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
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.
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
John Tuttle and Arvilla Raplee Andrews papers, #3790. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
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
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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1856-1861 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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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
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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
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1862 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Photographs
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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
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Box 5 |
Muster Rolls: 179th N. Y. Volunteers, 1864-1865
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Box 5 |
John T. Andrews: College expenses and journal, 1861-January, 1863
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Box 5 |
John T. Andrews: Expenses and war journal, September 1864
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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
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Box 5 |
John T. Andrews, ...: November 25, 1864
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Box 5 |
John T. Andrews, ...: February 20, 1865
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Box 5 |
Union College Civil War Record, 1861-1865
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Box 5 |
Muster Rolls: 179th N. Y. Volunteers, 1864-1865
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