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Guide to the Abner Johnson Leavenworth Papers Mss. 39.1 L48


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 39.1 L48
Title
Abner Johnson Leavenworth Papers 1825-1850
Quantity
1.417 Linear Feet
Creator
Leavenworth, Abner Johnson
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Abner Johnson Leavenworth Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2014.121 was received by Special Collections via Fedex on 5/19/2014. The letter was purchased for Swem Library with support from the SCRC Donors Fund.

Processing Information:

Box and folder list compiled by Gabbie DeCuir in October 2012.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers of Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, Presbyterian clergyman relating to his theological studies at Andover, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut and his ministry at Waterbury and Bristol, Connecticut, Charlotte, North Carolina and Warrenton and Petersburg, Virginia. Includes correspondence and accounts, 1835-1838, with Turner & Hughes, booksellers in Raleigh, North Carolina. Includes correspondence with his wife Elizabeth M. Peabody Leavenworth and a letter, 1832, from missionary friends in Turkey.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Account books
  • Correspondence
  • Peabody family
  • Presbyterian Church--United States--Clergy
  • Presbyterian Church--United States--Missions--History--19th century
  • Presbyterian Church--United States--Missions--Turkey--19th century
  • Root family
  • Virginia--Religious history
  • Women missionaries--United States

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Leavenworth, Abner Johnson
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Virginia--Religious history
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id160370
Correspondence
1825-1839
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160380
    Minerva Root, at Montague, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Montague, Massachusetts
    9 Feb[ruary] 1825
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160381
    Susan Root, at Montague, Massachusetts to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Montague
    9 Feb[ruary] 1825
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160382
    Minerva Root, at Montague, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Waterbury, Connecticut
    26 Oct[ober] 1825
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160383
    Minerva Root, at Montague, [Massachusetts], to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Andover, Massachusetts
    26 Dec[ember] 1825
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160384
    Minerva Root, at Greenfield, Massachusetts, to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Roseford, Massachusetts
    28 June 1826
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160385
    Minerva Root, at Montague, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, Andover, Massachusetts
    29 July 1826
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160386
    Minerva Root, at Pittsfield, [Massachusetts], to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Andover, Massachusetts
    13 Nov[ember] 1827
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160387
    A[bner] J. L[eavenworth], at Andover, Massachusetts, to Minerva Root, at Greenfield, Massachusetts
    15 Jan[uary] 1828
    Scope and Contents

    Mutilated

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160388
    Minerva Root, at Greenfield, [Massachusetts], to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Andover, Massachusetts
    23 July 1828
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160389
    Minerva [Root], at Greenfield, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Andover, Massachusetts
    25 Aug[ust] 1828
    Scope and Contents

    Date changed to 5 Sept[ember] 1828 by recipient of letter, 25 Aug[ust] 1828

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160390
    Minerva [Root], at Greenfield, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Andover, Massachusetts
    27 Aug[ust] 1828
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160391
    Susan Root, at Greenfield, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Waterbury, Connecticut
    9 Jan[uary] 1829
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160392
    H. G. O. Dwight, at Hudson, New York, to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Waterbury, Connecticut
    10 March 1829
    Scope and Contents

    Postscript by William Chester

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160393
    Susan Root, at Greenfield, [Massachusetts], to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Waterbury, Connecticut
    11 May 1829
    Scope and Contents

    Postscript by Lydia Root

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160394
    Susan Root, at Greenfield, [Massachusetts], to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Waterbury, Connecticut
    3 Aug[ust] 1829
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160395
    Susan Root, at Greenfield, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut
    28 Aug[ust] 1829
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160396
    H. G. O. Dwight, at Syracuse, New York, to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Waterbury, Connecticut
    12 Sept[ember] 1829
    Scope and Contents

