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James Elliot Cabot letters from various correspondents, 1843-1902.

Title: James Elliot Cabot letters from various correspondents, 1843-1902.

Letters to the American biographer James Elliot Cabot.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00827/catalog View

Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901. Memoranda of travel in England, 1889.

Title: Memoranda of travel in England, 1889. 1890.

This detailed handwritten account of a vacation tour taken with his second wife Louisa Sewell and their two sons to England and Scotland during the summer of 1889 was presented to Louisa as a birthday gift. Illustrated with small ink and wash sketches of scenes. They sailed with James Russell Lowell on the "Cephalonia" and the journal records a few itemes from their conversations. Notes on the family's tour through the Lake District give details on landscape and architecture. Cabot wrote the diary leaving small spaces to be filled later with sketches and drawings, many of which are left unfilled, though there are over 50 illustrations throughout.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([38] leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17402190 View

Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901,. Beacon St. Nov. 20. [18]80 [graphic] / ECC [monogram].

Title: Beacon St. Nov. 20. [18]80 [graphic] / ECC [monogram]. [18]80.

An 1880 watercolor view of Boston and the Charles River tidal flats as seen from Beacon Street in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood. At the time, the Charles River Basin was still being filled in to make land for the new Back Bay neighborhood. Featured prominently in the middle foreground of this watercolor is a pile driver or dredge used to prepare the area for land fill. To the right is a shear, a hoisting apparatus used for lifting stones to extend the sea wall along the Charles River.

ArchivalResource: 1 drawing on paper : watercol. with graphite ; image 21 x 34 cm., sheet 25 x 38 cm. (irregular)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49416567 View

Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901,. Landing stage, Ponagansett [graphic] / Edward C. Cabot, 95.

Title: Landing stage, Ponagansett [graphic] / Edward C. Cabot, 95. [18]95.

A watercolor depiction of Apponagansett Bay near Dartmouth, Mass. A boathouse, three shacks, several boats, and some figures are included in the scene.

ArchivalResource: 1 drawing on paper : watercolor ; 31 x 51 cm. (sight)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/131344426 View

Cabot family. Papers, 1786-1945

Title: Papers of the Cabot family, 1786-2013

Correspondence, diaries, and travel journals, etc., of the Cabot family of Boston, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 13 + 1/2 file boxes, 1 card file, 1 boxed volume, 1 oversize folder

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00131/catalog View

Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901,. [Architectural drawings of Edward Clarke Cabot] [graphic]

Title: [Architectural drawings of Edward Clarke Cabot] [graphic] [between 1846 and 1852]

A set of five architectural drawings by or from the office of the Boston architect, Edward Clarke Cabot. One of the drawings shows a front elevation and two floor plans on one sheet of paper for an unidentified structure in the Boston area (signed and dated by E.C. Cabot). The other four drawings are for a proposed residence for Stephen P. Webb on Brown Street in Salem, Mass. and include a front and side elevation, four floor plans, and a detail of brick work. The Salem project is accompanied by the eight-page "Specification of House for Stephen P. Webb Esq. Salem." Financial concerns prevented Webb from building the residence.

ArchivalResource: 5 architectural drawings on paper : watercolor, wash, pen and ink, graphite ; sheet 51 x 70 cm. or smaller + 1 set of specifications

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/525290552 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901,. Plan of land belonging to T.H. Perkins Esq. Brookline [graphic] / from actual survey by E.C. Cabot, C.A.

Title: Plan of land belonging to T.H. Perkins Esq. Brookline [graphic] / from actual survey by E.C. Cabot, C.A. 1849.

An 1849 survey drawing of "Brookline Farms," the Thomas Handasyd Perkins' estate at 514 Warren Street in Brookline, Mass. Drawing shows the mansion, barn, and extensive garden lots, including greenhouses, belonging to T.H. Perkins. The land and buildings belonging to his son-in-law, Samuel Cabot, at 450 Warren Street, Brookline, and the house and stables of William Howard Gardiner are also represented. Survey identifies the location of such structures as the Billard House, Summer House(s), Ice House, Wash House, Garden House, Hot Beds, Pump, etc. Drawing depicts areas of marshland, wooded regions, ponds, gravel pits, cultivated grounds, and roads. Graphite notations outside of detailed area may indicate neighboring lots and/or street names, e.g. "White," "Spooner," "Leveams?," "Child," and "Heath."

ArchivalResource: 1 landscape architectural drawing on wove paper : green, red, beige, and gray wash, graphite, pen and ink ; 50 x 163 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62331671 View

William Morris Hunt Memorial Committee ledger

Title: William Morris Hunt Memorial Committee ledger

A ledger, titled William Morris Hunt, presumably kept by architect and patron Edward C. Cabot, noting contributions made by Bostonians for a memorial to William Morris Hunt. The Committee proposed raising funds to purchase Hunt paintings, and to display them permanently in the "Hunt Room" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Contributions range from fifty cents to one thousand dollars. Among the signatures are Martin Brimmer, Rose Lamb and other prominent Bostonians.

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Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901,. Algerine Corner, Milton [graphic] / ECC [monogram].

Title: Algerine Corner, Milton [graphic] / ECC [monogram]. July 12, 1851.

Watercolor drawing of a country road and old house. Artist's inscription identifies the place as Algerine Corner in Milton, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 drawing on paper : watercolor ; image 16 x 20 cm., sheet 17 x 24 cm. (sight)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55655174 View

Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122395526 View