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Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905. Letter : Richmond, Va., to Benjamin W. Austin, Sioux City, Iowa, 1886 May 26.

Title: Letter : Richmond, Va., to Benjamin W. Austin, Sioux City, Iowa, 1886 May 26.

Lee acknowledges being elected as an honorary member of the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31254491 View

Austin, Benjamin W.,. Autograph collection, 1885-1894.

Title: Autograph collection, 1885-1894.

Collection assembled by Benjamin W. Austin as secretary of Trinity Historical Society, Dallas, Tex., 1885-1894, includes letters from physicians, several eclectic or homeopathic, accepting honorary or non-resident membership in society. Biographical data included.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (37 items).

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Austin, Benjamin, 1752-1820. ALS : Boston, to Rev. Joseph Lathrop, West Springfield [Mass.], 1794 Aug. 15.

Title: ALS : Boston, to Rev. Joseph Lathrop, West Springfield [Mass.], 1794 Aug. 15.

Comments on Lathrop's interpretation of the Trumpets and Vials from Book of Revelation and gives his own contemporary twist to the usage of these words.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p. in folder) ; 25 x 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50337192 View

Austin, Benjamin, 1752-1820. Letters, 1808.

Title: Letters, 1808.

Letters to Benjamin Austin, commissioner of loans for Massachusetts, from Henry Dearborn, Richard Rush, and Michael Nourse, at the U.S. Treasury and War departments, regarding financial matters.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

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Douglas, George Cunninghame Monteath, 1826-1904. Autograph letter signed : Glasgow, to Benjamin W. Austin, 1892 Mar 9.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Glasgow, to Benjamin W. Austin, 1892 Mar 9.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

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Biddle, Horace P. (Horace Peters), 1811-1900. Horace P. Biddle letter : to Benj. W. Austin, 1885 Dec. 10.

Title: Horace P. Biddle letter : to Benj. W. Austin, 1885 Dec. 10.

Thanks the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society for making him an honorary member. Adds that he is enclosing a copy of his book of poems American Boyhood.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 leaf.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63936613 View

Austin, Benjamin, 1752-1820. [Receipt for Benjamin Austin and Aaron Hill, 1814].

Title: [Receipt for Benjamin Austin and Aaron Hill, 1814].

Receipt by Benjamin Austin, Massachusetts Commissioner of Loans, for Jan. & Feb. 1814 payments from U.S. Dept. of the Treasury. Same document includes a receipt, April 1, 1814, by Aa[ron] Hill, Boston Port Master, for postage on Treasury notes from Benjamin Austin.

ArchivalResource: 1 ADS ; 14 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56916756 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Ivers, James. Letterbook, 1782-1789.

Title: Letterbook, 1782-1789.

A letterbook of James Ivers, sugar refiner of Boston. Ivers addressed most of his letters to his son James Trecothick who took his mother's maiden name when, as a loyalist, he fled Boston. The correspondence concerns legal suits and claims against Trecothick. The main suit was brought by Charles Ward Apthorp. Ivers also wrote of family news, especially the marriages of his daughters Hannah and Jane to Jonathan Loring Austin and Benjamin Austin, respectively.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Austin, Benjamin. ALS : Boston, to Ezekiel Williams, Esq., Wethersfield, [Conn.], 1774 Nov. 16.

Title: ALS : Boston, to Ezekiel Williams, Esq., Wethersfield, [Conn.], 1774 Nov. 16.

Acknowledges receipt of food supplies from Connecticut for the poor of Boston suffering from effects of the Port Bill. Austin signs by order of the Committee of Donation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) in folder ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Hayes, Walter I., 1841-. Letter to Ben W. Austin. Washington, DC. 1892 Feb. 6.

Title: Letter to Ben W. Austin. Washington, DC. 1892 Feb. 6.

Complying with a request.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122371591 View

War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Title: War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3181 items

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Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870. James Trecothick Austin papers, 1760-1954; bulk: 1808-1883.

