Collection #

M 0167

 

 

John Ingle
Papers, 1813–1868

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Processed by

Paul Brockman
20 May 2000
Revised 8 August 2002
Updated 2 April 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

1 manuscript box

COLLECTION
DATES:

1813–1868

PROVENANCE:

Mrs. Joseph Inglehart, Evansville, IN, and Mrs. James L. Clifford, New York, New York, September 1966

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

 

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

None

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

None

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

1966.1011

NOTES:

 

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

John Ingle (1788–1874) immigrated from Somersham, England, to America in 1818. He settled near Saundersville (now Inglefield) in Vanderburgh County where he farmed and served as the town's postmaster from 1823–69.

Sources: A Guide to Manuscripts of the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana State Library, Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. p. 100.  General and Reference Collection Z1281 .P85 1986.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists primarily of correspondence of Ingle and his wife, Martha, with their family in England, 1813–69.  The letters discuss a variety of subjects including the differences between life in America and England, the development of Southern Indiana, conditions in England, the family business, and economic, religious, and political matters.  Also included is John Ingle's description of his trip from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Indiana, and his visit to Morris Birbeck's Illinois settlement in 1818.  There also are letters from the Ingles' son, John, Jr., to his English relatives, 1834–37.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Mounted items, petitions and maps, 1819

Box 1, Folder 1

Letter from parent in England, 15 Dec. 1819

OM 0040

Letters to relatives in England, 1813–20

Box 1, Folder 2

Letters to relatives in England, 1820–29

Box 1, Folder 3

Papers and letters, 1830–32

Box 1, Folder 4

Letter, 30 [Oct.] 1830

OM 0040

Papers and letters, 1832–34

Box 1, Folder 5

Papers and letters, 1834–39

Box 1, Folder 6

Papers and letters, 1841–44

Box 1, Folder 7

Papers and letters, 1849–51

Box 1, Folder 8

Papers and letters, 1852–59

Box 1, Folder 9

Papers and letters, 1860–68

Box 1, Folder 10

Transcripts of letters, 1818

Box 1, Folder 11

Transcripts of letters, 1818–21

Box 1, Folder 12

Transcripts of letters, 1821–33

Box 1, Folder 13

Transcripts of letters, 1834–57

Box 1, Folder 14

Correspondence & Family History, 1931–56

Box 1, Folder 15

Family History Correspondence, 1956–58

Box 1, Folder 16

Family History Correspondence, 1959–63

Box 1, Folder 17

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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