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| Size | 16.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3000 items) |
| Abstract | The Maurice family includes Charles F. Maurice (fl. 1830-1858), businessman, educator, and farmer, of Perth Amboy, N.J., and Ossining, N.Y.; his son, Charles Stewart Maurice (1840-1924), civil engineer and bridge builder, who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and afterwards lived in Athens, Pa., and on Jekyll Island, Ga.; Charlotte Holbrooke (Mrs. C. S.) Maurice (1845-1909), granddaughter of Josiah Marshall (1773-1841), Boston merchant and trader with Hawaii and China; and her children and her mother, Marian Marshall (Mrs. John G.) Holbrooke (1812-1900), of New York, and Charlotte's aunt, Charlotte Marshall (Mrs. Horatio) Bridge (1819-1904), wife of a naval officer, of Maine and Washington, D.C.; and Charlotte's Marshall, Holbrooke, Bridge, Read, and other relatives in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Also related are the Perkins and Eglin families. This collection contains family correspondence and professional papers of Charles F. Maurice, Charles Stewart Maurice, Charlotte Holbrooke (Mrs. C. S.) Maurice; Charlotte's Marshall, Holbrook, Bridge, Read, and other relatives in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.; and of her children. Much of the family and social correspondence is that of Charlotte, her mother, Marian Marshall (Mrs. John G.) Holbrooke, of New York, and Charlotte's aunt, Charlotte Marshall (Mrs. Horatio) Bridge. Letters were written from many places by family members and friends, some in schools and colleges, traveling in the United States and abroad, and while serving in the United States Navy, especially 1838-1848 and 1862-1865. Many describe social life in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. Also included are the diaries and account books of C. F. Maurice, C. S. Maurice, Charlotte (Holbrooke) Maurice, Marian B. Maurice, and George O. Holbrooke (born 1850); property and financial papers, including those related to property on Jekyll Island, Ga., and the Hamilton House in Washington, D.C.; writings of George. O. Holbrooke as a professor at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.; clippings and photographs; genealogical information; and collected autographs. Persons represented in the autograph collection include James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Thomas Addis Emmet, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, the Marquis de Lafayette, James Monroe, Oliver H. Perry, David Porter, and Charles Stewart. Included in the addition of March 1970 are the letters and correspondence of the Perkins and Eglin families. |
| Creator | Maurice family. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
The Maurice family includes Charles F. Maurice (fl. 1830-1858), businessman, educator, and farmer, of Perth Amboy, N.J., and Ossining, N.Y.; his son, Charles Stewart Maurice (1840-1924), civil engineer and bridge builder, who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and afterwards lived in Athens, Pa., and on Jekyll Island, Ga.; Charlotte Holbrooke (Mrs. C. S.) Maurice (1845-1909), granddaughter of Josiah Marshall (1773-1841), Boston merchant and trader with Hawaii and China; and her children and her mother, Marian Marshall (Mrs. John G.) Holbrooke (1812- 1900), of New York, and Charlotte's aunt, Charlotte Marshall (Mrs. Horatio) Bridge (1819-1904), wife of a naval officer, of Maine and Washington, D.C.; and Charlotte's Marshall, Holbrooke, Bridge, Read, and other relatives in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Also related are the Perkins and Eglin families.
