Guide to the Lathrop Family Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
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
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
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Cite As
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.
Description of the Collection
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.
Access Terms
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.
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Albany Orphan Asylum - miscellaneous documents, 1830-1833
Box 1, Folder 2
Fenn, James - extract of his will (2 different manuscript
copies)
Box 1, Folder 4
Genealogy- notes and clippings
Hewes, Anna Maria Lathrop
Box 1, Folder 5
In Memoriam - Anne Lathrop Hewes, 1893
Box 1, Folder 5
Resolution of the death of Mrs. D. Hewes, passed by the Golden Gate
Kindergarten Association
Box 1, Folder 6
Bank book, 1894-1895; Insurance accounts, 1908-1915
Box 1, Folder 7
Memorial Services program, 1914
Box 1, Folder 8
Lathrop, Daniel S. - In Memoriam, ca. 1883
Box 1, Folder 9
Lathrop, Delos - misc. estate papers, 1835
Box 1, Folder 10
Appointment as fireman, 1826
Box 1, Folder 11
Bills, notes, receipts, etc., 1833-1849
Box 1, Folder 12
Legal documents, 1823-1835
Box 1, Folder 13
Letters to Jane Ann Lathrop, 1836
Box 1, Folder 14
Letters from Elijah Huntington, 1830
Box 1, Folder 15
Letters from Elijah Huntington, 1831
Box 1, Folder 16
Letters from Elijah Huntington, 1832
Box 1, Folder 17
Letters from Lathrop family members, 1824-1852
Box 1, Folder 18
Letters from others, 1820-1855
Box 1, Folder 19
Lathrop, Jane A. - Memorial, 1885
Lathrop family, miscellaneous letters and documents
Box 1, Folder 20
E.S. Barrows, Oswego, NY, to "the engraver, Albany, NY" re instructions
for design for county medical association, 1829
Box 1, Folder 20
Letter to W. Lathrop with condolences on death of his father, 1855 Apr.
20
Box 1, Folder 20
Epitaph for unnamed person with bill on reverse, 1824 May
17
Box 1, Folder 20
Misc. accounts, 1818-1823
Box 1, Folder 20
Insurance Receipt: D. Lathrop Estate, 1880
Box 1, Folder 20
Biographical information on Ariel Lathrop
Appointment as Sergeant at Arms, New York Assembly
Box 1, Folder 21
Ptd. D.S. Daniel Shields' application for Sgt. at Arms N.Y. House of
Assembly (2 copies) and a handwritten current copy, 1824 Nov.
Box 1, Folder 21
Ptd. letter Clarkson Crolius recommending Shields to Assembly, 1825
Nov. 12
Box 1, Folder 21
Ptd. D. Daniel Shields' application for Sgt. at Arms N.Y. House of
Assembly, 1825 Nov. 12 (2 copies)
Box 1, Folder 22
Estate, Certificate and appraisal of personal effects, 1835 Oct.
17
Box 1, Folder 24
A.L.S. David Forman to Shields, mentions package of letters received
from Col. Willit - gives partial list, an extract of Lafayette letter and copy
of Geo. Washington letter, 1828, Jan 30.
Box 1, Folder 24
A.L.S. Ambrose Spencer to D.S. can't get cadet appointment for son,
1830 Mar. 20
Military service and pension - documents and letters
Box 1, Folder 25
Affidavit by Henry R. Teller, 1810
Box 1, Folder 25
Affidavit by Shields re his service, 1821
Box 1, Folder 25
A.L.S. John W. Taylor to S. Southwick Shield's pension, 1824 May
25
Box 1, Folder 25
A.L.S. DeWitt Clinton to Gen. Q. Smith introducing Shields and
recommending him for position in the Custom House, 1824 Aug. 7
Box 1, Folder 25
A.L.S. Nathan Sanford to Shields re pension bill, 1826 Apr.
21
Box 1, Folder 25
Ptd. L.S. Richard Rush to D.S. re: claim request received, 1828 June
27
Box 1, Folder 25
Ptd. L.S. Richard Rush to D.S. re: claim granted, 1828 July
24
Box 1, Folder 25
Ptd. L.S. W.C. Clark to D.S. enclosing draft for $40, 1828 Oct.
23
Box 1, Folder 25
Ptd. L.S. ___ to D.S. enclosing draft for $40, 1833 Mar. 16
Box 1, Folder 25
Ptd. circular letter, F.B. Taney re: halfyearly payments of pensions,
1834 June 19
Box 1, Folder 25
Ptd. circ. letter, J.L. Edwards to D.S. re: pension payments, 1835 Aug.
5
Military service pension - copies of documents prepared for Jane L.
Stanford
Box 1, Folder 26
A.L.S. G. Washington Ball to J.L.S. tracing service of Daniel Shields,
1892 May 28 and 1893 Jan. 23
Box 1, Folder 26
Statement from Bureau of Pensions, 1892
Box 1, Folder 26
Copies of documents re Daniel Shields
Box 1, Folder 26
D.A.R. Application partially completed.
Box 1, Folder 27
An Act to incorporate St. Andrew's Society, 1807 Mar. 27
Box 1, Folder 27
Bond with Cornelius Miller, 1813 Dec. 4
Box 1, Folder 27
Bond as guardian of Alexander Shields, 1825 Sept.
Box 1, Folder 27
Bond with Eli Berry & Dyer Lathrop, 1835 May 11
Box 1, Folder 27
Notes and receipts, 1814-1824
Shields, Elizabeth - miscellaneous papers
Box 1, Folder 28
A.L.S. Elizabeth Hoyt re family news and marriage of Jane Lathrop to
Leland Stanford, 1850 Sept. 23
Box 1, Folder 28
A.L.S. Mary Mott re news of family and friends, 1856 Apr. 6
Box 1, Folder 28
Ptd. letter Samuel H. Marks to Elizabeth Shields, pension, 1858 June
8
Box 1, Folder 28
Ptd. letter S.H. Marks to Elizabeth Shields failure of pension bill,
1858 July 6
Box 1, Folder 28
Death notice Elizabeth Shields, 1867
