Chaffee family papers, 1826-[ca. 1937], 1988.
Collection Number: 3889

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Chaffee family papers, 1826-[ca. 1937], 1988.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Collection Number:

3889

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.

Creator:

Chaffee family.

Abell, Henry Chaffee.

Quanitities:

6.9 cubic feet.

Language:

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.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Chaffee family papers, #3889. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Chaffee, Thomas.

Chaffee, Nathan.

Chaffee, Ann Martin.

Chaffee, James.

Chaffee, Berea Hayden.

Chaffee, Priscilla Wedge.

Chaffee, William.

Chaffee, Rachel Rice.

Chaffee, Edward Franklin.

Abell, Mary Abigail Chaffee, 1846-1875.

Chaffee, William Franklin.

Chaffee, Harriette Emeline.

Chaffee, Eliza Rosetta.

Chaffee, Katie Evangeline.

Chaffee, Nellie Josephine.

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..)

Attica Union School

Places:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Attica (N.Y.)

Subjects:

Teachers.

Farmers.

Schools.

Form and Genre Terms:

Genealogies.

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. Letters
		Subseries Ia: Loose Letters in Chronological Order
Box 1	Folder 1	Descriptions and lists of letters
Box 1	Folder 2	Undated
Box 1	Folder 3	Letters with envelopes	1841-1860
Box 1	Folder 4	Letters with envelopes	1861-1866
Box 1	Folder 5	Letters with envelopes	1867-1888
Box 1	Folder 6	Letters with envelopes	1889-1910
Box 1	Folder 7	Letters with envelopes	1911-1918
Box 1	Folder 8	Letters with envelopes	1919-1923
Box 1	Folder 9	Letters with envelopes	1924-1930
Box 1	Folder 10	Letters with envelopes	1931-1971
Box 1	Folder 11	Loose letters	1851, 1861-1864
Box 1	Folder 12	Letter, printed item, bone rings carved by a soldier in the Civil War
Box 1	Folder 13	Loose letters	1965-1867
Box 1	Folder 14	Loose letters	1868
Box 1	Folder 15	Loose letters	1869
Box 1	Folder 16	Loose letters	1871
Box 1	Folder 17	Loose letters	1879-1886
Box 1	Folder 18	Loose letters	1887-1907
Box 1	Folder 19	Loose letters	1909-1939
		Subseries Ib: Grouped letters
Box 3	Folder 1	Letters from Robert	1912-1918
Box 3	Folder 1	Letters from Helen, WWI
Box 3	Folder 2	Letters from Faith Jones about death	1850s
Box 3	Folder 3	Civil War letters to Edward Chaffee	1860s
Box 3	Folder 4	Edward Jones, Harriet Chaffee letter
Box 3	Folder 5	Edward Chaffee soldier letter	1918
Box 3	Folder 6	Chaffee letters	1871
Box 3	Folder 6	Union Village, Vermont
Box 3	Folder 6	Old Adams letter	1865
Box 3	Folder 6	Letters to Kate and Eliza	1871-1879
Box 3	Folder 7	Description of letters
Box 3	Folder 8	Miscellaneous letters
Box 3	Folder 9	Copies of miscellaneous letters
Box 3	Folder 10	Letters to or from Nell Smith
Box 3	Folder 10	William Jones to William Chaffee
Box 3	Folder 11	Miscellaneous letters
Box 3	Folder 11	Letters to Nell Smith	1917-1918
Box 3	Folder 12	Sigrid's students' letters
Box 3	Folder 14	Handwritten copies of letters from Mary's children	1875
Box 3	Folder 15	Emma, etc. not decipherable
Box 3	Folder 16	Free Methodist letters (Mary), clippings
Box 3	Folder 17	Cornell Correspondence with Helen Jordan about donated letters
Box 3	Folder 18	Stanford Press letters about publication	1990
Box 2	Folder 1	Nell Chaffee letters, undates
Box 2	Folder 2	Nell's notes and baby mementos