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This collection contains family correspondence and professional papers of Charles F. Maurice (fl. 1830-1858), his son, Charles Stewart Maurice (1840-1924), Charlotte Holbrooke (Mrs. C. S.) Maurice (1845-1909), granddaughter of Josiah Marshall (1773-1841), Boston merchant and trader with Hawaii and China whose business papers and record books, chiefly through 1828, are included; Charlotte's Marshall, Holbrook, Bridge, Read, and other relatives in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.; and of her children. Much of the family and social correspondence is that of Charlotte, her mother, Marian Marshall (Mrs. John G.) Holbrooke (1812-1900), of New York, and Charlotte's aunt, Charlotte Marshall (Mrs. Horatio) Bridge (1819-1904), wife of a naval officer, of Maine and Washington, D.C. Letters were written from many places by family members and friends, some in schools and colleges, traveling in the United States and abroad, and while serving in the United States Navy, especially 1838-1848 and 1862-1865. Many describe social life in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. Also included are the diaries and account books of C. F. Maurice, C. S. Maurice, Charlotte (Holbrooke) Maurice, Marian B. Maurice, and George O. Holbrooke (born 1850); property and financial papers, including those related to property on Jekyll Island, Ga., and the Hamilton House in Washington, D.C.; writings of George. O. Holbrooke as a professor at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.; clippings and photographs; genealogical information; and collected autographs. Persons represented in the autograph collection include James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Thomas Addis Emmet, Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, the Marquis de Lafayette, James Monroe, Oliver H. Perry, David Porter, and Charles Stewart. Included in the addition of March 1970 are the letters and correspondence of the Perkins and Eglin families.
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Series 1. Marshall, Holbrooke, and Bridge Papers, 1816-1868.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series contains the papers of Marshall, Holbrooke, and Bridge families, including Josiah Marshall (1773-1841), a Boston merchant, and his daughters Charlotte and Marian, along with Marian's husband John George Holbrooke, and their children Charlotte, Stephen, and George. Items from 1816-1828 consist of business papers of Josiah Marshall and his partner Dixey Wildes and include correspondence, letters, bills of lading, bills of sale, and other items related to the shipping business out of Boston, Mass., to Asia, including China and Hawaii, referred to here as the Sandwich Islands. Papers from 1829-1839 include scattered business correspondence as well as letters from Josian Marshall's family and friends. Correspondence,1840-1849, chiefly consists of letters addressed to Marian and her sister Charlotte. The marriage settlement contract for Marian Marshall and John George Holbrooke is dated June 1844, and that of Charlotte and Horatio Bridge is dated May 1846. Several letters from 1846-1848 are written from Horatio while he was on the U. S. Frigate United States, along with letters from Charlotte in 1848, written in ports in Spain, Italy, and Malta. Also included in this period are letters from relatives in Boston, Mass., Philadelphia, Pa., Providence, R.I., and Halifax, Mass. Some of these letters concern religion and Apostolic teachings. Correspondence from 1850-1860 is chiefly letters received by Marian Holbrooke, who sometimes resided in Philadelphia. Letters received regard business trips by her husband, letters from her daughter Charlotte, family business transactions, claims by Marshall and Wilde against the government of the Sandwich Islands, and religious matters. Letters from 1861-1865 contain family, social, and religious correspondence chiefly addressed to Marian Holbrooke in New York, Charlotte Bridge in Washington, D.C., and Charlotte Holbrooke, who spent most of the winter seasons with the Bridges. Charlotte Holbrooke's letters to her parents and brothers give a detailed account of social life in Washington, D.C., especially among government officials and army and naval officers and their families. Civil War-related letters include some letters from Theodore Kruger, who served as an army chaplain with the "Garibaldi Guard" in Washington D.C. and the northern Virgina area in 1861. Correspondence from 1866-1868 chiefly contains family and social letters received by Marian Holbrooke, her daughter Charlotte, and son George O. Holbrooke.
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Series 2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated.
Restrictions to Access: This series contains materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. The Library has digitized original documents in this collection that are vulnerable to theft and stored them separately. The original physical documents are not available for immediate or same day use. To access the content of the documents, researchers should use the digital facsimiles. To discuss other options, please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
Arrangement: by subject.
