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Silsbee, Nathaniel, 1773-1850. Nathaniel Silsbee papers, 1809-1844.

Title: Nathaniel Silsbee papers, 1809-1844.

Chiefly letters written by Silsbee relating to Massachusetts and national politics. Correspondents include James Trecothick Austin, Lewis Brantz, Thomas P. Coxe, H. A. S. Dearborn, Mahlon Dickerson, David Henshaw, James Miller, James Kirke Paulding, David Porter, Samuel L. Southard, Smith Thompson, and Bryant P. Tilden,

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980464 View

Herald (Ship : 1845-1861). Herald (Ship) logbook, 1803-1804.

Title: Herald (Ship) logbook, 1803-1804.

The logbook of the ship Herald details a shipping voyage from Salem, Mass., to Jakarta, Aug. 1803-May 1804. The ship's home port was Salem; the owners were Nathaniel Silsbee, Samuel Parkman, and Ebenezer Preble; the master and logbook keeper was Zachariah F. Silsbee. The logbook includes a crew list; accounts of at least one death; the detention of persons; diseases on board, including a dysentery epidemic; wounds and injuries to some of the merchant mariners on board; an episode of disorderly conduct; accounts of an attempted mutiny; and notes on shipboard occupations. The illustrations are profile views. During its voyage, the Herald spoke the brigantine Iris out of Wilmington, N.C., and the ship Severn.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53802543 View

Hemenway, Amy. Collection of autographs, 1791-1873

Title: Amy Hemenway collection of autographs, 1791-1873.

Autograph collection of American collector Amy Hemenway.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00456/catalog View

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. Letter : Washington, to Nathaniel Silsbee, House of Representatives, 1820 March 18.

Title: Letter : Washington, to Nathaniel Silsbee, House of Representatives, 1820 March 18.

Relates to publication of the Laws of the present session of the Congress by the Columbian Centinal.

ArchivalResource: 1 l.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122480567 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01543/catalog View

Cutts, Mary Estelle Elizabeth. Papers, ca.1855.

Title: Papers, ca.1855.

Ms. memoir about James and Dolley Madison by Cutts, numerous letters to the Madisons, and family correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19332614 View

Hale family papers, 1727-1965

Title: Hale family papers, 1727-1965

Papers of four generations of the Hale family of Maine, N.H., and Mass. Correspondence of N.H. Congressman Salma Hale relates to his literary, journalistic, and political activities, including his service on a commission to settle boundaries under the Treaty of Ghent (1815). Correspondents include John Bailey, Samuel Bell, William C. Bradley, Josiah Butler, Arthur Livermore, Nathaniel Silsbee, John W. Taylor, and Nathaniel Upham. Papers of his wife, Sarah K. Hale, include letters to Catharine Fiske of Keene, N.H. Diaries and other papers of their son, George Silsbee Hale, relate to his Boston philanthropic efforts and trips to Europe. Correspondents include William Barstow, George S. Emerson, Harry Hibbard, Francis Parkman, Josiah Quincy, Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Schurz, Jared Sparks, Charles Sumner, Daniel Webster, and Edward A. Wild. (Cont) Included is correspondence of Mrs. George (Ellen S.) Hale with her sisters Martha and Anne Sever, who were nurses during the Civil War. Papers of lawyer Richard W. Hale Sr. relate to his business, legal, and literary activities, and include drafts and copies of his writings. His correspondents include Learned Hand, Oliver W. Holmes Jr., William D. Howells, Charles E. Hughes, Harold Laski, and Roscoe Pound. Also papers of the Sever family of Kingston, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 38 document boxes, 2 cased volumes, and 1 oversize box

http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0227 View

Papers of Professor Henry William Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959

Title: Papers of Professor Henry William Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959

Papers of Daniel Appleton White (1776-1861); wives; children including of daughter Mary Wilder Foote (1810-1857) and son William Orne White (1821-1911), William's wife, Margaret Harding White, and their children. Papers of Caleb Foote (1803-1894), his children including sons, Arthur William Foote (1853-1937) and Henry Wilder Foote (1838-1889), Henry's wife, Frances Ann Eliot Foote (1838-1896), and children. Papers of Henry Wilder Foote II (1875-1964), son of Henry Wilder Foote, of his wife Eleanor Tyson Cope Foote (b. 1879), and son Arthur Foote (II). Miscellaneous papers of ancestral families of Henry Wilder Foote II and William Orne White, including the Deadmans, the Eliots, the Flaggs, the Footes, the Haynes, the Lymans, the Ornes, the Wests, the Whites, and the Wilders.

