Brevoort, Henry
Dates
- Existence: 1782 - 1848
Biography
The McKillop Library’s Winslow Family Papers, donated in 2009 by John Grenville Winslow, a well-known Newport philanthropist, historian, and a mainstay of the city's celebrated society, contains about 250 historic family documents, including correspondence of Henry Brevoort, Jr. (1782-1848). The collection contains many other notable pieces, including documents signed by Alexander Hamilton, painter Rembrandt Peale, author James Fenimore Cooper, and Charles Carroll of Carrolton, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Henry Brevoort, Jr. was the namesake of the "Letters of Henry Brevoort to Washington Irving," published posthumously in 1918.
The Brevoorts, Winslow's forbears, arrived from Holland in the 1600s, and become major landholders and members of high society in New York City.
Henry Brevoort, Jr. (1782-1848), a wealthy adventurer and patron of the arts,formed associations with the preeminent artists, writers, and politicians in New York City. Correspondence in the library’s Winslow collection trace an intimate exchange of correspondence between Brevoort, and his wife Laura Carson Brevoort,, with their sons, James Carson Brevoort and William A. "Willie" Brevoort, while the boys attended boarding school in Switzerland. Through personal letters filled with insight and opinion, Henry Brevoort Jr. maintained friendships with the many famous personalities, including the artist Rembrandt Peale, who painted his portrait.
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Winslow family papers
Contains correspondence and other documents created by, related to, or collected by the ancestors of the Winslow family, beginning with Henry Brevoort, Jr., and his wife Laura Carson, and following their descendants through the Kane, Bristed, and Winslow families; includes collected materials of historical value created by prominent figures in American history.