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Silence Leavitt's Sampler
Collection
Identifier: TN262.1
Scope and Contents
A yellowed sampler with alphabet and numerical embroidery, as well as a small decorative flower.
Dates:
1785
Found in:
Fine Art Collections
South Congregational Church records, 1823-1887.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-12
Scope and Contents
Consists of records relating to two major functions of the South Congregational Church of Boston: its sizeable Sunday-school library and the South Friendly Society. The South Friendly Society was a women's charitable organization devoted to supplying indigent female church members with material to make into saleable clothing and to assisting needy people in general. Included in the records are several business letters written by Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), minister of South...
Dates:
1823-1887
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Stowell Family Association records, 1854-1965.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-24
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence, 1854-1965, primarily between Mildred Pearson Stowell Coffin and Stowell relatives, a group of documents such as army vouchers and membership certificates, 1881-1908, for various Stowell family members, an alphabetical membership file of the Stowell Family Association, and 108 photographs of Stowells and relatives, 1890-1965.
Dates:
1854-1965
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Sydney Stevens Williston collection, 1760-1944.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-42
Scope and Contents
Bulk of the collection consists of family papers, mostly correspondence, with some documents and business papers pertaining to the Stoddard and Williston families of Hampshire County, MA, the Breese and Stevens families of Oneida County, NY, and the Hawkins, Tucker, and Huntington families of Chicago, from 1760-1944. The correspondence includes the diplomatic papers of Colonel John Wilson, U.S. Consul to Brussels, 1860s-1880s. The remaining papers reflect genealogical research by Sidney A....
Dates:
1760-1944
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Theophilus and Allen Drinkwater papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-22
Abstract
Correspondence, documents, and accounts of captains Theophilus and Allen Drinkwater, Jr. of North Yarmouth, Maine.
Dates:
1814-1848
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Thomas Child family papers, 1771-1819.
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-13
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence written or received by Thomas Child (1731-1787), a merchant and Custom House official at Falmouth, Me., four of his children, and several relatives by marriage between 1771-1819. Most notable among these materials are letter book drafts of Thomas Child correspondence to Arthur Savage (1731-1801), Francis Waldo (1728-1784), John Wentworth (1737-1820), and other colonial officials. Dating from 1771-1787, these letters reflect Child's service as a Custom House...
Dates:
1771-1819
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Thomas Noyes papers, 1651-1768.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-33
Scope and Contents
Chiefly military papers, 1684-1719, of a colonel of the colonial militia of Newbury, Mass., fighting under the authority of Governor Joseph Dudley against the French and Indians. There are 14 items concerning the town of Newbury, Mass., including papers on the town ferry in 1669 and 1698, setting off a new parish in 1714 and town meeting warrants of 1722 and 1728. In addition, there are 13 items including deeds, personal financial documents and contracts or agreements dating between 1651 and...
Dates:
1651-1768
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Twisted Cane
Collection
Identifier: TN242.1
Scope and Contents
A twisted wooden cane with black knob handle.
Dates:
Check date
Found in:
Fine Art Collections
Whiskey Tumbler
Collection
Identifier: TN316.2
Scope and Contents
A lightweight glass tumbler meant for whiskey, with an engraved pig or boar on the side.
Dates:
After 1900
Found in:
Fine Art Collections
William Foster papers, 1734-1879.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-28
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters sent between William Foster Jr. and William's father, siblings and their spouses, nieces and nephews, and children. Correspondents include brother-in-law Harrison Gray Otis, Andrew Ritchie, daughter and son-in-law James E. and Virginia (Foster) Coppinger, daughter Jeanne Francoise "Fanny" (Foster) Tudor, brother Leonard Foster, sisters Grace (Foster) Apthorp and Mary (Foster) Apthorp, and Nathan Spear Jr. William also received personal letters from friends in...
Dates:
1734-1879
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
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