Scrapbook II., 04/21/1877-01/15/1879

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: 41565

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren papers consist of one scrapbook intact, containing material dating from 1885 through 1888; a fragment of a scrapbook, containing material dating 1877 through 1879; and one tintype, possibly of the Irish statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell. The following description of this collection begins with the complete scrapbook, designated Scrapbook I. The fragmented Scrapbook II follows, with the tintype as the last item in the collection. Itemization of material within each scrapbook is by page number pencilled in [ ] on each page. Inserts glued in between proper pages are designated with a page number followed by a letter [a, b, or c]. Terms in the Index are referenced by the page numbers in [ ]. To distinguish between the two scrapbooks, check folder numbers to the right of the index. Datespan: 1877-1888 Size: 0.25 linear feet, 1 box

The Georgetown University Archives houses a fair amount of material about the Dahlgren family. This includes 4 folders in the Alumni Files about John Vinton Dahlgren, including autograph letters from him to various university administrators. In addition, files, comprising 0.50 linear feet, are available on the Dahlgren Memorial Chapel located on the main campus of the university. The chapel was a gift of John Vinton and his wife Eliza Drexel, built in memory of their son, Joseph Drexel Dahlgren who died in infancy (1891). He is buried now in the chapel in the Dahlgren family crypt. Cardinal James Gibbons officiated at the laying of the cornerstone to the chapel in May 1892. Information concerning other donations from the Dahlgren family to Georgetown University is also available from the University Archives.

Dates

04/21/1877-01/15/1879

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.21 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger Slim Document Case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

[p.97] @ A series of small news items reporting that MVD is to be married to one Charles W. Hoffman (December 1878). A retraction was then printed, in the Sunday Herald, shortly afterward. @ Untitled article, n.d. re. renovations to the Dahlgren estate, "Fairview" on South Mountain., Maryland. @ Small news item refers to MVD's manual entitled, "The Etiquette of Social Life in Washington" (Washington Post, November 29, 1878). This went into 5 successive editions, originally published in 1873, 4th edition in 1876, and 5th in 1881. It was reprinted again under a new title, "The Social-Official Etiquette of the United States" (1894). @ "A Brilliant Gathering. The First Reunion of the Washington Literary Society." (Washington Post, December 16, 1878). Reports on a meeting at MVD's home in Washington, D.C., of the Washington Literary Society for the first time in two years. @ News item refers to an advertisement posted in the New York Journal of Commerce by "a former citizen of Natchez, Gen. C.G. Dahlgren, who offers his recommendation for service as an accountant and expert forty years' experience in ships, shipping etc...." @ [p.98] AMs fragment of a prose piece in MVD's hand. Begins: "The colored laundress I brought from the country with me..." @ [p.98a] "Society" (c.December 27, 1878) News item about the eightieth birthday celebration of William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888) a banker, philanthropist and native of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. MVD is cited as being unable to attend, although she sent him a poem to be read in his honor. @ [p.99] @ AMsS poem written Xmas 1878 by MVD beginning, "My dear Friend, Rev. Merrick (sp?)." @ AMsS poem by MVD "To Mr. Corcoran on his eightieth birthday!" (c. December 1878). @ 3 news items re. the doings of the Washington Literary Society, December 1878 through January 1879. @ "A Contradiction" (January 1879) re. the misinformation promulgated by the Sunday Herald, December 1878 (see Scrapbook II p. 97) about the proposed marriage of MVD to Charles W. Hoffman. @ [p.101] @ (Catholic Telegraph, December 19, 1878). Letter to the editor re. the Washington Literary Society. @ Includes 2 other news items re. the Washington Literary Society. @ Untitled news item (New York Tribune, January 25, 1879). Excerpt of a dialogue about the author of the Wilmot Proviso, an anti-slavery amendment to President Polk's request for $2 million slush fund in order to bring the Mexican war to a speedy end; it never passed the Senate, 1846. It is claimed here that Samuel F. Vinton was the author: "...knowing that a Whig could not pass any such resolution, [he, Vinton, a leading figure of the National Whig Party] slipped [the proviso] to Wilmot, who proposed it." David Wilmot (1814-1868) was a senator, congressman and a founder of the Republican Party. @ [p.103] @ Articles from The Daily Critic (December 1878-January 1879) re. the Washington Literary Society.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - MARRIAGE TO CHARLES W. HOFFMAN (FALSE) [97]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN ESTATE, SOUTH MOUNTAIN, MD. - RENOVATIONS [97]: Printed Item

HOFFMAN, CHARLES W. - MARRIAGE TO M.V. DAHLGREN (FALSE) [97]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "ETIQUETTE OF SOCIAL LIFE..." [97]: Printed Item

WASHINGTON LITERARY SOCIETY - ACTIVITIES (ARTICLES ABOUT) [97]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, C.G. - REFERENCE [97]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - PROSE (UNTITLED FRAGMENT) MSS [98]: Manuscript

CORCORAN, WILLIAM WILSON - 80TH BIRTHDAY [98A]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE, V. & WILLIAM CORCORAN 80TH BIRTHDAY [98A]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "MY DEAR FRIEND..." POEM: MSS [99]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - "TO MR. CORCORAN..." POEM: MSS [99]: Manuscript

WASHINGTON LITERARY SOCIETY - ACTIVITIES (ARTICLES ABOUT0 [99]: Printed Item

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE V. - MARRIAGE TO CHARLES W. HOFFMAN (FALSE) [99]: Printed Item

WASHINGTON LITERARY SOCIETY - ACTIVITIES (ARTICLES ABOUT) [101]: Printed Item

WILMOT PROVISO - AUTHOR OF (ARTICLE) [101]: Printed Item

VINTON, SAMUEL F. & WILMOT PROVISO [101]: Printed Item

WILMOT, DAVID & WILMOT PROVISO [101]: Printed Item

WASHINGTON LITERARY SOCIETY - ACTIVITIES (ARTICLES) [103]: Printed Item