Charles Stuart Booth family papers and photographs
circa 1828 to 1906, inclusive
Booth family
Carrington, Eliza J. Booth
Booth, Charles Stuart
Booth, Horace
Booth, Thomas
Squires, Harry B.
The Charles Stuart Booth family papers and photographs have been arranged into two series:
Papers contain journals dating from 1828 to 1862 and written by Charles Stuart Booth during his shifts as a watchman in lower Manhattan, in which he details the events and occurrences that transpired during his shifts. The series also contains letters from Lila Booth to her brother, Horace, while he was serving as an engineer in the Union Army during the Civil War. The letters are dated 1861 to 1863 and relate to Lila's domestic life in Williamsburgh, as well as her wishes for Horace's health and safety. One of her letters from 1863 also comments upon the eruption of the New York City draft riots. Some letters to Horace are also written by his brother, Tom, and his father, while additional letters are from Horace to his sister, Phoebe, and her husband, Hiram K. Lockwood. Finally, the series contains a small number of additional items relating to the Booth family, including envelopes of visiting cards, the marriage book of Phoebe Booth and Hiram K. Lockwood, obituaries, and brief notes on the Booth and Lockwood families provided by Harry B. Squires (d. 1963), the donor of this collection.
Photographs consist of card photographs, tintypes, and prints. The photographs are contained in two albums and compiled loosely in three folders, and depict members of the Booth family, including Charles Stuart, Lavinia, Horace, Lila, and Phoebe. However, a larger amount of the photographs depict members of families related to the Booths by marriage, including the Lockwood, Carrington, Seward, Shepard, Slauter, King, Mott, and Squires families. Many photographs bear inscriptions identifying the individuals pictured, also provided by Harry B. Squires.
Miranda Schwartz and Nicholas Pavlik
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