Anne Hampton Brewster Correspondence
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 12 Apr 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 12 Apr 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Brewster, Anne M. H. (Anne Maria Hampton), 1819-1892. |
| Title: | Anne Hampton Brewster Correspondence |
| Dates: | 1870-1892 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Annie Hampton Brewster was the sister of Benjamin H. Brewster, U.S. Attorney General from 1881-1885. The collection consists largely of correspondence with James Edward Carpenter, Philadelphia attorney. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Anne Hampton Brewster (1818 or 19-1892) was the sister of Benjamin H. Brewster, Philadelphia lawyer and U.S. Attorney General from 1881-1885. She was an unusual woman for her time: she refused to marry, converted to Catholicism, lived alone rather than with a male relative, and sued her brother for complete control over her share of their father's estate. She spent much of her life in Rome and became a professional journalist, publishing articles and essays primarily in Philadelphia, New York and Boston newspapers.
James Edward Carpenter (1841-1901) served in the Union Army during the Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major, and then became a well-respected business lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Anne Hampton Brewster Correspondence consists largely of correspondence between Brewster in Rome and Carpenter in Philadelphia. Included are letters of condolence on the death of Carpenter's wife, Harriet, and a few legal documents such as Benjamin Brewster's will.
Letters are subdivided as shown in the inventory below and then arranged chronologically.
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Persons
Brewster, Anne M. H. (Anne Maria Hampton), 1819-1892.
Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888.
Carpenter, J. E. (James Edward), 1841-1901.
Dorr, Harriet Odin.
Subjects
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Noncitizens -- Italy.
Women journalists.
Genres and Forms
Calling cards.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Wills.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Anne Hampton Brewster Correspondence,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Unspecified, 1966.
Correspondence
Subject files
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Incoming | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | from J. E. Carpenter 1885-1892 | ||||||||||
| Outgoing | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Description of correspondence from AHB to J. E. Carpenter | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | to J. E. Carpenter 1870, 1885-1892 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous undated | ||||||||||
| Of others | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Calling cards at death of Mrs. Carpenter | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Letters received by Carpenter family at death of Mrs. Carpenter | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carpenter from others | ||||||||||
| Subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Legal documents, Anne H. Brewster and Benjamin Brewster 1889, 1892 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Death notices, Anne Hampton Brewster 1892 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||