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Julia Lippitt Mauran Family Papers Family, of Cranston, R.I. Papers, 1707-1958. Bulk, 1776-1949. Size: 2 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 1062 Processed by: Rick Stattler, November 2000 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
Christopher Lippitt (1744-1824) was a Revolutionary War officer who engaged in farming after the war. The family had owned Lippitt Hill in the Hope neighborhood of Cranston since 1715. In 1805, Lippitt built the house still known today as Lippitt Hill Farm, which remained in the family for five generations. Lippitt's brother Charles was a Providence merchant. In 1809, Christopher and Charles organized the Lippitt Manufacturing Company, which operateda cotton mill in Warwick, R.I. The company grew into a major cotton manufacturer during the 19th century, with several succeeding generations becoming involved in its operations and administration, and inheriting the benefits of its financial legacy. The original Lippitt Mill building still stands in Lippitt Village in what is now West Warwick. Christopher married Waity Harris (1755-1836) in 1777, and had the following children:
1. Susanna (1778-1818)
2. son (1779-1779)
3. son (1781-1781)
4. son (1782-1782)
5. Christopher Jr. (1783- )
6. Waity (1784- )
7. daughter (1785-1785)
8. William (1786-1872)
9. Joseph (1790- ), settled in Ohio.
10. son (1793-1793)
11. Mary (1795- )
12. Benjamin (1797-1803)
William Lippitt (1786-1872) married Rhoby Sheldon (1793-1865), and inherited an active role in Lippitt Mill. He and Rhoby had twelve children, as follows:
1) Levi (1809-1810)
2) Waity H. (1811- 1893) m. Thomas D. Babcock
3) William Jr. (1814-1814)
4) Wellington (1815-1826)
5) Mary (1818-1838)
6) Eliza (1820- )
7) John (1823-1879), m. Elizabeth Angell
8) Christopher (1825- )
9) Clinton (1827-1828)
10) Julia (1829-1907)
11) Sarah W. (1832-1911) m. John T. Mauran (1826-1882)
12) Byron (1835-1836)
John T. and Sarah W. (Lippitt) Mauran had at least four children, as follows:
1) Julia Lippitt "Tutie" Mauran (1860-1949), never married
2) William L. Mauran (1864-1942) m. Mary L. Lewis (1877-1958).
[Son William L. Mauran Jr. (1910-1984) m. Grace R. (Ellis) Amundson (1916-1999)]
3) John T. Mauran (1866-1932) m. Harriet Martin (1870-1950)
4) Max Mauran (1868-1928)
Bibliography:
Flynn, Robin P. "Guide to the Lippitt Family Papers in the Manuscript Collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society," March 2000.
"Julia Lippitt Mauran: Crusty Old Farmer," Providence Journal-Bulletin, March 26, 1997.
Rhode Island Cemetery Database
Scope and content:
These papers of the Lippitt-Mauran family consist mostly of the personal papers of Julia Lippitt Mauran (1860-1949), who inherited Lippitt Hill Farm and took an active interest in its operation as a working farm through her death. Her primary interests were gardening and travel, and she was very active in the Handicraft Club, the Society for Colonial Dames, and many other organizations. Her papers are of interest mainly for their documentation of her farming activities, including detailed reports on many of her employees. Her correspondence files include letters from friends, family members and contractors. Of particular interest are a letter from Gov. Ambrose Burnside circa 1877; and an 1880 letter from her brother describing the opening of the Providence Grays' baseball season.
Also included in this collection are papers of Julia's mother Sarah (Lippitt) Mauran; her grandfather William Lippitt; her great-grandfather Christopher Lippitt; and other family members. Christopher Lippitt's papers are undoubtedly of the greatest significance in this collection. They include twelve original documents related to his Revolutionary War service, including a letter from Gov. William Greene ordering him to call up the militia in defense of Newport in 1778. Also of interest are a long series of letters from his son Joseph describing life on the Ohio frontier, 1814-1823.
Among the miscellaneous family papers are: a folder of correspondence of John Lippitt, who served as a judge in Hawaii in the 1840s; and an unsigned anti-Dorrite poem "wrote by a native of Rhode Island A.D. 1842."
