Papers of Richard Cutts, 1753-1886 (bulk 1802-1830).

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Papers of Richard Cutts, 1753-1886 (bulk 1802-1830).

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The collection consists chiefly of letters to Richard Cutts from noted individuals in the first quarter of the 19th century. Major topics include political apppointments and patronage; Republican Party politics; the Embargo; the War of 1812; foreign affairs in Europe; and family news and finances. People mentioned include John Q. Adams, John Armstrong, Aaron Burr, DeWitt Clinton, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, William H. Crawford, Henry Dearborn, Albert Gallatin, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, Harrison Gray Otis, and Timothy Pickering. Specific topics include the Battle of Chrysler's Farm, the British attack on and burning of Washington, Battle of New Orleans, the U.S.S. Chesapeake, the U.S.S. Hornet's victory over the Peacock, Winchester's defeat in the River Raisin campaign, and the victory at Ft. Meigs. Also the Monroe-Pinckney treaty, right of deposit at New Orleans, Boston Harbor expenses, the Federalist Party, the Bank of the United States, the whaling industry, the salt business, smuggling, death of James Madison, travel in England and Scotland and the young Queen Victoria, typhoid fever among slaves, medical care in the U.S. army, and the tarring and feathering of an informer. The collection also contains invitations from Dolley Madison and envelopes franked by her; an invitation from Lydia Howard Sigourney; promissary notes signed by James Madison; a poem to John Quincy Adams and a commission signed by him; and a commission signed by Caleb Strong. Also brief genealogical materials on the Cutts family; two letters to Lucia Beverley Cutts (1886); newsclippings; Richard Cutts's Superintendant General of Military Supplies oath; obituaries; receipts for pew rent and a minister's salary (1752-1753); a printed appeal for biographical information on Harvard graduates from John Landgon Sibley; and a silhouette of Martha Jefferson Hackley Cutts.

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Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834

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Anderson, James, 1739-1808

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Chandler, John, 1762-1841

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Cook, Orchard, 1763-1819

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Dana, Samuel, 1767-1835

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Cutts, Martha Jefferson Hackley

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Dalton, Tristram, 1738-1817

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Cutts, Lucia B. (Lucia Beverly), 1851-1934

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Cutts family.

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Cutts, Charles, 1769-1846

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