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/div00575/catalog View

Autograph File, H

Title: Autograph File, H

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (22 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01431/catalog View

Jones, William, 1760-1831. Bank of the United States Records, 1790-1842 (inclusive).

Title: Bank of the United States Records, 1790-1842 (inclusive).

The Bank of the United States Records contains correspondence and documents primarily related to the second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, with a small collection of material from the first bank, and from several of the second bank's branches in other American cities. There is correspondence with officers of the banks and its patrons John Sergeant, Basil Hall, Nathaniel Silsbee, and William Henry Harrison, as well as documents relating to the construction of the second Bank building designed by William Strickland. Papers relating to the duties of the Commissioners of Loans in the states of Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania are filed at the end of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes 2.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/172833784 View

Devereux family. Devereux Family Papers, 1788-1878.

Title: Devereux Family Papers, 1788-1878.

Salem, MA shipping family. Collection contains shipping and personal papers of ship master and merchant James (1766-1846), ship master and attorney John (1796-1856), supercargo James (1806-1831), and attorney Nicholas Devereux. Also includes papers of other family members.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes, 1 vol (4 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/643562539 View

Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

Title: Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 boxes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01442/catalog View

Ross, Jacob. Document, n.d.

Title: Document, n.d.

List of signatures with no context.

ArchivalResource: 1 item1 (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155866680 View

Silsbee family papers, 1754-1907

Title: Silsbee Family Papers, 1637, 1754-1907.

The Silsbee Family Papers contain the personal papers, business papers, and shipping papers for four generations of Silsbees. The collection includes the shipping papers of Nathaniel Silsbee (1748-1791). It also includes the papers of: his sons, Nathaniel (1773-1850), William, and Zachariah; grandson Nathaniel (1804-1881) and; great-grandsons Nathaniel D. (b. 1830), William Edward, Francis Henry, George Z. and Edward Augustus.

ArchivalResource: 14.25 linear feet (22 boxes)

https://pem.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/162 View

Silsbee, Nathaniel, 1773-1850. Letter, 1828 January 4, Washington, to D. Webster [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1828 January 4, Washington, to D. Webster [n.p.].

Obtained a leave of absence for Webster because of his wife's health.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3005541 View

Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857. Langdon Cheves papers, 1800-1967, bulk 1800-1844.

Title: Langdon Cheves papers, 1800-1967, bulk 1800-1844.

Letter, 21 May 1800, to George Robertson, Sr., Barnwell County, S.C., re lawsuit brought against Robertson by Mrs. Molsey Jones over the administration of Molsey Jone's estate; letter, 20 May 1815, Charleston, S.C., to B[enjamin] W[illiams] Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C., re war record of the wounded Thomas Paine. Letters, 14 Apr. 1819, 2 Mar. 1819, 10 Nov. 1820, and 4 Dec. 1820, L. Cheves, President, Bank of United States, to various presidents of branch banks, re board resolutions, approval of his job performance, and decision making by local banks; letter, 1 Jan. l822, Philadelphia, Pa., to Nath[aniel] Silsbee, re Cheves' resignation as director; and letters, 1822-1830, Philadelphia, Pa., Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., to William Jones, re freedom and liberty, family news, and the sales of slaves identified by name. Letter, 19 Oct. 1829, Lancaster, Pa., to A. Bolmar, Philadelphia, Pa., re Langdon Cheves, Jr., and his preparation for college; letter, 15 Sept. 1830, Charleston, S.C., response to invitation to a States Rights dinner; letter, 16 Sept. 1830, from William Johnson, re states' rights dinner and opposition to nullification. Volume, 16 Oct. 1830, "Nile's Register," including correspondence of George Michael Troup, L. Cheves, and William Johnson, re nullification and a State Rights' dinner in Columbia, S.C.; letter, 15 Aug. 1831, Pendleton, S.C., to David James McCord, re nullification. Letter, 28 Nov. 1833, Beaufort, S.C., from John Milton Clapp, re a meteor shower and local events; letter, 26 Nov. 1844, re party politics and warning the Democratic Party against becoming associated with the Native American Party; also including obituary, 27 June 1857, including biographical sketch of Cheves; letter, 27 April 1967, Lancaster, Pa. from Dr. John L. Farmer, re information on Cheves and his residence during the period 1825-1830.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41069934 View

