Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Above: The U.S 1850 census return for the family of Sophia Tuttle, Oscar Hughan's mystery bride.


Above: The 1850 U.S Census Return showing the details of Oscar Hughan.


Above: The marriage certificate of the first marriage of Oscar Hughan to Sophia Tuttle, 1853, Cambridge, Massachusetts.



Above: A sample of original poetry by Oscar Hughan, who often signed his name "Oscar G. Hughan" when writing. I have never discovered what this initial represents.









Copy of the ticket of leave passport which allowed Robert Hughan, convict exile, to remain in the services of his employer, Maurice Charles O'Connell.

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