Title: James Trecothick Austin papers, 1760-1954; bulk: 1808-1883.

Papers of James Trecothick Austin, lawyer and attorney general of Massachusetts, 1808-50, include correspondence regarding family business of Trecothick and Apthorp, legal cases including James Trecothick vs. Jonathan Loring Austin, Republican and Whig parties, and work with the board of directors of the State Bank; a commission as justice of the peace for Suffolk County, 1826; and an essay on the history of the English language, 1827. Collection includes Trecothick and Austin family papers, 1760-1883, including wills, contracts, and deeds, 1760-98, a marriage contract, 1846, letters received by Benjamin and John Loring Austin, 1802-1820, a letter received by James I. Austin, 1883, sent by William Tecumseh Sherman discussing the military career of C.S. Wright; and a transcript of an 1842 autobiography written by James T. Austin edited by Samuel Eliot Morison, [1954].

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Denison, George T. (George Taylor), 1839-1925. Letter to Benjamin W. Austin. Toronto, Canada. 1889 Mar. 22.

Title: Letter to Benjamin W. Austin. Toronto, Canada. 1889 Mar. 22.

Concerning letters from his father and Lord Wolseley which are too private to part with.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122604129 View

Gear, John Henry, 1825-1900. Letter to Ben W. Austin. Des Moines, IA. 1879 July 25.

Title: Letter to Ben W. Austin. Des Moines, IA. 1879 July 25.

Sending his autograph.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Kasson, John A. Letter to Ben W. Austin. Washington, DC. 1886 May 11.

Title: Letter to Ben W. Austin. Washington, DC. 1886 May 11.

Accepting an honorary membership in the N.W. Lit[erary] and Hist[orical] Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122464418 View

Box & Austin. Ledgers, 1746-1774.

Title: Ledgers, 1746-1774.

Consists of two volumes kepts from 1746 to 1747 and from 1757 to 1774. The first ledger records the business activities of Box and Austin for 1746 and 1747, documenting a thriving maritime trade in the Port of Boston during its period of greatest growth. There are numerous entries for cordage, cable, spun yarn, shrouds, hand lines, deep sea line, rope, twine, rat and cod line, etc. In addition, Box and Austin supplied many ships, including coasting and fishing vessels, with rope from their yard as well as a range of other items from foodstuffs to building materials. They also had financial interests in many shipping ventures from Canada to the South American colonies. Sometimes, they served as bankers, accepting exchanges of accounts for payment. The volume contains the names of 12 sailing ships with cargos, 32 ship captains, and identifies a number of Boston craftsmen and tradesmen of the period. The second volume's entries are less detailed. They primarily list financial transactions between the firm and other merchants or the firm and its workers. Occassionally notes about settlement or adjustments to the accounts appear. A few products are mentioned, including handkerchiefs and a variety of types of wood. References to rent paid for dwelling houses are also featured.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84665598 View

Adler, Felix, 1851-1933. Letter and portrait, 1887.

Title: Letter and portrait, 1887.

Typewritten and signed letter, dated 14 March 1887, composed in New York, and addressed to "Mr. Benjamin W. Austin." Adler writes accepting an invitation to become a "non-resident member" of "your Society." The organization is not named. Austin is listed as the "Sec'ty" of the society. Also included is a photograph of Adler that was clipped from the "Demorest's Magazine."

ArchivalResource: 2 photocopies (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367559251 View

Harvard University. Records of Harvard lotteries, 1772-1814

Title: Records of Harvard lotteries, 1772-1814

The records of the Harvard lotteries are comprised of materials created in the process of administering the Harvard College lotteries sanctioned by Massachusetts General Court to raise money for dormitory-building projects. The collection consists of five series containing lottery tickets, newspaper and broadside lottery announcements, accounting records, and administrative lists used to manage the lottery drawings. Most of the documents were created by the managers of the lottery in organizing, publicizing, and drawing the lotteries, and provide a resource for studying the operations of state-sanctioned lotteries in late 18th and early 19th century Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 2.4 cubic feet (10 folders, 13 volumes, and 3 boxes)

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Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905. Letter to Benjamin W. Austin [manuscript], 1886 May 26.

