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William T. Hornaday papers, 1903-1914.

Title: William T. Hornaday papers, 1903-1914.

Records from the office of William Temple Hornaday, first President of the Camp-Fire Club, 1903-1905. Records include correspondence, news clippings, and ephemera. Prominent individuals represented are William E. Coffin, C.J. Jones, Arthur F. Rice, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Edmund Seymour. Also included are minutes from the first meeting of incorporation, membership nominations, and Club notices.

ArchivalResource: .7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155463855 View

Coffin, Thomas Aston, 1754-1810. Papers, 1769-1826.

Title: Papers, 1769-1826.

Correspondence of Thomas Aston Coffin, member of a prominent Boston loyalist family, with his mother Mrs. William Coffin, his sister Margaret Coffin, his brother Francis Coffin, and Francis's widow Matilda de Clairville Coffin. Thomas and his brothers were banished from Massachusetts during the Revolution, but he continued to correspond with his mother, who remained in Boston. Thomas Coffin was General Guy Carleton's secretary during the war and during Carleton's service as governor of Lower Canada. His letters concern family matters for the most part, with some discussion of other loyalist families during and after the Revolution. Only occasional references are made to relations between the United States and Great Britain. Also included is Thomas Coffin's account book, 1792-7, with additional accounts kept by family members, 1811-26.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16744083 View

Defries, Henry I., 1826-1890. General store account book, 1829-1867.

Title: General store account book, 1829-1867.

General store records; together with list of occupants renting houses owned by Defries in back of book (1848-1867), referring to many of the properties only as Myrick house or Pearl Street house.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71013952 View

Mitchell, David. Ledger, 1839-1868 (inclusive) 1840-1859 (bulk).

Title: Ledger, 1839-1868 (inclusive) 1840-1859 (bulk).

The collection consists of a single account ledger book detailing David Mitchell's business transactions from 1839 to 1868. The ledger records Mitchell's accounts in considerable detail, including the job undertaken or hardware provided, costs charged, and payment received. Mitchell also kept a thorough account of the payments made to his employees, including his apprentices. Like many Nantucket Islanders, David Mitchell had a speculative interest in the booming whaling trade. He purchased owner's shares in several whaling voyages, including those of the ship Ocean in 1843 and the ship Mohawk in 1858.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48505085 View