Title: Charles Marseilles Papers, 1873-1908
Creator: Marseilles, Charles, 1846-1920
Creator Role: Author
Accession / Call Number: 1927.001
Object ID: M 1927-001
Date: 1873-1908
Physical Description: 9 boxes and 1 oversized folder ; 3.75 linear feet
Scope and Content: The Charles Marseilles Papers begin with letters from 1873, and from this date to 1882, it contains significant letters relating to New Hampshire and national politics. Marseilles purchased the Exeter Newsletter in 1866 at the age of twenty. As the editor and proprietor, he turned this independent newspaper of indifferent success into a staunch Republican sheet with an extremely wide circulation and influence in the state. It was as editor that he first undertook correspondence with important New Hampshire Republicans. In the period 1873 to 1882, his correspondents included: C.H. Bell, H.W. Blair, W.E. Chandler, J.H. Ela, Daniel Hall, E.H. Rollins, and Bainbridge Wadleigh. He purchased the Kingston (NY) Daily Freeman and Weekly Journal in 1878. In 1879, Marseilles involved himself in aiding Charles Bell in the latter's fight to be seated in the U.S. Senate. Marseilles retired due to ill health in 1882 and between 1882 and 1890, his letters, previously completely devoted to discussions of political matters, turned to Marseilles' genealogy, questions about the soul, the omnipotence of God, etc. Marseilles wished to receive answers from "learned men" to his questions about these matters. After 1890, Marseilles was most interested in the political careers of William E. Chandler and Jacob H. Gallinger, writing over 800 letters between them, some of which contain 50 pages filled with questions, comments, and newspaper clippings. His letters are a chronicle of the period and supply a running commentary on the activities of Chandler and Gallinger. See finding aid for more information.
Subjects:
Civil service reform,
Courts,
Elections,
Elections--United States,
Emigration and immigration,
Journalists,
Mental illness,
Money,
Newspapers,
Politicians,
Politics and government,
Postal service,
Railroads,
Trusts and trustees
Locations: Concord, NH
Exeter, NH
Kingston, NY
People:
Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927,
Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886,
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902,
Allen, Amos L., 1837-1911,
Allibone, Samuel Austin, 1816-1889,
Allison, William B., 1829-1908,
Babcock, Joseph Weeks, 1850-1909,
Baird, Charles W., 1828-1887,
Baker, Henry Moore, 1841-1912,
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918,
Belden, James Jerome, 1825-1904,
Bell, Charles Henry, 1823-1893,
Blair, Henry W., 1834-1920,
Bliss, George,
Boutwell, George S., 1818-1905,
Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888,
Brewster, Frederick Carroll, 1825-1898,
Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-1896,
Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893,
Brown, Foster Vincent, 1852-1937,
Brumm, Charles Napoleon, 1838-1917,
Burnham, Henry E., 1844-1917,
Burrows, Julius C., 1837-1915,
Busiel, Charles A., 1842-1901,
Chace, Jonathan, 1829-1917,
Chandler, William E., 1835-1917,
Cheney, Person Colby, 1828-1901,
Clark, E. L.,
Clarke, Frank Gay, 1850-1901,
Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888,
Clearwater, Alphonso Trumpbour, 1848-1933,
Cockrell, Francis Marion, 1834-1915,
Cogswell, Parsons B., 1828-1895,
Coues, Elliot,
Cummings, Horace Stuart,
Currier, Frank D., 1853-1921,
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882,
Dawes, Henry L., 1816-1903,
Depew, Chauncey M., 1834-1928,
Dobson, Edward,
Dingley, Nelson, 1832-1899,
Doe, Charles,
Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901,
Duryea, Joseph T.,
Ela, Jacob H., 1820-1884,
Ellis, George Edward, 1814-1894,
Ernst, Carl W.,
Fernow, Berthold, 1837-1908,
Field, Cyrus W., 1819-1892,
Field, Stephen J., 1816-1899,
Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893,
Foster, Charles, 1823-1877,
Frye, William P., 1831-1911,
Gallinger, Jacob H., 1837-1918,
Gilman, N. G.,
Gorham, George C., 1832-1909,
Guild, Curtis, 1860-1915,
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909,
Hale, Lucy Lambert, 1841-1915,
Hall, Daniel,
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904,
Herford, Brooke,
Hoes, Randall,
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904,
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894,
Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878,
Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900,
James, William, 1842-1910,
Johnson, Clarence,
Kenyon, William Schueneman, 1820-1896,
Lasier, Thomas J.,
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924,
Long, John Davis, 1838-1915,
Manley, Joseph Homan, 1842-1905,
Marseilles, Anna, 1843-1904,
Marseilles, Charles, 1846-1920,
Mead, William Rutherford, 1846-1928,
Moody, William H., 1853-1917,
Moore, Orren C., 1839-1893,
Morrill, William B.,
Moses, George H., 1869-1944,
Oberly, John H.,
Parker, Alton B., 1852-1926,
Peabody, Andrew Preston, 1811-1893,
Pennell, R. F.,
Platt, Orville Hitchcock, 1827-1905,
Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910,
Pomeroy, Theodore Medad, 1824-1905,
Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908,
Price, J. Sargent,
Redfield, Proctor, 1831-1908,
Putnam, George I.,
Raum, Green B., 1829-1909,
Ray, Ossian, 1835-1892,
Reed, Katharine,
Reed, Thomas B., 1839-1902,
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912,
Robinson, Henry,
Rolfe, Henry P.,
Rolfe, William James, 1827-1910,
Rollins, Edward Henry, 1824-1889,
Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin, 1831-1917,
Sartain, John, 1808-1897,
Schoonmaker, Marius, 1811-1894,
Sharpe, George H., 1828-1900,
Sherman, John, 1823-1900,
Smith, Charles Emory, 1842-1908,
Stevens, W. E.,
Stockton, Charles H., 1845-1924,
Sulloway, Cyrus A., 1839-1917,
Tuttle, Hiram A., 1837-1911,
Vest, George Graham, 1830-1904,
Wadleigh, Bainbridge, 1831-1891,
Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922,
Watson, Samuel S.,
Wells, D. F.,
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918,
Wiffin, George W.,
Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894,
Woodbury, Gordon, 1863-1924,
Young, James Rankin, 1847-1924
Organizations:
New Hampshire State Hospital,
Republican Congressional Committee,
Republican National Convention (8th : 1884 : Chicago, Ill.),
Republican Party (N.H.),
Republican Party (N.H.). State Convention,
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ),
United States. Congress. Senate
Credit Line: New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.
Restrictions: Available for research.
Level Description: Collection
Finding Aid Link: RS64021_Marseilles_Charles_Papers_1927.001.pdf