Manuscripts

Curtis family correspondence

Description: A collection of family correspondence containing 110 items; the letters are chiefly to Delia Augusta and Sarah Henrietta Curtis from their brothers. The letters include discussion of the Curtis sisters' studies and education, family news, the Civil War, life in Ohio, Tennessee, Arizona, and California, from 1820 to 1892; also included are a few letters of Henry James and Clarissa Fisher Curtis. The collection also contains a typewritten summary and outline of the Curtis family letters (1984) and ephemera.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1820-1984
Call number: mssHM 50671-50759
Creator: Curtis (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Elizabeth C. McPhail, September 1984.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Curtis, B. W. (1847-1892.); Curtis, Delia Augusta, (1841-1915.); Curtis, James Henry, (1838-1906.); Curtis, Sarah Henrietta, (1835-1908.)
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Correspondence

Manuscripts

Contains family letters written from Massachusetts, Ohio, Alabama, Tennessee, Illinois, Nebraska, and California. A number of these letters are photocopies. Also included is a typed summary and outline of Curtis family letters (1984).

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Correspondence and ephemera

Manuscripts

Contains family letters written from Arizona Territory, California, and Idaho. Also included is a small amount of ephemera.

mssHM 50671-50759

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Samuel Ryan Curtis papers : Addenda, (bulk 1860-1890)

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous letters and correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly letters addressed to him, documenting his political, and military career. The collection includes: letters and newspapers clippings related to 1860 presidential elections and Curtis' own campaign, including the tallies for various Iowa counties; correspondence related to his removal from the Dept. of Missouri in 1863, including a lengthy letter from Jacob Brinkerhoff to his brother Henry B. Curtis, describing his meeting with Abraham Lincoln regarding the case (1863, Nov. 11), and letters to Curtis from his friends and colleagues.

mssHM 66420-66484

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Curtis Casson letter to Curtis Casson and Mary Casson

Manuscripts

A.L.S. from Casson to his parents Curtis and Mary (Peacock) Casson; written from Ackworth School in Yorkshire, the letter describes his life at school and relates news of the other students.

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Samuel Ryan Curtis papers

Manuscripts

Personal correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly his letters to his brother Henry Barnes Curtis (1799-1885), a prominent Ohio lawyer. Included are: a 1828 letter from West Point, discussing the cadet life and national politics (including the presidential elections); letters recounting Curtis' service in the Mexican War (1846, July - 1847, Nov.), his political and professional activities in 1849 and 1857, the Civil War (including the battle of Pea Ridge), and post-war service

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R. Curtis Edgerton papers

Manuscripts

Collection consists of 53 letters written by Reuben Curtis Edgerton between October 1861 and June 1862. Edgerton addressed 52 of the letters to his wife Lydia O. Edgerton, nee Tiffany, and one letter to his daughter Ellen Edgerton. In his letters, Edergton describes a soldier's life and medical and sanitary affairs during the American Civil War from 1861-1862. Thirty-six of the letters were written while Edgerton was stationed in Hannibal, Pleasant, and Commerce, Missouri. Other letters originated from Tennessee, Mississippi, and New York.

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