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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1602

Tudor family additional papers

Overview

Includes letters and papers of the brothers Henry and William Tudor of Boston, Mass.

Dates

  • Creation: 1802-1865

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

Extent

.5 linear feet (1 box)

Contains correspondence of the Tudor family, including letters to William Tudor from various personal and professional correspondents and the correspondence of Frederic Tudor and Henry James Tudor with their sister and mother. Also includes a few other Tudor family letters and typescripts of letters from Jeremiah Mason, United States Senator from New Hampshire, to his wife Mary Means Mason. Finally, there are journals of Henry James Tudor relating to travel to New Orleans, Annapolis and Marseille, France, as well as to his work in the ice business of his brother Frederic.

Biographical / Historical

Henry James Tudor (1791-1864) and William Tudor (1779-1830) were brothers, the sons of William Tudor (1750-1819), a Boston lawyer and political figure. Henry James Tudor studied law and worked for a while in the ice business of his brother Frederic (1783-1864). William Tudor was a merchant, legislator, author, and diplomat. He was the American consul in Lima, Peru (1823-1827) and chargé d'affaires at Rio de Janeiro (1827-1830).

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

*45M-340. Gift of Mrs. Henry D. Tudor, 22 Larch Road Cambridge, Massachusetts; received: 1946 June 22.

Title
Tudor family. Tudor family additional papers,1802-1865: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00952

Repository Details

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