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Charles Penrose letters, 1934-1940

Title: Charles Penrose letters 1934-1940

Charles Penrose (1886- ) was a consulting engineer and historian. Collection consists of Penrose's letters to his son Julian d'Este Penrose concerning Christmas in colonial New England and Philadelphia, shipping, 18th-century New England, and related topics. Also, several letters to H.M. Lydenberg, director of the New York Public Library.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2378 View

Lewis, J. Manville (Joseph Manville), 1843-1927. J. Manville Lewis collection, ca. 1883-2001.

Title: J. Manville Lewis collection, ca. 1883-2001.

Items chiefly pertaining to Lewis's activities as Baptist missionary in Africa.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422637396 View

Drew, Thomas Bradford, 1834-1898. Manuscript history of the Pilgrims of Plymouth, 1620-1623.

Title: Manuscript history of the Pilgrims of Plymouth, 1620-1623.

Thomas Bradford Drew began and George C. Burgess completed this ms. history of the Plymouth Colony through 1623. The history begins with the flight of the Separatists (Brownists) to Scrooby, England, and then to Leyden, Holland, and continues with the preparations for the voyage, the voyage of the Mayflower, the settlement of Plymouth Colony, and exploration of the Cape Cod region. The history of the settlement is largely based upon accounts by William Bradford and Edward Winslow. Relations with Massassoit, Squanto, and other members of the Wampanoag Tribe; Pilgrim efforts to survive the hardships of their settlement; arrivals of subsequent groups of settlers; business dealings with Thomas Weston; and the leadership of William Bradford, John Carver, and Miles Standish are all described in this historical account.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17565494 View

State Library of Massachusetts. [Photographs, newspaper clipping, press releases, correspondence, etc. concerning the William Bradford manuscript on display at the Massachusetts State Library on April 17, 1985].

Title: [Photographs, newspaper clipping, press releases, correspondence, etc. concerning the William Bradford manuscript on display at the Massachusetts State Library on April 17, 1985]. 1985.

ArchivalResource: 1 box ; 9 x 30 x 44 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12338981 View

Governor William Bradford Compact. Pedigree charts for descendants of Gov. William Bradford : together with Bradford and Bradford Compact memorabilia.

Title: Pedigree charts for descendants of Gov. William Bradford : together with Bradford and Bradford Compact memorabilia. 19--?

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; size varies.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54850902 View

Penrose, Charles, 1886-1958. Charles Penrose letters, 1934-1940.

Title: Charles Penrose letters, 1934-1940.

Collection consists of Penrose's letters to his son Julian d'Este Penrose concerning Christmas in colonial New England and Philadelphia, shipping, 18th-century New England, and related topics.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652252 View

Bradford, William, 1588-1657. Correspondence, 1644-1645.

Title: Correspondence, 1644-1645.

Includes ALS from Bradford to Gov. John Winthrop, 1645 Oct. 11 and ALS from Edward Winslow to Bradford, 1644 Aug. 31.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122450701 View

Bradford records.

Title: Bradford records.

Manuscript genealogy of some descendants of Gov. William Bradford. Also 2 portraits of Deacon Lewis Bradford, cut from a published volume.

ArchivalResource: [20] p. ; 25 cm. + 2 ports. (24 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48097364 View

Simpson, Doris Louise (Copeland). Ancestry of Donald Clarence Simpson / [by Doris Louise Copeland Simpson].

Title: Ancestry of Donald Clarence Simpson / [by Doris Louise Copeland Simpson]. 19--?

Traces ancestry of Donald Simpson to 5 members of original Mayflower group: William Bradford, Francis Cooke, Thomas Rogers, William Brewster and John Alden.

ArchivalResource: 6 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56421754 View

Bradford, William, 1588-1657. Baptismal record, 1589.

Title: Baptismal record, 1589.

Photograph of the register of the March 19, 1589 baptism of Bradford, first governor of the Plymouth colony, at the church at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145772121 View

McFarlane, Patricia Treseder. Words out of their hearts : a comparative historical, cultural and literary study of William Bradford and Cotton Mather.

Title: Words out of their hearts : a comparative historical, cultural and literary study of William Bradford and Cotton Mather. 1987.

ArchivalResource: x, 156 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428736891 View

Wilkins, William Beverley, 1904-. Genealogical chart of Wilkins lineage [manuscript] 1964.

Title: Genealogical chart of Wilkins lineage [manuscript] 1964.

Showing the family connection to Thomas Jefferson, William Bradford and Rutherford Birchard Hayes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647932244 View

Altham, Emmanuel, 1600-1635 or 6. Autograph letter signed : [Plymouth, Mass.], to his brother Sir Edward Altham, [1623 Sept].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [Plymouth, Mass.], to his brother Sir Edward Altham, [1623 Sept].

Relating his voyage from England and describing "the plantation at pautext" [i.e. Plymouth], referring to the settlers as a "Company of Adventurers." Giving information on the fishing, fur-bearing animals and plants (mentioning sassaparilla, sassafras and alcerme buries [cranberries]) to be found in New England. Also mentioning timber and salt and "many other things in this country to raise profit." Discussing the Native Americans, mentioning the attedance of Massoite (also known as Ousamequin, the sachem or leader of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy) at Governor William Bradford's marriage.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (8 p.) ; 30.8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668251540 View

Bradford, Andrew E., 1831-1908. Papers, 1848-1946.