This series contains collected letters and papers that are significant for their autograph. Along with papers of George Fox and John Seely Hart, there are papers that appear to have formally been part of the files of the United States Navy Department. Most of the papers appear to be from files of recommendations received by the Navy on behalf of the applicants for midshipmen. The autographs are of James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Thomas Addis Emmet, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, Marquis de Lafayette, Oliver H. Perry, David Porter, Charles Stewart, and James Monroe. Additionally, there is a collection of various autographs of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, W. T. Sherman, Jared Sparks, and Daniel Webster.
| Folder 36 |
George Fox, 1798-1801 #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." Folder 36 |
| Folder 37 |
United States Navy Department, 1813-1839 #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." Folder 37 |
| Separated Folder SEP-3802/1 |
Collected letters, 1813-1839 #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." SEP-3802/1Includes letters from James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, Oliver H. Perry, James Monroe and Andrew Jackson. Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
| Folder 38 |
John Seely Hart, 1849-1851 #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." Folder 38 |
| Separated Folder SEP-3802/2 |
Collected letters, 1849-1850 #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." SEP-3802/2Includes letters from Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and William Cullen Bryant. Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
| Folder 39a |
Various autographs, 1777-1850 and undated #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." Folder 39a |
| Separated Folder SEP-3802/3 |
Collected letters, 1777-1782 and undated #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." SEP-3802/3Includes letters from Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, and Daniel Webster. Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
| Separated Folder SEP-3802/4 |
Collected detached autographs #03802, Series: "2. Collected Autograph Letters, 1777-1851 and undated." SEP-3802/4Includes tickets to Andrew Johnson's impeachment and autographs of John Quincy Adams, James Madison, Charles Stewart, and others. Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
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Series 3. Charlotte Marshall Bridge Property Papers, 1796-1909.
Arrangement: by subject.
This series contains deeds, titles and abstracts, receipts, agreements, correspondence, a Maine coast map and booklets, and other papers relating to the purchase, ownership, and sale of real estate and personal property. Also includes mounted clippings cointaining congressional proceedings, 1862-1868, in connection with Maine property purchased by Charlotte Bridge in the 1850s. There are also papers related to the Hamilton House property in Washington, D.C.
| Folder 39b |
Seavy's Island property, York County, Maine, 1796-1866 #03802, Series: "3. Charlotte Marshall Bridge Property Papers, 1796-1909." Folder 39bPurchased by Bridge circa 1850s. |
| Folder 39c |
Charlotte M. Bridge estate papers, 1904-1909 #03802, Series: "3. Charlotte Marshall Bridge Property Papers, 1796-1909." Folder 39c |
| Folder 39d |
Washington, D.C., property papers, 1855-1895 #03802, Series: "3. Charlotte Marshall Bridge Property Papers, 1796-1909." Folder 39dProperty papers of Bridge, including papers for the Hamilton House. |
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Series 4. Maurice Family Papers, 1796-1959 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological; undated material is arranged alphabetically by author.
This series consists of the papers of Charles F. Maurice; his son, Charles S. Maurice, and his wife, Charlotte (Holbrooke) Maurice, along with their children; Charlotte's mother Marian (Marshall) Holbrooke and aunt Charlotte (Marshall) Bridge. Letters and correspondence include those written by family and friends. Included are the estate papers of Charles S. Maurice which include wills, accounts, receipts, tax forms, and correspondence. There is also a significant amount of undated correspondence, including numerous letters from Marian Holbrooke to her son George.
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Series 5. Writings, Printed Materials, and Clippings, 1791-1862 and undated.
Arrangement: by subject.
This series chiefly contains manuscripts, prose, poems, and research materials on Benjamin Franklin written, gathered, and edited by George O. Holbrooke. The series also contains material related to Jekyll Island, Ga., including blueprints, pamphlets, clippings, and pictures; clippings, newspapers, and other printed materials.
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Series 6. Volumes, 1808-1952 and undated.
This series contains diaries, ledgers, account books, notebooks, and other materials related to the Maurice family. The items belong to Charles F. Maurice, Charles S. Maurice, Charlotte M. (Holbrooke) Maurice, George O. Holbrooke, and Marian B. Maurice. There are also other volumes belonging to related members of the family.
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Subseries 6.1. Charles F. Maurice, 1841-1879.
Arrangement: chronological.
