- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Hubbell, Walter, 1795-1845
- Title:
- Hubbell Family Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/gf06g2738
- Dates:
- 1788-1937
- Size:
- 158 boxes
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-158
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of correspondence, documents, a diary (1838), genealogies, documents, legal papers, financial records, and printed matter of the Hubbell family of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, a diary (1838), genealogies, documents, legal papers, financial records, and printed matter of the Hubbell family of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. The collection contains all the personal and professional papers of the Hubbells--mainly those of Walter Hubbell (1795-1845), his brother, Levi Hubbell (1807-1876), and Walter's son, Walter Seymour Hubbell (1823-1892), all lawyers--including New York State Supreme Court records, legal cases involving the Hubbells, legal reference volumes, wills, deeds, diplomas, indentures, land agreements, legal notebooks, records of the Canandaigua Academy, bills, receipts, account books, and property maps. In addition, there is material on the family of Eliza Maria Phelps Hubbell (1798-1839).
- Arrangement
Arranged in the following order: correspondence (both personal and business), personal papers (diaries, genealogies, journals), correspondence and official papers of both the Canandaigua Academy and the Ontario Female Seminary, miscellaneous financial papers (stocks, insurance policies, cancelled checks), business and legal papers relating to the Hubbell's various law firms, and printed matter (court calendars, legal briefs, court records).
- Collection Creator Biography:
Hubbell, Walter, 1795-1845
A graduate of Union College (Class of 1814), Walter Hubbell entered the law office of N. W. Howell and John Greig of Canandaigua, N.Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1817 and continued to practice his profession till his death.
A graduate of Union College (Class of 1827), Levi Hubbell practiced law with his brother, Walter, served in the New York State legislature, and became a judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Walter Seymour Hubbell also practiced law in Canadaigua, New York.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The Hubbell Papers were acquired by the Princeton University Library in 1946 as the bequest of Stewart Brooks Hubbell of the Class of 1907 (d.1944). (AM 13171)
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory for Boxes 1-20 added by Hilde Creager '2015 in 2012. Folder inventory for Boxes 21-60 added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
During 2022, restrictions on original Ancil Beach letters where researchers were required to use surrogates were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Hubbell Family Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/gf06g2738
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 1-158
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Fathers and sons -- New York (State) -- Canandaigua -- 19th century.
Law -- New York (State) -- History and Criticism. - Genre Terms:
- Deeds.
Diaries.
Family papers.
Lawyers.
Legal correspondence.
Legal documents.
Wills. - Names:
- Canandaigua Academy (Canandaigua, N.Y.)
New York State, Supreme court
Hubbell family
Phelps family
Hubbell, Levi, 1807-1876
Hubbell, Walter Seymour, 1823-1892 - Places:
- Canandaigua (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.
Canandaigua (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Ontario County (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources.
