Scope and Content Note
The papers of Samuel Hooper span the years 1829-1874 and consist of correspondence, lists of securities, ledger sheets, financial statements, and receipts. The papers chiefly relate to Hooper's investments and his import business in Boston, Massachusetts, his service in the Massachusetts legislature, 1851-1853, 1858, and in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1861-1874. Included are financial and legal correspondence, letters of introduction, inquiries about government appointments and commissions, and requests for government documents and copies of speeches. Major correspondents include his father, John Hooper, his brother, Robert William Hooper, and business associates William Appleton, S. T. Dana, and Lemuel Shaw.
An addition to the papers consists of letters from George Morey discussing national political affairs relating to the Civil War.