Curtis-Stevenson family papers, 1775-1920; bulk: 1840-1900.

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Curtis-Stevenson family papers, 1775-1920; bulk: 1840-1900.

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Papers, primarily family correspondence, of three interrelated families of Mass., the Curtis, Stevenson, and Appleton families. The Stevenson papers consist primarily of correspondence between Martha Curtis Stevenson and her daughters, Martha, Frances, and Annie of Brookline, known collectively as the "Misses Stevenson." There are also a commonplace-book and letters of Hannah E. Stevenson, a Civil War nurse, written from the hospitals; and a diary (1824-26) kept by J. Greely Stevenson during his travels and medical training in Europe. (cont'd) Although family correspondence makes up the bulk of the Curtis family materials, the papers also include a ships' log kept by James F. Curtis on a voyage to Sweden in the brig Helen (1817-18), as a sailor with the U.S. Navy in the U.S.S. Porpoise off the southern U.S. coast and Cuba in search of pirates (1821-22), and in the schooner William Bayard, a recovered ship returned by Curtis to New York (1822). There are also documents related to Curtis's capture by the British from the ship Chesapeake in Boston Harbor in 1813, including letters to and from him during his subsequent imprisonment in Halifax, N.S. The Civil War papers of Greely S. Curtis, an officer in the 2nd Mass. Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Mass. Volunteer Cavalry, contain official documents and correspondence with fellow officers and his fiancee (and later wife), Harriot Appleton. Correspondents include Charles F. Morse, Charles F. Adams, Jr., and Robert C. Winthrop. The bulk of the Appleton family papers consist of correspondence between Harriot Appleton (later Curtis), her mother Harriot Sumner Appleton, and father Nathan Appleton. Letters from Nathan Appleton to his wife (1840-50) written from Washington while he was serving in the U.S. House pertain to politics in the years leading to the Civil War. The collection also includes school diaries and papers of Greely S. Curtis, Harriot (Appleton) Curtis, and Harriot S. Appleton.

15 boxes.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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