James William Denver family collection, 1855-1883

Correspondence, writings, and clippings by, to, and about James William Denver and his wife Louisa. Seven letters, dated 1855-1863, are written to Louisa by her cousins, August, Alfred, and Sophia Kautz. Each of these cousins describes their daily life and the characteristics of the locales from which they are writing. These include Fort Orford, Oregon Territory; Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory; Camp near Stanford, Kentucky and the U.S. Naval Academy. The eight letters written to James William Denver, and the one he wrote himself, are dated 1856-1883 and are politically oriented, several letters from people seeking appointment (including his brother-in-law Alfred). Two letters from Arthur Denver in Sacramento in 1858 and 1859 refer to the state election campaigns. A commemorative address honoring the Civil War dead made by James Denver accompanies the correspondence, as do two clippings about Denver and the Kautz brothers