This subseries contains the diaries and ledgers of Charles F. Maurice. The diaries, written from Perth Amboy, N.J., contain entries regarding his travels, business matters, a record of letters written, and home and family matters. The ledgers are chiefly account books related to school, business, and farm matters.
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Subseries 6.2. Charles S. Maurice, 1861-1927.
Arrangement: chronological.
This series contains the diaries of Charles S. Maurice. Diaries from 1861-1876 chiefly contain information about his travels, whom he saw, social engagements, and business memoranda. He was serving on the U. S. S. Ossipee in 1863, but the diary does not contain much information specific to the Civil War. There are some entries in 1863-1865 that are written in Latin. Diaries from 1882 through 1927 chiefly contain information about Maurice's travels, people he saw, cash accounts, and addresses.
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Subseries 6.3. Charlotte M. (Holbrooke) Maurice, 1863-1909 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological by type.
This subseries contains diaries, notebooks and and bank books of Charlotte M. (Holbrooke) Maurice, written from New York, Athens, Pa., and Jekyll Island, Ga. The diaries contain entries regarding social engagements, callers, church attendance, friends, illnesses, birthdays, recipes, and weather among other topics. Also includes records and menus of guests, probably for Jekyll Island.
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Subseries 6.4. George O. Holbrooke, 1853-1903 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
This subseries primarily consists of the diaries of George O. Holbrooke, chiefly covering his life at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1866-1873. Other items are checkbooks and notebooks containing a variety of topics including lectures on Christianity. Also included are notebooks on genealogy and a map of Billerica, Mass., 1853.
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Subseries 6.5. Marian B. Maurice Diaries, 1926-1952.
Arrangement: chronological.
The diaries contain entries which are two to five lines a day in length and discuss company, social outings and engagements, domestic and family activities, travel, illnesses, weather, and daily life.
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Subseries 6.6. Other Volumes, 1808-1899 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
This subseries contains chiefly account books, notebooks, and photograph albums connected to related families of the Maurice family. Included is an autograph album, circa 1869-1871, containing autographs of president Ulysses S. Grant along with members of his cabinet and several senators.
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Series 7. Addition of March 1970, 1793-1965 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
This addition primarily contains family and personal correspondence of the Perkins family of Connecticut, New York, and Athens, Pa., and their Eglin connections. The papers relate to the Maurice family in that Ethel Eglin married George H. Maurice in 1898.
The earliest item is dated 1762, and is a summons from Charles City County, Va., Peter vs. Eppes. Beginning in 1793 is the correspondence of Rebecca Huntington, daugher of Felix Huntinton (1749-1823) of Norwich, Conn., and her Perkins family relatives. Along with family letters are deeds of members of the Perkins family for land in New London County, Conn. The correspondence from the 1820s and 1830s primarily consists of letters between Rebecca Huntington, who moved to Ithaca, N.Y., around 1820, and other women in her family. The letters of the 1840s and 1850s are correspondence of Edward H. Perkins of Athens, Pa., and his family, chiefly his brothers and sisters in New York and the New England area. There are several letters from 1861-1863 that concern the Civil War, including some letters by Henry E. Alvord, lieutenant in the 2nd Mass. Calvary. Papers from 1866-1896 are scattered items related to Alvord, Perkins, and Eglin families. There are also scattered papers from 1901-1965 addressed to Henry W. T. and Patty Eglin in Lewinsville, Va., along with other letters. Also included are genealogical and biographical information, and information about the Jackson house in Lewinsville, Va.; an account book, circa 1778-1790, and an arithmetic book circa 1793-1796. Note that a new numbering sequence has been applied to this addition.
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Series 8. Addition of May 1995 (Acc. 95059), undated.
Photographs of Maurice family graves, family homes, and other buildings.
| Image Folder PF-3802/1 |
Photographs of Maurice family graves, family homes, and other buildings, undated #03802, Series: "8. Addition of May 1995 (Acc. 95059), undated." PF-3802/1 |
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2011
Updated: February 2020
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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