Samuel V. Tripp letters, 1849-1906, bulk 1849-1876.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut – d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American abolitionist and author. She is the daughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher who preached against slavery. She is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It became an instant and controversial best-seller, both in the United States and abroad. The novel had a major impact on Northerners' attitudes toward slavery and by the beginning of the Civil War had sold more than a million copi...

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Tripp family

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Tripp, Samuel V.

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Emigrant to California in 1849. Samuel V. Tripp was born in New York in 1829 or 1830, and moved with his parents to Knox County, Ohio, sometime before 1838. Around then Tripp's father deserted the family (mother Nancy, and siblings William and Sarah Ann). Bound out to the Lamson family of Milford, Ohio, Samuel Tripp was released early to go overland to the gold fields in 1850. Tripp traveled via Indiana, Illinois, Independence, Mo., and Salt Lake City to California. Afte...