Bartlett Family Papers, 1743-1888

Title:

Bartlett Family Papers, 1743-1888

Creator:

Bartlett family

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

1989.050

Object ID:

M 1989.050

Date:

1743-1888

Physical Description:

7 boxes, 1 volume, and 1 oversize folder, approximately 1049 items ; 2.63 linear feet

Level of Description:

Collection

Scope and Content:

The Bartlett Family Papers consist mostly of correspondence between the children and grandchildren of Josiah Bartlett, 1729-1795, of Kingston, NH. Included with Josiah Bartlett's papers is the 1765 partnership indenture with Doctor Amos Gale. Papers of the New Hampshire Medical Society are included with Josiah Bartlett's papers as he was the Society's founder. The papers from 1791-1845 include a copy of the original charter from 1792, minutes of annual meetings, and Josiah Bartlett, Jr.'s address to the Society in 1837 on dropsy. Levi Bartlett is represented through extensive correspondence with his brothers Josiah, Jr. and Ezra between 1789 and 1824, daybooks of his medical practice from 1816 to 1828, and many treatises which he wrote as textbooks for his children on subjects ranging from rhetoric and grammar to medicine and the law dated between approximately 1772 and 1818. The collection also contains correspondence, business and legal papers, and account and daybooks for Levi Stevens Bartlett's medical practice. These papers cover the years 1820-1859. Luella J. Bartlett Case and Junia L. Bartlett Smith maintained an extensive correspondence concerning family matters. Levi Stevens Bartlett, Jr. is represented by receipts and an account book from his retail grocery store from 1867 to 1888, as well as through correspondence to and from his sisters Ella, Etta, and Junia.

Arrangement:

The collection is separated into 18 series of family members; within each series, the items are grouped by type at the folder level. Series 1. Josiah Bartlett, 1743-1845; Series 2. Mary Bartlett, 1778-1789; Series 3. Mary Bartlett Greeley, 1821-1824; Series 4. Levi Bartlett, 1772-1824; Series 5. Abigail Stevens Bartlett, 1814-1838; Series 6. Levi Stevens Bartlett, 1825-1859; Series 7. Aroline E. Bartlett (Sanborn), 1840-1867; Series 8. Levi Stevens Bartlett, Jr., 1867-1888; Series 9. Ella A. Bartlett, 1857-1880; Series 10. Anna Levietta Bartlett (Etta), 1866; Series 11. Luella J. B. Case, 1817-1857; Series 12. Eliphalet Case, 1825-1855; Series 13. Junia L. B. Smith, 1820-1849; Series 14. Frances O. J. Smith, 1836-1858; Series 15. Josiah Bartlett, Jr., 1797-1828; Series 16. Ezra Bartlett, 1794-1843; Series 17. Miscellaneous, 1845-1888.

Subjects:

Physicians , Medicine , Judge , Women , Copybooks , Music

Locations:

Kingston, NH
Stratham, NH
Warren, NH
Haverhill, NH
Maine

People:

Bartlett, Mary, 1730-1789 , Bartlett, Levi, 1763-1828 , Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795 , Bartlett, Levi Stevens, 1811-1865 , Bartlett, Levi Stevens, Jr., 1857-1940 , Bartlett, Ella A., 1846-1906 , Case, Luella J., 1807-1857 , Smith, Junia L., 1850-1887 , Case, Eliphalet , Bartlett, Ezra, 1770-1848

Organizations:

Bartlett family
New Hampshire Medical Society
New Hampshire. Court of Common Pleas (Rockingham County)
Dummer School

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.
The Luella J. Bartlett Case and Junia L. Bartlett Smith papers were a gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albertus T. Dudley of Exeter, NH, and Colonel and Mrs. Frederick J. Shepard of East Derry, NH.

Location Code:

TL/1W, TL/1W - Oversize

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Preferred Citation:

Item title, Bartlett Family Papers, 1989.050. New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date accessed.