Title: Mansfield Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1777-1908

Creator:

• Mansfield Family

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 39

Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of the Mansfield family, primarily Jared and his son Edward. Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal documents, and publications.

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Language: English

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Jared Mansfield was born in May 1759 in New Haven, CT. He attended Yale where he earned his degree in 1787. In 1800, he married Elizabeth Phipps (1776-1850). He wrote a collection of essays entitled Essays, Mathematical and Physical (1801) which was considered to be one the first books of original mathematical research published by an American-born scholar. He became professor of mathematics at West Point from 1802-1803. Mansfield was then appointed Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory and moved his family to Ohio. In 1814, he returned to West Point and was professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy until his retirement in 1828. He died in February 1830.

Jared’s son, Edward Deering Mansfield, was born 17 August 1801 in New Haven, CT. Edward graduated 5th in his class at West Point in 1819 but subsequently earned a law degree from Princeton University in 1822. Mansfield moved to Ohio and taught constitutional law at Cincinnati College in 1836. He later wrote for various newspapers, including the New York Times during the Civil War. In 1839, he married Margaret Worthington (1811-1863). He was also a member of the Republican Party and corresponded with Salmon P. Chase and Rutherford B. Hayes. Mansfield wrote books on various subjects including, History of the Mexican War (1849), American Education (1851), and Personal Memories (1870). He died in October 1880.

This collection primarily contains correspondence to Jared Mansfield and Edward Mansfield. The correspondence includes numerous well-known thinkers and leaders during the 1800s including Salmon P. Chase, Rutherford B. Hayes, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, and General William T. Sherman. There is also other family-related and miscellaneous correspondence as well. Also included are deeds from the Iowa State Historical Society, a Catalog of West Point Cadets from 1819, newspaper clippings, military sketches, manuscript fragments, and a daguerreotype of three children.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by name or by subject, and then chronologically within each folder. Most of the letters also have a typed version within the folder.

Mansfield Family Papers, 1777-1908, Collection 39. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Mexican War

Personal Memories, Social, Political, and Literary : With Sketches of Many Noted People, 1803-1843

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

No acquisition information is currently on file. Materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Described by Jeffrey K. Carlin-Bartel, Volunteer Archivist, 2013. Processed by Bob Jaeger, 2018.

Box   1 Folder   1	Clippings, 1857-1908
	Edward Mansfield
Box   1 Folder   2	Cass, Lewis, 1850
Box   1 Folder   3	Catalogue of West Point Cadets, 1819
Box   1 Folder   4	Chase, Salmon P., 1857-1871, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	Family Correspondence, 1825-1863
Box   1 Folder   6	Hayes, Rutherford B., 1876-1878
Box   1 Folder   7	Henry, Joseph, 1861
Box   1 Folder   8	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1857-1870
Box   1 Folder   9	Raymond, Henry J., 1859
Box   1 Folder   10	Sherman, John, 1877
Box   1 Folder   11	Sherman, William T., 1871
	Jared Mansfield
Box   1 Folder   12	American Philosophical Society, Book of Laws and Regulations, inscribed by Mansfield, 1816
Box   1 Folder   13	Day, Jeremiah, 1835
Box   1 Folder   14	Dearborn, Henry, 1802
Box   1 Folder   15	Fragment of a Manuscript, undated
Box   1 Folder   16	Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1811, undated
Box   1 Folder   17	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1812-1824
Box   1 Folder   18	Patterson, Robert M., 1810
Box   1 Folder   19	Rush, Richard, 1811
Box   1 Folder   20	Sketch of Fortifications, undated
	Mansfield Family
Box   1 Folder   21	Mansfield Children, circa 1850s Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype
Box   1 Folder   22	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1803-1874
	Others
Box   1 Folder   23	Clay, Henry, to James Madison, 1833
Box   1 Folder   24	Macdonough, Thomas, to David Phipps, 1807
Box   1 Folder   25	Phipps, David, to Paul Hamilton, 1810
Box   1 Folder   26	Stephen, Adam, to Thomas Worthington, 1777
Box   1 Folder   27	Unsigned Fragment, undated