Papers of Mary Eleanor Bissell, 1738-1958.

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Papers of Mary Eleanor Bissell, 1738-1958.

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A one volume guest book, an autograph album, three slides, one piece of correspondence and a college diary are the only items in the collection that specifically pertain to Mary Eleanor Bissell. The remainder of the collection concerns her relatives, the most prominent of whom are her great-grandparents, Eleanor Mills Bissell and Thomas Bissell (fl. 1796-1848). The collection contains around forty pieces of correspondence relating to her great-grandparents as well as over a hundred items relating to the Bissell family business. The business papers include court summons, bills of sale, receipts, promissory notes, quit-claim deeds and an account book, all dated between 1738 and 1836. The collection also contains documents on the genealogy of the Bissell family in Windsor as well as eighteen photographs of family and friends.

160 pieces.1 box.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6714466

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Bissell, Thomas, fl. 1796-1848.

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Bissell, Mary Eleanor.

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