Mason Weare Tappan Papers

Title:

Mason Weare Tappan Papers

Creator:

Tappan, Mason Weare, 1817-1886

Accession / Call Number:

1982.020

Object ID:

1982.020

Date:

1846-1869

Physical Description:

3 boxes

Scope and Content:

The Mason Tappan Weare Papers consist largely of correspondence and is arranged chronologically. The bulk of the papers date from the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, and concern mostly business and political matters. Correspondents of note include Samuel Bell, William E. Chandler, Jacob Ela, George E. Fogg, Joseph A. Gilmore, William H. Gove, Larkin D. Mason, GIlman Marston, Austin L. Pike, Oliver Pillsbury, E.H. Rollins, and Amos Tuck. A complete index of correspondents is found with the collection. The collection also includes two Bibles, one of which was owned by Tappan and one of which was owned by his sister, Caroline Lucinda Carr.

Subjects:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Bell, Samuel Newell, 1829-1889 , Chandler, William E. , 1835-1917 , Ela, Jacob H. , 1820-1884 , Fogg, George Gilman , Gilmore, Joseph A., 1811-1867 , Gove, William H., 1817-1876 , Mason, Larkin Dodge, 1810-1903 , Marston, Gilman, 1811-1890 , Pike, Austin F. , 1819-1886 , Pillsbury, Oliver , Rollins, Edward H., 1824-1889 , Tuck, Amos, 1810-1897

Organizations:

United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861)
United States. Congress. House

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.
Gift of Viola Goodenough in memory of her husband, Mason Tappan Goodenough.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection