Guide to the Tuthill family papers, 1799-1879

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Guide to the Tuthill Family Papers, 1799-1879

Collection number: BANC MSS 71/191 z

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:: The Bancroft Library staff
Date Completed:: ca. 1971
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Tuthill Family Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1799-1879

Collection Number: BANC MSS 71/191 z

Creator: Tuttle family

Extent: Number of container: 1 box

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Letters written mainly to Louisa and Cornelius Tuthill; Mary E. Tuthill's autograph album with signatures of prominent contemporaries; Sarah S. Tuthill's commonplace book; MS of Epitome of ancient geography by Cornelius Tuthill; passports and miscellaneous items.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Tuthill family papers, BANC MSS 71/191 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

The Tuthill family papers, which cover the years 1799 to 1879, consist primarily of letters written to Louisa and Cornelius Tuthill; Mary E. Tuthill's autograph album containing signatures of prominent contemporaries; Sarah J. Tuthill's commonplace book; MS of Epitome of Ancient Geography by Cornelius Tuthill; and passports and other miscellaneous items. The collection was given to the University of California Library in 1958 and transferred to the Manuscripts Division of The Bancroft Library from Rare Books and Special Collections. Lists of the more prominent people represented in the letters and in the autograph album follow.

Autograph Album

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

p. 11

Barnard, Daniel Dewey, 1797-1861

p. 1

Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863

p. 27

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

p. 1

Briggs, George Nathan, 1796-1861

p. 1

Brownell, Thomas Church, 1799-1865

p. 24

Catron, John, 1778-1865

p. 29

Davis, John, 1787-1854

p. l

De Lancey, William Heathcote, 1797-1865

p. 17

Doane, George Washington, 1799-1859

p. 25

Ellsworth, William Wolcott, 1791-1868

p. l

Foot, Samuel Alfred, 1790-1878

p. l

Griswold, Alexander Viets, 1766-1843

p. 23

Guyot, Arnold, 1807-1844

p. 9

Hobart, John Henry, 1775-1830

p. 23

Humphrey, Heman, 1779-1861

p. 27

Ives, Levi Silliman, 1797-1867

p. 17

Johnson, William Cost, 1806-1860

p. 1

Kemper, Jackson, 1789-1870

p. 25

Lee, Alfred, 1807-1887

p. 17

Moore, Richard Channing, 1762-1841

p. 17

Morton, Marcus, 1784-1864

p. l

Onderdonk, Benjamin Tredwell, 1791-1861

p. 21

Onderdonk, Henry Ustick, 1789-1858

p. 21

Otey, James Hervey, 1800-1863

p. 17

Payne, John Howard, 1792-1852

p. 9

Quitman, John Anthony, 1799-1858

p. 29

Ravenscroft, John Stark, 1772-1830

p. 23

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

p. 11

Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884

p. 25

Stuart, Moses, 1780-1852

p. 27

Upshur, Abel Parker, 1790-1844

p. 11

White, William, 1748-1836

p. 23

Whittingham, William Rollinson, 1805-1879

p. 21

Winthrop. Theodore, 1828-1861

p. 10

Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851

p. 3

Alston, Theodosia (Burr), 1783-1813

[Journal?] n. d.

Armitage, William Edmond, 1830-1873

Autograph, June 3, 1871

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

Autograph, n. d.

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Letter, Mar. 5, 1847

Butler, Clement Moore, 1810-

Letter, May 3, 1847

Coxe, Arthur Cleveland, 1818-

Letter, Feb. 9, 1847

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882

Letter, Jan. 28, 1847

Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867

Letter, May 24, 1819

Doane, George Washington, 1799-1859

2 letters, 1854 & n. d.

Ellet, Elizabeth Fries, 1818-1877

Letter, Nov. 8, 184[8?]

Follen, Charles Theodore Christian, 1796-1840

Letter, Oct. 28, 1836

Foot, Samuel Alfred, 1790-1878

Letter, Feb. 10, 1824

Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon, 1793-1870

Letter, n. d.

Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-

Letter, Feb. 10, 1847

Guyot, Arnold, 1807-1884

6 letters, 1866-1878 & n. d.

Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864

Letter, May 16, 1822

Hodge, Charles, 1797-1878

Letter, n. d.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Letter, Mar. 5, 1847

Homes, Henry Augustus, 1812-1887

Letter, Oct. 20, 1840

Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857

Letter, Jan. 10, 1823

Lee, Eliza (Buckminster), 1794-1864

Letter, n. d.

Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868

Autograph & seal, 1834

Lowie, Robert Harry, 1883-1957

Letter, Mar. 5, 1934. Written to J. W. Beckman

McCosh, James, 1811-

Letter, Apr. 14, 1877

Neal, John, 1793-1876

Letter, Oct. 15, 1840

Norton, Andrews, 1786-1852

Letter, n. d.

Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

Letter, Dec. [8?]

Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856

2 letters, 1820

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

Letter, Nov. 9, n. y.

Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865

Letter, Mar. 29, n. y.

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

Letter, Mar. 14, n. y.

Randall, George Maxwell, 1810-1873

Resolution, Oct. 16, 1865. Written as secretary of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, Philadelphia

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872

Letter, May 25, 1847

Riker, Richard, 1773-1842

Letter, May 8, 1799

Saltonstall, Leverett, 1783-1845

Letter, Apr. 1, 1841

Sigourney, David Rives

Letter, July 9, 1940. Written to J. W. Beckman, re the Tuthill family.

Sigourney, Lydia (Huntley), 1791-1865

5 letters, 1823-1854 & n. d.

Smith, Elizabeth Oakes (Prince), 1806-

Letter (fragment), n. d.

Smith, Nathan, 1762-1828

Letter, Jan. 17, 1823

Sprague, William Buel, 1795-1876

Letter, Feb. [8?], 1847

Stone, John Seely, 1795-1882

Letter, May 18, 1847

Thatcher, Benjamin Bussey, 1809-1840

Letter, June 1, n. y.

Tuthill, Louisa Cornelia (Huggins), 1798-1879

Letter, Mar. 21, 1873

Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin, 1786-1870

Letter, Dec. 28, 1830

Ward, Julius Hammond, 1837-

3 letters, 1859-1861

Wayland, Francis, 1796-1865

Letter, June 4, 1838

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

2 letters, 1831-1879

Williams, John, 1817-

2 letters, 1847

Winslow, Hubbard, 1799-1864

Letter, n. d.