Shattuck (Lemuel) Papers, 1637-1850, bulk 1825-1850

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Summary

Title:
Lemuel Shattuck papers
Dates:
1637-1850, bulk 1825-1850
Creators:
Shattuck, Lemuel, 1793-1859
Abstract:
Primarily the correspondence of Lemuel Shattuck, dating from 1825 to 1850.
Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Lemuel Shattuck papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection primarily consists of the correspondence of Lemuel Shattuck, mostly letters addressed to him. The letters discuss Shattuck's work on his history of Concord, Massachusetts; his tenure as the editor of the Yeoman's Gazette; various publishing projects; the affairs of the Middlesex County and Cambridge, Massachusetts Lyceums; the 6th U.S. Census in 1840; and his work on statistics, public health, history, and genealogy. The largest group of 21 letters, dating from 1826 to 1849, is Shattuck's correspondence with Edward Everett. Everett's letters cover political affairs, including his 1826 speech on slavery and his position on the Antimasonic and National Republican parties in the 1832 elections. Other correspondents include James Buchanan (1791-1868); Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Farmer (1789-1838), George Farrar (1778-1858), Richard Fletcher (1788-1869), John Hoskins Griscom (1809-1874); Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893), Horace Mann (1706-1859), James Gates Percival (1795-1856); Ezra Ripley (1751-1841), Jared Sparks (1789-1866), James Stewart (1799-1864), James Walker (1794-1874), Francis Wayland (1796-1865), Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Noah Webster (1758-1843), and Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1854). Also present is a group of 16 manuscripts dating from 1654 to 1799 collected by Shattuck in preparation for his history of Concord, Massachusetts, including documents dealing with Simon Willard's 1654 expedition against the Narragansett Indians, King Phillip's War from 1675 to 1676, and the dispute between the town of Concord and Robert Blood, 1685.

Collection includes James Buchanan, Department of State, autograph letter signed to Lemuel Shattuck, Boston, 1845 November 20 (HM 8375).

Biographical / historical:

Lemuel Shattuck (1793-1859), was an American author, statistician and public health reformer. He settled in Concord, Massachusetts in 1822. In 1826, Shattuck took over the editorial department of the Yeoman's Gazette, and in 1829 became the recording secretary of the Middlesex County Lyceum. In 1834, he moved to Cambridge and a year later to Boston, where he became a bookseller, publisher, public health writer and statistician. In 1837, Shattuck was elected to the Boston City Council. He was a founder of the American Statistical Association (1839) and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He was the author of A History of the Town of Concord (1835), Census of Boston for the Year 1845 (1846), and other works on statistics, public health, and local history.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ruth Dobson, March 1931.
Processing information:

This finding aid was created in 2022 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project with enhanced description of the presidential material present. The items had been assembled physically and arranged by Huntington Library former staff in the mid-20th century.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Melissa Haley
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-09-15 14:10:18 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Lemuel Shattuck papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
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