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Secret history of the Rebellion.

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The Sydney H. L. Washington papers consist of manuscript and typescript letters and notes written between 1928 and 1951, pertaining principally to Washington and Lee genealogies. Included in the collection are several manuscript and typescript copies of Washington’s works, generally incomplete. Private papers, both personal and financial correspondence, 1917-1951, are also included in this collection, as is a series of family photographs, negatives, and printers' blocks.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society Collection consists of records created by the Society itself as well as documents concerning the town and people of Dorchester, Mass. The Society records include notifications and minutes of meetings, committee reports, member nominations, and a visitor’s book. There are notes and a draft version of the history of Dorchester that the Society published in 1859. The papers include a group of correspondence from various dignitaries indicating...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Pulsifer Family Papers contain documents concerning the Bickford and Sarah (Stanwood) Pulsifer family of Ipswich, Massachusetts, including Bickford Jr., Ebenezer, David Pulsifer (1802-1894), and John Stanwood Pulsifer.The documents concerning Bickford Pulsifer Sr. include two letters, five deeds, bill of sale from John Caldwell for the sloop Eunice (1810), a certificate from Thomas Manning to Capt Moses Witcher that Bickford Pulsifer is unfit...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society Collection consists of records created by the Society itself as well as documents concerning the town and people of Dorchester, Mass. The Society records include notifications and minutes of meetings, committee reports, member nominations, and a visitor’s book. There are notes and a draft version of the history of Dorchester that the Society published in 1859. The papers include a group of correspondence from various dignitaries indicating...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society Collection consists of records created by the Society itself as well as documents concerning the town and people of Dorchester, Mass. The Society records include notifications and minutes of meetings, committee reports, member nominations, and a visitor’s book. There are notes and a draft version of the history of Dorchester that the Society published in 1859. The papers include a group of correspondence from various dignitaries indicating...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Pulsifer Family Papers contain documents concerning the Bickford and Sarah (Stanwood) Pulsifer family of Ipswich, Massachusetts, including Bickford Jr., Ebenezer, David Pulsifer (1802-1894), and John Stanwood Pulsifer.The documents concerning Bickford Pulsifer Sr. include two letters, five deeds, bill of sale from John Caldwell for the sloop Eunice (1810), a certificate from Thomas Manning to Capt Moses Witcher that Bickford Pulsifer is unfit...

Scope and Contents From the File: Scrapbook containing a collection of correspondence, certificates, memorabilia and newspaper clippings concerning Rev. Joshua Vaughan Himes compiled by Joshua's son William Lloyd Himes. The ledger originally had 332 pages but only 174 remain. Records include documents certifying that Himes is a member in good standing with the Church of Christ at New Bedford (1824) and the Christian Church of New Bedford (1826); documents certifying that Himes was an accredited minister of the Advent...

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Chiefly letters of Lizzie D. R. Atkinson and John⁹ Atkinson.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains documents of Kenneth Thomas Alford (1914-1980) and his wife Clarissa Teacora (Brown) Alford (1913-1992). The documents include correspondence, deeds, photographs, estate papers, and copies of vital statistic certificates. There are also items documenting Kenneth's education at West Virginia State College, military service in the U.S. Marines 1943-1946, and 1972 retirement as a civilian computer operator working at L. G. Hanscom Field (Bedford, Mass.). The deeds...