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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The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks.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

Bryant & Sturgis (Boston, Mass.) records, (inclusive), 1801-1872

Title: Bryant & Sturgis (Boston, Mass.)records, (inclusive) 1801-1872

Records of Bryant & Sturgis, a Boston mercantile firm engaged chiefly in the China trade, 1801-1872.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (17 v., 1 envelope)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00113/catalog View

Bryant & Sturgis (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1801-1872 (inclusive) [microform].

Title: Records, 1801-1872 (inclusive) [microform].

Waste books, journals, ledgers, and letter books (including one of John P. Cushing). There are two account books of John Bryant, 1801-1812; statements of account of William Sturgis, 1827-1861 (with gaps); a journal (diary) of Charles H. Hammatt, Sandwich Islands, 1823-1825; and an exchange reckoner of John Sturgis, 1821.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (17 v., 1 envelope)Copies: 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269599129 View

Records of hotels and taverns in New England and New York, 1753-1912 (inclusive) [microform].

Title: Records of hotels and taverns in New England and New York, 1753-1912 (inclusive) [microform].

Chiefly account books and ledgers of the following hotels, taverns, and hotel keepers: William Manning of Billerica, Mass., 1753-1778; Randall and Burr of Freetown, Mass., 1787-1788; Abel Jacobs of Thompson, Conn., 1794-1809; William Peck of Providence, R.I., 1800-1801; Exchange Coffee House of Boston, Mass., 1821-1839; Dexter Brewer of Cape Elizabeth, Me., 1823-1848; National House of Charlestown, Mass. (James Walker, proprietor), 1852-1863; Oak Grove House, Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (James Walker, proprietor), 1872; Hotel Manhattan, New York City, 1903-1912. There are also two unidentified hotel account books from Charlestown, Mass., 1830-1831 and 1836-1837.

ArchivalResource: 13 v.Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269597229 View

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. Voyage of the ship Eliza : [under command of] Capt. Rowan, of Boston, [19--?].

Title: Voyage of the ship Eliza : [under command of] Capt. Rowan, of Boston, [19--?].

Twentieth-century copy (or earlier) of William Sturgis's journal, recording details from the time when he served as an assistant to Captain James Rowan on the ship Eliza, which sailed from Boston, Mass. in the summer of 1798 on a fur-trading expedition to the northwest coast of North America and to China. The journal begins on 13 February 1799, while the Eliza was in the Pacific Ocean near Sitka Sound, and ends on 17 May 1799, en route to St. Francisco. Included with the journal are two appendixes, one a list of latitude and longitude readings for various points along the Pacific Northwest coast, and the other a glossary of English terms and their Caigenee and Sheetkah Indian language equivalents.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (204 leaves) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32933490 View

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. William Sturgis papers, 1798-1845.

Title: William Sturgis papers, 1798-1845.

Shipmaster and partner in the Boston merchant trading firm of Bryant and Sturgis. Papers contain a log and narrative (attributed to ship's clerk Samuel Curson) of a voyage to the northwest coast and China on the ship Eliza, commanded by James Rowan, 1798-99. Also, a log of the Atahualpa, commanded by John Suter, 1811-1813; a narrative of trading activities in the Hawaiian Islands, 1814-15; a log of the ship Isabella to Canton, 1815-16; and a log of the brig Pedlar, Canton to New York City, 1816. Also, logs of the ship Pearl, under John Ebbets (1804-07), and John Suter (1807-08). Collection includes manuscripts of three lectures Sturgis gave in the 1840s on the history of the early fur trade along the northwest coast, in Hawaii, and at Canton, which discuss in particular the traders' relations with the northwest Native Americans.

ArchivalResource: 2 narrow boxes and 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20135206 View

Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).

Title: Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).

Papers of Samual Baker Ward and his wife Anna Hazard Barker Ward, friends of Ralph Waldo Emerson and associates of the Transcendentalists.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes (2.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00309/catalog View

Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845. Hooper-Sturgis papers, 1798-1857.

Title: Hooper-Sturgis papers, 1798-1857.

