Curtis family correspondence, 1820-1892 (bulk 1855-1892).

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Curtis family correspondence, 1820-1892 (bulk 1855-1892).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383261

Family correspondence, chiefly letters to the 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, etc.

110 pieces. also ephemera.2 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6697406

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Curtis, James Henry, 1838-1906

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In 1831, Henry James Curtis (1798-1852) of Cincinnati, Ohio married Clarissa Fisher (1809-1849). The couple had five children: Sarah Henrietta ("Etta") (1835-1908), James Henry (1838-1906), Delia Augusta ("Gussie") (1841-1915), and Benjamin Wisner (1847-1892.) Clarissa died of cholera in 1849. After their father's death, the children were separated and cared for by aunts and uncles. Sarah Henrietta attended a private school in Boston, worked as a governess for a family i...

Curtis, B. W. (Benjamin Wisner), 1847-1892

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