Related collections at the R.I.H.S. include: John D. Lewis Manufacturing Company Records (Mss 534), re the father-in-law of William L. Mauran Sr.; Harriet S. (Watson) Lewis Diaries (Mss 535), the sister-in-law of William L. Mauran; the Lippitt Family Papers (Mss 538), including papers of Col. Christopher Lippitt and the descendants of his nephew Warren Lippitt. The Providence County Garden Club Records (Mss 639) and the Handicraft Club Records (Mss 477) contain information about Julia Lippitt Mauran.
Provenance:
These papers apparently passed from Julia Lippitt Mauran to her nephew William L. Mauran Jr. (1910-1984), who inherited Lippitt Hill Farm from her in 1949. William L. Mauran Jr. was survived by his wife Grace (Ellis) (Amundson) Mauran (1916-1999), who sold the house, farm and its contents to Alma Felix Green in xxxx. Ms. Green placed the papers on deposit at the Rhode Island Historical Society in 2000.
Processing note:
Inventory:
Subgroup 1: Christopher Lippitt
Bills paid, 1820-1823
Correspondence:
1766, from Holden Rice in Surinam
1811, from William Taylor to John Lippitt re Christopher's Ohio account
1814-1816, from son Joseph in Ohio
1817-1819, from son Joseph in Ohio
1820-1823, from Joseph; from George Benson; and to Erastus Otis.
Poems and compositions:
"Lucky Traveler" (undated, unsigned poem)
"Mager Andrews" (undated, unsigned poem)
"The Fine Painted Wall" and "The Rising Sun" (undated, unsigned poems)
"Sedition" (unsigned poem, 1807)
Essay on prophesies in scriptures, 1823 (attributed to Lippitt)
Revolutionary War: Cover of "Minnit Book 1775" (empty)
Revolutionary War documents:
1776/09/15 Account of clothing bills from each company
1777/05/11 General Assembly order to pay officers of Lippitt's regiment
[1778]/07/26Letter from Gov. William Greene to Gen. Lippitt, summoning militia
1780/07/28 R.I. Council of War resolution re pay of delinquent troops
1780/08/01 R.I. Council of War resolution re pay of delinquent troops (not identical)
1780/08/10 R.I. Council of War resolution re pay abstracts
1780/07-08 Pay abstract for Lippitt's brigade, July and August 1780
1783/12/31 Bill from Lippitt to State of Rhode Island for services in 1776 and 1777
undated Estimate of troop strength of each R.I. militia regiment
undated List of troops in Capt. Mumford's Company of Light Horse
undated Guard's report of prisoners held at Butts Hill, August 27 ---.
undated Memoranda re pay of troops, on reverse of broadside dated 9/16/1776
Miscellaneous:
1779/09/30 Inventory of Lippitt's rateable estate in Cranston
1793/01/29 Patent for Ohio land
1802/10/27 Receipt for Lippitt's gift of flag for the Cranston militia
1808 Inventory of Ohio lands, by Rufus Putnam
1808/04 Inventory of goods brought to son William's house
after 1818 Family record of children of Christopher Lippitt, 1777-1818
Typed transcriptions of letters from Joseph Lippitt to Christopher Lippitt
Miscellaneous photostats and transcriptions:
Apprenticeship indenture of Eliphalet Collins to Christopher Lippitt, 1809 (photostat)
Will and probate of Christopher Lippitt, 1821-1824 (photostat)
Several other typescripts of documents appearing above
Subgroup 2: William Lippitt
Correspondence, 1819-1846:
1819/01/24 From father Christopher Lippitt
1819/02/06 From father Christopher Lippitt
1819/03/14 From father Christopher Lippitt
1820/12/01 From William F. Megee
1826/04/02 From mother Wait Lippitt
1838/04/24 From brother ---, re mother's estate and pension claims
1845/08/18 From cousin Christopher Lippitt Jr.
1846/10/06 From D.D. Babcock
undated From Cornelia ---
Deeds, 1820-1857
Loose accounts, 1809-1819
Loose accounts, 1820-1824
Loose accounts, 1825-1829
Loose accounts, 1830-1834
Loose accounts, 1835-1839
Loose accounts, 1840-1844
Loose accounts, Christopher Lippitt estate, 1824-1839
Loose accounts, William Knight estate, 1838-1840
Miscellaneous, 1786-1866:
1786/11/21 Birth record
1809/01/01 Marriage record
1825/10/19 Certificate in the R.I. Society for Encouragement of Domestic Industry
1831/09/14 Circular from Anti-Masonic convention
1834/03/25 Circular to "Freemen of Rhode Island," opposing President Jackson
circa 1836 Record of children of William Lippitt, 1809-1836
1842 Memorandum of hay cut
1842 "Sketch of the Various Complaints I Have Been Doctored For," 1786-1842
1843/01/17 List of tenants at Lippitt Village, arranged by Dorr and King supporters
1845/10/07 Bequest to daughter Wait
1849/05/18 Report from directors of Providence & Worcester Railroad
1865/08/26 Letter of administration re Roby Lippitt estate
1866/09/11 Tax receipt for carriage and pianoforte
Miscellaneous photostats and transcriptions:
Bill of lading from William F. Megee, [1820] (photostat)
Several other typescripts of documents appearing above
Boxed separately: Payroll ledger of the Lippitt Manufacturing Company, 1826. Lists indivudulas working in each family (presumably children), and family member who collected pay.
