Skip to content

George William Childs | Collections | The Huntington

Membership

Donate

Store

OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Home
Collections
Search
John Bouvier papers
George William Childs

Manuscripts

George William Childs

Description: Letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, including matters concerning Mrs. Peterson's astronomy works; incoming correspondence of George William Childs.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1762-1895.
Call number: mssBO
Creator: Bouvier, John (1787-1851)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Correspondents include James Todd, Alexander James Dallas, Joseph Ritner, Samuel Austin Allibone, James Thomas Fields, Frederick Edwin Church, Charlotte Saunders Cushman, George William Curtis, Henry Martyn Hoyt, and others.

Subscribe to our e-newsletter

About
Accessibility
Land Acknowledgment
Using the Library
Careers
Host an Event
Volunteer
Press
Contact Us
Filming/Photography

Opening Hours

Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Closed on Tuesdays

Admission Info and Tickets

1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Privacy Policy
Social Media Guidelines and User Policy

©2026 The Huntington

Charity Navigator

Provenance

Gift of David Blankenhorn and Maurice Wells, 1956 and 1973.

Associated people

Allibone, S. Austin (1816-1889.)

Childs, George William, (1829-1894,)

Church, Frederic Edwin, (1826-1900.)

Curtis, George William, (1824-1892.)

Cushman, Charlotte, (1816-1876.)

Dallas, Alexander James, (1759-1817.)

Hoyt, Henry M. (1830-1892.)

Ritner, Joseph, (1780-1869.)

Todd, James. (1812-1869.)

Peterson, Robert E., (1811-1870.)

Bouvier, Hannah M.

Find out more

View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

Image not available
1822-1893 (BO 151-217)
Manuscripts
Letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, including matters concerning Mrs. Peterson's astronomy works; incoming correspondence of George William Childs.
mssBO
Image not available
John Bouvier
Manuscripts
Letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, including matters concerning Mrs. Peterson's astronomy works; incoming correspondence of George William Childs.
mssBO
Image not available
Photographs
Manuscripts
Letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, including matters concerning Mrs. Peterson's astronomy works; incoming correspondence of George William Childs.
mssBO
Image not available
Robert Evans Peterson
Manuscripts
Letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, including matters concerning Mrs. Peterson's astronomy works; incoming correspondence of George William Childs.
mssBO
Image not available
1822-1843
Manuscripts
Letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, including matters concerning Mrs. Peterson's astronomy works; incoming correspondence of George William Childs.
mssBO
Image not available
Photographs
Manuscripts
Letters, documents, and photographs document the family history; personal affairs of John Bouvier; political affairs, including charges of corruption against Pennsylvania Governor William Findlay (1817-1820); Democratic-Republican politics in Pennsylvania (1820-1824), correspondence and business papers Robert Evans Peterson and his wife Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, including matters concerning Mrs. Peterson's astronomy works; incoming correspondence of George William Childs.
mssBO