Wingate, Hiram (1778-1875) Papers, 1833-1914

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Wingate, Hiram, 1778-1875 

Title:  Papers, 1833-1914 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  0.66 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A W769 

Scope and Content Note 

Personal correspondence, 1846-1869; correspondence of the allied families of Hardy, Scott, Stewart, Whitlach, and others of Ind., Mo., and N.H.; tax receipts and accounts, 1833-1875; and miscellaneous papers. Of special interest are the letters of Wingate’s son, Captain Benjamin Wingate, who served in the war with Mexico at the Battle of Cerro Gordo and on the frontier in Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and New Mexico from 1848-1862 when he died of a wound received at the Battle of Valverde; and an 1859 diagram of Camp Floyd, Utah. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence of Hiram Wingate, Benjamin Wingate, and A. L. Hardy, 1846-1872.

2Correspondenceof Arba L. Hardy, Henry O. Scarlett, James C. Stewart, and Hiram Wingate, 1845-1914. 

3 C. Pillmanand Joannah Everhart correspondence, 1858-1886. 

 

Box 2 

4 Tax receipts, circulars, bills, etc.

5 Correspondence from Arba L. Hardy. 

6 Correspondence from Amanda Hooker, 1890-1891. 

7 Correspondence of B. K. Gladden, 1887-1904.

8 Correspondence, 1856-1910.

9 Correspondence from Miram S. Scott, 1857-1896.