Oliver family. Oliver family papers, 1419-1957.
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Oliver family papers, 1419-1957.
Papers of the interrelated Oliver, Lynde, and Mason families, 1419-1957. Lynde family papers include Benjamin Lynde (1666-1745) family correspondence, deeds, poetry notebooks, claims on lands in Narragansett County, manuscript copies of diaries, 1718-20, and an account book concerning the division of his estate. Also included are correspondence, deeds, mansucript copies of diaries kept at Salem, 1715, 1732-79, letterbooks, 1729-34, 1778-80, poetry notebooks, and notes of his son Benjamin Lynde, Jr. Both men served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature. Also included are the diaries of Mary Lynde Oliver kept at Salem, 1751 and William Lynde, kept at Salem, 1747-48. Oliver family papers include correspondence, letterbooks, notebooks, diaries, deeds, manuscript maps, and genealogical information. Includes papers of Andrew Oliver (1706-1774), lt. governor of Massachusetts, 1771-73, stamp tax collector, and loyalist consisting of almanacs, diaries, correspondence, and notebooks; correspondence of Chief Justice of the Superior Court and member of the Mass. House, Peter Oliver (1713-1791); Rev. Thomas Fitch's sermons, 1761-91; Dr. Benjamin Lynde Oliver's medical notes, medical dictionary, remarks on telescopes and pianos, notes on experiments with electricity, and family correspondence; judge and scientist Andrew Oliver, Jr's (1731-1799) historical notes, commonplace books, books of aphorisms, and medical and scientific notes; Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth College Dr. Daniel Oliver's medical notebooks, lectures, historical notes, and family correspondence; Dr. Fitch Edward Oliver's correspondence, medical notes and lecture notes, European trip diary, 1843-44, medical lecture admission cards, and correspondence; Rev. Andrew Oliver's diaries, 1859-1896, and letters to his mother Mary Robinson Oliver and sister Isabella Louisa Oliver; diaries of Mary Mason Oliver, 1888; account book for the estate of Amos Lawrence; manuscript copy of a diary of William Pynchon, 1776-77; and diaries of Andrew Oliver (1906-1981), 1935-36, 1953, 1956-57. Other family members represented include Charles E. Oliver and Andrew Oliver (b. 1870). Correspondents include William Pynchon, Sarah Pynchon, P.O. Hutchinson, Amos Lawrence, and Thomas Hutchinson. Mason family papers include correspondence of Jeremiah Mason, a U.S. senator, lawyer, and president of the Bank of the United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire branch, from 1828-29; and correspondence of Charles Mason and Susannah Lawrence Mason. Also includes correspondence and journals of Susan Lawrence Mason Oliver, 1878-79, 1888 including her European diaries, 1859 and 1863.
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45 boxes, 18 vols, 1 oversize container, and 1 tube.
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