Title: Letter to Benjamin W. Austin [manuscript], 1886 May 26.

Lee acknowledges being elected as an honorary member of the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

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Austin, Benjamin W. Papers, 1798-1895.

Title: Papers, 1798-1895.

This is the autograph and signed letter collection of Benjamin W. Austin. Many of the letters and autographs were obtained through Mr. Austin's written request, but older items appear to have come from the autograph collection of Henry Sheldon of Salisbury, Vermont. Although many items are older, most of Mr. Austin's active collecting was done in the 1880s and 1890s. The group includes items from Congressmen, Civil War heroes, literary figures, and educators. Of special note in the collection is a 1798 message from William Henry Harrison at Fort Washington. Many of the items are accompanied by biographical clippings and several are attached to photographs. Of particular interest are the vintage photographs of Commander Gilbert C. Wittse, naval engineer William H. Shock, and statesman and educator J.L.M. Curry.

ArchivalResource: 223 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31824355 View

Sherburne, John Samuel, 1757-1830. Papers of John Samuel Sherburne, 1776-1812.

Title: Papers of John Samuel Sherburne, 1776-1812.

Chiefly letters (1778-1812) between Sherburne and Benjamin Austin of Boston concerning Sherburne's dry goods business. Other correspondents include John Langdon, Edward Phelon, John Sherburne, John Wendell, and William Whipple. Includes a statement of accounts (1776) with Ebenezer Foster.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.1 container.1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79702229 View

John de Neufville & Son (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Records, 1780-1853 (bulk 1780-1786).

Title: Records, 1780-1853 (bulk 1780-1786).

Whole and partial letter books, journals, a ledger, a summary of letters received, a personal account book, and other papers of, or related to, the firm of John de Neufville & Son (1780-1853). Letter books (1780-1786) contain copies of correspondence mostly addressed to merchants in Boston, Newburyport, other places in New England, Philadelphia, and occasionally to persons in Baltimore, Albany, Virginia, and South Carolina (3 v., 1,500 p. total). Letters pertain to commercial matters, shipments of goods, debts, dangers to shipping, frequent references to the war, actions of the British, friendly relations between the U.S. and the Netherlands, naval activity, political affairs, etc. The summary of letters received, 1780-1782, is in French (183 p.). Journals (Feb. 1780-May 1785) and ledger (Jan. 1780-Jan. 1782) record accounts primarily with American merchants; in Dutch (3 v.). Personal account book of Nancy de Neufville (1806-1820) records amounts paid for items such as fabric, sewing notions, shoes, entertainments, charitable giving, etc. Other papers include claims made for money owed the firm (1807), a contract in Dutch between John and Leonard de Neufville and Jean Rolland (1783), and an accounting of claims made against the U.S. government (1853).

ArchivalResource: 1.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476924739 View

Rush, Richard, 1780-1859. Letter to Benjamin Austin, 1812 June 23.

Title: Letter to Benjamin Austin, 1812 June 23.

Written as comptroller, U.S. Treasury.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 collection

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01529/catalog View

Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892. Correspondence with Mr. B.W. Austin, Secretary Northwestern Literary and Historical Society, Jan. 22nd, 1886, Winsted, Conn., to Dr. I.T. Talbot, Jan. 9th, 1890, Pittsfield, Mass., to Mr. Ticknor, Jan. 8th, 1889, New Haven, Conn., to My dear Kate, August 6th, 1889, Winsted, to Mr Bok, publisher, Dec. 29th, 1890, Pittsfield, Mass., to Mr. Hubbard, Sept. 3, 1881, Winsted, "My dear friend," April 23, 1878, Winsted, Dr. Ward, Nov. 14, 1890, Pittsfield, Mass., Mary, July 14, 1886, Winsted / Rose Terry Cooke.

