Correspondence, 1811-1869

The correspondence is divided into four subseries: 1. Calendared Correspondence, 2. Incoming Letters (not calendared), 3. Miscellaneous Family Letters, and 4. Select Letters in the R.B. Hayes Library. Subseries 1 consists of primarily incoming correspondence, 1850-1921, described in Victor V. Lytle’s seven-volume calendar and index (1953-54). Subseries 2 consists of G.F. Wright correspondence, 1876-1920, that was not included in Lytle’s calendar. Most of these letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent; the remainder are chronological. Subseries 3 is miscellaneous Wright Family correspondence and is in two groupings. The first consists of family correspondence, 1811-1869. These letters were calendared, and a copy of the calendar is found in the first folder. The second is letters dated 1907-1915 relating to G.F. Wright’s children’s membership in Second Congregational Church in Oberlin. An additional letter to Second Congregational Church concerns Wright’s book on the history of Lorain County. Subseries 4 contains photocopies of selected letters held by the Rutherford B. Hayes Library of Wright and his daughter Helen; the subjects of these 1913-14 letters include Records of the Past and the possibility of Wright returning to the Middle East to study the Jordan River Valley and the Dead Sea. Also included are photocopies of relevant pages from the indexes to the correspondence of Birchard Austin Hayes, Webb Cook Hayes, and Mary Miller Hayes. Additional correspondence is located with the genealogical material in Series II.