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Greenough, Charles P. (Charles Pelham), 1844-1924. Papers, 1669-1963, bulk: 1800-1870.

Title: Papers, 1669-1963, bulk: 1800-1870.

Autograph collection of letters and documents, chiefly of a legal or political nature, mostly assembled between 1877-1905. Includes papers of Barnabas Bidwell, Timothy Bigelow, George S. Boutwell, George Davis, Henry A.S. Dearborn, Daniel Dewey, Dwight Foster, John Hancock, Thomas Hancock, Nahum Mitchell, James Sullivan, Increase Sumner, George Thatcher, Henry Vose, and Ezekial Whitman.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16321366 View

Walker, Augusta. Nabby Lee Ames / author, Augusta Walker.

Title: Nabby Lee Ames / author, Augusta Walker. 1---?

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54784311 View

Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942.

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q.

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990120831020203941/catalog View

Watson, John F. (John Fanning), 1779-1860. Oliver Cromwell vindicated from the aspersions of enemies, 1847.

Title: Oliver Cromwell vindicated from the aspersions of enemies, 1847.

Essay written by historian John Fanning Watson entitled, "Oliver Cromwell vindicated from the aspersions of enemies," Feb. 14, 1847, describing Oliver Cromwell and his family. Also, a letter written by Watson to New Bedford legislator Nahum Mitchell regarding the essay and attempts to have it published, Apr. 12, 1847.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51066038 View

Mitchell, Nahum, 1769-1853. Legal record book, 1797-1822.

Title: Legal record book, 1797-1822.

Forms of legal documents, including writs, pleas, agreements, and other processes in Massachusetts; and records of the cases before Nahum Mitchell, Justice of the Peace in Bridgewater, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19478805 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Bridgewater (Mass.). Overseers of the Poor. Indenture, 1797 October 30, of Avery White, Bridgewater, Mass., to Hector Orr, Bridgewater.

Title: Indenture, 1797 October 30, of Avery White, Bridgewater, Mass., to Hector Orr, Bridgewater.

Partially printed document completed by hand. Timothy Reed, Daniel Fobes, and Nahum Mitchell, a majority of the Overseers of the Poor, place Avery White, a minor, as servant to Hector Orr, physician. Term is thirteen years. Responsibilities and requirements of both parties are stated.

ArchivalResource: 1 DS ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52816319 View

Mitchell, Nahum, 1769-1853. Bridgewater, Mass.

Title: Bridgewater, Mass.

Handwritten historical and genealogical notes for a history of Bridgewater, Mass. and genealogies of the early settlers, ca. 1633-1816.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (364, 375 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54403669 View

Mitchell, Nahum, 1769-1853. Nahum Mitchell papers, 1711-1864.

Title: Nahum Mitchell papers, 1711-1864.

Family and professional papers, music, and genealogical notes of Nahum Mitchell, lawyer and legislator from Bridgewater, Mass. Mitchell's family papers include correspondence with his wife Nabby Lazell Mitchell, children James Henry Mitchell and Harriet Mitchell (Davis), and Samuel Davis, with whom he collaborated on researching the history and genealogy of Bridgewater and Plymouth County. The correspondence documents Mitchell's service in both the Mass. and U.S. House, with the New Bedford and Bridgewater Turnpike Corporation, and on commissions to determine the boundaries between Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Professional papers contain records of Mitchell's work on state boundary disputes, including an undated manuscript map, "Plan of Colony Lines in Controversy Betwixt the Inhabitants of Dorchester + Jonathan Randel," and a record book including records of cases before Mitchell as a Justice of the Peace in Plymouth County. The volume also includes some records of his son Silvanus Mitchell's service as a Justice in Plymouth County. Music papers include notes on theory, original compositions, and manuscript copies of pieces by others. Genealogical notes include data for many families, most from Plymouth County. Samuel Davis papers contain Indian language notes, vocabularies, etymologies of place names, translations of Bible passages, and music notes relating to the history of early church music.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1 narrow) and 1 cased v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50421403 View