Meredith, Samuel, 1807-1899 - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)
Member of the Continental Congress.
From the description of Autograph signature to a resolution in Committee of Safety, 1776 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270638895
Samuel Caldwell Meredith was born in Pennsylvania to John Wheeler and Elizabeth (Busbey) Meredith. Samuel married Margaret Ballard in 1829 and they had two children, a son William and a daughter Emily. Emily married Edward Willis Nicholson and their son Meredith Nicholson became a leader in creating the Golden Age of literature in Indiana during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Samuel was an early Centerville, Indiana settler. He served as an editor and publisher of the local newspaper there. He joined the Gold Rush to California in 1849 and returned to Indiana in 1852 to establish a home in Indianapolis where he resided for the remainder of his life. He died on 9 February 1899.
From the description of Letters, 1850-1901. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 61051691
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Blair, John, 1732-1800. Letter, Williamsburg, to Samuel Meredith regarding financial accounts [manuscript] 1791 Feb. 9. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Gardiner, William Howard, 1797-1882. Papers of William H. Gardiner, 1825-1838. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| creatorOf | Blair, John, 1732-1800. Receipt, 1793 March 2. | Cornell University Library | |
| creatorOf | Meredith, Samuel. Autograph signature to a resolution in Committee of Safety, 1776 May 23. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| creatorOf | Meredith, Samuel, 1807-1899. Letters, 1850-1901. | Indiana Historical Society Library | |
| referencedIn | Evans, Howard (James Howard), 1895-1969. Catherine and Howard Evans papers, 1724-1968. | University of Kentucky Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Blair family. Papers, 1741-1792. | William & Mary Libraries |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Blair family. | family |
| associatedWith | Blair, John, 1732-1800. | person |
| associatedWith | Evans, Howard (James Howard), 1895-1969. | person |
| associatedWith | Gardiner, William Howard, 1797-1882. | person |
| associatedWith | Lewis, Charles, Colonel, | person |
| associatedWith | Meredith family. | family |
| associatedWith | Nicholson family. | family |
| associatedWith | Nicholson, Meredith, 1866-1947. | person |