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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 |
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Biographical Information
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.
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Scope and Content
The 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.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1730-1900 and undated.
Arrangement: 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.
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Series 2. Isabella Hagner Papers, 1901-1940.
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.
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Series 3. Addition of 1988 (Acc. 880373)
Typed transcriptions of 58 letters from the collection, 1830-1848.
| Folder 197 |
Addition June 1988 #03117, Series: "3. Addition of 1988 (Acc. 880373)" Folder 197 |
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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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