Papers of the Boston merchant and shipping firm Bryant & Sturgis, primarily business correspondence (1812-20, 1856-57) with other merchants and shipmasters around the world, involved in the trade of lumber, opium, and tea, among many other goods and commodities. Also, volumes of ships' accounts (1815-43), receipt books (1811-41), and a volume of accounts (1833-39) kept by William Sturgis for minor Wendell T. Davis. Other papers (1829-32) of Sturgis concern the construction of J.P. Cushing's house in Boston, designed by Asher Benjamin. Collection contains earlier (1798-1810) papers of Marblehead (Mass.) merchants Robert Hooper and Sons; loose mss. (1821-31), letterbooks (1816-31), and account book (1821-34) of shipping merchants Robert and John Hooper of Marblehead; loose mss. (1838-49) of John Hooper; and personal and business papers (1831-37) and letterbook (1804-37) of U.S. Congressman and merchant William Reed of Marblehead.

ArchivalResource: 14 boxes and 1 oversize container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24889132 View

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. William Sturgis family papers. 1799-1863.

Title: William Sturgis family papers. 1799-1863.

Personal and business correspondence, estate papers, deeds, legal documents, photocopies of journals, lectures, and stock certificates of five Sturgis and Davis family members, and a Davis family Bible.

ArchivalResource: 2.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63301946 View

Caroline Sturgis Tappan papers, 1838-1921.

Title: Caroline Sturgis Tappan papers, 1838-1921.

Correspondence, manuscripts, and other papers of the American writer Caroline Sturgis Tappan.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00406/catalog View

Harvard University Archives. Records Of The Harvard Observatory.

Title: Harvard University Archives. Records Of The Harvard Observatory.

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Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891)

Title: William Warland Clapp correspondence, 1790-1891 (inclusive), 1840-1891 (bulk)

Letters to American journalist and author William Warland Clapp Jr. from his friends, colleagues, and family. Also includes some other papers.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01878/catalog View

Bullard, Charles B. Charles B. Bullard papers, 1821-1823.

Title: Charles B. Bullard papers, 1821-1823.

Letterbook of Charles B. Bullard, supercargo for the Boston merchant firm Bryant and Sturgis, includes letters written while Bullard was in the Hawaiian Islands, aboard the ship Tartar, in Canton, and in Boston. Letters are addressed to Bryant and Sturgis; William Sturgis; James P. Sturgis and Co.; Harry Price and Co.; Gideon Snow; William French; and Capt. Henry Oxnard. Much of the correspondence deals with the sale of the Bryant and Sturgis brig Cleopatra's Barge on credit to King Kamehameha II of the Hawaiian Islands by Capt. John Stuer for sandalwood, the difficulties in collecting on the debt, and Bullard's concern regarding Suter's handling of this sale and the sale of the brig Becket. Other letters discuss transactions for Bryant & Sturgis, and the sale of cargoes consigned to Bullard and material shipped under his own name for his personal benefit.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.25 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48129083 View

Cape Cod Association. Cape Cod Association pamphlets, 1851-1852.

Title: Cape Cod Association pamphlets, 1851-1852.

This collection consists of two pamphlets published by the Cape Cod Association in 1852. Creator, Henry A. Scudder, Cape Cod Association.

ArchivalResource: 2 pamphlets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173123309 View

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. Voyage of the ship Eliza : [under command of] Capt. Rowan, of Boston, [19--?].

Title: Voyage of the ship Eliza : [under command of] Capt. Rowan, of Boston, [19--?].

Twentieth-century copy (or earlier) of William Sturgis's journal, recording details from the time when he served as an assistant to Captain James Rowan on the ship Eliza, which sailed from Boston, Mass. in the summer of 1798 on a fur-trading expedition to the northwest coast of North America and to China. The journal begins on 13 February 1799, while the Eliza was in the Pacific Ocean near Sitka Sound, and ends on 17 May 1799, en route to St. Francisco. Included with the journal are two appendixes, one a list of latitude and longitude readings for various points along the Pacific Northwest coast, and the other a glossary of English terms and their Caigenee and Sheetkah Indian language equivalents.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (204 leaves) ; 26 cm. in box 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154325000 View

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. Fur traders in the North Pacific, 1799.

Title: Fur traders in the North Pacific, 1799.

Extracts from Sturgis' journal, February 15 - May 17, 1799, on board the Eliza, Captain Rowan, while trading for sea otter on the Northwest Coast; with this is bound Sturgis' reminiscences of the Northwest Coast, 1799 - ca. 1804. For a film of the entire journal of 1799, see under Voyages to the Alaska Coast [Film P-K 211:1].