    Forwarded to Bristol, Connecticut

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160397
    Lydia Root, at Greenfield, [Massachusetts] to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut
    16 Sept[ember] 1829
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160398
    Susan Root, at Waterbury, [Connecticut], to Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristorl, Connecticut
    7 Nov[ember] 1829
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160399
    Susan Root, at Hartford, [Connecticut], to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut
    3 Dec[ember] 1829
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160400
    H. G. O. Dwight, at Utica, [New York] to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut
    11 Jan[uary] 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160401
    Susan Root, at Hartford, [Connecticut] to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut
    1 Feb[ruary] 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160402
    Susan Root, at Hartford, [Connecticut], to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut
    22 Feb[ruary] 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160403
    A[bner] J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut, to Susan C. Root, at Hartford, Connecticut
    25 Feb[ruary] 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160404
    Susan C. Root, at Hartford, [Connecticut], to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, Connecticut
    1 March 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160405
    L[ydia] Root, at Greenfield, [Connecticut], to Rev. Abner J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, [Connecticut]
    22 July 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160406
    E. M. Peabody, at Salem, [Massachusetts] to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, H[artford] County, Connecticut
    6 Aug[ust] 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160407
    E.M. Peabody, at Boxford [Massachusetts] to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, H[artford] County, Connecticut
    25 Sept[ember] 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160408
    E.M. Peabody, at Salem [Massachusetts], to Rev. A.J.Leavenworth, at Bristol, H[artford] County, Connecticut
    12 Nov[ember] 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160409
    Elizabeth M. Peabody, at Salem, [Massachusetts] to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Bristol, H[artford], Connecticut
    11 December 1830
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160410
    E.B. Dwight, at Constantinople, to Mrs. A. J. Leavenworth, at Salem, Massachusetts
    6 Sept[ember] 1832
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160411
    D.M. Forney, at Tuscaloosa [Alabama] to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Charlotte, North Carolina
    29 Jan[uary] 1835
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160412
    O. Eastman, secretary, American Tract Society, at New York, to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Charlotte, North Carolina
    28 Jan[uary] 1836
    Scope and Contents

    An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the committee of the American Tract Society, held in New York, 26 Jan[uary] 1836, appears on the same sheet.

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160413
    G.A. Mathis to [Rev. A.J.] Leavenworth
    28 Dec[ember] 1836
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160414
    Joseph Sumner, at Brooklyn to [Rev. A.J. Leavenworth]
    28 April 1837
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160415
    S. Blanding, at Columbia, South Carolina to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Charlotte, North Carolina
    26 Dec[ember] 1837
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160416
    Joseph H. Mather, Raleigh, North Carolina to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
    12 June 1838
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160417
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte [North Carolina] to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Charlotte, North Carolina
    8 Aug[ust] 1838
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160418
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte, North Carolina to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth
    10 Sept[ember] 1838
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160419
    Elizabeth N. Leavenworth, at Warrenton, Virginia to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Charlotte [Mecklenburg County], North Carolina
    27 Nov[ember] 1838
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160420
    Joseph Sumner to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Warrenton, Virginia
    6 March 1839
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160421
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte [North Carolina], to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Warrenton, Virginia
    3 April 1839
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160422
    A. J. Leavenwoth, at Warrenton, Virginia to Joseph Sumner
    22 April 1839
    Scope and Contents

    Copy.

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160423
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte [North Carolina] to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Warrenton, Virginia
    7 May 1839
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160424
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte [North Carolina] to Rev. A. J. Leavenworth, at Warrenton, Virginia
    31 May 1839
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id160425
    Abner J. Leavenworth, at Warrenton, Virginia to Joseph Sumner
    13 June 1839
    Scope and Contents

    Copy. The letter includes a copy of an amendment to a contract between Abner J. Leavenworth and Joseph Sumner regarding Sumner's salary.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2 id160371
Correspondence
1840-1850
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160426
    E.M. Leavenworth, at Warrenton, Virginia to A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    15 Feb[ruary] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160427
    A.D. Pollock, at Richmond [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, At Petersburg, [Virginia]
    19 Feb[ruary] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160428
    John H. Digges, at Warrenton, Virginia to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    17 April 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160429
    John H. Parrott, at Warrenton, Virginia to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    2 May 1940
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160430
    Simeon Colton, at Fayetteville, North Carolina to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    8 May 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160431
    A.D. Pollock, at Richmond, [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    13 May 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160432
    F.J. Kingbury, at Warrenton [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    15 May 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160433
    Elisha Leavenworth , at Waterbury [Connecticut] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    19 May 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160434
    E. Leavenworth, at Waterbury, [Connecticut] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    3 June 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160435
    George Hutchinson, at Richmond [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    5 June 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160436
    John H. Parrott, at Warrenton, [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    6 June 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160437
    Joseph Sumner at Charlotte, [North Carolina] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    6 June 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160438
    Mary A. Ladd, at Boston, [Massachusetts] to Charles F. Wood, at Washington City, [D.C.]
    23 June 1840
    Scope and Contents

    Forwarded to [Abner J.] Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160439
    Simeon Colton, at Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Thomas Shore, postmaster, at Petersburg, Virginia
    27 June 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160440
    F.J. Kingsbury, at Warrenton, [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    15 July 1840
    Scope and Contents

    Postscript by E.M. Leavenworth

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160441
    A.D. Pollock, at Richmond, [Virginia] o Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    16 July 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160442
    Mary Ann Ladd, at Boston, [Massachusetts] to Rev. J.N. Leavenworth [i.e., A.J. Leavenworth], at Petersburg, Virginia
    3 Aug[ust] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160443
    Henry Smith, at Hanover [Virginia] to Rev. [A.J.] Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    3 Aug[ust] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160444
    J.H.C. Leach, at Farmville, [Virginia] to Edwin James at Petersburg, Virginia
    30 Sept[ember] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160445
    F.J. Kingsbury, at Warrenton, [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    6 Oct[ober] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160446
    Julius A. Palmer, at Boston, [Massachusetts] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg
    Virginia, 20 Oct[ober] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160447
    D.E. Sykes, at New York, to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    31 Oct[ober] 1840
    Scope and Contents

