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Greene, Samuel, 1835-1921. Samuel Green autobiography, ca. 1916-1921.

Title: Samuel Green autobiography, ca. 1916-1921.

Four small soft-bound vols. of Greene's autobiography, handwritten in pencil but are legible and in good condition. The second vol. contains a rewritten version of the first vol. with a few original pages. Subjects include Greene's family, including notes on his ancestors, going back to Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence; his father's involvement with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and his own subsequent involvement with the religious community. He provides details of his childhood, education, and unusual events, information on farming methods and crops grown; travels down the Mississippi with insight as to the differences between the north and south during the era leading up to the Civil War; arrival in Washington Territory in the 1870s; descriptions of first views of Olympia; the mission at Neah Bay and the Makah Indians; Seattle (sparsely populated at the time) and towns nearby; and general view of his travels and observations in Washington Territory.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436166310 View

Greene, J. Evarts (Jeremiah Evarts), 1834-1902. Papers, 1842, 1848-1910.

Title: Papers, 1842, 1848-1910.

The greatest part of the collection consists of family correspondence, most of which is addressed to Greene, in the period 1884 to 1902. There is correspondence from relatives in the Greene, Evarts, Boutell, Loomis, Tracy, and White families, with scattered items from friends and colleagues of Greene. The overwhelming majority of the correspondence items relates solely to family affairs, though a few letters touch on Prohibition in Iowa in 1889 and life in Japan in the 1880s and 1890s. The collection also contains legal documents reflecting Greene's tenure as a Justice of the Peace and Trial Judge in Worcester County. Legal documents include warrants, trial notes, and a variety of deeds (most of which are certified by Greene) and other, miscellaneous items. There are also receipts, documents respecting Greene's actions as a Civil War Agent, and a bankbook. Letters touching on contemporary issues are also included among the correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (385 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259390 View

Biography -- Greene, Sam.

Title: Biography -- Greene, Sam.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310377831 View

Beecher family. Beecher-Stowe family letter, 1862.

Title: Beecher-Stowe family letter, 1862.

Autograph letter signed from William Lloyd Garrison to Harriet Beecher Stowe concerning the plight of Rev. Samuel Greene, who was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for possession of Uncle Tom's Cabin, July 22, 1862.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232009134 View