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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02016.177 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | John Watts se Peyster to W. H. Whitimore thanking him for sending books and other news |
| Date | 25 May 1864 |
| Author | Peyster, John Watts de (1821-1907) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanks Whitmore for four volumes and accompanying pamphlets. Writes that the cost of publishing has deterred Mr. Morgan from publishing biographies on [John] Watts (New York politician and member of the Third U.S. Congress) [John George] Leake (New York lawyer and founder of the Leake and Watt's Orphanage), and another de Peyster family member. Encloses photographs (not included) of the dePeyster and Watts family vaults at Trinity Church in New York City. Mentions a letter from his son regarding the battle of Williamsburg in 1862. His son was aide de camp to General Philip Kearny, a member of the Watts family. |
| Subjects | Finance Literature and Language Arts Printing Architecture Civil War Military History Union Forces Battle Union General |
| People | Peyster, John Watts de (1821-1907) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | John Watts de Peyster was a descendent of Abraham de Peyster, an early mayor of New York. He served as a brigadier general in the New York State Militia during the American Civil War and in 1866, was granted the honorary rank of Brevet Major General. After the Civil War, de Peyster became a military historian, authoring histories on the Battle of Saratoga. He was also a philanthropist and served as benefactor for various charities, and libraries including Franklin and Marshall College. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |