Gurdon S. Hubbard papers

  • Creator Names Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall, 1802-1886.
  • Title Gurdon S. Hubbard papers [manuscript], 1818-1907.
  • Physical description 5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 7 unboxed v.)
  • Collection summary
    • Correspondence, real estate papers, cash book and ledgers, personal writings and speeches, scrapbooks and autograph books, and memorials of Gurdon S. Hubbard, a Chicago fur trader, meat packer, shipper, and real estate speculator. The correspondence mainly relates to fur trade and real estate transactions but also includes personal letters concerning family matters. Hubbard's personal writings include a collection of reflections on his first year as a fur trader (1818). An itemized inventory of the collection is located in box 1.
    • The letters (approx. 100 items) are primarily those of Hubbard to his mother, 1818-1830; his correspondence with E. A. and Samuel Russell of Middletown, Conn., chiefly 1836-1842, about their real estate investments with Hubbard as their agent; and with Arthur Bronson, 1838-1840.
    • One volume contains autographs of friends at a celebration on Nov. 9, 1868, of Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon S. Hubbard's 25th wedding anniversary and the 50th anniversary of Mr. Hubbard's arrival in Chicago. Guests, many of whom were early Chicagoans, signed with the year of their own arrival in Chicago. Mrs. Gurdon Hubbard was named Mary Ann Hubbard.
    • Collection includes a folder filed under Mary Ann Hubbard's name.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include Mrs. Hubbard's published reminiscences named: Family memories; and a scrapbook that she compiled, both cataloged separately.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Henry R. Hamilton (M1933.0020 and M1935.0031).
  • Names
    • Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall, 1802-1886 Archives.
    • Hubbard, Mary Ann, 1820-1909.
    • American Fur Company.
    • Hubbard, Mary Ann, 1820-1909.
  • Subjects
    • Families Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Fur trade Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Meat industry and trade Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Real estate investment Illinois Chicago 19th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Commerce 19th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Population 19th century.
  • Genre
    • Account books. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Ledgers. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.