ArchivalResource: Originals : 35 leaves ; 32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (60 exposures) : negative (Rich. 114:8) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215009008 View

Loring family business records, 1833-1925

Title: Loring family business records, 1833-1925

Letter books, accounts of investments, and business records of Elisha T. Loring, his estate, and records of family business interests in Loring Brothers & Company.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (24 v., 3 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00158/catalog View

Kendrick, John, ca. 1740-1794. John Kendrick letters [manuscript], 1787-1845.

Title: John Kendrick letters [manuscript], 1787-1845.

Collection includes typescript copies of correspondence of John Kendrick, Joseph Barrell, John Howell, Charles Bulfinch, and Joseph Kendrick, 1787-1845, concerning John Kendrick's activities in the fur trade and exploration in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands), and China, 1787-1794.

ArchivalResource: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/662812041 View

Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.). Sturgis Library records, 1803-1991 1862-1991.

Title: Sturgis Library records, 1803-1991 1862-1991.

Includes administrative files, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, legal documents, plan, financial records, visitor logs, minutes of trustee meetings, accession books, bound catalogs, and circulation record books.

ArchivalResource: 20 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65194151 View

Bryant and Sturgis. Records, 1801-1872 (inclusive).

Title: Records, 1801-1872 (inclusive).

Waste books, journals, ledgers, and letter books (including one of John P. Cushing). There are two account books of John Bryant, 1801-1812; statements of account of William Sturgis, 1827-1861 (with gaps); a journal (diary) of Charles H. Hammatt, Sandwich Islands, 1823-1825; and an exchange reckoner of John Sturgis, 1821.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (17 v., 1 envelope)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17266915 View

Records of hotels and taverns in New England and New York, 1753-1912 (inclusive).

Title: Records of hotels and taverns in New England and New York, 1753-1912 (inclusive).

Chiefly account books and ledgers of the following hotels, taverns, and hotel keepers: William Manning of Billerica, Mass., 1753-1778; Randall and Burr of Freetown, Mass., 1787-1788; Abel Jacobs of Thompson, Conn., 1794-1809; William Peck of Providence, R.I., 1800-1801; Exchange Coffee House of Boston, Mass., 1821-1839; Dexter Brewer of Cape Elizabeth, Me., 1823-1848; National House of Charlestown, Mass. (James Walker, proprietor), 1852-1863; Oak Grove House, Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (James Walker, proprietor), 1872; Hotel Manhattan, New York City, 1903-1912. There are also two unidentified hotel account books from Charlestown, Mass., 1830-1831 and 1836-1837.

ArchivalResource: 13 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17266825 View

Barry Gough fonds.

Title: Barry Gough fonds. 1793, 1968-2006.

The fonds consists of publications, reports, correspondence, papers, photographs, notes and other material produced and accumulated by Barry Gough throughout his career. The fonds is arranged in the following series : Personal; Publications; University documents; Research collections; Ancillary research collections; and Research interests.

ArchivalResource: 3.6 m of textual records.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612649116 View

Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.). Archives. Mary Bundy collection, 1818-1998.

Title: Mary Bundy collection, 1818-1998.

The collection consists of books owned by members of the Hooper and Sturgis families, notably Samuel Hooper and Anne Sturgis Hooper. Also included is a sepia photograph of Anne Maria Hooper Lothrop, daughter of Samuel Hooper and Anne Sturgis, and wife of Thornton Kirkland Lothrop. Her grandchildren and great grandchildren, including Mary Bundy, called her "Gar". Supporting documents, including biographical and genealogical information, round out the collection.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237200777 View

Hooper, Samuel, 1808-1875. Samuel Hooper papers, 1836-1902.

Title: Samuel Hooper papers, 1836-1902.

Papers of merchant, financier, and legislator Samuel Hooper, ca. 1836-1902. Correspondence, financial papers, deeds, government papers, printed materials, and estate papers document his business and political careers, including his tenure in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 until his death in 1875, during which Hooper helped shape the finance and currency policies of the Civil War. Includes correspondence of Hooper's father-in-law William Sturgis, his wife Anne Sturgis Hooper, and Salmon Portland Chase, U.S. secretary of state and chief justice, as well as papers of banker Frederick Dobbs Tappan.

