Clara J. Hutchins Correspondence, 1894

Title:

Clara J. Hutchins Correspondence, 1894

Creator:

Hutchins, Clara J., 1818-1904

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

2003.004

Object ID:

2003-004

Date:

1894

Physical Description:

1 box, 78 letters ; 0.21 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Clara J. Hutchins Correspondence contains 78 letters from the year 1894. Included in a letter from February 11, 1894 is a newspaper clipping about the Cochecho Savings Bank. Clara J. Hutchins writes to her son, Herbert, and his wife Mary Bell (both Joseph Herbert Hutchins and John Wesley Hutchins went by their middle names). Most letters are addressed to both husband and wife; however, a few letters are addressed separately to Herbert and Mary Bell. During the summer months of July and August, Clara sent only two letters respectively, due to her sons visiting her during their vacation. Additionally, there are two undated letters.

Clara J. Hutchins writes from her home in Dover, NH, about her personal life and thoughts. The letters include worries of sickness and Clara Hutchins’s personal health issues, including the Grippe (the flu), colds, and a long-standing eye problem (due to eye pressure in the nerve, which might have been glaucoma, however she refers to it as "neuralgia of the head"). She also writes about her daily life and shares information on known acquaintances, family, and friends. Other topics include talk about church, finances, old age assistance, entertainment (her sons attend and host events), emotions, holidays, a fire in Northwood, doctor visits and treatment, work done on her land, meetings (not all are identified, however an Odd Fellow Meeting and Union Meetings are specified), weather, and bank trouble. Specific organizations mentioned include the Washington Street Church in Dover and the Morning Star Paper.

Subjects:

Aging, Agriculture, Bank failures, Church, Church attendance, Cold (Disease), Correspondence, Eye--Diseases, Eyeglasses, Family, Finance, Personal, Fire, Fruit trees, Health, Holidays, Influenza, Loneliness, Meetings, Old age assistance, Teachers, Weather, Women

Locations:

Dover, NH
Glastonbury, CT
Malden, MA
Northwood, NH

People:

Cate, Josie E., 1851-1925, Cate, Nathaniel E., 1830-1908, Cate, Olive A., 1830-1904, Hutchins, Ardelia McKenny, 1855-1920, Hutchins, Clara J., 1818-1904, Hutchins, Everett Nelson, 1884-1953, Hutchins, John Wesley, 1856-1930, Hutchins, Joseph Herbert, 1852-1908, Hutchins, Marjorie Ardelia, 1888-1951, Hutchins, Mary Bell, 1861-1935, Hutchins, Mary Lillian, 1885-1955

Organizations:

Hutchins family

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society collection.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection