Bartlett, Cilley, and Shepard Family Papers, 1775, 1814-1922, bulk 1847-1888

Title:

Bartlett, Cilley, and Shepard Family Papers, 1775, 1814-1922, bulk 1847-1888

Creator:

Bartlett family

Accession / Call Number:

2024.045

Object ID:

2024.045

Date:

1775, 1814-1922

Physical Description:

1 box ; 0.21 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Bartlett, Cilley, and Shepard Family Papers, 1775, 1814-1922, consist primarily of correspondence to and from Victoria (Cilley) Bartlett, but also includes some photographs, military records, and a speech on Southern succession.\n \n The earliest item in this collection is a sewn-together record of Captain Bradbury Bartlett's (1783-1869) regulations and daily reports at Fort Sullivan in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the summer of 1814.\n \n Letters to Victoria Cilley [Bartlett] (1831-1905) from her friends between 1847 and 1851 were written while they were boarding school, normal school, and later working as teachers. They contain details of their studies, social life, dress, travels (often alone), news about each other, hopes for the future and trials of the moment. There are no descriptions of weddings or young married life.\n \n Letters among Victoria and three of her children - Annie (1861-1944), Jenny Nealey (1871-1966), and Nathaniel Cilley (1858-1921) - were written when the children were teenagers away at boarding school or in their young adult years. They discuss homesickness, clothing and other supplies, logistics of travel, family news, and, in the case of Nathaniel, efforts to establish his career as a lawyer.

Subjects:

Correspondence, Education, Families, Friendship, Lawyers, Militia, Soldiers, Students, Teachers, Travel, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--History--War of 1812, Women, Women--Education, Wills

Locations:

Cambridge, MA
Concord, NH
Derry, NH
Epping, NH
Hampton Falls, NH
Haverhill, MA
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
Nottingham, NH
Portsmouth, NH

People:

Bartlett, Bradbury, 1783-1869, Bartlett, Nathaniel Cilley, 1858-1921, Bartlett, Victoria Cilley, 1831-1905, Grinnell, Jenny Nealey Bartlett, 1871-1966, Shepard, Alan B., 1923-1998, Shepard, Alice Bartlett, 1861-1944

Credit Line:

Gift of Hannah G. Weisenburger.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

Bartlett_Cilley_and_Shepard_Family_Papers_2024.045.pdf