1836-1902
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Samuel Hooper papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of merchant, financier, and legislator Samuel Hooper, ca. 1836-1902, and include correspondence, financial papers, deeds, government papers, printed materials, and estate papers that document his business and political careers.
Collection Description
These papers document the business and political careers of Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), a merchant, financier, and legislator. After tenures in the Massachusetts House and Senate, Hooper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 until his death in 1875, where during the Civil War he helped shape the nation's finance and currency policies. His papers include correspondence of Hooper's father-in-law William Sturgis (1782-1863), his wife Anne Sturgis Hooper, and Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873), U.S. secretary of state and chief justice, as well as papers of banker Frederick Dobbs Tappan (1829-1902).
Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged chronologically. The rest of the papers are arranged roughly by type.
Acquisition Information
This collection was purchased from the Estate of Eleanor A. Lothrop, Oct. 1998.
Restrictions on Access
The Samuel Hooper papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.
Summary Description of the Collection
Correspondence, 1836-Sept. 1861
Correspondence, Oct. 1861-June 1862
Correspondence, July 1862-Feb. 1864
Correspondence, Mar. 1864-June 1866
Correspondence, July 1866-Dec. 1869
Correspondence, Jan. 1870-June 1872
Correspondence, July 1872-Mar. 1875
Correspondence, n.d.
Financial papers, ca. 1846-1873
Deeds, ca. 1845-1866
Government papers, ca. 1843-1873
Printed materials, 1854-1869
Anne Hooper correspondence, ca. 1850-1883
Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1847-1873
Estate papers, ca. 1854-1902
Preferred Citation
Samuel Hooper papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
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.