1852-1856 Autograph Album of Hattie, Presumably of Hanover, New Hampshire

1852-1856 autograph album that belonged to a Hattie, who may have lived at Hanover, New Hampshire, where the majority of well wishers inscribed their pages.

She may have been Hattie Hubbard.  The first page in the album was inscribed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on August 23, 1852, by B. Silliman, Sr.  He was presumably professor Benjamin Silliman, Sr., of Yale College, whose daughter, Faith Wadsworth Silliman, married her father's assistant, Oliver Payson Hubbard, who became a professor at Dartmouth College at Hanover, New Hampshire.  The couple had at least two daughters, Harriet Trumbull Hubbard, born about 1838, and Henrietta Whitney Hubbard, born about 1840.

The album measures approximately 7-3/4" x 6-1/4" and contains the sentiments of 37 of Hattie's friends.  An alphabetical surname list and an alphabetical list of the signers, together with any personal information they offered, appear at the end of this post.

The album is a fancy one, published by J. C. Riker of New York, with engravings scattered throughout.

Several people with the surname Stowe signed pages in the album, including an H. B. Stowe, who may have been Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Her signature does resemble the authenticated signature below.  Alternatively [thanks to a reader - see comments], this could be the autograph of Harriet (Beecher) Stowe's daughter Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in 1836.

Abby A. Judson inscribed a page at Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 1, 1855.  She was presumably the Abby A. Judson who was the daughter of Adoniram Judson, missionary to Burma, and his second wife Sarah (Hall) Judson.  Abby became a noted spiritualist.

If you have a theory as to Hattie's identity based on the list of signers, or if you have information on any of the signers listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

Surname list

?     [16]
Blaisdell     [2]
Coit
Colburn
Grafton
Hawley
Judson
Lee
Lincoln
Macy
Mitchell
Read
Silliman
Stowe     [3]
Thompson
Torricelli
Webster
Whitman
Woolsey     [2]

Signers in the album     [Note: Given names within a specific surname may not be in alphabetical order.]

?

• Hattie, album owner.  Possibly Harriet Trumbull Hubbard, daughter of Oliver Payson Hubbard and Faith Wadsworth (Silliman)
• Facing pages signed by L.D.W.
• Louise A., signed on October 23, 1852
• Very faint. First name possibly Hattie. Signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 1, 1855. Surname possibly Moore or Mooers or Moores.
• B. S. C., signed at New Haven, Connecticut, on Octobet 28, 1852
• "Lou"
• Jule or Jules
• Hennie E. H. or Hennie E. K., signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 30, 1855
• Ruth L. H., signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 1, 1855
• Lucy M. C., signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 30, 1853
• Bessie
• Mattie, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 22, 1854
• Mollie B., signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 25, 1854
• Katie G., signed on January 23, 1855
• Sophia, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 2, 1855
• Laura F. E. at Hanover, New Hampshire, on March 27, 1855; inscribed two facing pages

B

• Hattie Blaisdell of Boston, Massachusetts
• S. F. Blaisdell, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on March 30, 1855

C

• Lizzie B. Coit, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 22, 1854
• H. A. Colburn, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 2, 1852

G

• Annie G. Grafton, signed on September 27, 1855

H

• H. Augusta Hawley, signed on September 24, 1852

J

• Abby A. Judson, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 1, 1855. Presumably the Abbie A. Judson who was born in Burma in 1835, the daughter of missionary Adoniram Judson and his second wife Sarah (Hall) Boardman Judson. Abby became a noted spiritualist.

L

• Nellie Lee, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 18, 1856. Not sure if Lee is a middle name or surname.
• Nellie M. Lincoln, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 1, 1855

M

• E. A. Macy, signed on September 29, 1854
• Nellie C. Mitchell, signed at Hudson [no state written] on October 3, 1854

R

• Addie Read, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 29, 1852

S

• B. Silliman, Sr., signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on August 23, 1852. Presumably Professor Benjamin Silliman, Sr.; Hattie may have been his grandchild Harriet Trumbull Hubbard.
• H. B. Stowe. Could this be Harriet Beecher Stowe?
• George Stowe, Esq. of Andover, Massachusetts
• Name might possibly be Willie Stow or Stowe, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on September 28, 1852. The first letter in the given name looks more like an O, and one of the l's could be a k.

T

• Willia Thompson; given name could be Willie or William without last letter.
• John Baptist Torricelli, signed at Hanover, New Hampshire, on January 27, 1853. His naturalization document of 1856 lists the names of Oliver Hubbard and Ira Young of Hanover, New Hampshire

W

• H. Stuart Webster, signed at New York on November 1, 1852.
• Bessie L. Whitman, signed on August 17, 1852
• Dora Woolsey
• Jenny A. Woolsey, signed at Convent de St. Foi. Not sure of "Jenny" and not sure of "Convent"

Hanover, New Hampshire

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