Subgroup 3: Sarah W. (Lippitt) Mauran
Letters from daughter Julia Lippitt Mauran, October 1879 - January 1880
Letters from daughter Julia Lippitt Mauran, February - March 1880
Letters from daughter Julia Lippitt Mauran, April - May 1880
Letters from daughter Julia Lippitt Mauran, June - August 1880
Writings, 1886-1889; bequest of Lippitt Hill Farm, 1887
Subgroup 4: Julia Lippitt Mauran
Agreement between estate of Henry C. Cranston and W.L. Mauran heirs, 1907
Blackstone Land Company accounts, 1912
Correspondence, 1860-1899. Includes Burnside letter; 5/3/1880 baseball letter.
Correspondence, 1879-1880, from mother
Correspondence, 1900-1909
Correspondence, 1910-1919
Correspondence, 1922-1929
Correspondence, 1930-1939
Correspondence, 1940-1949
Correspondence, 1949 (condolences on death of Mrs. Richardson)
Correspondence, undated
Daily instructions to cook, undated
Deed, 1917
Deposition in suit vs. Carroll Slicer, 1943, and related papers
Diary, March 21 - September 17 1880; account book, 1880; birthday book, 1912-1945
Diploma, Young Ladies Seminary, Stamford, Conn., 1879
Dog registrations, 1936, 1949
Estate inventory, 1949
Farm help record books, 1932-1939 and 1936-1940
Farm ledger, 1908-1915; farm daybook, 1893-1908
Farm - paid bills, 1910-1939
Farm - paid bills, 1940-1949
Farm papers and memoranda, 1914-1940
Flower show and garden club papers, 1922-1949
Flower show judging notebook, 1932
Genealogical notes
Handicraft Club - miscellaneous, 1917-1939
Herd book, 1907-1943
Herd book, 1932-1933
Horticultural sample book and commonplace book, 1877
Insurance papers, 1936-1939
Investment register, 1914-1936
Itinerary for Europe trip, 1929
Medical papers, 1920-1937
Memorial to Jeannie Lippitt Weeden by Caroline Hazard, 1940; related articles, 1929, 1940
Neighborhood Club - programs, cookbook, etc., 1927-1947
Newspaper clippings, circa 1920-1949
Notes from a diary, 1912-1913
"Novelty New York Restaurants," undated list
Open-house tour of Coventry, R.I., 1941
Paid bills, for clubs, 1892-1945
Paid bills, greenhouse, 1936
Paid bills, miscellaneous, 1910-1912
Paid bills, miscellaneous, 1925-1947
Passports, 1912
Poetry, undated
Power of attorney to William L. Mauran, 1912
Presentation of the "Miracle Play of the Nativity," 1926
"Radicle College Creed," theological statement by Julia Lippitt Mauran, undated
Sabbath School class book, 1884
Talk - [Against working women], undated
Talk - "Autobiography of an Old House," undated
Talk - [Autobiography of Lippitt Hill Farm], undated
Talk - [Character-building and Sunday schools]
Talk - [Historical talk], undated
Talk - [To the Colonial Dames], undated
Talk - "What is Manual Training?" (two drafts), undated
Wheeler School Alumni Association - Treasurer's report, 1947-1948
Will of Edith Richardson, 1946; related article, 1941
Workers - Miscellaneous papers, 1914-1940
Subgroup 5: Miscellaneous
Mary Ann Lewis, autograph book, 1840
C. Lippitt lectures on temperance, etc., 1825, 1842 and undated
Eliza C. Lippitt commonplace book, 1836-1840. Daughter of William.