Title: Correspondence with Mr. B.W. Austin, Secretary Northwestern Literary and Historical Society, Jan. 22nd, 1886, Winsted, Conn., to Dr. I.T. Talbot, Jan. 9th, 1890, Pittsfield, Mass., to Mr. Ticknor, Jan. 8th, 1889, New Haven, Conn., to My dear Kate, August 6th, 1889, Winsted, to Mr Bok, publisher, Dec. 29th, 1890, Pittsfield, Mass., to Mr. Hubbard, Sept. 3, 1881, Winsted, "My dear friend," April 23, 1878, Winsted, Dr. Ward, Nov. 14, 1890, Pittsfield, Mass., Mary, July 14, 1886, Winsted / Rose Terry Cooke. 1878-1890.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

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Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. Warrant, 1777 March 6.

Title: Warrant, 1777 March 6. 1777.

Ordering 8 pounds to be paid to Stephen Vose of Milton, for one year of pension.

ArchivalResource: sheet. 16 1/2 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7021252 View

Crane, John. Letter, 1805 August 26, Passamaquady, [Me?], to Hon. Benjamin Austin, Boston, [Mass.].

Title: Letter, 1805 August 26, Passamaquady, [Me?], to Hon. Benjamin Austin, Boston, [Mass.].

Son of recently deceased Revolutionary War veteran (Col. John Crane) asks Austin, Massachusetts Commissioner of Loans, for information on how to collect remainder of his father's military pension.

ArchivalResource: 1 ALS ; 20 cm.

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Wright, George G., 1820-1896. Letter to Ben W. Austin. Des Moines, IA. 1886 June 12.

Title: Letter to Ben W. Austin. Des Moines, IA. 1886 June 12.

Concerning his election to the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society; general remarks about History.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/148538515 View

Harvard University. Treasurer. Harvard College Lottery Book, 1794-1797.

Title: Harvard College Lottery Book, 1794-1797.

The long hardcover account book contains handwritten records of the Harvard College Lottery in the hand of College Treasurer Ebenezer Storer. The volume begins with a transcription of the Massachusetts General Court June 13, 1794 legislation sanctioning the lottery, and a note that the managers of the lottery gave security bonds to the Corporation. The bulk of the volume records the activities of the four classes of the lottery including lists of the individual tickets returned by the managers Benjamin Austin Jr., George R. Minot, Henry Warren, and John Kneeland, and the accounts of prizes drawn and tickets returned. The volume has a table of contents and there is a note pasted onto the third page calculating the sum raised if all tickets had been sold.

ArchivalResource: .1 cubic feet (1 volume)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695671645 View

Burnham, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1830-1898. Benjamin F. Burnham letter : to Ben. W. Austin, 1893 May 12.

Title: Benjamin F. Burnham letter : to Ben. W. Austin, 1893 May 12.

Gives Austin the titles of some of his publications, including a paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer, a reunion hymn, and nine articles for the American and English Encyclopedia of Law. Burnham signs himself "Benj. F. Burnham (late Judge, Mun. Court, So. Boston District)."

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf.

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Smith, Jonathan, fl. 1813. Jonathan Smith correspondence, 1813 November 4.

Title: Jonathan Smith correspondence, 1813 November 4.

ALS written by Smith to Benjamin Austin relating to funds transferred to Austin.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980485 View

De Peyster, J. Watts (John Watts), 1821-1907. Letter, 1887 June 12, New York, N.Y., to Benjamin W. Austin / John Watts De Peyster.

Title: Letter, 1887 June 12, New York, N.Y., to Benjamin W. Austin / John Watts De Peyster.

States that he cannot send autographs at this time.

