Papers.

Title:

Papers.

Creator:

Hutchins family.

Accession / Call Number:

M 1972-032

Object ID:

M 1972-032

Date:

1777-1919

Physical Description:

3 boxes (ca. 1000 items)

Scope and Content:

Business man, Concord, N.H. Executor of the estates of his brother, Hamilton Hutchins (1805-1851), a Concord lawyer, and his father, Abel Hutchins (1763-1853), clockmaker and owner of the Phenix Hotel. Papers include deeds to land in Concord, especially near the Phenix Hotel and back to the railroad; appointments and other interesting documents preserved by the family; mail contracts and purchase of interest in various stage lines, especially in Vermont; probate papers and claims against the estates of Abel and Hamilton Hutchins, and some correspondence. There are letters from Charles Hopkins, 1825 to 1829, to Hamilton Hutchins, a college friend; some very interesting letters from Gordon Hutchins to his mother Mrs. Ephraim Hutchins, 1880-1884, written from the San Carlos agency, Arizona territory, describing the country and the Indian troubles also troubles at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. There is correspondence between Mrs. Ephraim Hutchins and her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Shutz, who was wife of the consul in Coquimbo, Chile, 1864-1871; and there is a letter from William Howard Taft, 1919, commending Mr. Carroll Hutchins as tour manager for the League to Enforce Peace. Especially interesting items are the indenture of apprenticeship of Abel Hutchins to Simon Willard, clockmaker, 1777, and a building contract for the Phenix Hotel, 1818.

Subjects:

Clock and watchmakers New Hampshire. , Apache Indians. , Canals New Hampshire. , Postal service New Hampshire. , Postal service Vermont. , Counterfeits and counterfeiting.

Locations:

Arizona Description and travel.
Concord (N.H.) History.
Chile Description and travel.

Organizations:

Hutchins family

Level Description:

Item