Family Letter Grouping - 350 Letters
Group of over three hundred and fifty (350) Autograph Letters Signed and Manuscript Documents pertaining to the Neal, Badger, and Tibbets family, from New England, dated from the 1820’s through 1860’s. These letters are almost all multipage, and vary between octavo and quarto and are written to and from the family. The group centers around Samuel (“Sam”) Badger Neal (1842-1901) who was the son of John Robert and Anna Maria (Badger ) Neal. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on April 29, 1842 and fitted for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Harvard College in 1864 and the following year entered the NH National Bank of Portsmouth as a cashier. He then went to New York as a salesman in the coal business, to Boston as a bookkeeper, and then as a coal salesman. He suffered from ill health and lived with his parents in Kittery for a while, managing his father’s coal business. He lived until 1901. He was found dead in his stable, having been knocked down and trampled by his horse. This massive family archive includes over one hundred (100) Civil War date letters, though they are civilian and with very minimal war content, with only brief peripheral mentions of the country’s struggle, including the curse of slavery and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Many of these war-date letters are penned by one author named Delia. There are also nine (9) letters from Allie Lock a student traveling in Germany in the early 20th century. Most of the content pertains to local and family matters, as well as education, and mundane happenings. Most are very good or better condition, but some have obvious condition issues.
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Group of over three hundred and fifty (350) Autograph Letters Signed and Manuscript Documents pertaining to the Neal, Badger, and Tibbets family, from New England, dated from the 1820’s through 1860’s. These letters are almost all multipage, and vary between octavo and quarto and are written to and from the family. The group centers around Samuel (“Sam”) Badger Neal (1842-1901) who was the son of John Robert and Anna Maria (Badger ) Neal. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on April 29, 1842 and fitted for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Harvard College in 1864 and the following year entered the NH National Bank of Portsmouth as a cashier. He then went to New York as a salesman in the coal business, to Boston as a bookkeeper, and then as a coal salesman. He suffered from ill health and lived with his parents in Kittery for a while, managing his father’s coal business. He lived until 1901. He was found dead in his stable, having been knocked down and trampled by his horse. This massive family archive includes over one hundred (100) Civil War date letters, though they are civilian and with very minimal war content, with only brief peripheral mentions of the country’s struggle, including the curse of slavery and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Many of these war-date letters are penned by one author named Delia. There are also nine (9) letters from Allie Lock a student traveling in Germany in the early 20th century. Most of the content pertains to local and family matters, as well as education, and mundane happenings. Most are very good or better condition, but some have obvious condition issues.
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