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Account books.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society collection, 1635-1874.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-624
Abstract
The Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society was instituted on 27 January 1843 for the “collection and preservation of books, pamphlets, manuscripts and curiosities, bearing on the biography and history of men and things in the United States, from the earliest period”. In 1907, all records and activity of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society ceased.Account books, broadsides, correspondence, deeds, diaries, estate inventories, marriage intentions, meeting...
Dates:
1635-1874; Majority of material found within (: 1720-1870)
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Southgate and King family papers, 1720-1832.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-14
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