Hunt and Clough Family Papers, 1775- 1958, bulk 1803-1900

Title:

Hunt and Clough Family Papers, 1775- 1958, bulk 1803-1900

Creator:

Clough family
Hunt family

Accession / Call Number:

2002.042

Object ID:

2002.042

Date:

1775-1958

Physical Description:

1 box ; 0.33 linear feet

Scope and Content:

This is collection of scattered materials related to the Hunt and Clough families. The center seems to be Albert Lucien Clough, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Manchester, New Hampshire, and includes vital records (death certificate, obituaries, and in memoriam letters), a graduation program, and his wedding book. Albert Clough married Sara Hunt. Many of the papers in the collection have to do with financial matters (deeds, some legal correspondence, and scattered bills and receipts) of members of the Hunt and Clough extended families. There is almost no personal correspondence, though a few letters written by Dudley Gilman, a relative on the Hunt side, between 1803 and 1805 recounting his farm activities are an exception. \n \n A few items stand out:\n Three pieces of colonial currency issue in Philadelphia and dated 1775 and 1776.\n \n A letter to Elisha Forde from James Twitchell dated July 9, 1806 details a murder-suicide in Augusta, ME, of the Purrington family.\n \n Nathan Parker Hunt's diary kept between 1862 and 1864. It recounts his social activities (especially those involved in calling on young women) in Manchester and during his first and second years at Dartmouth. A loose note tucked into the diary by the December 28, 1862 entry is titled "Girls" and details his thoughts on the nature of girls and the phrase that girls are made of "sugar and spice and all things nice." There are almost no entries about the Civil War or about college intellectual life. \n \n Agnes Hunt's school essays, including one titled "What a Girl Can Do."

Subjects:

Account books, Accounts, Businessmen, Deeds, Diaries, Engineers, Essays, Graduation (School), Money, Murder-suicide, Photographs, Programs, Registers of births, etc., Schools, Students, Wills, Women

Locations:

Augusta, ME
Concord, NH
Manchester, NH

People:

Clough, Albert Lucien, 1869-1940, Gilman, Dudley, Hunt, Agnes, 1876-1923, Hunt, Nathaniel Parker, 1844-1928, Hunt, Samuel P., 1872-1958

Credit Line:

Gift of anonymous.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

Hunt_and_Clough_Family_Papers_2002.042.pdf