1828-1936
Guide to the Collection
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| Creator: | Cutler family |
| Title: | Cutler family papers |
| Dates: | 1828-1936 |
| Physical Description: | 1 document
box |
| Call Number: | Ms. N-175 |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of papers of the Cutler
family of Medway, Mass., as well as papers of the Thayer and Sanford families.
The collection primarily includes family correspondence and travel
diaries.
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Rev. Calvin Cutler, a Congregational minister of Medway, Mass., married
Sarah Daniels Sanford (1838-1873), the daughter of Rev. David Harlan Sanford
(1801-1875) and Sarah Parkhurst (Daniels) Sanford of Medway, in 1862. They had
five children: Sanford Lyman (b. 1863), Mary Helen (b. 1865), Alice Daniels (b.
1869), Harriet Mabel (b. 1871), and Sarah Sanford Cutler (1873-1873).
Sanford Lyman Cutler married Emma Thayer, the daughter of Rev. Addison
Parsons (b. 1814) and Lydia Sanford Partridge Thayer (b. 1830).
Papers of the Cutler family of Medway, Mass., in particular letters from
Rev. Calvin Cutler to his wife Sarah Daniels Sanford Cutler; misc. poems and
letters of Sarah Cutler; letters from Alice Daniels Cutler to her sister Mary
Helen Cutler; and other misc. documents. Cutler family diaries include one kept
by Sanford L. Cutler on a trip to England and Paris, 1 July - 27 Aug. 1885; an
anonymous diary kept at Florida from 14-30 Apr. 1899; two diaries kept by
Calvin Cutler in Europe from 20 May - 16 Aug. 1886; and two diaries kept by
Harriet M. Cutler on a trip to Spain from 24 July 1892 - 24 March 1894. Also,
papers of the interrelated Thayer and Sanford families, including letters from
Lydia Partridge Sanford Thayer to her husband Addison P. Thayer and a few misc.
letters of Rev. David Sanford.
The Cutler family papers were a gift of the estate of Helen E. Cutler,
December 1989.
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| Box | Folder | Contents |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | I. Cutler family history,
[1936?]
Includes typescript transcriptions of family journal and notes, by Helen
Eaton Cutler.
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| Box 1 | Folder 2-6 | II. Cutler family papers,
1846-1904
Includes poems, most undated, and a few letters from Sarah Cutler to family
members (1846-[1865]); 9 letters from Rev. Calvin Cutler to his wife Sarah
(1871); 12 letters from Alice Daniels Cutler to her sister Mary Helen Cutler
(1894-1896); a letter from Harriet M. Cutler to her mother Sarah (1894); and a
few other misc. Cutler family documents.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7-10 | III. Thayer family papers,
1849-1883
Includes 19 letters from Lydia Thayer of Medway to her husband Addison P.
Thayer while he was in Chicago and Iowa (1856); a letter from Lydia Partridge
(later Thayer) to her father Joel Partridge (1849); a partial typescript of a
"Journal of a European trip made by Mr. Dean Walker and Addison P. Thayer,"
2pp. (July 1851); and a letter from A. S. Thayer to his sister (1881).
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 | IV. Sanford family papers,
1872
Includes 2 undated letters from David Sanford to (son-in-law?) E. Thompson;
and a letter from David Sanford to daughter Sarah Cutler (1872).
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 | V. Misc. documents,
1828,
1838
Includes a letter from John Codman of Second church of Dorchester to Mrs.
Sarah Topliff, thanking her for a gift of a silver cup (1828); and a deed from
Benjamin Ward to Christopher Slocum for land in Medway (1838).
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| Box 1 | Folder 13-15 | VI. Diaries,
1885-1899
Includes diary and personal accounts of [Sanford Lyman Cutler?] on a trip to
England and Paris, 1 July - 27 Aug. 1885, as well as an anonymous journal kept
in Florida, 14-30 April 1899; diaries of Calvin Cutler on a trip to Europe, 20
May - 16 Aug. 1886 (2 vols.); and diaries of Harriet W. Cutler on a trip to
Spain, 24 July 1892 - 24 March 1894 (2 vols.).
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Cutler family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
ABIGAIL,
the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should
search the catalog using these headings.
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| Persons: |
| | Cutler, Alice Daniels, b. 1869. |
| | Cutler, Calvin. |
| | Cutler, Harriet Mabel, b. 1871. |
| | Cutler, Mary Helen, b. 1865. |
| | Cutler, Sanford Lyman, b. 1863. |
| | Cutler, Sarah Daniels Sanford, 1838-1873.
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| | Sanford, David Harlan, 1801-1875. |
| | Sanford family. |
| | Thayer, Addison Parsons, b. 1814. |
| | Thayer, Lydia Sanford Partridge, b. 1830.
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| | Thayer family. |
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| Subjects: |
| | Clergy--Diaries. |
| | Congregational churches--Clergy. |
| | Diaries--1885. |
| | Diaries--1886. |
| | Diaries--1892. |
| | Diaries--1893. |
| | Diaries--1894. |
| | Diaries--1899. |
| | England--Description and travel--1801-1900.
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| | Europe--Description and
travel--1800-1918. |
| | Family history--1850-1899. |
| | Poetry. |
| | Spain--Description and travel. |
| | Voyages and travels--Diaries. |
| | Women's diaries |
| | Women travelers--Diaries. |
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