Inventory of the Thomas Haines Dudley Collection, 1843-1891

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Inventory of the Thomas Haines Dudley Collection, 1843-1891

The Huntington Library

San Marino, California

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Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: lgarcia@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=554

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Thomas Haines Dudley Collection,

Date (inclusive): 1843-1891

Creator: Dudley, Thomas Haines

Extent: approximately 4650 unbound pieces and 34 volumes

Repository: The Huntington Library

San Marino, California 91108

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Provenance

Purchased in 1923 through Stanley V. Henkels from E. Lawrence Dudley, grandson of Thomas Haines Dudley

Access

Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information please go to following URL .

Publication Rights

In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual materials, researchers must obtain formal permission from the office of the Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as owner of the physical property rights only, and researchers must also obtain permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances, the Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights. Researchers may contact the appropriate curator for further information.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Thomas Haines Dudley Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Biography

Thomas Haines Dudley (1819-1893) was a New Jersey Quaker, lawyer, politician. (Whig - then Republican). U.S. Consul at Liverpool 1861-1872. In charge of U. S. Secret Service throughout the British Isles during U. S. Civil War. In 1872, assigned to give full time assistance in preparation of Alabama Claims. Author of pro-protectionist pamphlets c. 1880.

Son, Edward, served as Vice Consul & Acting Consul in Liverpool 1871 & 1872. Thereafter, partner in father's New Jersey law firm.

Scope and Content

The collection contains newspapers, 6 volumes and 1 box of clippings, miscellaneous printed matter, 19 photographs of Confederate warships.

There is also one item in 1841; one item in 1900. There are no items for the years 1851, 1874, 1876, 1878. There are three or less items for the years 1843, 1845-1847, 1857, 1877, 1880, 1881. The bulk of the collection is within the period 1861-1872, for which there are approximately 4300 pieces.

There are many autograph signed originals but most of the affidavits & official dispatches are duplicate or press copies. With only a few exceptions the volumes contain press copies - many of which are in extremely poor condition.

Subject Matter

1843-1860

Development & strengthening of Whig & Republican Parties
Local, state & national elections, Fund raising for same
Local and national conventions including 1860 Republican National Convention
Politics and government of New Jersey & Pennsylvania - to a somewhat lesser extent, of the New England States and of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Political economy (particularly in the letters of Henry Charles Carey)
Camden & Amboy Ry. & Camden Ferry Co.
Dudley's legal practice
Personal correspondence (minor)

1861-1872

Construction by British firms of warships for C.S.A. U. S. efforts (legal & diplomatic) to induce the British government to seize & detain then under Britain's Foreign Enlistment Act (a neutrality act)
Blockade runners
Detectives' report re. both the above. Photographs, sketches & descriptions for use of U.S. Navy
Registry, manifests, statistics of ships clearing from British ports 1861-1865
Confederate finances - including cotton loans, cotton warrants, activities of Fraser Trenholm & Co. (financial agent for C.S.A. in Great Britain)
U.S. claims for & legal actions to obtain C.S.A. assets & property in Great Britain after the war.
Sale of Confederate ships awarded to the U.S. by British Courts.
Preparation of Alabam Claims for presentation to Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration as provided in 1871 Treaty of Washington.
Preparation of & Interrogatories on Memorials to Mixed Commission on American and British Claims as provided in same Treaty for civilian suits.
Protests, petitions, mass meetings & legal actions vs. Dudley by (or insigated by) disgruntled individuals.
Consuls - regulations - assistance to distressed seamen
Consular services to U.S. nationals &/or relatives in Lancashire, England
Dudley's stock & bond transactions
Designs & price estimates for house being built for Dudley in New Jersey. Equipment for same. Stocking of his farm
U.S. politics & national elections - only a few items
Immigration to U.S. - only a few items of any significance
Personal correspondence - only a few items of any significance
Potato famine - correspondence - mainly in letter books
Cow cholera - correspondence - mainly in letter books
U.S. Sanitary Commission & Sanitary Fairs

1872-1891

Politics
Agricultural organizations & conventions
Tariff - including opposition of Cobdon Clubs
Dudley's legal practice
Personal correspondence

Persons And Organizations Represented by 15 or More Items

(exclusive of letter books & of detectives who made only routine reports)