ArchivalResource: 10 record cartons PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52087633 View

Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866

Title: Charles G. Loring papers, 1768-1866

Papers of Boston lawyer and state senator Charles Greely Loring primarily relating to the American Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01452/catalog View

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. Journal of Captain William Sturgis of Boston, Mass., [between 1865 and 1885].

Title: Journal of Captain William Sturgis of Boston, Mass., [between 1865 and 1885].

Late nineteenth-century copy of notes made by Sturgis concerning the fur trade in the northwest coastal region of North America, including details about American and Russian trading ships and their crews, the Indian tribes involved in the fur trade, and the commerce that took place among these groups. The period covered by Sturgis's notes appears to be 1799-1804.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (37 leaves) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32941830 View

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863. Journal of Captain William Sturgis of Boston, Mass., [between 1865 and 1885].

Title: Journal of Captain William Sturgis of Boston, Mass., [between 1865 and 1885].

Late nineteenth-century copy of notes made by Sturgis concerning the fur trade in the northwest coastal region of North America, including details about American and Russian trading ships and their crews, the Indian tribes involved in the fur trade, and the commerce that took place among these groups. The period covered by Sturgis's notes appears to be 1799-1804.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (37 leaves) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154325037 View

Ward, Thomas W. (Thomas Wren), 1786-1858. Thomas Wren Ward papers, 1717-1943; 1778-1858.

Title: Thomas Wren Ward papers, 1717-1943; 1778-1858.

Family and business papers, bound manuscripts, and diaries of Thomas Wren Ward (1786-1858) of Boston, a merchant and agent in the United States for the English firm Baring Brothers, 1830-53. Family papers include correspondence, 1760-1901, containing discussions of family matters, business, and travel to England, France, and China between members of the Ward family, including Thomas Wren Ward, his father William Ward and step-mother Joanna "Nancy" Chipman Ward, his siblings William Ward, Jr. and Lucy Ann Ward Lawrence, his wife Lydia Gray Ward, and his children Martha A. Ward, Samuel G. Ward, William Ward, Mary Gray Ward Dorr, John G. Ward, George C. Ward, and Thomas Wren Ward, Jr. The collection also includes essays on faith by Capt. John Gardner, Elizabeth Gardner, and Ruth Putnam Ward, and genealogical materials. Business papers, 1805-57, include correspondence relating to careers as ship captain, Boston merchant, and agent for Baring Brothers as well as shipping accounts. Correspondents discuss business and politics in the United States and in Europe as well as family and personal matters and include Thomas Baring, Joshua Bates, Edward Everett, Jonathan Goodhue, William Gray, Jr., Nathan Hale, James Jackson, William Sturgis, George Ticknor, and Daniel Webster. A gathering of manuscripts, 1825-40, has been disbound and contain copies of letters to Nathan Hale (1784-1863) and Daniel Webster; essays on trade and finance; and papers relating to his role as treasurer of the Boston Athenaeum and Harvard College Library.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes and 2 volumes in cases.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48577305 View

Loring family. Loring family business records, 1833-1925 (inclusive).

Title: Loring family business records, 1833-1925 (inclusive).

Letter books, 1882-1889, and accounts of investments, 1868-1925, of Elisha T. Loring and his estate; letter books of Thacher Loring, 1882-1921, and Lindsley Loring, 1896-1904; and records of family business interests, including letter books and accounts of Loring Brothers Company of Boston, 1834-1858; minute book of East Boston Wharf, 1833-1866; minute books and general accounts of National Dock and Warehouse Company, Boston, 1865-1913; letter books, general accounts, and other papers of Torch Lake Mining Company of Houghton, Mich., 1864-1924.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (24 v., 3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269584503 View

Temple, Nelson, Lloyd, Vassall, and Borland family papers, 1611-1862 (bulk 1700-1831)

Title: Temple, Nelson, Lloyd, Vassall, and Borland family papers, 1611-1862 (inclusive), 1700-1831 (bulk)

Papers of U.S. senator James Lloyd and others related to the Temple, Nelson, Lloyd, Vassall, and Borland families.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (12 boxes and 1 folder)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01316/catalog View