galt Motter as boys;
Margaret E.
Galt Motter, son Murray Galt Motter, husband James Taylor Motter, about 1896-1897;
26 modern
prints of photos of various members of the Motter family, including some
friends, all in envelopes identifying the subjects
Folder
2: Rogers family: photos of
gravestones, including that of Zabdiel Rogers (modern prints)
Folder
3: Sherman, Susan Tyng Coxe (Mrs.
Birdsey L. Sherman):
Formal
portrait, interior view with servant, and outdoor scene with two unidentified
women;
Two modern
prints from old photos, one with her French cousins
Folder
4: Sitgreaves, Theodore
Photo taken
by William Notman of Montreal, Toronto and Halifax, circa 1891;
Modern print
of old photo, original taken by Knecht, Easton
Folder
5: Sitgreaves family;
Mary Jesup
Sitgreaves, daughter of Lorenzo;
Modern print
of portrait of Samuel Sitgreaves 91729-1788) by St. Memin;
Folder
6: Vail, Ellen Ledlie Bowman
(Mrs. Bishop Vail)
One photo
from circa 1865, also one modern print of a late 19th century photo
Folder 7: Vail, S. Bowman (“Bobo”):
Three
cartes-de-visite photos taken at various ages, but while a young boy; one taken
by Taylor & Brown, Philadelphia; a second by Adams & Taylor, Lawrence,
Kansas; and third by Aldine Art Gallery, Topeka, Kansas;
Plus one
modern print of Bobo as a baby
Folder 8: Vail, Thomas Hubbard (Bishop)
Ten photos
and one print of Bishop Vail, taken in various places
Folder
9: Vail family:
Israel
Everett Vail (born 1842), taken by G.W. Davis, Washington, D.C.;
Eleven
modern prints depicting various members of the Vail and Vose families,
including Anna, Hattie, Roger, Theodore, Thomas C., little Willie, Everett
(with 2 women), and Uncle Tom Vail; and Elmo Vose (step-son of Bishop Vail) and
Sophia Vose
Folders
10-11: Wheeler family
Bowman and
Arthur Wheeler, and Andrew Wheeler (both taken by Gutekunst, Philadelphia), and
carte-de-visite of Sallie and Andrew Wheeler, Sr. (taken by Whipple, Boston);
12 modern
prints, including Andrew Jr., Arthur, Bessie, Betty, Motter, S. Bowman, Sallie,
Sallie and Andrew, Sophia Wilcox, Sue (Mrs. Charles), Sue and Charlie?,
Folder
12: Wilson, Woodrow (President):
Five modern
prints of President Wilson, 3 at a ballgame, one of his sheep at the White
House (which were sheared to benefit the Red Cross), and one of him and Mrs.
Wilson (Edith Bolling Galt Wilson) reviewing the Third Liberty Loan Parade
Folder
13: Bethany College (Sisters of
Bethany College, Topeka, Kansas, supported by the Vail family):
Vail library
and a dressing room;
Plus 13
modern prints of various interior and exterior views of the college
Folder
14: Places: Kansas, Massachusetts, other places:
Greeting
card from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wheeler (Jr.), showing a building called le
chatelet, with a note on back relating him to Ellen Sitgreaves Vail Motter;
Street in
Lancaster, Massachusetts, with note on back about George and Charlotte Lane;
Large tree
in Lancaster, Mass.;
View of
someone’s living room, with portrait of Sitgreaves by Trumbull;
Children and
men standing outside a rough log building adorned with crosses, identified on
back as “Early Days in the church in Kansas”
Folder
15: Places: Emmitsburg, Maryland:
Motter family house:
Two views of
the Motter’s house (in one view, a family group stands on the upper porch), and
an envelope with presumably once held these photos;
Plus a
modern print of the spring house for the above house
Folder
16: Places: Oak Hill: Motter family
home:
Exterior
view, with family members;
Margaret E.
Galt Motter, James Taylor Motter, and Murray Galt Motter in the library of Oak
Hill;
The same
three people in the sitting room of Oak Hill
Folder
17: Miscellaneous photos:
Colored
photo of gate of Tanglewood, sent to Mrs. Motter by the Taneys, with a note by
someone about riding her pony there;
Eleven
modern prints of various family friends and relatives and various places;
includes view of Piney Creek Church, buildings in Topeka, two Kansas bishops,
and “Aunt Jane,” the African American midwife for Ellen Ledlie Bowman Vail
Folder
18: Contact prints and list of
photos:
Most of the
images on the contact prints are found throughout the modern prints in this
collection; it is not known where the originals are, but they were presumably
retained by the family
Box 27: Bowman and Motter families
(oversize materials)
Folder
1: Bowman, Ellen:
certificate
of study from St. Mary’s Hall, Burlington, New Jersey, and confirmation in
church, Sept. 25, 1844, signed by G. W. Doane [Bishop George Washington Doane],
patron, and R. I. Germain[?], principal
Folder
2: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop):
letters from
Dr. James May, 1852, 1861
Folder
3: Bowman, Samuel (Bishop):
two
photographs of the monument which marked the spot where he died (In August
1861, the train on which he was riding was halted by a landside. The passengers had to walk the rest of their
journey; Bishop Bowman died on this walk, and a monument marking that location
was erected next to the railroad tracks.