Abbot, George J 22 pieces
Adams, Charles Francis 17 pieces
Badeau, Adam 24 pieces
Bemis 15 pieces
Borthwick, Wark & Co 22 pieces
Bright, John 35 pieces
Carey, Henry Charles 109 pieces
Chandler, George H 109 pieces
Chandler, George H 16 pieces
Cleveland, Charles Dexter 38 pieces
Cook, William 40 pieces
Cushing, Caleb 25 pieces
Davis, John Chandler Bancroft 20 pieces
Dayton, Williams Lewis 18 pieces
De Costa, John 16 pieces
Downward, William & Co 63 pieces
Dudley, Thomas Haines 237 pieces
Duncans, Squarey, Blackmore, Pearson & Hill 107 pieces
Evarts, William Maxwell 23 pieces
Field, Roscoe, Field & Francis 113 pieces
Forbes, John Murray 27 pieces
Fox, Alfred 16 pieces
Freeman, Thomas F 15 pieces
French, William 18 pieces
Great Britain 82 pieces
Hale, Charles 15 pieces
Halligan, Thomas 80 pieces
Harvey, Jevons & Ryley 104 pieces
Heine, William 21 pieces
Jevons, William Alfred 109 pieces
Langley, J. Baxter 20 pieces
Latham, John 23 pieces
Maguire, Matthew 107 pieces
McChesney, Joseph H 19 pieces
Moran, Benjamin 235 pieces
Morse, Freeman Harlow 86 pieces
Murray, Andrew 16 pieces
Prettyman John S 24 pieces
Redfield, Isaac Fletcher 38 pieces
Rothery & Co 20 pieces
Seward, William Henry 20 pieces
Squarey, William Henry 22 pieces
Thomas, R. M 15 pieces
Thompson, Charles 44 pieces
Underwood, Warner Lewis 44 pieces
Wells, David Ames 16 pieces
West, William B 15 pieces
Wilding, Henry 134 pieces
Wilson, Charles Lush 51 pieces
Winslow, John Ancrum 16 pieces
Yonge, Clarence Randolph 29 pieces

Note

Of possible assistance in utilizing the collection are:

Partial list of ships frequently mentioned (In Information File)
List of alternate names of ships (In Information File)
Register of official dispatches (DU 1070)
Register of Confederate & suspicious ships (DU 1059)
The English Blockade Steamers (DU 4057)

Additional Information

Alternate Names of Ships

Active - Beatrice - Rappahannock Scylla - Victor
Echo - Jefferson Davis - Putnam
Agincourt - No. 278
Economist - Bonita
Alabama - No. 290 - Enrica
El Monassir - Laird's Ram - Wyvern
Alabama 2-Canton of London Pampero - Texas - Tournado
El Toussan - Laird's Ram - Scorpion (Sister ship to El Monassir)
Agnes Louisa - Grapeshot
Enrica (see Alabama)
Alexandra - Mary
Eureka - Joseph L. Gerrity - Gerrity
F. Crenshaw - Gracie
Annie Childs - North Carolina Victory - Julia Usher T.D. Wagner
Florida - Malacca - Oreto - Manassas
Georgia - Virginia 2 - Japan
Antonica - Herald
Gibraltar - Sumter
Ariel - Colonel Lamb
Giraffe - Robert E. Lee
Atlanta - Tallahassee Chameleon
Gracie - F. Crenshaw
Bonita - Economist
Granite City - Dundee
Beatrice (see Active)
Grapeshot - Agnes Louisa
Bendige - Millie
Herald - Antonica
Canton of London (see Alabama 2)
Joseph L. Gerrity - Gerrity - Eureka
Chameleon (see Atlanta)
Japan (see Georgia)
Cherokee - Thistle
Jefferson Davis (see Echo)
Colonel Lamb (see Ariel)
Julia Farmer - Martha Whitmore
Conrad - Tuscaloosa
Julia Usher (see Annie Childs)
Danmark - Santa Maria
Laird's Rams (see sister ships El Monassir and El Toussan)
Defiance No. 292
Lancashire - Stonewall - Sphinx Stoerkodder)
Douglas - Margaret
Dundee - Granite City
Lilla - Mary Wright
Malacca - (see Florida)
Duntroon Castle - Shenandoah
Richard Wright - Sea King
Manassas - (see Florida)
Eagle - Mary Anne
Margaret - Douglas
Martha Whitmore - Julia Farmer
Scylla (see Active)
Mary (see Alexandra)
Scorpion (see El Toussan)
Mary Anne - Eagle
Sea Hawk - Merlin
Mary Wright - Lilla
Sea King (see Duntroon Castle)
Merlin - Sea Hawk
Shenandoah (see Duntroon Castle)
Merrimac 1 - Virginia 1
Stoerkodder (see Lancashire)
Merrimac 2 - Nargis
Stonewall (see Lancashire)
Millie - Bendage
Southerner - Westminster
Mohawk - Pekin
Sumter (see Gibraltar)
Nargis - Merrimac 2
T. D. Wagner (see Annie Childs)
North Carolina (see Annie Childs)
Tallahassee (see Atlanta)
Oreto (see Florida)
Texas (see Alabama 2)
Pampero - (see Alabama 2)
Thistle - Cherokee
Pekin - Mohawk
Tournado (see Alabama2)
Princess Royal - Rosalind
Tuscaloosa - Conrad
Putnam (see Echo)
Victor (see Active)
Rappahannock (see Active)
Victory (see Annie Childs)
Richard Wright (see Duntroon Castle)
Virginia 1 - Merrimac 1
Robert E. Lee (see Giraffe)
Virginia 2 (see Georgia)
Rosalind - Princess Royal
Westminster - Southerner
Santa Maria - Danmark
Wyvern (see El Monassir)

