Edwin Bradley Wright Journal

Archive

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Marbleized cover

Marbleized cover

Name/Title

Edwin Bradley Wright Journal

Entry/Object ID

2026.29.02

Scope and Content

Handwritten journal by Dr. Edwin Bradley Wright. Hardboard journal with marbled-paper cover.

Context

Dr. Wright was a civil war physician who, widowed, moved to Saugatuck with his foster daughter Harriet Moffat in 1870. His sister Jessie and her husband Harvey House has moved to Saugatuck in 1967. Harriet Moffat married Charles Bird of Saugatuck in 1876. Their daughter Elita Bird Graves had the journal until her death in 1991. She passed the journals on to her daughters Margaret Van Houtte and Connie Deam who then passed the journals to Katherine House Allen. All of the journal entries are from 1851-1854, before Dr. Wright came to Saugatuck, but are a harrowing about of life then. See 2022.11.03 for a transcript of selected entries from this journal. The addition of this journal to the archives reunites the transcript with the complete source material.

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2026.29

Source or Donor

O'Brien, Christine

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Archive Details

Creator

Wright, Edwin Bradley 1827-1879

Date(s) of Creation

1851 - 1854

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

6-1/4 in

Location

Box

014 Diaries, autograph albums

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

House, Jessie M. (Wright) (1832-1910), House, Harvey Lathrop 1825-1897, Allen, Katharine "Kiff" (House) 1926-2012, Bird, Harriet “Hattie” Louise (Moffat) (Wright) 1855-1944, Bird, Charles Edmund Sr. 1855-1941, Deam, Constance "Connie" (Graves) 1933-2019, Graves, Elita (Bird) 1897-1991, Van Houtte, Margaret, Wright, Edwin Bradley 1827-1879

Create Date

September 19, 2026

Update Date

September 21, 2026