| J. Peter Lesley Papers 1826-1898 (7.75 linear feet) B L56
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Abstract
After a brief career in the Congregational church, J. Peter Lesley left the ministry in 1852 to work full-time as a geologist.
Having gained experience in structural geology and stratigraphy with the First Pennsylvania Geological Survey (1836-1842),
Lesley became an expert in the geology of coal, working for the Pennsylvania Railroad and other corporations and conducting
some of the first systematic studies of the state's hydrocarbon resources. A long-time professor at the University of Pennsylvania,
he was elected to the APS in 1856, serving variously as its librarian, secretary, and vice president, and he was selected
as Director of the Second Pennsylvania Geological Survey (1875-1889). Lesley died in 1903.
The Lesley Papers include letters to and from Peter Lesley and his wife, Susan on geology, coal and iron mining, abolition,
educational reform, organized charity, and Unitarianism. The collection offers important insight into academic and applied
geology in late 19th century Pennsylvania, the development of the coal and iron industries, as well as into the Lesleys' progressive
social and intellectual milieu. It is divided into three series: Lesley's general correspondence, his correspondence with
his brother Joseph, and microfilms of Lesley's research notes.
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| Series I. General correspondence | 1826-1898 | 29 boxes; 7.25 linear feet | |||||||||||||
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence of J. Peter Lesley and his wife, Susan, 1829-1898. The scientific content of the collection is significant. It contains abundant correspondence between Lesley and such prominent scientists as James Hall, Leo Lesquereux, Henry Darwin Rogers, and James Dwight Dana, but also geological notes, surveys, sketches and views on teaching, field work and mapping. The materials relating to the Second Geological Survey are particularly rich, including not only correspondence, but a four volume diary, 1874-1881, and four volumes of accounts relating to Lesley's direction of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, and including newspaper clippings, letters, and extracts from publications. The second volume is a "private" diary. Among many miscellaneous notebooks are Lesley's notes of a geological survey of the Pottsville District, 1851 (in the same volume is Benjamin Smith Lyman's "Levels of Survey near Llewellyn," 1862); his notes of a survey at Emigh's Gap; and Alexander McKinley's geological report book, 1839, for the Seven Mountains and Warrior's Ridge, Center County, Pennsylvania, accompanied by Lesley's final report, 1839-1940. Among the miscellaneous geological volumes are a dictionary of fossils found in Pennsylvania and a survey by Benjamin Smith Lyman of Converse and Panolt Leases, Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island. In addition, there are notebooks containing poems (1 v.), and four volumes of a journal kept on Lesley's ministerial tour of France, Germany, and Switzerland, 1844-1845. There are also some miscellaneous notes and essays on a diversity of topics including discussions of obelisks, the Zend-Avesta, European place names, Egyptian burial customs, lists of Hawaiian words, notes on Javanese and East Indian words and customs, religion and superstition, and archaeology. Both Peter and Susan Lesley maintained significant correspondences with major intellectual figures, including Lydia Maria Child, James Freeman Clarke, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Both commented on both the mundane and the major issues of the day, and Susan's correspondence, in particular, can be fascinating, including discussions of the abolition of slavery, educational reform, organized charity, Unitarianism, the Civil War, and implicitly and explicitly, a woman's role in society. |
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| Series II. Correspondence with Joseph Lesley | 1850-1887 | 2 boxes; 0.5 linear feet | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence in both directions between J. Peter Lesley and his brother Joseph, arranged chronologically. Then correspondence includes several elegant and lengthy letters written by Joseph Lesley during his travels in Europe, 1855-1857, many of which are illustrated with sketches, and some important letters written while surveying in the coal fields of Kentucky and Arkansas. Peter Lesley's letters not surprisingly also include important discussion of his work with the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, with detailed descriptions of the coal and iron fields, again illustrated with sketches. Finally, the series includes a biographical sketch (9 pp.) of Joseph Lesley written by his grandson Allen. |
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| Series III. Notebooks | 1839-1896 | 6 reels of microfilm | |||||||||||||
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Notebooks of Egyptology, geology, philology; diaries. |
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| Series I. General correspondence | 1826-1898 | ||||||||||||||
| 1826-1839 | |||||||||||||||
| Williston, P., to J. Peter Lesley | 1826 June 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, Poem: The Orphan, addressed to Elizabeth O. Lesley. | 1829 March 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1832 August 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Elizabeth Lesley. | 1832 August 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to "Dear Cousin E" | 1834 March 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter and A. Lesley, to [Peter Lesley]. | 1834 August 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, Elizabeth, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.]. | 1834 May 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter and Elizabeth Lesley, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1835 August 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1836 August 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1836 August 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Colman, James F., to Susan [Inches Lyman]. | [1837] Jan. 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to | 1837 Feb. 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1837 April 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1837 July 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1837 August 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1837 Septem. 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Mrs. Lesley] | 1837 Sept. 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1837 Sept. 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1837 Sept. 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Hazard, Samuel, Thanks of the 2nd Presbyterian Church to J. Peter Lesley for the view of the church presented by him | [1838 April 5] | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1838 April 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1838 June 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1838 June 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 April 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Lesley. | 1839 April (?) | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Elizabeth Lesley | 1839 April 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Sarah Allen. | 1839 April 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley [Sr.] | [1839 May 7] | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to H. B. Hall | 1839 May 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 May 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley. | 1839 May 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 June 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to his brothers, William and Joseph [Lesley]. | 1839 June 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Sarah Allen. | 1839 June 10 | ||||||||||||||
