MSS 66
Syle, Edward Winter,
1816-1890
Papers of Edward W. Syle, 1758-1890
Gallaudet University Archives.
Descriptive Summary
Repository:
Gallaudet
University Archives
Call No.:
MSS 66
Creator:
Title: Papers
of Edward W. Syle, 1758-1890
Quantity:
14.5 Linear
Feet (29 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2006 January 10.
Acquisition
Information:
The Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle collection was given to the Gallaudet
University Archives by Herbert Syle III in 1994.
Processed by:
Colleen Crisp. 1996 August 20.
Processing
Note:
Conditions on
Use and Access:
This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies
may be made for scholarly research.
Related Material
in the Archives
Manuscripts
·
Collection, 1832-1975.
Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: MSS 65
Scrapbooks
·
Picture Clippings
Scrapbook on the Deaf. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number:
Scrapbook Album 15
Biographical
Sketch
Dr. Rev.
Edward W. Syle, father of Rev. Henry Winter Syle, was born in England in
the year 1816.
Edward Syle was
ordained to the priesthood around the 1830's and was also a Sunday
School teacher. He met and married Jane Davis, whose brother, Henry
Winter Davis, was a senator from Baltimore, Maryland. Edward Syle joined
the missionary to Shanghai, China, where his son, Rev. Henry Winter Syle
was born. He was a professor of History and Moral Theology at the
Imperial University in Japan. He was also involved in missionary to
Japan. He and his wife, Jane, had five children, only the oldest‑Henry
Winter Syle and the youngest‑Louis Dupont Syle, survived. Jane Davis
Syle died around 1859 and Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle married Rebecca
Washington, who was the cousin of Jane Davis Syle. Rebecca Washington's
family was the descendants of George Washington. She had four children.
Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle died in October 1890, just 9 months after his
son, Henry Winter Syle, died.
Scope and Content
The collection of
Dr. Rev. Edward W. Syle consists of correspondence, bills and receipts,
booklets, articles, land deed, Chinese language papers, account books,
and newspaper clippings. The collection mainly consists of
correspondence of church members and family members from 1761‑1890. The
collection is broken up into ten series: general correspondence,
outgoing letters, family papers, Jane Davis Syle, Elizabeth B. Winter,
Rebecca Washington Syle, subject files, publications, financial records,
and descendants of Syle Family. The bulk of the collection consists of
general correspondence of people who were involved with the church and
family members. The most interesting series in the collection is the
Descendants of Syle Family. There are some letters that were written by
some family members of George Washington. There are also some leases
that were from the 1760's. Also included in this series is the land deed
in Maryland from 1793.
Series Descriptions and Folder Lists
Series I: General
Correspondence, Boxes 1-13
Series II: Outgoing Letters, Box 14
Series III: Family Papers, Box 15
Series IV: Jane Davis Syle, Box 16
Series V: Elizabeth B. Winter, Box 17
Series VI: Rebecca Washington Syle, Boxes 18-19
Series VII: Subject Files, Boxes 20-24
Series VIII: Publications, Boxes 25-27
Series IX: Financial Records, Box 28
Series X: Descendants of Syle Family, Box 29
|
Box |
Folder |
Title of Folder |
Date |
|
1 |
1 |
"A" |
1848‑1884 |
|
1 |
2 |
Alexander, Judith B. |
1853‑1860 |
|
1 |
3 |
Alicia |
1834‑1843 |
|
1 |
4 |
Allis, Oscar H. |
1884 |
|
1 |
5 |
Alt, W. G. |
1859‑1869 |
|
1 |
6 |
"B" |
1842‑1883 |
|
1 |
7 |
Bache, Mrs. |
1839‑1843 |
|
1 |
8 |
Baldwin, Katie |
1861‑1866 |
|
1 |
9 |
Mrs. Barbor from Eliza Murray Barbor |
1834 |
|
1 |
10 |
Bartlett, David Ely |
1854‑1862 |
|
1 |
11 |
Bartlett, Fanny P. |
1854‑1865 |
|
1 |
12 |