Box 2	Folder 3	Miscellaneous Nell Chaffee letters	1845-1900
Box 2	Folder 4	Nell Chaffee letters	1901-1915
Box 2	Folder 5	Nell Chaffee letters	1918-1930
Box 2	Folder 6	Nell Chaffee letters	1939-1952
Box 2	Folder 7	Chaffee letters	1864-1878
Box 2	Folder 8	Chaffee letters	1869-1880
Box 2	Folder 9	Chaffee letters	1856-1871
Box 2	Folder 10	Chaffee letters	1874-1883
Box 2	Folder 11	Chaffee letters	1884-1885
Box 2	Folder 12	Letters to Kate and Nell	1879-1898
Box 2	Folder 13	Letters from Nellie to Robert	1913
Box 2	Folder 14	Letters from Helen Smith	1912
Box 2	Folder 15	Letters from Helen Smith	1914
Box 2	Folder 16	Letters from Edward Jones	1895-1919
Box 2	Folder 17	Henry's report cards
Box 2	Folder 17	Letters from Olafson attic	1913-1935
Box 2	Folder 18	Letters from Nell to Emma	1924
Box 2	Folder 19	Mary Chaffee Abell to family	1860-1875
Box 2	Folder 20	Smith family wallet and notebook
Box 2	Folder 20	To Nell from Helen	1918
Box 2	Folder 20	Empty envelopes
Box 2	Folder 20	Harriet and Helen, from Nancy
Box 2	Folder 21	Joseph Smith to Nellie	1893, 1921
Box 2	Folder 21	Nancy to Bob	1872-1890
Box 2	Folder 21	Eliza to husband	1889
Box 2	Folder 21	Miscellaneous Smith family	1889-1922
Box 2	Folder 22	Edward Smith letters to parents	1914-1919
Box 2	Folder 22	Emma to Nell. Includes rattle from snake	1921
Box 2	Folder 23	Henry Abell to Helen Jordan	1954-1978
Box 2	Folder 23	Robert Smith letters	1914-1944
Box 2	Folder 24-25	Smith family letter
Box 4	Folder 1-2	Letters to Chaffees with copies	1840-1860
Box 4	Folder 3	Smith family papers	1840-1858
		Subseries Ic: Typed copies
Box 4	Folder 4	Smith family letters	1826-1854
Box 4	Folder 14	Kate's letters to Joseph, with summaries	1881-1885
Box 4	Folder 15	Letters to Helen
Box 4	Folder 16	Miscellaneous	1860-1903
Box 5		Copies organized in chronological order	1826-1915
Box 8		Copies and typed letters
		Series II: Documents, Newspapers and Manuscripts
Box 3	Folder 13	"The Truth About Mary Abigail" publication packet	1972
Box 3	Folder 19	Poem by Mary, Chaffee information
Box 3	Folder 20	Two photographs
Box 3	Folder 21	Free methodist materials
Box 3	Folder 22-24	Miscellaneous papers
Box 3	Folder 24	Aumni reunion materials
Box 3	Folder 25	Manuscript for newspaper, Edward Chaffee?
Box 3	Folder 26	Poetry
Box 3	Folder 27	Story of an African American woman
Box 3	Folder 28	Legal deeds
Box 3	Folder 29	Katie Chaffee's papers from desk
Box 3	Folder 30	Edward Chaffee "Recollection of a New England Trip"
Box 3	Folder 31	Family Chart, photographs
Box 3	Folder 32	Certificates, licenses
Box 3	Folder 33	"Musings and Memories" by Henry C. Abell
Box 3	Folder 34	Sander's Reader	1848
Box 4	Folder 5	Story of Reverend Musket
Box 4	Folder 6	A. Stevens school materials
Box 4	Folder 7	Central New York Genealogical Society "Tree Talks"
Box 4	Folder 8-9	Attica history newsclippings
Box 4	Folder 10-13	Miscellaneous clippings, with wallet
Box 6		Newspaper clippings in scrapbook album
Box 6		7 rolled documents
Box 7		Nell's diaries, up to 1922
Box 9		Negatives and papers for Love Lies Bleeding
Box 9		Love Lies Bleeding
Box 9		Typed Civil War letters
Manuscript Box 88		Love Lies Bleeding prints

Contents

Chaffee family papers, 1826-[ca. 1937], 1988. Collection Number: 3889

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

Chaffee family papers, 1826-[ca. 1937], 1988.
Collection Number: 3889

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library