Correspondence, 1864-1887 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, 1864-1887, of the family of John J. and Sarah Ann Curtiss Knox, written in the form of circular letters intended to be read and forarded to each family member in turn. Included are letters by John and Sarah's son, United States Treasury official and comptroller John Jay Knox, who writes of various events in Washington D.C. and government affairs, including Lincoln's first reception, inauguration, and funeral; Ulric Dahlgren's funeral; bank investigations in New Orleans in 1867; the Dismal Swamp Canal; the U.S. Mint; the currency question; Hamilton College; the National Bank of the Republic, etc. Also included are letters of Charles E. Knox, Presbyterian minister and president of the German Theological Seminary, Bloomfield, New Jersey, in which he writes of his life as a parson, the kindness of his parishioners, a trip to Virginia with the U.S. Christian Commission, the reception of Lincoln in Richmond, fund raising for the Seminary, publication of his writings, a trip to Gottingen, Germany, in 1877, etc. Other family members include John and Sarah's daughters, Eliza, Cordelia, Algenia, Adelaide, and Emma Knox; thier son Henry Knox, who describes his life in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota; and William Knox, who writes about his pastorates in Waterton, Rome, and Elmira, New York. Additional topics covered in the extensive Knox family correspondence include current events, social and recreational activities, and family matters such as marriages, births, deaths, illness, schooling, and professional activities of family members. Volumes also contain numerous clippings, cards, and printed ephemera. Collection includes a typed and bound calendar prepared by Isabella Knox Rhodes containing transcriptions and summaries of the entire collection