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MS158 - Woodbury, de Rochemont, and Kimball family papers, 1810-1953
Papers of the Kimball family of southeastern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts; the Woodbury family, primarily Charles Levi Woodbury; and the Nutter family (whose descendents were the de Rochemont family) of Newington, New Hampshire. The papers were collected by the de Rochemont family, although it is not clear how the papers were acquired or what the connections are between the various papers. The entire collection dates from 1810 to ...
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MS158 B01 F01 - Kimball family papers, 1810-1869
The Kimball family papers, dated 1810 to 1869, contain primarily deeds but also a will, estate inventory, insurance policy, and receipts, related to the Kimball family of the Newton and East Kingston area of New Hampshire as well as the Amesbury, Tewksbury, and Lowell area of Massachusetts. FOLDER CONTENTS 1. Deed, Eli Gale (gentleman) and his wife Dorothy Gale to William Trussel and Nathan Kimball (joiners), all of Amesbury, Massachusett...
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MS158 B01 F02 - Charles Levi Woodbury business correspondence, 1842-1868
The business correspondence of Charles Levi Woodbury, dated from 1842 to 1868, pertains mainly to legal affairs while he was working as a lawyer in Hayneville, Alabama, and in Boston, Massachusetts. He later served as a judge. Includes a February 3, 1846, letter from his cousin A. L. E. Clapp. A January 9, 1852, letter from his brother-in-law Isaac O. Barnes includes commentary on Franklin Pierce, who was in the process of running for President o...
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MS158 B01 F03 - Charles Levi Woodbury family correspondence, c1840-1887
Correspondence addressed to Charles Levi Woodbury mainly from members of the Woodbury family. The majority of the letters are undated, from about the mid-1840s through mid-1850s, with one letter dated 1887. Many of the letters are from his sister "Nell" [Ellen Carolina de Quincy Woodbury], who calls him "Charley," and his mother, Elizabeth Williams (Clapp) Woodbury. There are also letters from his other sisters, "Minna" [Mary Elizabeth (Woodbu...
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MS158 B01 F04 - Charles Levi Woodbury political correspondence, c1846-1861
Correspondence addressed to Charles Levi Woodbury regarding political matters, dated from circa 1846 to 1861. FOLDER CONTENTS 1. Undated letter from John Quincy Adams asking Woodbury to speak at an event. 2. Undated letter from John Quincy Adams regarding setting up a meeting with Woodbury. 3. Letter from Edmund Burke regarding his efforts to talk with the President of the United States [James K. Polk] and Secretary of War [Jefferso...
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MS158 B01 F05 - Charles Levi Woodbury envelopes, c1845-1883
Empty envelopes addressed to Charles Levi Woodbury, dated from about 1845 to 1883. Most of the envelopes are addressed to Woodbury in Boston, Massachusetts, during the time he was practicing law there. Most envelopes are postmarked, but some are stampless envelopes. Some envelopes include annotations, which appear to be in Woodbury's handwriting.
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MS158 B01 F06 - Charles Levi Woodbury receipts and ephemera, 1853-1891
The receipts and ephemera of Charles Levi Woodbury, dated 1853 to 1891. Includes receipts for Adams & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts; Sawyer Woolen Mill of Dover, New Hampshire; London and San Francisco Bank Limited of San Francisco, California; Blake Bros. and Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, dated 1880 and 1881; Merchants National Bank of Boston, Massachusetts, dated 1882 to 1883 and 1891; First National Bank of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, dated 1...
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MS158 B01 F07 - Charles Levi Woodbury currency exchange receipt, undated
Undated receipt for Charles Levi Woodbury with a business card for M[artin] P[arry] Kennard pinned to it. The receipt is for currency exchange in Paris from London. The business card includes handwritten notes addressed to Col. [Isaac O.] Barnes [Woodbury's brother-in-law] and Woodbury about the dates of Kennard's travel plans. Kennard was expected to travel to London, then "home" [most likely Boston] aboard the ship Asia.
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MS158 B01 F08 - Lease for parsonage land from the selectman of Newington, N.H., to James Coleman, 1825
One-year lease between Hanson Hoit [Hoyt], John Adams Jr., and Richard D. Hart, selectmen of the town of Newington, New Hampshire, and James Coleman, also of Newington, for one part of land called the parsonage. Dated April 1, 1825. The leased parcel was located on the east side of the road in Newington leading from the Piscataqua Bridge to Greenland. It totaled seventy acres and included the buildings thereon; it excluded "all timber trees or...
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MS158 B01 F09 - Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber calling card, undated
Undated calling card for humorist B[enjamin] P[enhallow] Shillaber. The card includes an embossed feather with gold details saying, "New Year's Greeting." The card is printed, "Yours truly, B. P. Shillaber."
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MS158 B01 F10 - Letter from Ida to Lizzie, 1871
Unidentified letter from "Ida" in Boston, Massachusetts, to her sister "Lizzie." Dated August 18, 1871. Also signed by "Ella," which appears to be a child's handwriting. Letter pertains to family matters and in particular wanting to know about "Walter."
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MS158 B01 F11 - Woodbury and Nutter family papers, 1846-1953
The Nutter family papers are mixed with the Charles Levi Woodbury papers and dated 1846 to 1953. The papers include the correspondence, receipts, and ephemera of Charles Levi Woodbury (1846-1873, bulk 1850s) as well as the correspondence, genealogy, and notes of the Nutter family (1906-1953). There are property records and plot plans for land in the Woodman Point area of Newington, New Hampshire, pertaining to the Nutter family. There is also a s...
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