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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Sampling of the Sturgis Letters |
| Reference | L556 |
| Library | Boston Athenaeum |
| Collection | Correspondence of Russell and Mary G Sturgis |
| Date | 1991 |
| Author / Creator | Rood, Margaret Suter |
| Description | A detailed guide to the Sturgis letters by Margaret Suter Rood, with transcripted excerpts and a finding aid at the end. Also included are transcripts of later letters between Russell Sturgis and his children, and letters written following Mary's death in 1837. |
| Document Type | Correspondence, Notebook, Scrapbook |
| Theme(s) | Social Life; Trade and Commerce |
| Keywords | news, family, friends, society, household, domestic, travel, children, health, business, coolie, ship, voyage, church, religion, merchant, disease, factory, trade, society, marriage, textiles, weather, comprador, chinoiserie, hong, school, education, prices, vessel, sea, tea, customs, supercargo, book, death |
| Countries | China; USA; Philippines; Indonesia; India |
| Places | Huangpu; London |
| Ports | Guangzhou, China; Macau, China; Salem, USA; Boston, USA; Manila, Philippines; Jakarta, Indonesia; New York, USA; Kolkata, India |
| Company | Russell, Sturgis & Company; Russell and Company; Baring Brothers |
| Ships | Girard, Duncan, Omega, Horatio, Hope, Clemitis, Beta, Sylph, Duxbury, Omega, Levant, Governor Endicott, Naples |
| People | Thomas Handasyd Perkins; Samuel Cabot Jr; Samuel Cabot III; Joseph Coolidge; James Perkins Sturgis; Henry Parkman Sturgis; Lord Napier; John Murray Forbes; Thomas Tunno Forbes; John Murray Forbes; Samuel Parkman Sturgis; George Sturgis |
| Additional Information |
Nathaniel Russell Sturgis (born in 1805 in Boston) practised law in the early years of his career, and journeyed to Canton in 1833 to join the family firm of Russell, Sturgis and Co. He retired from the business in 1844, travelling home to Boston, but soon decided to go back to China. While waiting in London for a passage, he was persuaded to join the bank of Baring Brothers, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was married three times. Firstly to Lucy Lyman Paine, who died four months into the marriage. Secondly, to Mary Greene Hubbard, who died in Manila in 1837; they had four children - Russell, Lucy, John Hubbard, and Mary (who died soon after her mother). Thirdly, to Julia Overing Boit, with whom he had four more children - Julian Russell, Henry, Mary Greene, and Howard Overing. |
| Copyright | Boston Athenaeum |
