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Grew family. Grew Family Papers, 1767-1904; bulk=1815-1866.

Title: Grew Family Papers, 1767-1904; bulk=1815-1866.

This collection contains the personal letters and business documents of several members of the Grew family, as well as some relating to the Wigglesworth, Greene, Phillips, Williams, and Crosby families. Series I: The Grew Family contains correspondence of members of the immediate and extended family, including Henry Grew, John Grew, Anna C. (Grew) Alvord, Henry Sturgis Grew, Jane Norton (Wigglesworth) Grew, Mary Coltman, Elizabeth Coltman, George Sturgis, Anne Terry (Greene) Phillips, and Wendell Phillips. Also included are letters patent (land documents) pertaining to Ebenezer Young; John and Mary (Coltman) Grews marriage settlement; a note inviting Wendell Phillips to serve as the delegate from the Massachusetts to the American Anti-Slavery Society; photographs sent from China by Henry Sturgis Grew; a scrapbook containing Civil War newspaper clippings compiled by either Anne or Thomas Wigglesworth; and a travel journal kept by Jane Norton (Wigglesworth) Grew. Series II: The Crosby Family contains letters written to William Bedloe Crosby, including some from his uncle Henry Rutgers; a lease agreement from 1767; a reference letter for Doctor Peter S. Townsend; and letters to John Schuyler Crosby. Also included are letters pertaining to Sir William Johnson and Governor John Tayler, and a manuscript detailing the history of the Burr/Hamilton dueling pistols, written by Major Richard Church. Series III: The Williams Family contains letters written by Franklin Delano Williams to his family in Greenfield, MA during his time in China, as well as shipping invoices and other business documents. Also included are letters written to Mary (Nelson) Williams after her husband died.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (6 linear feet).

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