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Higgins family papers, 1741-1925.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-6
Scope and Contents
Consists of the letters and diaries of Milton Prince Higgins (1842-1912), a mechanical engineer, industrialist, and pioneer in technical education, and his wife, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins (1847-1925), dating from 1859-1925. These documents refect her education at Manchester, NH; their courtship, engagement, and marriage, family life, and social activities; and his duties as superintendent of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and President of several manufacturing firms in the...
Dates:
1741-1925
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Horace Lee Washington papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-2
Abstract
Horace Lee Washington (1864-1938) served with the U.S. State Department for thirty-seven years. The papers contain Washington's manuscript and typescript correspondence for both his diplomatic activities as a member of the United States State Department, 1892-1929, and his private activities.
Dates:
1894-1937
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Howard family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-459
Scope and Contents
Most of the collection consists of letters written by four brothers, Stanley, Charles, Henry, and Edward Howard, to their sister Ella and/or their parents, Joseph F. and Nancy Minerva (Pelton) Howard, in Leeds, a section of Northampton, Mass., during their service in the Civil War. Corporal Joseph “Stanley” Howard served with Co. G 27th Regt Mass. Vol. from 1861-1865 and wrote from such locations as Camp Hampshire, Newbern and Washington NC; Annapolis and Baltimore MD; York PA;...
Dates:
1860-1910
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Ivory Hovey papers
Collection — Carton: 1
Identifier: Mss-68
Abstract
Correspondence, sermons, ecclesiastical council decisions, church records, vital records, and other papers, relating to family affairs and Hovey's congregations. Includes letters from his sons, Dominicus (b. 1740), Ivory III (b. 1748), and Samuel (b. 1750), written from Massachusetts and New York during the Revolution, describing the evacuation of New York (1783), Siege of Boston (1775-1776), reading of the Declaration of Independence to troops in New York, and the American retreat from...
Dates:
1732-1798
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
John Hannibal Sheppard papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-4
Abstract
Consists of correspondence, diaries, account books, and other papers written or received by John Sheppard (ca. 1767-1807), a Hallowell, Maine, merchant and shipmaster, his wife, their seven children, and the wives and descendants of their oldest son, John Hannibal Sheppard. Includes John Sheppard's business and personal correspondence concerning his activities in the East Indies, West Indies, and Europe; letters and household accounts of his wife, Sarah Collier Sheppard (d.1818) and...
Dates:
1791-1873
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Joseph B. and William A. Read papers, 1830-1926.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-39
Scope and Contents
Autobiographical account of Joseph B. Read with accounts of teaching, Baptist missionary, and a detailed description of his experiences as a Union soldier in the Massachusetts 58th regiment, where he acted as war correspondent for Bristol County newspapers. The collection also contains the personal papers of his son, William Alfred Read, a lawyer in Washington, D.C. William Read recorded two volumes of family memoirs and he also included miscellaneous comments on court cases as well as...
Dates:
1830-1926
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Joshua Coit papers, 1773-1854.
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-37
Scope and Contents
Nearly all of the letters in this collection were written by Joshua Coit to his brother Daniel Lathrop Coit, a merchant at Norwich, Connecticut. The letters contain little information about personal activities. For the most part, they concern congressional activities, including current measures which would affect Daniel Coit's mercantile interests. Coit's letters describe United States relations with England and events surrounding Jays Treaty, and trade relations with France in anticipation...
Dates:
1773-1854
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Log book for the brig Rover of Boston, 1811-1813.
Item
Identifier: Mss-18
Scope and Contents
Log book for the Brig Rover of Boston. Entries concern voyages carrying salt and corn between Boston and Edenton, N.C.
Dates:
1811-1813
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Memorial to Mary Lancaster
Collection
Identifier: TN216.1
Scope and Contents
A mourning piece that depicts a mourning, hooded woman and an angel framing a burial monument, with weeping willow in the background.
Dates:
After 1813
Found in:
Fine Art Collections
Merton Taylor Goodrich papers, 1903-1978.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-30
Scope and Contents
The first part of the collection concerns the genealogy of the Goodrich family. In addition, the collection contains Goodrich genealogical correspondence and research notes about families allied to the Goodriches, as well unrelated families. Of the 709 families represented, those most extensively researched are Austin, Hall, Thyng, and Walker. Aside from genealogical material, the collection includes a few historical articles on Loyalist activities in New Hampshire, which Goodrich was...
Dates:
1903-1978
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
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