    Includes, on same sheet, Samuel G. Whittelsey, to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, unknown date

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160448
    Samuel Lloyd & E.E. Jarman, at Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Edwin James & Co., at Petersburg, Virginia
    12 Nov[ember] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160614
    Kittredge & Blakes, at Boston, [Massachusetts] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    1 Dec[ember] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160615
    Samuel Lloyd & E.E. Jarman, at Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Edwin James & Co., at Petersburg, Virginia
    3 Dec[ember] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160616
    Mary Ann Ladd, at Boston, [Massachusetts] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    14 Dec[ember] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160617
    Julius A. Palmer, at Boston, [Massachusetts] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    14 Dec[ember] 1840
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160618
    A.D. Pollock, to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, [Virginia]
    12 Jan[uary] 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160619
    Henry Smith, at Hanover [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    13 Jan[uary] 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160620
    T. Magruder, at Charleston, South Carolina to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    30 Jan[uary] 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160621
    Henry Smith, at Hanover, [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    2 Feb[ruary] 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160622
    William C. Dana, at Charleston, [South Carolina] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    9 Feb[ruary] 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160623
    Asa M. Train, at Milford, [Connecticut] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    25 March 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160624
    William C. Dana, at Charleston, South Carolina to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    31 March 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160625
    Alexander Mahone, at Richmond, [Virginia] to [Rev. A.J.] Leavenworth
    14 May 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160626
    E. Ballantine, at Prince Edward Court House, [Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    13 July 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160627
    A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia, to Joseph Sumner
    19 July 1841
    Scope and Contents

    Copy

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160628
    H. Erben, at New York to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    5 Oct[ober] 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160629
    B.M. Palmer, at Washington, [D.C.] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    1 Dec[ember] 1841
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160630
    J.B. Townsend, at Bremo, [Fluvanna County, Virginia] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    17 Jan[uary] 1842
    Scope and Contents

    Copy

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160631
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte [North Carolina] to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    8 Feb[ruary] 1842
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160632
    A.J. Leavenworth to Joseph Sumner
    7 March 1842
    Scope and Contents

    Copy

  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160636
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte, [North Carolina] to Rev. [A.J. Leavenworth
    14 July 1842
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160638
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte, [North Carolina] to Rev. [A.J. Leavenworth
    26 July 1842
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160665
    Asa M. Train, at Milford, [Connecticut], to Abner J. Leavenworth, at New York
    23 Aug[ust] 1842
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160668
    Robert A. Young, at Margaret Academy, Pungoteague, [Accomack County], Virginia to [Rev. A.J.] Leavenworth
    6 Oct[ober] 1842
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160671
    J.N. Danforth, at Alexandria, [Virginia] to [Abner J.] Leavenworth, James M.H. Brunet, and [?] Hopkins, at Petersburg, Virginia
    7 Nov[ember] 1842
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160674
    Joseph Sumner, at Charlotte, [North Carolina], to Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, at Petersburg, Virginia
    24 Nov[ember] 1842
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160676
    Rebecca [?], at Salem, [Massachusetts] to M[ary] A[nn] Peabody, at Petersburg, Virginia
    29 Jan[uary] 1846
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160677
    M.S. freeman, at Culpeper, [Virginia] to Mary Ann Peabody, at Petersburg, Virginia
    29 Aug[ust] 1846
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160678
    Frederick J. Kingsbury, at Boston, [Massachusetts] to Miss Mary Ann Peabody, at Petersburg, Virginia
    14 July 1848
  • Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id160679
    Mary Ann Peabody to her nephew, [?]
    9 June 1850
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4 id241545
Correspondence: Abner J. Leavenworth, Petersburg, Virginia to his Sister
1861 April 1
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1861 April 1, from Abner.J. Leavenworth, founder of Leavenworth's Female Seminary in Petersburg, Virginia to his sister. In the letter, Leavenworth writes about his failing health, confederate officers, inviting his sister to stay "before Virginia goes out of the Union,' and the aptitude of several of the female students at the seminary.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
Accounts and Correspondence of A. J. Leavenworth with Turner & Hughes, booksellers, Raleigh, North Carolina
1835-1838English
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
Other Accounts and Correspondence
1835-1842English
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
Notes on the study of languages by women and on the employment of women as missionaries
undatedEnglish
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
Incomplete draft of a short story followed by a letter from an unknown person
undatedEnglish