Barker-Edes-Noyes family papers, 1655-1953, bulk: 1700-1900.

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Barker-Edes-Noyes family papers, 1655-1953, bulk: 1700-1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15814793

The papers of the interrelated Barker-Edes-Noyes families of Pembroke, Boston, and Charlestown, Mass. consist of correspondence, business and military papers, financial records, genealogical material, diaries, account books, ships' logs, and estate and legal papers. The personal and family papers make up the bulk of the collection and include correspondence of surveyor, engineer, and agent of the Warren and Charles Bridges Ebenezer Barker, his wife Sarah (Fuller) Barker, and their sons Edward Tobey Barker, who served on the U.S. gunboat Huron and on the steamer Mercedita during the Civil War, and Frederick Alden Barker who served in the Charlestown Cadets while living in Charlestown and working in Boston. A group of letters written by Edward Tobey Barker to his mother, Sarah, gives an account of his activities and includes first-hand accounts of the blockade of Charleston, S.C. and the events preceding the Battle of Mobile Bay. Also included are business papers related to Josiah Barker's shipbuilding business including repairs made to the USS Consitution at Charlestown Navy Yard. Other materials include diaries of Sophie Briggs Edes and Ellen Waldo; account books of Kingston, Mass. physician Jabez Fuller; genealogical files of James Atkins Noyes and Robert T. Edes relating to the Alden, Barker, Burnham, Edes, Fuller, Hatch, Loring, and Noyes families; Pembroke and Boston deeds from the 17th and 18th centuries; and Edward Barker's copy of the log of the gunboat Huron. Also included are papers related to Judah Alden and Josiah Barker's involvement with the Society of the Cincinnati and Revolutionary War claims and letters written to Seth Barker, captain of the ship Volunteer.

10 boxes, 1 narrow box, 8 pamphlet boxes, 1 oversize box, and 35 cased vols. (including one extra tall)

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6903853

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Society of the Cincinnati

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The Society of the Cincinnati was formed on 10-13 May 1783 by American Revolutionary Army officers who met at Mount Gulian, the American Army's cantonment on the east bank of the Hudson River. After resigning his post as General, George Washington (1732-1799) accepted an invitation to become the society's first president. Major General Henry Knox (1750-1806) was the secretary and for years the guiding spirit of the organization. Membership extended to those officers of the Continental Army and N...

Constitution (Frigate)

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U.S.S. Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides". From the description of Agreement, 1826-1828. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58662266 Also known as Old Ironsides; wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy; Thos. McDonough Esq. Com. New York, 28 Oct. 1824; launched in 1797, Constitution was one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794; currently a fully commissioned US Navy shi...

Volunteer (Ship).

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Barker family

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Huron (Gunboat).

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Barker, Seth, 1799-

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Fuller, Jabez.

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Alden, Judah.

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Noyes family

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Edes family

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Barker, Edward Tobey, 1840-1913.

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Charlestown Cadets.

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Edes, Robert T. (Robert Thaxter), 1838-1923

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Barker, Ebenezer, 1796-1868.

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Noyes, James Atkins.

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Waldo, Ellen, 1845-

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Barker, Frederick A., 1845-1880.

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Waldo, Sophie Briggs Edes, 1820-1892.

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Barker, Josiah, 1763-1847

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Charlestown Navy Yard.

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Barker, Sarah Fuller, 1801-1890.

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Mercedita (Steamer).

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