Kelley family papers, 1681-1937

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Series I.1: Catalogued Correspondence


Addams, Jane



Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 1p., undated


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 2p., undated


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 2p., undated


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 1p., undated


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Rockford, Illinois, a.l.s., 3p., July 22


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 2p., 1900 September 16


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 2p., 1900 December 2


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 3p., 1900 December 26


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 2p., 1900 December 31


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 4p. (enclosure), 1901 June 30


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 2p., 1901 July 18


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 1p. (second page of letter), 1901 August 1


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 1p., 1901 August 2


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 3p., 1901 September 7


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, a.l.s., 2p., 1903 April 5


Box 1 Addams, Jane to [Florence Kelley], Chicago, a.n.s., 1p., circa 1907 June 27


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, t.l.s., 1p., 1912 July 1


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, t.l.s., 1p., 1913 July 5


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Chicago, t.l.s., 3p., 1915 December?


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Bar Harbor, Maine, a.l.s., 1p., 1931 August 7


Box 1 Addams, Jane to Florence Kelley, Bar Harbor, Maine, a.l.s., 2p., 1931 August 15


Carnegie, Andrew


Box 1 Carnegie, Andrew to William D. Kelley, New York, ms.l.s., 2p., 1882 April 13


Cernuschi, Henry


Box 1 Cernuschi, Henry to William D. Kelley, Paris, a.l.s., 16p., 1879 November 15


Durant, Thomas Jefferson


Box 1 Durant, Thomas Jefferson to William D. Kelley, Washington, a.l.s., 2p., 1871 August 23


Giles, James


Box 1 Giles, James to John Kelley, Bridgeton, a.l.s., 1p., 1796 September 25


Hamilton, Alice


Box 1 Hamilton, Alice to [Florence B. Kelley], Chicago, a.l.s., 6p. [New York], June 5


Box 1 Hamilton, Alice to Florence B. Kelley, Hadlyme, Connecticut, a.l.s., 3p., 1930 July 22


Hayes, Rutherford B.


Box 1 Hayes, Rutherford B. to William D. Kelley, Washington, a.l.s., 1p. (with envelope), 1879 March 29


Jay, John (1817-1894)


Box 1 Jay, John to William D. Kelley, New York, a.l.s., 4p., 1864 November 21


Kellogg, Paul U.


Box 1 Kellogg, Paul U. to Margaret Kelley, New York, a.l.s., 1p., 1905 August 12


Kinney, George M.


Box 1 Kinney, George M. to Rebecca Kelley, Louisville, a.l.s., 2p., 1853 February 10


Kossuth, Lajos


Box 1 Kossuth, Lajos to William D. Kelley, Wilmington, ms.l.s., 1p., 1852 April 12


Lincoln, Abraham


Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham to William D. Kelley, Springfield, a.l.s., 1p., 1860 August 15

Part of Abraham Lincoln collection: MS#2028.


Levering, William H.


Box 1 Levering, William H. to Florence Kelley, Lafayette, a.l.s., 1p., 1898 December 11


Mott, Lucretia


Box 1 Mott, Lucretia to Caroline Kelley, n.p., a.l.s., 1p., 1859 July 16


Nieukirk, Cornelius


Box 1 Nieukirk, Cornelius to John Kelley, n.p., a.l.s., 1p., 1794 July 17


Roosevelt, Theodore


Box 1 Roosevelt, Theodore to Florence Kelley, New York, t.l.s., 1p., 1910 December 14


Smith, Mary R.


Box 1 Smith, Mary R. to Florence B. Kelley, New York, V.p., 11 a.l.s., 1904 January-1930 December


Stevens, Thaddeus


Box 1 Stevens, Thaddeus to William D. Kelley, Caledonia, a.l.s., 1p., 1865 June 11


Box 1 Stevens, Thaddeus to William D. Kelley, Bedford, a.l.s., 1 p., 1865 July 30


Welles, Gideon


Box 1 Welles, Gideon to William D. Kelley, Hartford, a.l.s., 4p., 1870 February 7

Series I.2: Catalogued Documents


Bonsall, Benjamin


Box 1 Bonsall, Benjamin (marriage certificate of Benjamin Bonsall and Martha Fisher, with a fair copy), Philadelphia, ms.d., 1p., 1712 November 27


Box 1 Bonsall, Benjamin (marriage certificate of Benjamin Bonsall and Mary Bartram), Darby, ms.d.s., 1p., 1755 December 17


Bonsall, Hannah


Box 1 Bonsall, Hannah "The School of Christ" (poem), n.p., a.ms.s., 2p., 1833 August 13


Frease, Philip


Box 1 Frease, Philip (commission as Captain in the militia of Salem County in New Jersey), Trenton, p.d.s., 1p., 1793 June 5


Giles, James


Box 1 Giles, James (order addressed to Major John Kelley for an inventory of personnel in the 4th Regiment) Bridgeton, a.d.s., 1p., 1794 July 28


