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ANTIQUE WEBSTER & CASE FAMILY GENEALOGY CORRESPONDENCE — 1900–1901
ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTERS — COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND FAMILY HISTORY — NEW YORK & CONNECTICUT
An interesting original grouping of antique handwritten genealogical research correspondence associated with Dr. Erastus E. Case of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Webster family of early New England.
The collection includes an original letter dated July 13, 1900, written from Hornell, New York, on printed stationery of the Park Methodist Episcopal Church, together with additional handwritten family-history notes and a period mailing envelope.
HISTORICAL DETAILS:
The letterhead identifies:
Genesee Annual Conference
Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Melville E. Webster, D.D., Pastor
Parsonage, 21 Main Street
The correspondence is addressed to Dr. Erastus E. Case of Hartford, Connecticut.
The original envelope carries the printed return address of M. R. Webster, Hornell, New York, and period two-cent Washington postage.
GENEALOGICAL CONTENT:
The handwritten material discusses historical family relationships involving members of the Webster family, including:
The research references family relationships, marriages, births, baptisms, and other events from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
One handwritten research sheet discusses Emily Case, daughter of Israel and Joanna Case, and records family-history details involving William Webster.
These documents provide a fascinating example of how genealogists exchanged historical information through personal correspondence before modern digital research.
COLLECTOR INTEREST:
Webster Family Genealogy
Case Family Genealogy
Colonial Connecticut History
New England Family Research
Antique Handwritten Manuscripts
Methodist Church History
Hornell New York Historical Ephemera
Early-1900s Postal History
American Genealogical Correspondence
This is an original early-twentieth-century research grouping containing references to earlier historical generations, not original eighteenth-century correspondence.
An appealing collection for genealogists, local historians, family-history researchers, and collectors of original American historical documents.
All photographed materials are included together in this listing.