These photos were taken by Purviance Galleries, Pittsburgh.)
Folder
4: Galt, Sterling:
photograph,
taken by Plumb Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Labeled on
back: brother of M.W. Galt. Another
source identifies this as the Rev. Sterling M. Galt (1837-1865; son of Sterling
Galt, esq., 1796-1885), although this man does not resemble the man identified
as the Rev. Galt in the folder of Galt family photos in Box 25.
Folder 5: Motter, James T.:
monthly
report from the College of St. James, April 1856, John B. Kerfoot, rector
Folder 6: Estate of Joshua Motter, 1875-1884,
administered by James Taylor Motter; also a deed dated 1869 conveying land to
Thomas Bruscup, no known relation to the estate of Joshua Motter
Folder
7: estate of Maria C. Brough,
1876-1878, administered by James Taylor Motter
Folder
8: Estate of Stephen Green,
1858-1874, administered by Joshua Motter and James Taylor Motter; includes two
copies of Green’s will (dated 1858; names wife Susan and children James, Ann,
Ferdinand, Alosius, Martha, Thomas, John); a broadside announcing the sale of a
tract of land (sale to be held March 19, 1859), and other papers pertinent to
the settling of this estate; most of the work was done by Joshua Motter, but J.
Taylor Motter is mentioned on later documents
Folder 9: Estate of William Hiteshew, 1869-1873,
administered by James Taylor Motter; includes bills for digging grave and for
headstone (on illustrated billhead of F.G. Meals)
Folder 10: Estate of Catherine Lilly, 1882-1884,
administered by James Taylor Motter; includes a copy of her will
Folder 11: Scrapbook, chiefly about Bishop Samuel
Bowman, but also about the family of Bishop Vail; also a loose article about
wedding of Andrew Wheeler and Miss Pearce;
Scrapbook volume is a Mark Twain’s Scrap Book
Box 28: Galt family (oversize)
Folder
1: Grave markers for Greenmount
Cemetery, 3 drawings by Hugh Sisson & Sons, Marble & Granite Monuments,
Baltimore, Md.: two drawings of a rough-hewn granite cross, with the name Galt,
and a plat map of Elizabeth Galt lot, showing placement of graves for Dr. John
M. and Nancy E. Galt, Peter and Elizabeth Murray Galt, Sarah Turner, John
Murray, Sarah Gray, and Harriet Chittenden, and for John Murray Galt
[presumably Jr.];
also three photos
of Galt cemetery plot, but no cross is visible
Folder 2: Galt, John M. (John Murray): diploma for medical degree,
awarded by Terra Maria Academy [or College], Baltimore, April 1830, signed by
the professors, with blue silk ribbon and large red wax seal (in a metal
container)
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HANDLING
Map
case C, drawer 2:
Oversize
folder 1: Bowman family
Bowman, Samuel (Bishop):
certificate of ordination as a deacon
in the Protestant Episcopal Church, August 24, 1823, signed by Bishop William
White;
certificate of ordination as a
priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church, December 19, 1824, signed by Bishop
William White
wrapper labeled “Letters of Orders from Bishop
White to Bishop Bowman”
certificate of life membership in the
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, January 1, 1855;
illustrated with a flying angel holding a Bible and blowing a horn, a cross
from which a spring flows, an eastern temple falling into ruin, a woman
entwined with a serpent, Death also entwined with a snake and with his crown
fallen off, a man preaching to Native Americans, and Africans hailing the
angel, drawn by Clay, engraved by Sartain
resolutions on his death passed by the clergy
of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, at a meeting held in St. James Church,
Lancaster, Aug. 6, 1861,signed by John P. Lundy, secretary, and Alfred Lee
(Bishop of Delaware), chairman
engraved portrait with signature, lithographed
by Rosenthal, Philadelphia, 1861
Bowman, Samuel Sitgreaves:
certificate of membership in
Zelosophica Society, University of Pennsylvania, October 1843
diploma from Yale College, 1844,
signed by [?] Goodrich,secretary, and Jeremiah Day, president; with blue silk
ribbon and seal of college
pencil drawing of tombstone
inscription: Born February 19, 1826; Died May 16, 1846; in the communion of the
Catholic Church; in the confidence of a certain Faith; in the comfort of a
reasonable, religious, and holy HOPE.