John Lippitt (son of William). At Greenwich Academy, 1840-1845, Hawaii, 1848-1852:
1840/01/26 Letter from sister Eliza
1842/01/02 Letter from father William
1843/10/07 Letter from Charles S. Hazard
1844/01/20 Letter from Henry Howard (future governor of R.I.?)
1844/03/21 Letter from S.L. Weld
1844/05/20 Receipt for tuition from D.G. Allen
1845/06/27 Letter from brother Christopher
1845/07/11 Letter from brother Christopher
1848/02/25 Letter from brother Christopher
1850/12/21 Letter from W. Goodale
1852/12/13 Letter by J. Lippitt, in Hawaiian
1877/05/04 Letter from brother Christopher, criticizing spending habits
undated Long essay on the "Sandwich Islands" (Hawaii)
undated Essay in support of Henry Clay
undated Course notes on natural history
Julia Lippitt (daughter of William), estate memorandum, 1896
Mary Lippitt (daughter of William), cyphering book 1832
Waterman Lippitt family record, 1825
Grace (Ellis) (Amundson) Mauran (wife of W.L. Jr.) - Correspondence, 1954-1955
John T. Mauran, 1869 house construction accounts, and undated childhood essay on 4th of July
Max Mauran, birth certificate; 1926 passport; 1930 investments list
William L. Mauran, letter dated 1907 and will, 1931
William L. Mauran, Jr. correspondence, 1950-1958
Newspaper clippings, misc.
Photostats of early documents:
Arbitration of Pawtuxet land claims, January 2 1707/8
Deed, Pawtuxet Proprietors to Peleg Williams as heir of Roger Williams, 1715
Deed, Ann Phillis Lippitt to son Christopher, 1758 (photostat)
Unidentified:
Anti-Dorrite poem "wrote by a native of Rhode Island A.D. 1842"
Memorandum of wood purchased, 1840-1852
Essay on "Human Ignorance" by G.F. Day of Bristol, R.I.
Essay on "Life in the Country"
Plat of Coventry land divided between Richard Jackson and George Waterman, 1783
Ticket from Plymouth Beach lottery, 1813
Poem, "The Worth of a Woman"
Power of attorney from Daniel Westrand to Henry Tucker, St. Eustatius, 1763
Page of music and lyrics titled "Ode to Science"
Poem, "The Banks of the Dee"
Recipes for salve and sarsparilla
Instructions for quadrille dance
Poem, "The Oyster Man"
Unsigned, undated letter to "R.H."
Page of general store ledger account with Jeremiah and Joseph Lippitt, undated
Packet titled "Wellington's Hair"
Other memoranda, fragments and curiosities
Subjects:
Agriculture - Rhode Island - Cranston
Anti-masonic Party
x Amundson, Grace: see Mauran, Grace (Ellis) (Amundson)
Baseball - Rhode Island - Providence
Benson, George
Burnside, Ambrose
Collins, Eliphalet
Cookbooks
Coventry, R.I. - Buildings and structures
Cranston, R.I. - Social life and customs
Diaries - 1880
Dorr Rebellion
Europe - Description and travel
Flower shows - Rhode Island
Gardening - Rhode Island - Cranston
Greene, William
Greenwich Academy (East Greenwich, R.I.)
Handicraft Club
Hawaii - Description and travel
Hazard, Caroline
Howard, Henry (1826- )
Lewis, Mary Ann
Lippitt, Christopher (1745-1824)
Lippitt, Christopher (1823- )
Lippitt, Eliza C. (1820- )
Lippitt, John (1823-1879)
Lippitt, Joseph (1790- )
Lippitt, Mary
x Lippitt, Sarah W. (1832-1911)
Lippitt, Waterman
Lippitt, William (1786-1872)
Lippitt Cotton Manufacturing Company
Lippitt Hill Farm
Manual training - Rhode Island
Mauran, Grace (Ellis) (Amundson) (1916-1999)
Mauran, Julia L. (1860-1949)
Mauran, Max
Mauran, Sarah W. (Lippitt) (1832-1911)
Mauran, William L. (1864-1942)
Mauran, William L. Jr.
Megee, William F.
Neighborhood Club
Providence County Garden Club
Providence Grays Base Ball Association
Ohio - Description and travel
Rice, Holden (-1766)
Richardson, Edith
Slicer, Carroll
Surinam - Description and travel
Textile industry - Rhode Island - Cranston
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783
Weeden, Jeannie (Lippitt)
Williams, Peleg
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