John Tuttle and Arvilla Raplee Andrews papers, 1843-1982.
Collection Number: 3790

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
John Tuttle and Arvilla Raplee Andrews papers, 1843-1982.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3790
Abstract:
Correspondence (1856-88) of John Andrews, Arvilla Raplee, friends, and relatives, including Civil War letters of Andrews. Also, military records, Civil War diaries, and other papers.
Creator:
Andrews, John Tuttle, II, 1842-1916.
Mintwood, Minnie.
Quanitities:
2.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

John T. Andrews was born on March 9, 1842 in Reading, New York. He attended Alfred University and Union College, from which he graduated in 1864. In August 1864 he enlisted in Company D of the 179th Regiment of the New York Volunteers and served until June 23, 1865. In 1866 he married Arvilla Raplee. Andrews worked in the furniture and undertaking business in Dundee, New York, studied law in Penn Yan, New York with B.W. Franklin, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In 1873 he began manufacturing paper. In 1881 he was elected to the Assembly from Yates County, and from 1890-1894 he was postmaster at Penn Yan.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence (1856-88) of John Andrews, Arvilla Raplee, friends, and relatives, including Civil War letters of Andrews, with a series from "Em" in March 1865 concerning a pregnancy she terminated, letters of Byron L. Sawyer of the 39th Illinois Volunteers, and of Charles E. Stamp, who died in the Battle of South Mountain; letters (1899-1911) from the couple to their son, Charles Tubbs Andrews; and letters written by Mary E. Wager, who contributed to the Rural New Yorker under the pseudonym "Minnie Mintwood." Also, records of the 179th Regiment, New York Volunteers, in which Andrews served with the rank of Captain, including military orders, pay department receipts, muster rolls, assignments of equipment, insignia, and other items; a manuscript oration that John delivered at the "Decoration of Soldiers' Graves" (Penn Yan, 1870); and newspaper clippings (ca. 1860-65) concerning the war. Also, manuscript genealogies and photographs of portraits of John and Arvilla. Correspondentss include Andrews' uncle, John Tuttle Andrews I, and Edwin C., Emma, Ettie, Homer, Lucinda, and Mollie Andrews; Frank M. Booth; Theodore H. Bryant; Frank M. Clark; Lizzie Conderman; Emma Currier; Frank Eaton; Libbie Ellis; "Mate" (Mary) Gifford; Stephen F. Griffeth; Frank Ideson; Mollie A. Langworthy; Edward P. Magoun; Ira Raplee; Simon L. Rood; Andrew H. Stamp; John R. and Libbie Taylor; Zelima Treman; Charles Tubbs; Philip Taylor Vanzile; Annie M. Washburn; W.E. Wisner; and C.D. Wood.
Includes six Civil War diaries of John Tuttle Andrews, concerning enlistment, recruitment, Petersburg battles, soldiers' desertion, trials, and executions, African-American soldiers' participation, the end of the War and Lincoln's assassination, and his mustering out in 1865.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

John Tuttle and Arvilla Raplee Andrews papers, #3790. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Andrews, Arvilla Raplee, 1843-1902.
Andrews, Charles Tubbs.
Andrews, Edwin C.
Andrews, Emma.
Andrews, Ettie.
Andrews, Homer.
Andrews, John Tuttle, I.
Andrews, Lucinda.
Andrews, Mollie.
Booth, Frank M.
Bryant, Theodore H.
Clark, Frank M.
Conderman, Lizzie.
Currier, Emma.
Eaton, Frank.
Ellis, Libbie.
Gifford, Mary.
Griffeth, Stephen F.
Ideson, Frank.
Langworthy, Mollie A.
Magoun, Edward P.
Raplee, Ira.
Rood, Simon L.
Sawyer, Byron L.
Stamp, Andrew H.
Stamp, Charles E.
Taylor, John R., 1944-
Taylor, Libbie.
Treman, Zelima.
Tubbs, Charles.
Vanzile, Philip Taylor.
Wager, Mary E.
Washburn, Annie M.
Wisner, W.E.
Wood, C.D.
United States. Army. New York Volunteers, 179th. Company D
United States. Army. Illinois Volunteers, 39th
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly -- : Officials and employees.
Places:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Subjects:
Lawyers.
Unwanted pregnancy.
Abortion.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Speeches.
Photographs.
Genealogies.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence
1856-1861
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence
Jan.-Aug. 1862
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence
Sept.-Dec. 1862
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence
Jan.-May 1863
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence
June-Sept. 1863
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence
Oct.-Dec. 1863
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence
Jan.-May 1864
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence
June-Oct. 1864
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence
Nov.-Dec. 1864
Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence
Jan. 1865
Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence
Feb.-Apr. 1865
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence
May-Dec. 1865
Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence
Jan.-Feb. 1866
Box 2 Folder 2
Correspondence
Mar.-Dec. 1866
Box 2 Folder 3
Correspondence
1867-1868
Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence
Jan.-Apr. 1869
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence
May-Dec. 1869
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence
1870-1871
Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence
1874-1875
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence
1899-1900
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence
Jan.-Mar. 1901
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence
Apr.-Dec. 1901
Box 2 Folder 11
Correspondence
1902
Box 2 Folder 12
Correspondence
1903
Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence
1904
Box 2 Folder 14
Correspondence
1908-1911
Box 2 Folder 15
Correspondence
n.d.
Box 3 Folder 1
Misc. correspondence
1865-1874
Box 3 Folder 2
Military
1863, Jan.-Aug. 1864
Box 3 Folder 3
Military
Sept. 1864
Box 3 Folder 4
Military
Oct.-Nov. 1864
Box 3 Folder 5
Military
Dec. 1864
Box 3 Folder 6
Military
Jan.-Feb. 1865
Box 3 Folder 7
Military
Mar.-May 1865
Box 3 Folder 8
Military
June-Dec. 1865
Box 3 Folder 9
Military
1864-1865
Box 3 Folder 10
Oration
May 30, 1870
Box 3 Folder 11
Mary E. Wager
1862
Box 3 Folder 12
Photographs
Box 3 Folder 13
Newspaper clippings
1860-1865
Box 3 Folder 14
Military insignia
Box 4
Unprocessed material: Walkerbilt Woodwork, Inc.: invoices; muster rolls, 179th N.Y. Volunteers, Civil War; genealogy; real estate related miscellany; family documents; Keuka Lake Shore Property Owners Association files
Box 5
Muster Rolls: 179th N. Y. Volunteers, 1864-1865
Box 5
John T. Andrews: College expenses and journal, 1861-January, 1863
Box 5
John T. Andrews: Expenses and war journal, September 1864
Box 5
John T. Andrews, A. B., 1st Lieut. Co. "D" 179th N. Y. V. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps., Army of the Potomac: war journal, November 1st, 1864
Box 5
John T. Andrews, ...: November 25, 1864
Box 5
John T. Andrews, ...: February 20, 1865
Box 5
Union College Civil War Record, 1861-1865
Box 5
Muster Rolls: 179th N. Y. Volunteers, 1864-1865