| [J.Peter [Lesley] to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | [1839 June 10] | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Miss Elizabeth Lesley. | 1839 June 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Lesley | 1839 June 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Anna Wilson | 1839 June 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 June 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 June 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to P[eter] Lesley, Sr. | 1839 June 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to William and Joseph Lesley. | 1839 June 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to H. D. Rogers. | 1839 June 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to P[eter] Lesley, Sr. | 1839 June 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Miss Eliz[abeth] Lesley. | 1839 June 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. E. S. Lesley. | 1839 July 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Miss E[lizabeth] Lesley. | 1839 July 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [H.D. Rogers] | 1839 July 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 July 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 July 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, Sr., to Henry Darwin Rogers | 1839 July 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 July 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 August 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to H. D. R[ogers]. | 1839 August 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 August 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Sarah Allen. | 1839 August 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Aunt Anna Wilson. | 1839 August 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to | 1839 August 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter] L[esley], Sr. | 1839 August 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to H.D. Rogers | 1839 August 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 August 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 August 27 | ||||||||||||||
| J. Peter Lesleyto Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 August 29 | ||||||||||||||
| J. Peter Lesleyto H. D. Rogers | 1839 August 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 August 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1839 September 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Allen Lesley | 1839 Sept. 15, 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 September 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Petrikin, H., to Peter Lesley, Jr. [salary on the survey] | 1839 September 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 September 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Prevost, Lewis M., to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 October 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lyman, Mary, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 October 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter and Elizabeth, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 Oct. 10, 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Stewart, William, to Peter Lesley, Jr. | 1839 October 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 October 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1839 October 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 October 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1839 November 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter and Elizabeth, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 November 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter and Elizabeth, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 November 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1839 November 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. [S.E.] Lesley. | 1840 April 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Eliza.] Lesley, Sr. | [1840 April 22] | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter] Lesley, Sr. | 1840 April 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Prof. Ludlow. | 1840 May 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Professor Ludlow. | 1840 May 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter] Lesley, Sr. | 1840 May 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to "John" | 1840 May 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1840 May 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ludlow, J., to P[eter] Lesley, Jr. | 1840 May 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Prof. Ludlow] | 1840 May 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Mrs. Sarah Allen]. | 1840 May 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1840 May 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Anna Wilson. | 1840 May 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1840 May 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Henry Lesley | 1840 June 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mr. Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1840 June 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to P[eter] Lesley, Sr. | 1840 June 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter and Elizabeth, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1840 July 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley Sr. | 1840 July 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1840 August 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1840 August 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley. | 1840 August 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Mrs. Sarah Allen]. | 1840 August 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, Peter, to J. Peter Lesley, with copy of birth certificate. | 1840 September 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Aunt Hall | 1840 September 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1840 September 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1840 October 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.?] | n.d.[ca. 1840] | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Miss E[lizabeth] Lesley. | 1841 February 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Alexander, J. A., to [Peter Lesley] | 1841 April 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Petrikin, H., to J. Peter Lesley | 1841 April 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1841 May(?) 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Hale, Sarah E., to Susan I. Lyman | 1841 May 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1841 June 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1841 June 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Anna Wilson | 1841 July 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1841 July 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1841 September 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1841 September 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1841 September 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to E[lizabeth] Lesley | 1841 October 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1841 October 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Bache, A. D., to Peter Lesley | 1841 November 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1841 December 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1842 February 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley]. | 1842 March 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1842 April 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1842 April 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1842 June 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1842 July 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Davis, William A., to J. Peter Lesley. | 1842 August 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1842 September 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to [Susan I. Lyman Lesley and Catherine Lyman]. | 1842 October 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | [1842 November 26] | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1843 January 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1843 February 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Mrs. S. E. Lesley]. | 1843 February 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Mrs. Anna Wilson] and [Aunt Hall]. | 1843 March 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1843 March 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1843 March 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1843 April 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Hale, Sarah E., to Susan I. Lyman | 1843 May 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1843 August 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1843 August 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1843 September 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1843 November 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1843 December 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1844 January 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1844 February 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Anna Wilson | 1844 February 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley, Sr.] | 1844 February 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Davis, William A., to [Mrs.] Susan I[nches] Lyman [Lesley] | [1844 February 23] | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1844 February 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1844 March 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1844 May 