Herald (Ship : 1845-1861). Herald (Ship) logbook, 1804-1805.

Title: Herald (Ship) logbook, 1804-1805.

The logbook of the ship Herald details a shipping voyage from Salem, Mass., to Rotterdam, Guangzhou Shi (Canton), India, Bali, and back to Boston, June 1804-Oct. 1805. The ship's home port was Salem; the owners were Nathaniel Silsbee, Samuel Parkman, and Ebenezer Preble; the master and logbook keeper was Zachariah F. Silsbee. The logbook includes observations on animals, birds, and indigenous peoples seen during the voyage; a list of the merchant mariners on board and at least one wound and injury to the crew; notes on shipboard occupations and recreation on board; and equipment and supplies, specifically provisions, on board. The logbook's illustrations consist of profile views. During its voyage, the Herald spoke the ships Alert (out of Boston) and American Packet (out of N.Y.).

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53901608 View

Astrea (Ship). Astrea (Ship) logbook, 1789.

Title: Astrea (Ship) logbook, 1789.

The incomplete logbook of the ship Astrea details a shipping voyage from China to Java, Jan.-Feb. 1789. The ship's owner was Elias Hasket Derby; the master was James Magee; the logbook keeper was Nathaniel Silsbee. The logbook includes examples of poetry and sea songs.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52300659 View

Manning, William, 1778-1864. William Manning Papers, 1810-1857.

Title: William Manning Papers, 1810-1857.

Collection includes legal indenture documents for purchase of shares in the Brig Prudent and the Ship Herald along with other ships in which Manning purchased shares. Also included in the collection is a bill of lading for shipment of books to Tahiti in 1857 and marine insurance documents.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/771951664 View

Christophe Daniel Ebeling letters to William Bentley and other letters, 1795-1817.

Title: Christophe Daniel Ebeling letters to William Bentley and other letters, 1795-1817.

Letters from German librarian and professor, Christophe Daniel Ebeling, toAmerican minister and scholar, William Bentley, with a few letters to Ebeling fromothers.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02157/catalog View

Ebeling, Christophe Daniel, 1741-1817. Letters : to William Bentley, 1796-1817.

Title: Letters : to William Bentley, 1796-1817.

The letters, dated at Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hamburg, and other European cities, concern the exchange between Ebeling (in Europe) and Bentley (in Salem, Mass.) of parcels containing books, newspapers, and manuscripts. The letters to Ebeling concern Silsbee, Robison, and Van Staphorts & Co. couriering or shipping books to or from Bentley.

ArchivalResource: 45 items ; 25 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612788439 View

Silsbee, N. Papers, 1847.

Title: Papers, 1847.

The collection consists of two letters (both typed and handwritten) sent to the Hon. N. Silsbee from George Minot and Charles Noble regarding Albertus C. Van Raalte's desire to purchase land on the Black River.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30535786 View

Autograph File, C

Title: Autograph File, C

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 14.5 linear feet (29 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01426/catalog View

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter : Boston, to Joseph Blunt, 1829 Jan. 15.

Title: Letter : Boston, to Joseph Blunt, 1829 Jan. 15.

Autograph letter signed. Cushing writes of Silsbee's re-election as senator from Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52246457 View

Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851. Letter, 1832 August 30 [Washington], to Nathaniel Silsbee, Salem, Mass.

Title: Letter, 1832 August 30 [Washington], to Nathaniel Silsbee, Salem, Mass.

Beneficial results were gained from the Potomac's visit to Sumatra. The Peacock and the Boxer will visit all ports which would be useful for commerce.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2851526 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