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Cary family. Papers II, 1778-1933, bulk: 1811-1900.

Title: Papers II, 1778-1933, bulk: 1811-1900.

Correspondence of the Thomas Greaves Cary family, including Thomas Greaves Cary Sr. and his wife Mary Perkins Cary; his siblings William Ferdinand, Henry, and Margaret Graves Cary; his father-in law, Thomas Handasyd Perkins; and his children Thomas Greaves Jr., Richard, Mary Louisa Cary Felton, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and Caroline Gardner Cary Curtis. Frequent reference is made in the letters to T.G. Cary's sons-in-law Louis Agassiz, Charles Pelham Curtis, and Cornelius Conway Felton. The predominant subjects of the letters are family matters, state and national politics, and Boston society, in which the Carys were prominent. T.G. Cary Sr. served several terms as Massachusetts state senator and wrote extensively on political issues of the 1850s. He and his wife and daughter traveled to Italy in 1857, generating a good deal of correspondence. (Cont'd) Many folders are prefaced by letters from Emma Forbes Cary to her niece, explaining the contents of the correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes.

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