Bedell, Bishop |
1864‑1869 |
|
1 |
13 |
Berridge, R. |
1836‑1865 |
|
1 |
14 |
Biddle, Elizabeth N. |
1857‑1875 |
|
1 |
15 |
Biddle, Jason |
1881‑1884 |
|
2 |
1 |
Blake, A. |
1844‑1853 |
|
2 |
2 |
Bolton,
Rev. J. |
1865‑1867 |
|
2 |
3 |
Bolton,
Nanette |
1866‑1867 |
|
2 |
4 |
Bond, L. Montgomery |
1854‑1855 |
|
2 |
5 |
Bonney, Samuel W. |
1840‑1848 |
|
2 |
6 |
Boone, Bishop |
1845‑1880 |
|
2 |
7 |
Boone, Thomas |
1860‑1880 |
|
2 |
8 |
Bradley, Joseph N. |
1862‑1864 |
|
2 |
9 |
Bridgman, Eliza |
1863‑1871 |
|
2 |
10 |
Brown, S . R. |
1854‑1889 |
|
2 |
11 |
Browne, Mary A. |
1855‑1859 |
|
2 |
12 |
Bull, Isaac M. |
1845‑1847 |
|
2 |
13 |
Burbridge, Jane |
1843 |
|
2 |
14 |
Burdon, Bishop |
1869‑1875 |
|
2 |
15 |
Butt, Henry |
1848‑1851 |
|
2 |
16 |
"C" |
1837‑1884 |
|
2 |
17 |
Carpenter, S . |
1847‑1850 |
|
2 |
18 |
Carrington, C. |
1845‑1857 |
|
2 |
19 |
Chai, Wong Kong |
1853‑1877 |
|
2 |
20 |
Chuds, Virginia |
1853‑1860 |
|
2 |
21 |
Cobbold, Rose H. |
1849‑1857 |
|
2 |
22 |
Conover, Mary A. |
1866‑1881 |
|
2 |
23 |
Cooper, C . J . |
1879‑1882 |
|
3 |
1 |
Cope, Herbert |
1874‑1875 |
|
3 |
2 |
Crocker, N.B. |
1845‑1860 |
|
3 |
3 |
Culberston, M.S. |
1848‑1850 |
|
3 |
4 |
Culter, B. C. |
1854‑1861 |
|
3 |
5 |
Cunningham, Edward |
1847‑1875 |
|
3 |
6 |
"D" |
1835‑1883 |
|
3 |
7 |
Davis, Henry Winter |
1862 |
|
3 |
8 |
Davis, Nancy M. |
1856‑1867 |
|
3 |
9 |
Day, Martha W. |
1862‑1863 |
|
3 |
10 |
Dealtry, Dr. |
1842‑1843 |
|
3 |
11 |
Dean, Nillian |
1846‑1853 |
|
3 |
12 |
Denison, Samuel D. |
1853‑1865 |
|
3 |
13 |
Dickinson, T.H. |
1857‑1859 |
|
3 |
14 |
Doremus, Mrs. |
1860‑1869 |
|
3 |
15 |
Downe, E.N. |
1845‑1851 |
|
3 |
16 |
Dupont, S.M. |
1861‑1882 |
|
3 |
17 |
"E" |
1849‑1883 |
|
3 |
18 |
Elliott, C. |
1848‑1853 |
|
3 |
19 |
Ewing,
Annie Washington |
1874 |
|
3 |
20 |
Ewing,
J.A. |
1879‑1884 |
|
3 |
21 |
Euturishe, James |
1845‑1854 |
|
3 |
22 |
"F" |
1853‑1884 |
|
3 |
23 |
Fair, William Allan |
1882 |
|
3 |
24 |
Feltwell, William V. |
1865‑1866 |
|
4 |
1 |
Fitzgerald, Elizabeth |
1868‑1869 |
|
4 |
2 |
"G" |
1852‑1882 |
|
4 |
3 |
Gallaudet, Thomas |
1881 |
|
4 |
4 |
Gassaway, S . G . |
1837‑1854 |
|
4 |
5 |
Goddard, J. |
1852‑1857 |
|
4 |
6 |
Graff, Elizabeth N. |
1843‑1844 |
|
4 |
7 |
Graffen, Robert |
1848‑1860 |
|
4 |
8 |
Gray, Elizabeth M. |
1842-1854 |
|
4 |
9 |
Gray, Richard |
1843‑1877 |
|
4 |
10 |
Grisby |
1875‑1878 |
|
4 |
11 |
"H" |
1841‑1884 |
|
4 |
12 |
"H" |
1841‑1884 |
|
4 |
13 |
Hamao, A. |
1870‑1880 |
|
4 |
14 |
Hard, Laura |
1857‑1862 |
|
4 |
15 |
Hare, Dr. |
1854 |
|
4 |
16 |
Harris, Helen |
1836‑1844 |
|
4 |
17 |
Harris, John A. |
1860‑1883 |
|
4 |
18 |
Harris, N. Surge |
1843‑1883 |
|
5 |
1 |
Harris, Stephen John |
1835‑1836 |
|
5 |
2 |
Hayes, A.A. Jr. |
1867‑1873 |
|
5 |
3 |
Hening, M. D. |
1861‑1862 |
|
5 |
4 |
Hepburn, Clara |
1854‑1873 |
|
5 |
5 |
Hinds, Dr. |
1843‑1849 |
|
5 |
6 |
Hobson, Harriett |
1864 |
|
5 |
7 |
Hoking, A. C. |
1867‑1884 |
|
5 |
8 |
Holland, Henry |
1836‑1862 |
|
5 |
9 |
Howell, W. G. |
1860‑1880 |
|
5 |
10 |
Hubbard, John P. |
1854‑1884 |
|
5 |
11 |
Hudson, Thomas H. |
1845‑1850 |
|
5 |
12 |
Huline, Miss |
1854‑1862 |
|
5 |
13 |
"I" |
1877‑1880 |
|
5 |
14 |
Irving, Pierce P. |
1844‑1854 |
|
5 |
15 |
Irving, William |
1847‑1848 |
|
5 |
16 |
Ives, R.H. |
1853‑1862 |
|
5 |
17 |
"J" |
1845‑1884 |
|
6 |
1 |
James, Frank S. |
1872‑1875 |
|
6 |
2 |
Jamieson, A. |
1861‑1863 |
|
6 |
3 |
Jones, Alice May |
1852‑1876 |
|
6 |
4 |
Jones, E.G. |
1864‑1876 |
|
6 |
5 |
"K" |
1842‑1884 |
|
6 |
6 |
Keith, Caroline P. |
1853‑1862 |
|
6 |
7 |
Killian, Rosa |
1838‑1861 |
|
6 |
8 |
"L" |
1841‑1890 |
|
6 |
9 |
Liggins, John |
1854‑1867 |
|
6 |
10 |
Lockhart, W. |
1846‑1890 |
|
6 |
11 |
Lord, E . C . |
1856‑1860 |
|
6 |
12 |
Lothrop, Henry A. |
1852-1857 |
|
6 |
13 |
Lowder, John |
1848 |
|
6 |
14 |
"M" |
1834‑1890 |
|
6 |
15 |
Marriott, Edward |
1868-1877 |
|
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