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| Record Creator: | Wright, James |
| Title: | James Wright Family Papers |
| Title: | Wright Papers |
| Date Span: | 1856-1943 |
| Abstract: | James Wright (1838-?), Methodist layperson, was born on August 17, 1838. His earliest profession was that of school teacher until 1862 when he became a bookkeeper for Barton and Sheldon. Record types includes journals (1858-1867), account book (1940-1943), ribbon, signatures, church members list, election tallies (1861), a letter, and other ephemera. The journals make remarks on the American Civil War and sermons that Wright listened to. This collection consists of the personal journals of James Wright from 1856-1863, and 1867, along with an account book of Dr. Justus Wright from 1938-1943. |
| Extent: | 0.36 cubic feet |
| Resource ID: | drew.ms.4411 |
James Wright (1838-?), Methodist layperson, was born on August 17, 1838. His earliest profession was that of school teacher until 1862 when he became a bookkeeper for Barton and Sheldon. The firm was located in the West Washington Market which is in New York City. Wright did not enlist in the American Civil War due to a physical condition. By 1867, he married a woman named Helen and they had a baby boy in that same year. Wright almost daily attended either Methodist or Quaker meetings near his home.
Record types includes journals (1858-1867), account book (1940-1943), ribbon, signatures, church members list, election tallies (1861), a letter, and other ephemera. The journals make remarks on the American Civil War and sermons that Wright listened to. Journals contain a detailed account of a surgery peformed in an Albany Medical School, on Wright, in the Fall of 1861 along with medical treatments for a chronically infected leg. They also contain an account, as a city resident, of the July, 1863 New York Draft Riots and the racial violence related to them. Wright served as secretary of the New York City Sunday School and Missionary Society.
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Material is arranged by record type.
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, James Wright Family Papers, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the items call number as that is not a stable descriptor.
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| Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
| 1605-3-3: 1 | James Wright Diary, 1856 - 1857 | 1856-1857 |
| 1605-3-3: 2 | James Wright Diary, April 1858 - April 1859 | 1858-1859 |
| 1605-3-3: 3 | James Wright Diary, November 5 1859 - August 31, 1860 | 1859-1860 |
| 1605-3-3: 4 | James Wright Diary, January 1 - December 31, 1861 | 1861 |
| 1605-3-3: 5 | James Wright Diary, 1862 | 1862 |
| 1605-3-3: 6 | James Wright Diary, 1863 | 1863 |
| 1605-3-3: 7 | James Wright Diary, 1867 | 1867 |
| 1605-3-3: 8 | Dr. Justus Wright Account Book 1940-1943 | 1940-1943 |
| 1605-3-3: 9 | James Wright Papers, Miscellaneous | 1856-1943 |
