COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Chaffee family letters; book of remedies; a copy of LOVE LIES BLEEDING by Helen Smith Jordan, a book in which some of the letters are reproduced; a booklet "Civil War Letters Received by the Family of E.F. Chaffee, Attica, N.Y. 1861-1865," also by Helen Smith Jordan; and "Musings and Memories," by Henry Chaffee Abell, 1988.
Dates
- 1826-[ca. 1937], 1988.
Creator
- Chaffee family. (Family)
- Abell, Henry Chaffee. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Thomas Chaffee came from England in about 1633 and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. He had two sons, Nathan and Joseph. Joseph married Ann Martin in 1669, and they had nine children. One son, James, was married twice and had 20 children. Most of them moved to western New York, many settling near Attica. The second son, Nathan, son of James' first wife, Berea Hayden, married Priscilla Wedge of Woodstock, Connecticut, and they later moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts. Their son William married Rachel Rice in 1807. In 1817 William and Rachel moved to a farm south of Attica. The couple had nine children (excluding one who died in Massachusetts). At least one child, Edward Franklin Chaffee, remained in or near Attica his entire life. He taught at and was a principal of the Attica Union School, and helped to pass legislation to make it a free school.
Edward Chaffee also wrote local history articles for the local press. He married Harriette E. Jones in 1845, and they had six (surviving) children: Mary Abigail, William Franklin, Harriette Emeline, Eliza Rosette, Katie Evangeline, and Nellie Josephine.
Extent
6.9 cubic feet. (6.9 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Chaffee family letters; book of remedies; a copy of LOVE LIES BLEEDING by Helen Smith Jordan, a book in which some of the letters are reproduced; a booklet "Civil War Letters Received by the Family of E.F. Chaffee, Attica, N.Y. 1861-1865," also by Helen Smith Jordan; and "Musings and Memories," by Henry Chaffee Abell, 1988.
Physical Description
Correspondence, printed material.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- November 2014
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, November 2014
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, October 2018
- Abell, Mary Abigail Chaffee, 1846-1875.
- Attica (N.Y.)
- Attica Union School
- Chaffee, Ann Martin.
- Chaffee, Berea Hayden.
- Chaffee, Edward Franklin.
- Chaffee, Eliza Rosetta.
- Chaffee, Harriette Emeline.
- Chaffee, James.
- Chaffee, Katie Evangeline.
- Chaffee, Nathan.
- Chaffee, Nellie Josephine.
- Chaffee, Priscilla Wedge.
- Chaffee, Rachel Rice.
- Chaffee, Thomas.
- Chaffee, William Franklin.
- Chaffee, William.
- Farmers.
- Genealogies.
- Jordan, Helen Smith. (Title of work: Civil War letters received by the family of E.F. Chaffee, Attica, N.Y. 1861-1865..)
- Jordan, Helen Smith. (Title of work: Love lies bleeding..)
- Schools.
- Teachers.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- October 2014
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu