Memoir, typescript, carbon, with minor corrections in manuscript. Huntington describes his early life in Vermont and western New York; his experiences as a teacher and school superintendent in Rockford, Illinois, during the 1840s and 1850s; and his service as an United States Army nurse in the Civil War during the siege of Vicksburg. In 1864 he moved to Olympia, Washington, to serve as a clerk for his brother-in-law, William H. Waterman, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He was appointed Indian Agent for the Makah Indians in 1874, and he discusses his work on the Neah Bay Reservation, his removal from office, and his experiences in Washington, D. C., in 1877 while answering charges of malfeasance. In 1881 he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Eureka, California; in describing his work in Eureka, he discusses the expulsion of the Chinese from Eureka and Humboldt County. Tipped on are "The Analysis of Character: What is its Only Foundation? by Rev. C. A. Huntington," typescript, 1900, discussing the lives of his parents, Jonathan and Sally Huntington; and two printed pamphlets, both containing a photograph of Huntington and his wife, Lucretia Atwood Waterman Huntington: "Golden Wedding of Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Huntington, July 25, 1893," and "Services at the Funeral of Mrs. L. A. Huntingdon, First Congregational Church, Eureka, Cal., Nov. 16th, 1896." Also accompanied by a typescript of the text of his wife's funeral services; a typescript table of contents for his memoir, titled "Autobiography of Rev. C. A. Huntington, The Dalles, Oregon, 1899;" and a photogravure plate of a portrait of Huntington.
