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Size | 7.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5600 items) |
Abstract | Peter Hagner (1772-1850), native of Pennsylvania, known as the "watchdog of the Treasury," was a clerk in the accounting office of the United States War Department, 1793-1817, and third auditor of the United States Treasury, 1817-1849. The collection includes correspondence, chiefly from 1815, related to Hagner's personal life in Washington, D.C., and to his official positions. Official items include correspondence about government accounts, contracts, claims, and appointments. Other papers relate somewhat to personal business and social life but are chiefly family correspondence, including letters concerning the education of a daughter at the school of James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) of Essex County, Va.; letters from members of the related Nicholson family and Randall family of Annapolis, Md.; and letters from Hagner's children. Papers after 1850 are correspondence of the children, including a United States Army officer and residents of Washington, Annapolis, and Calvert County, Md., among other places. Also included, arranged separately, are the papers of Hagner's granddaughter, Isabella Louisa Hagner (fl. 1901-1940), consisting chiefly of personal letters from the family of president Theodore Roosevelt. Prior to her marriage, Isabella was social secretary to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt while she was in the White House. |
Creator | Hagner, Peter, 1772-1850. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Peter Hagner (1772-1850), native of Pennsylvania, known as the "watchdog of the Treasury," was a clerk in the accounting office of the United States War Department, 1793-1817, and third auditor of the United States Treasury, 1817-1849. His granddaughter, Isabella Louisa Hagner (fl. 1901-1940), was the social secretary to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (1861-1948) in the White House.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, chiefly from 1815, related to Peter Hagner's (1772-1850) personal and professional life in Washington, D.C. Official items include correspondence about government accounts, contracts, claims, and appointments. Other papers relate somewhat to personal business and social life but are chiefly family correspondence, including letters concerning the education of a daughter at the school of James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) of Essex County, Va.; letters from members of the related Nicholson and Randall families of Annapolis, Md.; and letters from Hagner's children. Papers after 1850 are correspondence of the children, including a United States Army officer and residents of Washington, Annapolis, and Calvert County, Md., among other places. Also included, arranged separately, are the papers of Hagner's granddaughter, Isabella Louisa Hagner (fl. 1901-1940), about 500 items, 1901-1940, consisting chiefly of personal letters from the family of president Theodore Roosevelt. Prior to her marriage, Isabella was social secretary to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt while she was in the White House. The collection als includes several letters from president James Monroe. An addition of 1988 (Acc. 88073) contains typed transcriptions of 58 letters, 1830-1848, from the collection.
Back to TopArrangement: Chronological.
This series contains the correspondence of Peter Hagner (1772-1850) and his children and other relatives. Correspondence of Hagner chiefly relates to personal and professional matters. Professional correspondence includes items about government accounts, contracts, claims, and appointments. Other papers relate somewhat to personal business and social life but are chiefly family correspondence, including letters concerning the education of a daughter at the school of James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) of Essex County, Va.; letters from members of the related Nicholson and Randall families of Annapolis, Md.; and letters from Hagner's children. Papers after 1850 are correspondence of the children, including a United States Army officer and residents of Washington, Annapolis, and Calvert County, Md., among other places.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1730-1798 |
Folder 2 |
1799-1801 |
Folder 3 |
1802-1810 |
Folder 4 |
1811-1814 |
Folder 5-7
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7 |
1815 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
1816 |
Folder 10 |
1817 |
Folder 11-12
Folder 11Folder 12 |
1818 |
Folder 13-14
Folder 13Folder 14 |
1819 |
Folder 15-16
Folder 15Folder 16 |