Oversize
folder 2: Motter family
Motter,
Murray Galt:
Diploma from Pennsylvania Academy,
Gettysburg, Penn., June 1886;
Diploma
for Bachelor of Science degree, Pennsylvania College, June 1887;
Diploma
for medical degree from University of Pennsylvania, 1890, signed by all his
professors, including Dr. D. Hays Agnew and others who are portrayed in Eakins’
great painting;
Certificate
indicating that Motter attended two courses on practical anatomy at the
University of Pennsylvania, not dated but signed by Joseph Leidy, the
professor; illustrated with picture of Vesalius with a body, del. by A. Bigot,
lithographed by T. Sinclair, Philadelphia
Certificate
of membership from William Pepper Medical Society, University of Pennsylvania,
March 1888;
Certificate
[of membership?] from Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1896;
License
and certificate of registration from Board of Medical Supervisors of the
District of Columbia, 1897;
Certificate
of examination from Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Maryland, June
6, 1899;
Physician’s
and Surgeon’s Certificate of Registration, Garret County, Maryland, June 17,
1899;
Oversize folder 3: Galt family:
Two blueprint charts:
Galt family of Lancaster County,
Penn., with Robert Galt in the center, and many names added in pencil (no
dates);
Galt family of Maryland, with
Matthew Galt and Elizabeth Simpson in the center (no dates)
Notes on
family relationships extracted by Heather Clewell
PARENTS CHILDREN
Rev.
Samuel Bowman (d.1861)
(sister) Ellen m. Dr. May
(sister) Eliza B. Wheeler
(brother) Alex. Ham. Bowman
(brother) Ebenezer
married
1) Susan
Sitgreaves (d.1831) Ellen L. m. Thonas H. Vail
2)
Harriet R. Clarkson Sam. Sitgreaves B.
Susan
B.
_____
Samuel
Sitgreaves (1764-1827) Susan
Sit. m. Samuel Bowman
m. Samuel
Mary Kemper Lorenzo
m. Lucy J. Sitgreaves, & Theo.
_____
Christopher
Vail
m. Hanah
West Vail (
Mary Ann
Everett
_____
Israel E.
Vail (b.1783) Thomas Hubbard Vail
(1812-1889)
m. Christopher Roger Vail
Maria
Rogers (d.1859) Israel
E. Vail
_____
Thomas
Hubbard Vail (d.1889) I.
Everett Vail
m. Thomas
Christopher Vail (d.1878)
1)
Frances Vose (d.1864) Ellen Sitgreaves Vail (b.1870) m. Murray
Galt Motter
2) Ellen
Ledlie Bowman (m.1867) Rogers K.
(d. 1894) Hattie,
Maria E.
_____
Dr John
Murray Galt Margaret
E. Galt
m. Mary
Jane Galt (Jennie)
Nancy E.
Galt
Sisters: Mary Jane Galt (Mrs Matthew
M. Galt) & Margaret
_____
There are
3 Sterling Galts, one is Margaret Galt Motter's uncle and another is a
grandfather.
_____
Joshua
Motter (d.1875) James
Taylor Motter
m. John
Lewis Motter
Harriet
Hinkle Harriet
Hinkle Motter (Hallie) (H.H.)
Anna
Barbara (Kerschner)
Mary
Louisa Motter
Virginia
C. (Wingerd)
Lucinda
(E.E. Higbee)
_____
James
Taylor Motter (d.1903) Murray E. Galt Motter
m.
Margaret
E. Galt (d.1935)
_____
m. James
Taylor Motter
Ellen
Sitgreaves Vail Margaret (m.
Edgar Grim Miller Jr.)
_____
m. (d.1947)
M.E. Ladd
Margaret
Grayson Galt Esther
Amelia Valentine
(Mrs.
Edgar Grim Miller Sr.)
_____
Maria
(daughter of Thomas H. Vail) Harriet Burling Bakewell
Elizabeth Vail (d.1883) Anna Stevens
Bakewell
m.
1868 John
Jr. Bakewell
Rev. John
Bakewell Thomas
Vail Bakewell
Benj.
Bakewell
Walter
Burling Bakewell
_____
Wm. J.
Miller (d.1908) Rev.
Edger Grim Miller
m. Rev.
Wm. J. Miller Jr.
Mary Grim 2
daughters: Mrs. Edwin Delk,
Mrs.
Henry Saylor
_____
Rev. E.
Grim Miller (d.1927) Milton Valentine Miller
m. 1889 Edgar
Grim Miller, Jr.(b.1893)
Esther
Amelia Valentine
_____
Edgar
Grim Miller, Jr.
m.
Margaret
Motter