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Haven family. Papers, 1747-1908.

Title: Papers, 1747-1908.

Much of the collection concerns land investments in Vermont, Massachusetts, and the Andrew Craigie estate in Genessee County, New York. There are some court records from Judge Haven's work in Dedham as well as his account book and bank book. The boxes of Samuel Foster Haven materials consist primarily of notes on archaeological subjects and manuscript copies of Archaeology of the United States; A Brief Passage at Arms...; and The History of the Grants of the Great Council of Massachusetts Bay. Samuel Foster Haven, Jr. is represented by his war correspondence and papers relating to his death. There are three folio volumes of medical notes and records of his training at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1854-1855. This collection also includes a letter, 1747, of Joseph Haven of Hopkinton, Mass. concerning a church matter; two sermons, 1760-1795, and two money orders, 1785-1787, of Samuel Haven (1727-1806), minister of the South Congregational Church of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 1752 to 1804; four diaries, 1769-1796, and a book of religious notes and extracts, 1753-1772, of Jason Haven (1733-1803), minister of the First Congregational Church of Dedham, Mass. from 1756 to 1803; an indenture, 1790, re: New York lands purchased by Nathaniel Gorham and Oliver Phelps from the Indians; two probate documents, 1807 and 1811, of Samuel Haven (1771-1847); two letters, 1842, of Franklin Haven (1804-1893), president of the Merchants' Bank of Boston, to Samuel Jennison, treasurer of the Worcester County Institution for Savings; a letter, 1874, of Erastus Otis Haven (1820-1881) to Charles B. Brooks of Boston; an account book of household and personal expenses, 1904-1908, of Frances Williams Allen Haven (1824-1908), second wife of Samuel Foster Haven (1806-1881). The diaries of Jason Haven provide a record of the weather, religious and farm activity, travel about New England, personal and family matters, social visits, personal accounts, deaths, and miscellaneous events.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes.6 v. ; octavo.4 v. ; folio.

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The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks.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

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Class Book, 1852-1908.

Title: Class Book, 1852-1908.

Members of the Class of 1852 fought on both sides in the Civil War and most lived to witness the rise of Harvard from a semi-rural college to a national institution. There are no great events recorded here, only telling details, often recorded in faint pencil: "1863 July 4-Died of wound rec'd July 2 at Gettysburg." This volume is part of the official records of the class, containing biographical information on class members, minutes of class meetings, and records of class suppers.

ArchivalResource: 720 p. : ill. ; 38 cm.

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Haven, Jane Stowell. Mrs. Samuel R. Haven diaries, 1869-1905.

Title: Mrs. Samuel R. Haven diaries, 1869-1905.

Diaries kept by Mrs. Samuel R. Haven (Jane Stowell) give very detailed accounts of family and social activities, responses to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a trip to Europe, and a trip to Florida. Dr. Samuel Haven had served in the army during the Civil War under Generals R.K. Swift and U.S. Grant. Mrs. Haven was the daughter of E.C. Stowell, a Chicago (Ill.) businessman.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft. (65 v.)

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