1820 |
Folder 17 |
1821 |
Folder 18 |
1822 |
Folder 19-20
Folder 19Folder 20 |
1823 |
Folder 21 |
1824 |
Folder 22 |
1825 |
Folder 23-24
Folder 23Folder 24 |
1826 |
Folder 25-29
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29 |
1827 |
Folder 30 |
1828 |
Folder 31-32
Folder 31Folder 32 |
1829Includes personal letter from James Monroe. |
Folder 33-34
Folder 33Folder 34 |
1830 |
Folder 35 |
1831 |
Folder 36-40
Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40 |
1832 |
Folder 41-46
Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46 |
1833 |
Folder 47-50
Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50 |
1834 |
Folder 51-55
Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55 |
1835 |
Folder 56-57
Folder 56Folder 57 |
1836 |
Folder 58-65
Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
1837 |
Folder 66-70
Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70 |
1838 |
Folder 71-76
Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76 |
1839 |
Folder 77-84
Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84 |
1840 |
Folder 85-87
Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87 |
1841 |
Folder 88-93
Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93 |
1842 |
Folder 94-102
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102 |
1843 |
Folder 103-109
Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109 |
1844 |
Folder 110-113
Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113 |
1845 |
Folder 114-116
Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116 |
1846 |
Folder 117-120
Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120 |
1847 |
Folder 121-122
Folder 121Folder 122 |
1848 |
Folder 123 |
1849 |
Folder 124 |
January 1850-March 1851 |
Folder 125 |
April 1851-December 1851 |
Folder 126 |
1852 |
Folder 127 |
1853-1854 |
Folder 128 |
1855-1859 |
Folder 129 |
1860-1863 |
Folder 130 |
1864-1865 |
Folder 131 |
1866 |
Folder 132 |
1867-1869 |
Folder 133 |
1870-1872 |
Folder 134 |
1873-1874 |
Folder 135 |
1875-1876 |
Folder 136 |
1877-1878 |
Folder 137 |
1879 |
Folder 138 |
1880-1881 |
Folder 139 |
1882-1886 |
Folder 140 |
1887-1893 |
Folder 141 |
1894-1900 |
Folder 142-143
Folder 142Folder 143 |
Non-family letters, undated |
Folder 144 |
Miscellaneous family letters, undated |
Folder 145 |
Letters of Alexander B. Hagner, undated |
Folder 146 |
Letters of Charles N. Hagner, undated |
Folder 147-148
Folder 147Folder 148 |
Letters of Frances R. Hagner, undated |
Folder 149 |
Letters of J.R. Hagner, undated |
Folder 150-151
Folder 150Folder 151 |
Letters of Mary M. Hagner, undated |
Folder 152 |
Letters of Peter Hagner, undated |
Folder 153 |
Letters of P.V. Hagner and Susan Hagner, undated |
Folder 154 |
Letters of Randall Hagner and Richard Hagner, undated |
Folder 155-156
Folder 155Folder 156 |
Letters of Thomas Hagner, undated |
Folder 157 |
Letters of Eliza Ann (Hagner) Nicholson, undated |
Folder 158 |
Letters of E.H. Randall, undated |
Folder 159 |
Clippings and biographical and genealogical Hagner data |
Folder 160 |
Davis family data, St. John's Church, Washington, D.C. |
Folder 161 |
Pictures, etc. |
Image Folder PF-3117/1 |
Pictures |
Folder 162 |
Volumes 1-2 |
Arrangement: Chronological.
This series consists chiefly of Isabella Louisa Hagner's correspondence with members of the family of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt family members include Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt; and Alice, Kermit, Archie, and Ethel Roosevelt. Most of the letters were written from the White House or Sagamore Hills, Oyster Bay, and Long Island, N.Y. Other correspondence includes her Hagner nephews Alex, Randall, and Thomas Hagner. There is some genealogical material also included in the series.
Folder 163 |
1901-1903 |
Folder 164 |
1904-1905 |
Folder 165 |
1906 |
Folder 166 |
1907 |
Folder 167 |
1908 |
Folder 168 |
1909 |
Folder 169 |
1910 |
Folder 170 |
1911 |
Folder 171 |
1912 |
Folder 172 |
1913 |
Folder 173 |
1914 |
Folder 174-176
Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176 |
1915 |
Folder 177 |
1916 |
Folder 178 |
1917 |
Folder 179 |
1918 |
Folder 180 |
1919 |
Folder 181 |
1920 |
Folder 182 |
1921 |
Folder 183 |
1922 |
Folder 184 |
1923 |
Folder 185 |
1924 |
Folder 186 |
1925 |
Folder 187 |
1926-1927 |
Folder 188 |
1928-1930 |
Folder 189 |
131 |
Folder 190 |
132 |
Folder 191 |
1933 |
Folder 192 |
1934-1940 |
Folder 193 |
Undated correspondence |
Folder 194 |
Hagner family notes and anecdotes |
Folder 195 |
Hagner family notes and anecdotes, copy 1 |
Folder 196 |
Hagner family notes and anecdotes, copy 2 |
Typed transcriptions of 58 letters from the collection, 1830-1848.
Folder 197 |
Addition June 1988 |