Partial List of Ships Frequently Mentioned

Agrippina
Helen Morris
Tallahassee
Ajax
Hercules
Thomas
Alabama
Japan
Tuscarora
Alexandra
Joseph L. Gerrity
Virginia
Annie Childs
Julia Usher
Wasp
Ariel
Kearsarge
White Inch
Atlanta
Laird's Rams
Badgar
Lark
Bahama
Louisa Ann Fannie
Beatrice
Laurel
Canton of London
Mary
Chameleon
Niagara
City of Richmond
No. 290
Colonal Lamb
Olinde
Deerhound
Oreto
Owl
Dolphin
Pampero
Duntroon Castle Edward Hawkins
Penguin
Emily St Piere
Rappahannock
Fingal
Robert E. Lee
Florida
Rosine Ruby
Fox
St Thomas
Georgia
Sea King
Gerrity
Shenandosh
Gibraltar
Southerner
Great Western
Stonewall
Hawk
Sumter

Interesting or Important Items

DU 1274 Account by Dudley of caucus at 1860 National Republican Convention which made possible the nomination of Lincoln-with explanation of reasons for Horace Greeley's erroneous report that Seward would be nominated. Undated but probably written c. 1885

DU 1275 Account by Dudley of his appointment & initial experiences as Liverpool Consul-includes account of his interview with Lincoln. 1884, c. Mar.

DU 4456 Letter from John Ancrum Winslow to Dudley giving detailed account of the sinking of C.S.S. Alabama. 1864, June 24

Correspondence, court proceedings etc. in U.S. suit in Liverpool for extradition of certain Confederate seamen charged with piracy aboard S.S. Joseph L. Gerrity. 1864, Feb. & Mar.

DU 3736 Correspondence, statements & affidavits re. unauthorized (and highly unfavorable) settlement by Freeman Harlow Morse & Montgomery Gibbs of all U.S. claims for Confederate assets & property. 1866 & 1867. Letter (unofficial) from [UNK] Peshine Smith to Dudley re. State Departments' emergency steps. 1866, Dec. 11

DU 266 Letter from Joseph P. Bradley to Dudley re. confirmation of Bradley's appointment to U.S. Supreme Court. 1870, Apr. 1

Letter from Caleb Cushing to Dudley containing critical reference to Dr. Francis Lieber. 1867, Nov. 20

DU 3738 Letter from Erasmus Peshine Smith to Dudley criticizing Lieber. 1867, Mar. 11

DU 2315 Correspondence between various U.S. & British officials re. ships being built for the Confederacy

Letter from William Inman to Dudley re. competition with North German Lloyd Steamship Co. re. U.S. mails contract. 1864, Mar. 28

Container List

Bound Volumes

Box 1

DU 4573 U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Official dispatches.

Vol. 1, June 1861 - June 20, 1862

Vol. 2, 1862, June 21-Dec.

Vol. 3, 1863, Jan.-June

Box 2

DU 4573 U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Official dispatches.

Vol. 4, 1863, July-Dec.

Vol. 5, 1864

Vol. 6, 1865

Box 3

DU 4573 U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Official dispatches.

Vol. 7, 1866

Vol. 8, 1867-1868

Vol. 9, 1869

Vol. 10, 1870

Box 4

DU 4573 U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Official dispatches

Vol. 11, 1871, Jan.-Aug. 19

Vol. 12, Aug. 1871-July 1872

Vol. 13, 1872, Aug.-Dec.

DU 4574 DUDLEY, Thomas Haines & others. [Consular and personal business correspondence]

Vol. 1, 1865-1868

Vol. 2, 1867-1872

Vol. 3, 1868-1879

Box 5

DU 4574 DUDLEY, Thomas Haines & others. [Consular and personal business correspondence]

Vol. 4, 1872, 1877-1878

DU 4575 U.S. Dept. of State and London Legation. To Thomas Haines Dudley & Henry Wilding: Dispatches

Vol. 1, 1861-1870

Vol. 2, 1863-1868, 1871

Vol. 3, 1855-1859, 1870-1872

DU 4576 C.S.A. War Dept. Ordance Office. [Correspondence intercepted by U.S. Secret Service]

1863, Jan.-Oct.

Box 6

DU 4577 [U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Copies of financial accounts of C.S.A. Treasury, Navy & other departments.

1863-1868

DU 4578 [U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Financial Accounts]

1865-1870

DU 4579 [U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Financial Accounts]

1870-1872

DU 4580 [U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Financial Accounts]

1861-1864

DU 4581 [U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Financial Accounts]

1861-1872

DU 4582 [U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Financial Accounts]

1861-1872

Box 7

DU 4583 [U.S. Consulate, Liverpool. Financial Accounts]

1863-1872

DU 4584 DUDLEY, Thomas Haines & Edward. [Correspondence re. Dudley's legal practice]

1849-1880

DU 4585 DUDLEY, Thomas Haines. [Correspondence re. Dudley's legal practice & other business matters]

1872-1878

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