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Call Number: SC0536
Creator:
Lathrop family.
Title: Lathrop family papers
Dates: 1807-1955
Physical Description:
0.5 linear foot
Summary: These papers pertain to the Lathrop family, in particular Dyer
Lathrop and Daniel Shields. Dyer Lathrop's papers, 1820-1849, pertain largely to his
business affairs and include letters, bills, notes, and receipts, including accounts
with the Spring Street Mission House, 1828-1833. Daniel Shields' papers,1807-1835,
largely concern his pension as a Revolutionary soldier and his appointment as Sergeant
at Arms for the New York Assembly; other items include a ledger and an appraisal of his
estate. Other papers of note in the collection include a list of donations to the Albany
Orphan Asylum, 1833; insurance accounts of Charles Lathrop, 1908-1915; and a letter to
Elizabeth Shields, Sept. 23, 1850, that mentions the wedding of Jane Lathrop and Leland
Stanford.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Lathrop Family Papers (SC0536). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Jane Lathrop Stanford, wife of Leland Stanford and co-founder of Stanford University,
was the daughter of Dyer Lathrop and Jane Ann Shields Lathrop. Dyer Lathrop was a
wholesale and retail merchant in Albany, New York, and one of the founders of the Albany
Orphan Asylum. Her maternal grandfather, Daniel Shields, was a Revolutionary War soldier
and later served as the Sergeant at Arms for the New York Assembly. Jane L. Stanford's
siblings included Anna Maria Lathrop Hewes, wife of David Hewes, San Francisco
businessman; Charles Lathrop, business manager for Jane Stanford and the University; and
Daniel Shields Lathrop.
These papers pertain to the Lathrop family, in particular Dyer Lathrop and Daniel
Shields. Dyer Lathrop's papers, 1820-1849, pertain largely to his business affairs and
include letters, bills, notes, and receipts, including accounts with the Spring Street
Mission House, 1828-1833. Daniel Shields' papers,1807-1835, largely concern his pension
as a Revolutionary soldier and his appointment as Sergeant at Arms for the New York
Assembly; other items include a ledger and an appraisal of his estate. Other papers of
note in the collection include a list of donations to the Albany Orphan Asylum, 1833;
insurance accounts of Charles Lathrop, 1908-1915; and a letter to Elizabeth Shields,
Sept. 23, 1850, that mentions the wedding of Jane Lathrop and Leland Stanford.
Albany Orphan Asylum.
Lathrop family.
Lathrop, Charles G. (Charles Gardner),
1849-1914.
Lathrop, Dyer, 1787-1855.
Shields, Daniel.
Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905.
Stanford, Leland, 1868-1884.
New York (State) --History --19th century.
Pensions, Military --United States --Revolution,
1775-1783.