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1844 May 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. E. L. Stilwell | 1844 June 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley, Sr. | 1844 July 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mr. A. Lesley | 1844 July 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to [Peter Lesley]. | 1844 July 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley. | 1844 July 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley | 1844 August 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley | 1844 August 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. E.L. Stilwell | 1844 August 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Henry Lesley [and to Mrs. E.L. Stilwell] | 1844 August 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1844 August 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Allen Lesley | 1844 September 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley | 1844 September 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to [Mrs.] Susan [Lesley]. | 1844 September 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Benzon, Edmund L., to Susan Lyman [Lesley]. | 1844 September 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mr. and Mrs. Elias Stilwell. | 1844 October 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to | 1844 October 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1844 October 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Henry [Lesley] | 1844 November 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Allen Lesley | 1844 Nov. 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Elizabeth L. Stilwell | 1844 Nov. 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. Peter Lesley | 1844 Nov. 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Schulte, A., to Peter Lesley | 1844 Dec. 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to W. Martin, editor of The Presbyterian | 1844 Dec. 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, Notes of foreign travel, in The Presbyterian. | 1844-5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, Receipts, tickets, etc. for travel in Europe... | 1844-1845 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Allen Lesley | 1845 Jan. 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Mrs. S. E. Lesley | 1845 Feb. 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, to Peter Lesley | 1845 Mar. 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Wandel, Franz, to J. Peter Lesley | 1845 Oct. 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, A., to J. Peter Lesley | 1846 July 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Perston, Jessie, to J. Peter Lesley | 1846 Oct. 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847 Jan. 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bremer, Frederika, to Mrs. Maria Child | 1847 Mar. 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847 Mar. 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, A., and Marie Bost J. Peter Lesley | 1847 Apr. 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847? Apr.9 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1847 May 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847? May 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847 May 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, John, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847 May 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Perston, Jessie, to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 May 15, 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847 May 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Hall, James, to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 June 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Hall, James, to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 June 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1847 July 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Perston, Jessie, to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 July 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1847 Aug. 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, A., to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 Aug. 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Perston, Jessie, to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 Aug. 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847 Oct. 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Philip Wandell to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 Oct. 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1847 Oct. 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Perston, Jessie, to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 Oct. 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847? Nov. 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, A., to J. Peter Lesley | 1847 Dec. 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1847? | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | |||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847?-1848? | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lesley | 1847 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1847? | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | |||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1847? | ||||||||||||||
| Wandel, Franz, to J. Peter Lesley | 1848 Jan. 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1848 Jan. 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1848 Jan. 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Perston, Jessie, to J. Peter Lesley | 1848 Feb. 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Sedgwick to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1848 1848 Mar. 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1848 July 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1848 Aug. 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1848 Aug. 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, A., to J. Peter Lesley | 1848 Sept. 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Elizabeth Gay to Peter Lesley | 1848 Oct. 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Elizabeth Gay to Susan I. Lyman | 1848 Oct. 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, John, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1848 Oct. 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Davis, William A., to Mrs. Susan Inches Lyman Lesley | 1848 Oct. 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Martha Cochrane to Susan Inches Lyman | 1848 Oct. | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, John, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1848 Dec. 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, Study on increase in U.S. population | 1848? | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Susan Lyman Lesley | 1849 Jan. 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, A., to J. Peter Lesley | 1849 Jan. 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Child, Lydia Maria, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1849 Jan. 28 | ||||||||||||||
| E. B. Inches to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1849 Feb. 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1849 Mar. 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesley, J. Peter, Concerning the intellect and the heart | 1849 Apr. 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Hall, James, to J. Peter Lesley | 1849 Apr. 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Howe, S. L., to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1850 Jan. 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Wandel, Franz, to J. Peter Lesley | 1850 Feb. 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Hopper, Rosa, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1850 Mar. 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, Marie, to J. Peter Lesley | 1850 Apr. 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bost, Marie, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1850 Apr. 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Trumbull, David, to J. Peter Lesley | 1850 May 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robie, Edward, to J. Peter Lesley | 1850 May 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Trumbull, David, to J. Peter Lesley | 1850 May 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Whelpley, J. D., to Peter Lesley | 1850 May 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Trumbull, David, to J. Peter Lesley? | 1850 July 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Francis, Convers, to Mrs. Peter Lesley | 1850 July 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Russell, Ida, to Mrs. Susan Lesley | 1850 July 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Rogers, Henry D., to J. Peter Lesley | |||||||||||||||