Scope and Content Note
The papers of the Cutts family span the years 1755-1957 and primarily consist of correspondence from members of the Cutts family as well as other material. Correspondence relates chiefly to family matters with reference to political and social affairs in the nineteenth century in the United States. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden, Edward Everett, Millard Fillmore, and William McKinley. Other material includes notes and copies of poems by Dolley Madison; writings of James Madison Cutts Jr.; poems and copies of poems by John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; genealogical material, including a Cutts family history written by Florence Winifred Layton; as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and certificates.