Mrs. Lyman B. Peet Papers
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of postal cards from J. Goldsbury, Land and Collection Agent in Davenport, Iowa to Mrs. Hannah Louisa Peet of West Haven, Connecticut pertaining to property her husband owned in Davenport. The handwriting is difficult to read and the donor sent transcriptions of them as well as the originals.
Content is mainly of a business nature, referring to potential sale, possible tenants, improvements, and money matters.
The accrual received includes a 1985 published biographical booklet about Rev. Lyman B. Peet and his family as well as two handwritten letters from 1870 and 1872 discussing concerns over mortgage papers. The handwriting is difficult to decipher.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1870-1883
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Mrs. L.B. Peet was Hannah Louisa Plimpton, second wife and widow of Rev. Lyman Burt Peet (1809-1878). He was a Congregational missionary in Siam during 1839-1849 then was one of the first missionaries allowed into China in 1949. When he retired from FuChow in 1871, they returned to Connecticut to live.
The lot in question is described as follows: parts of Lots 9 and 10 in Block 61 of Le Claire's Second Addition. The street address was 107 East Second Street. The property was obtained at a Sheriff's sale in November 1872 according to Scott County, Iowa Deed Book 30 Town Lots page 470. A three-story brick building sat on the lots.
James Goldsbury was a land agent in Davenport who apparently handled affairs for the Peets. The postcards are correspondence sent from him to Mrs. Rev. Peet after her husband's death regarding the property.
The property was sold by Mrs. Peet in November 1883 to Holbrook & Co. The firm had been tenants in the building for quite some time.
In 1885 the widow remarried Rev. Charles N. Hartwell and they returned to China to continue missionary work. Mrs. Hartwell died there in 1908.
Extent
3 Folder(s) ( sharing one letter size archival box.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Range 33 Section 03; shares box
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository
321 Main Street
Davenport IA 52801-1490 United States
specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com