Title: Papers, 1848-1946.

Handwritten notes (three items) on the Bradford family, and Cornelius Bradford in particular. Family register (watercolored), published by Currier and Ives, with information concerning the family of Andrew E. and Angeline P. (Pitcher) Bradford of Waldoboro, Me., entered by hand. A small printed broadside showing one line of descent from William Bradford, in particular the family of Josephus and Hannah (Morton) Bradford. Reward of merit given to Angeline Pitcher. Three family letters (1848, 1856, 1897 photocopy). One enrolment certificate for the schooner "Olio", 1874 October 20.

ArchivalResource: 10 items ; 6-31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52281872 View

[Bradford genealogy].

Title: [Bradford genealogy].

Manuscript genealogy of some descendants of Gov. William Bradford.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48392825 View

Drew, Thomas Bradford, 1834-1898. Thomas Bradford Drew collection, 1834-1898.

Title: Thomas Bradford Drew collection, 1834-1898.

This Collection contains notebooks and manuscripts about Kingston history and genealogy and a copy of "Ancient estate of Governor William Bradford" . Topics covered in the notebooks include Kingston vital records and gravestone inscriptions, 1865 census. Manuscript titles include: "Historical sketch of Kingston, Massachusetts," "History of Kingston - ancient ferries, highways, & bridges", "History of Kingston - Annals from 1726 to 1821", "History of Kingston - Houses of some of the early settlers", "History of the town of Kingston, Plymouth County". Also included are copies of records from the First Church of Kingston, Mass. from 1720 to 1830.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (10 linear inches)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70843582 View

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848. Henry W. Burbeck genealogy of William Bradford, undated.

Title: Henry W. Burbeck genealogy of William Bradford, undated.

Genealogy of William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony, in the handwriting of General Burbeck.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (8 1/4 in. x 6 7/8 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227208795 View

Deane, Charles, 1813-1889. Correspondence, 1602-1889, bulk: 1844-1889.

Title: Correspondence, 1602-1889, bulk: 1844-1889.

Correspondence of Charles Deane, historian, editor, and member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society. Collection consists mostly of letters to Deane about historical publications, MHS and AAS activities, rare books and book collecting, the early history of Massachusetts and Virginia, and William Bradford's manuscript history Of Plimoth Plantation. Correspondents include Thomas C. Amory, Francis Bowen, John Carter Brown, Francis J. Child, George E. Ellis, Edward Everett, Edward Everett Hale, Frederic Kidder, James Lenox, George Livermore, George Henry Moore, John Gorham Palfrey, James Savage, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, John Langdon Sibley, H.G. Somerby, Henry Stevens, George Ticknor, J. Hammond Trumbull, Robert C. Winthrop, and Leonard Woods Jr.

ArchivalResource: 33 v. and 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17347363 View

Bradford, William, 1590-1657. History of Plimoth Plantation : manuscript, 1630-1650.

Title: History of Plimoth Plantation : manuscript, 1630-1650. 1630-1650.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/137336369 View

Penniman, Edward, 1831-1913. Penniman collection, 1840-1913.

Title: Penniman collection, 1840-1913.

Correspondence, mss., diary, church records, genealogical materials, bills of sale, postcards, greeting cards, photo album, photographs, and other papers, of/or relating to Penniman and his family.

ArchivalResource: 16 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70926796 View

Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Transcription, 1855.

Title: Transcription, 1855.

A transcription completed under the direction of the Rev. Joseph Hunter of William Bradford's manuscript history "Of Plimoth Plantation." The copy was made in London in 1855 and shipped to the Massachusetts Historical Society, of which Hunter was a member.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16015145 View

Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Publication papers, 1896-1912.

Title: Publication papers, 1896-1912.

Correspondence of Senator George Frisbie Hoar and others concerning the return of William Bradford's manuscript history "Of Plimoth Plantation" from the library of the Bishop of London to Massachusetts in 1897. The bulk of the collection is the correspondence of Worthington C. Ford of the Massachusetts Historical Society in regard to the publication of the history, of which Ford was the editor, by the Society and the Houghton Mifflin Company in 1912. Ford's correspondents include co-editor Arthur Lord, Wilberforce Eames, and Francis Jackson Garrison of Houghton Mifflin.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16015178 View

Bradford, William, 1590-1657. William Bradford correspondence, 1638-1648.

Title: William Bradford correspondence, 1638-1648.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79451214 View

Bradford, William, 1590-1657. William Bradford poetry [manuscript transcription], 1650-1657.

Title: William Bradford poetry [manuscript transcription], 1650-1657.

Transcription of six poems written by Plymouth Colony Gov. William Bradford, 1650-57, provided by John Willett, the son of the executor of Bradford's estate. Includes: On the Various Heresies in Old and New England, ca. 1650; A Word to New Plymouth, ca. 1654; A Word to New England, ca. 1654; Of Boston in New England, ca. 1654; Epitaphium Meum, ca. 1657; and Some Observations of Gods Merciful Dealing With Us in This Wilderness, ca. 1654. Transcription often referred to as the "Willett manuscript."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. in a case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46456761 View