Kelley, John


Box 1 Kelley, John (land grant of 50 acres of Salem County to John Kelley; signed by Michael and Robert Walker), Salem, New Jersey, ms.d.s., 1p., 1739 May 1


Box 1 Kelley, John (appointment as administrator of the estate of James Wright), Burlington, New Jersey, p.d.s., 1p., 1776 May 3


Box 1 Kelley, John (commission as Major in the 4th Regiment of the State of New Jersey; signed by William L. Livingston and Charles Petit), Haddonfield, New Jersey, p.d.s., 1p., 1777 May 5


Box 1 Kelley, John (article of agreement between John Kelley and John Holme to build a sawmill; signed by John Holme), Salem, New Jersey, ms.d., 1p., 1782 April 1


Box 1 Kelley, John (list of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates in Major Kelley's battalon), n.p., a.d., 1p., circa 1794 July


Kelley family


Box 1 Kelley family records (typescript of family records made by William Darrah Kelley), t.ms., 5p., 1746-1890


Peck, Andrew


Box 1 Peck, Andrew (commission as ensign in the militia of Salem County of New Jersey), Trenton, p.d.s., 1 p., 1793 June 5


Penn, William


Box 1 Penn, William (land grant of 1250 acres of Pennsylvania to Mary Pennington), Philadelphia, ms.d.s., 1p., 1681 October 18

Series II: Family Correspondence


Kelley, Albert Bartram



Box 2 Letters to Caroline Kelley, 1882-1904


Box 2 Letters to Florence Kelley, 1883-1907


Box 2 Miscellaneous material relating to Albert Kelley, 1883-1901


Kelley, Caroline Bartram


Box 2 Letters to Anna Kelley, 1905


Box 2 Letters to Caroline Kelley, 1862-1904


Box 2 Letters to William D. Kelley, 1860-1888


Box 2 Letters to William D. Kelley, Jr., 1871-1887


Kelley, Florence Bartram


Box 2 Letters to Florence B. Kelley, 1877-1930


Box 2 Letters to Florence Kelley, 1894-1901


Box 2 Letters to Florence Kelley, 1904-1930


Box 2 Letters to Margaret Kelley, 1903-1905


Box 2 Letters to Nicholas Kelley, undated


Box 2 Letters to Caroline B. Kelley, 1876-1904


Box 2 Letters to William D. Kelley, 1884-1889


Box 2 Miscellaneous material relating to Hull House, 1899-1930


Kelley, Margaret Dana



Box 3 Letters to and from Margaret Kelley, 1894-1905


Box 3 Letters to Caroline B. Kelley, 1897-1902


Box 3 Letters to Florence Kelley, 1891-1905


Box 3 Letters to John Bartram Kelley, 1904, undated


Box 3 Letters to Margaret Dana Kelley, 1903-1905


Kelley, Nicholas


Box 3 Letters to Caroline Kelley


Box 3 Letters to Florence Kelley, 1893-1920


Box 3 Letters to John Kelley, 1935-1936


Box 3 Letters to Margaret Kelley, 1905


Box 3 Miscellaneous material by and relating to Nicholas Kelley, 1901-1932


Kelley, John Bartram



Box 4 Letters to Florence Kelley, 1897-1931


Box 4 Letters to his Grandmother, 1897-1903


Box 4 Letters to John B. Kelley, 1897-1937


Box 4 Miscellaneous letters and documents, 1901-1937


Kelley, William D.



Box 5 Documents relating to William D. Kelley, 1865-1890


Box 5 Letter to Anna C. Kelley, 1870


Box 5 Letters to Caroline B. Kelley, 1854-1889


Box 5 Letters to Caroline B. Kelley, 1871-1872


Box 5 Letters to H.S. Patterson, 1835-1837


Box 5 Letters to Florence M. Kelley, 1870-1878


Box 5 Letters to William D. Kelley, 1863-1913


Kelley, William D., Jr.


Box 5 Letters to Caroline B. Kelley, 1887-1905


Box 5 Letter to Florence Kelley, 1904


Box 5 Letters to William D. Kelley, 1867-1887


Box 5 Letters to William D. Kelley, Jr., 1887-1889



Box 6 Bonsall and Pugh Family correspondence with members of the Kelley Family, 1843-1892


Dana, Mrs. A.A.L. Dana


Box 6 Letters to Mrs. Dana, 1847-1900


Hicks, Margaret


Box 6 Letters to Margaret Hicks, 1867-1922


Box 6 Correspondence--Miscellaneous, 1919, undated



Box 7 Correspondence--Miscellaneous


Box 7 Manuscripts


Box 7 Photographs


Box 7 Kelley Family


Box 7 Art Work


Box 7 Miscellaneous


Box 7 Printed Material


Box 7 Receipts


Box 7 Receipts and Accounts (2 folders)