Robert C. Winthrop letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Robert C. Winthrop letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet One legal size folder
Creator:
Gary Alonzo Barranger
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert C. Winthrop letters, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains letter from Whig party politician Robert C. Winthrop to I. J. Cohen. In the letter, Winthrop asks for a private railroad car for his disabled wife. The collection also includes biographical information about Robert C. Winthrop. During his lifetime, Whinthrop was a lawyer, Congressman, and Senator.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894) was a member of the United States Whig Party during his political career. He studied law at Harvard and passed the bar in 1831. Winthrop was later elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving six years as speaker. He was elected to the federal House in 1840 and became speaker in 1847. He joined the Senate in 1850 but after an unsuccessful run for Massachusetts Governor in 1851, he retired from politics. Winthrop was married three times: Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard (m. 1832; died 1842), Laura Derby Welles (m. 1849; died 1861), and Adele Granger Thayer (m. 1865; died 1892). He had three children from his first marriage: Robert Charles Winthrop Jr., Elizabeth Cabot Winthrop, and John Winthrop.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Gary Barranger
Arrangement:

Collection is arranged by file.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard