Curtis-Eastman family papers, 1748-1866.

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Curtis-Eastman family papers, 1748-1866.

Deeds and letters kept by the inter-related Curtis, Eastman, and Shepard families of Granby, Mass. Includes deeds for land in Amesbury, Granby, and Hadley, Mass. and New Hampshire, 1748-1866; and correspondence among the three families, 1797-1850s. Includes an account book kept by Dr. Lysander Curtis of West Springfield, Mass. recording treatments and charges for patients, 1792-1803; letters sent by Gen. William Shepard while in Canandaigua, New York to his family describing dysentery, 1797; letters to Shepard's sister and brother in-law Sally Shepard Curtis (later Eastman) and Lysander Curtis, 1798-1800s; a letter sent by Eleazar Curtis to his son Dr. Lysander of West Springfield, Mass. while both were sick and dying, 1803; letters written by William Eastman to his parents William and Sarah Curtis Eastman while a student at Williams College, 1818; and letters written by George Eastman to his mother while a student at Andover Theological Seminary, 1830. Also includes a poetry commonplace book possibly kept by Samantha White and a collection of recipes for making dyes.

1 box and 1 v. in a case.

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Curtis family.

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Williams College

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Eastman, Sarah Shepard Curtis, 1767-1847.

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Shepard family.

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Eastman family.

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Curtis, Lysander, d. 1803.

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Shepard, William, 1760-1823.

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Eastman, William, 1737-1817.

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Eastman, George.

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Andover Theological Seminary

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Eastman, William, 1763-

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Curtis, Eleazar.

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