ArchivalResource: [2] leaves ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8174928 View

Austin, Benjamin W. Benjamin W. Austin papers, 1866-1902 and undated.

Title: Benjamin W. Austin papers, 1866-1902 and undated.

Letters (ALS), clippings, prints and a photo. These items form part of the autograph and signed letter collection of Benjamin W. Austin. Items include letters from Thomas Dunn English, Sir Edward Frankland, Sarah Hackett Stevenson and Joseph Leidy. The greater part of this collection can be found in Special Collections, Perkins Library, Duke University.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34837836 View

Larabee, William, 1832-1912. Letter to Ben W. Austin. Des Moines, IA. 1886 Feb. 16.

Title: Letter to Ben W. Austin. Des Moines, IA. 1886 Feb. 16.

Concerning his election to the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Selfridge, Thomas 0. (Thomas Oliver), d. 1816. Letter to Timothy Bigelow, esq., in regard to the death of Mr. Charles Austin, Boston, 1806.

Title: Letter to Timothy Bigelow, esq., in regard to the death of Mr. Charles Austin, Boston, 1806.

Other persons represented include Benjamin Austin.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70967730 View

Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901. Letter Jan 8, 1890 to Ben W. Austin / Caroline C. Marsh.

Title: Letter Jan 8, 1890 to Ben W. Austin / Caroline C. Marsh. 1890.

Letter to Ben W. Austin explaining the long delay in answering and discussing her role in a biography of her husband, George P. Marsh, and replying to Austin's request for autographs and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34473060 View

Continental Loan Office (Mass.). Records, 1778-1850, bulk: 1778-1826.

Title: Records, 1778-1850, bulk: 1778-1826.

Correspondence of U.S. Treasurer Michael Hillegas and other Treasury Dept. officials with commissioners of the Continental Loan Office for Massachusetts in Boston (later known as the Massachusetts Loan Office of the U.S. Bureau of the Public Debt). The first commissioner was Nathaniel Appleton, who served until his death in 1798. Later commissioners represented in the collection are Thomas Perkins and Benjamin Austin. Also included is a letter from George Fowler Hastings, commander of the British steam frigate Cyclops, to Andrew H. Foote, of the U.S. sloop Perry, stationed off the coast of Africa (1850).

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16728129 View

United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870

Title: United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives 1861-1870

The United States Sanitary Commission established the Army and Navy Claim Agency (ANCA) in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 1864 to serve as the USSC’s central office to assist Union soldiers, sailors, and their families in prosecuting claims on the federal government for pensions, back pay, bounty, commutation of rations, prize money, and other benefits, without cost. The Army and Navy Claim Agency Archives comprise the records of the Army and Navy Claim Agency; the records of the Pension Agency, its predecessor organization; the registers and cash books of its subsidiary local agencies; and the records of two quasi-independent USSC claim agencies whose origins predate the establishment of the Army and Navy Claim Agency: the Protective War Claim Association of the State of New York, located in New York City, and the Protective War Claim and Pension Agency, located in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 506.37 linear feet; 1190 boxes, 46 volumes

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Baird, Henry Martyn, 1832-1906. Letters of Henry M. Baird [manuscript], 1881, 1889.

Title: Letters of Henry M. Baird [manuscript], 1881, 1889.

In a letter to the Reverend Edward Abbott, 1881 January 15, Baird returns a question and requests a copy, if published. He also asks for a copy of "Literary World" with the copy of a review of his "Rise of the Huguenots." In a letter to Benjamin W. Austin, 1889 March 11, Baird accepts his election to honorary membership in the Trinity Historical Society (and declines on behalf of his late brother).

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Adams, Jewett W., 1835-1904. Letter to Ben W. Austin. Carson, City, NV. 1886 Apr. 9.

Title: Letter to Ben W. Austin. Carson, City, NV. 1886 Apr. 9.

Concerning his election to the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society; mentioning his success in Nevada politics.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86139928 View