Guide to the Frederick Huth correspondence Mss 378
Collection processed and described by Kajsa Philippa Niehusen; finding aid prepared by Kajsa Philippa Niehusen and Zachary
Liebhaber, 2020.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2020 February 18
Title: Frederick Huth correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 378
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Physical Description:
0.21 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Creator:
Huth, Frederick, 1777-1864
Date (inclusive): 1828-1850
Abstract: The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence between Frederick (Fred) Huth, a German-born merchant and banker residing
in London, and his business partners in various cities throughout Europe. The letters go back as far as 1828, with 1850 being
the latest date.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Language of Material: Correspondence and other material is in English, German, and Spanish.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Frederick Huth correspondence, Mss 378. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gift of Phyllis Swerilas, 2016.
Frederick (Fred) Huth (1777-1864) was born Johann Friedrich Andreas Huth in the state of Niedersachsen in Northwestern Germany.
His father worked as a tailor. At age 14, Frederick Huth became an apprentice at a Spanish merchant house in Hamburg. Beginning
in 1797, he spent several years living in Spain and South America, and married his Spanish wife, Manuela Felipa Lorenza Mayfren,
in 1806. The couple had eleven children. In 1809, after moving to London, Huth established the company Frederick Huth and
Co., which at first functioned as an import and export business and later developed into a bank. Ten years later, Huth became
a British citizen. Beyond his role as a banker and merchant, he also worked for the Spanish queen and Spanish government.
Huth died in London in 1864.
The collection contains 58 letters addressed to Frederick Huth composed by his business partners in Hamburg, Leipzig, Cologne,
Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), Vienna, Santander, and Copenhagen spanning the years 1828 through 1850. The material reflects
Huth's activities as a banker and merchant, with the main concerns of these letters being stocks, bonds, and international
trade, especially in the British colonies. They testify to Huth's wide investment interests in various colonial products such
as Indigo from India and Jamaican coffee.
The collection also contains three stock tickets listing the values of government bonds and other equities in the years 1849
and 1850.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Europe -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century
Correspondence
Stock lists (investors' lists)
Huth, Frederick, 1777-1864 -- Archives
Fred. Huth & Co.
box 1, folder 1-20
Correspondence
box 1, folder 21
Stock and bond listings