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Sargeant Prentiss Knut papers, (bulk 1865-1938)

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Description
A collection of 2,700 items from 1830 to 1972; it contains professional papers and personal, professional, and family correspondence of Sargeant Prentiss Knut. Included is material related to the Civil War claims regarding family property and other litigation, including the settlement of Lily Barret Knut's estate. The collection also contains material from Knut's professional and political career. Also included is correspondence of the Barret and Knut families, biographical information, notebooks, typewritten copies of the diaries of Dr. Rush Nutt (1805) and Rittenhouse Nutt (1834), newspaper clippings and ephemera.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1830-1972.
Call number
mssKnut
Creator
Knut, Sargeant Prentiss (1855-1939)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Miss Carolyn Pollard and Ward Pollard, June 1977.
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
Nutt, Rush,
Nutt, Rittenhouse.
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