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other matters. According to Tiffany’s obituary dated April 28, 1921, he “held a high government
position in Washington D.C. during the recent war.” Tiffany retired early from the practice of
law in 1917 and died in Boston at Philips Hospital in 1921.
The collection consists of various records of the St. Louis County Court, 1808-1902; the city
of Carondelet, 1825-1870; and the Washington County Court, 1813-1830.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Dexter P. Tiffany Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1633
Tiffany Family.
Papers, 1779-1967 (bulk 1838-1861). 15 boxes; 1 volume; 1 oversize folder
Family of Pardon Dexter Tiffany, who was born to Dexter and Polly Wood Tiffany in
Medway, Massachusetts, on November 18, 1812. He graduated from Brown University in 1834,
and studied law at Harvard. Tiffany came to St. Louis in about 1838 to practice law and invest in
real estate. Within four years, however, he had returned his family to Worcester, Massachusetts,
although he continued to return to St. Louis from time to time to conduct business. Tiffany
married Hannah Kerr (1822-1893) on March 29, 1841. Always in poor mental and physical
health, Tiffany committed suicide February 14, 1861.
The collection includes the personal and business papers of Pardon Dexter Tiffany and his
wife, Hannah Kerr Tiffany, their sons, John Kerr Tiffany and Dexter Pardon Tiffany, and
Dexter's wife, Annie Shepley Tiffany. Incluces correspondence between George S. Tiffany,
Pardon Dexter Tiffany's grandson, and George's wife, Marie Therese Scanlon Tiffany. Also
includes papers of allied families are included in the collection: Christy, Church, Jarrot, St. Gem-
Beauvais, Scanlon, and Shepley. Of particular note is the correspondence of Pardon Dexter
Tiffany with his wife, Hannah Kerr Tiffany, during their courtship and during the long businessrelated
separations that characterized their marriage, and his journals written to Hannah during
his trip along the Oregon and California Trails to San Francisco in 1849 and on a trip to New
Orleans in 1853. Other correspondence includes letters from his mother, Polly Wood, and from
his children. Notable business correspondents include John C. Fremont, William Carr Lane, and
Joseph Story. Pardon Dexter Tiffany's papers also include household receipts documenting their
upper-class, mid–nineteenth century family life; deeds, leases, receipts, etc. related to Tiffany's
land holdings in St. Louis; and estate papers. This material includes a volume of plats and
valuations of Tiffany land holdings (labeled L.K. Tiffany on the spine), 1865-1874. Also of note
are the papers of Dexter Pardon Tiffany, which include correspondence from his wife Annie
Shepley, records of the family homes in St. Louis and Islesboro, Maine, and other real estate
activities in St. Louis. The collection includes a few records of Dexter Tiffany, Jr., relating to his
career in the U.S. Navy, and correspondence between cotton broker George S. Tiffany and his
wife, Marie Therese Scanlon Tiffany, from 1903 to 1932, describing St. Louis social events and
family business. Records of the allied families include some correspondence and some estate
records of Samuel Cartmill Christy and his brother Andrew Christy, Jr.; papers of politician and
Judge Ether Shepley of Maine; and material related to George Shepley's tenure as military
governor of Louisiana during the Civil War (1862-1864), which includes correspondence with
Abraham Lincoln, Edwin Stanton, and William Seward.
Some German.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Tiffany Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2331