Haven-Appleton-Cutter Family Photographs ca. 1850-1905 Guide to the Photograph Collection

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Collection Summary

Biographical Sketches

William Haven (1770-1856) was the youngest son of Reverend Samuel Haven (1727-1806) and Mehitable Appleton Haven. He traveled extensively with his brothers, who employed him as an accountant. He was a cashier of the New Hampshire Bank in Portsmouth, N.H. and later, an accountant for the Portsmouth Savings Bank. In 1807, he married Sophia Henderson (1809-1896), the daughter of Hugh Henderson (1747-1792) and Hannah Sheafe Henderson (later Hart) (1750-1845). Of their twelve children, Sophia Haven (1809-1896) and William Appleton Haven (1831-1919) are represented in this collection.

Sophia Haven (1809-1896), daughter of William and Sophia Henderson Haven, married Charles John Appleton (1795-1843), the son of John and Mary Whitbread Appleton. Charles served for a time as an officer in the Brazilian Navy. They had three children: Sophia Louisa Appleton (b. 1836), known as Louisa, who married Charles William Bradbury in 1864; Sarah Fayerweather Appleton (b. 1839), who married Charles Ammi Cutter in 1863; and Augusta Isabella Appleton (b. 1841).

William Appleton Haven (1831-1919) was the youngest son of William and Sophia Henderson Haven. He was educated at private schools in Portsmouth until the age of fifteen and then became an apprentice in Boston at the firm of Brown and Hastings Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors. In 1849, he left Boston to work on the Vermont Railroad until it was finished in 1850. He then returned to Portsmouth to complete his studies in civil engineering. In 1852, he went west to find work in engineering. He lived in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas and was employed as an engineer on the construction of railroads. During the Civil War, he left Texas, returned to Portsmouth, and enlisted in Company K of the New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry as a second lieutenant. After the war, he continued to work at various locations throughout the United States on the construction of railroads and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He married Zaidee B. Hartupee of Chicago. They had no children.

Sarah Fayerweather Appleton (b. 1839) was the daughter of Charles John and Sophia Haven Appleton. She married Charles Ammi Cutter (1837-1903), the son of Caleb and Hannah Bigelow Cutter, in 1863. He was known as Ammi and was the librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1869-1893. From 1894 until his death, he was the librarian of the Forbes Library in Northampton, Mass. Ammi and Sarah had four children: Louis Fayerweather Cutter (b. 1864), who married Mary Perkins Osgood (b. 1868); Philip Champney Cutter (b. 1866); Roland Norcross Cutter (b. 1868); and Gerald Clifford Cutter (b. 1880).

Collection Description

The Haven-Appleton-Cutter family photographs encompass the years ca. 1852-1905 and consist mainly of portraits of various members of the Haven, Appleton, and Cutter families of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. One volume contains carte de visite, cabinet card, and tintype portraits of members of all three families, particularly William Haven, Sophia Henderson Haven, Sophia Haven Appleton, Sarah Fayerweather Appleton Cutter and her husband Charles Ammi Cutter, and the Cutter family children, as well as many other relatives. One box contains loose portrait photographs, mostly of the Cutter family, as well as photographic reproductions of artwork depicting members of the Haven and Appleton families. There are also a number of miscellaneous views, including a photograph of the Appleton family house in Ipswich, Mass., as well as photographs of Appleton family artwork, artifacts, and manuscripts.

This collection also contains daguerreotype, ambrotype, and cased tintype portraits, all of which have been removed from the collection and stored apart by format. Please see the Detailed Description of the Collection for details.

Photographers represented in this collection include Allen & Rowell, Bushby & Macurdy, and Emily Stokes, all of Boston, Mass., among many others.

Related Materials

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following collections related to the Haven-Appleton-Cutter family photographs:

Haven-Appleton-Cutter papers. Ms. N-264. Finding aid available at: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0067.

Acquisition Information

This collection was removed from the Haven-Appleton-Cutter family papers (Ms. N-264), which were a gift to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Edith Tucker in Oct. 1992.

Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following series:

Detailed Description of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Haven-Appleton-Cutter family photographs, Photo. Coll. 158, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.

Access Terms

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.