Quincy family papers, 1639-1930.

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Quincy family papers, 1639-1930.

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Correspondence, diaries, journals, genealogical records, commonplace books, notes on sermons, lectures, debates, essays, drawings, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers. Includes material on activities of the justice of the peace of Suffolk Co., Mass. (1716-1758), family matters, "Observations on Boston Port Bill" (1774), and Samuel Miller Quincy's Civil War service as officer of the 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Members of the family represented include Edmund Quincy (1681-1738), Edmund Quincy (1703-1788), Edmund Quincy (1733-1768), Edmund Quincy (1808-1877), Edmund Quincy (1834-1894), Eliza Susan Quincy (1798-1884), John Quincy (1689-1767), Josiah Quincy (1744-1775), Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), Josiah Quincy (1802-1882), Josiah Quincy (1859-1919), Mary Perkins Quincy, and Samuel Quincy (1735-1789).

52 boxes, 86 cased vols, and 5 oversize boxes.

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Quincy, Josiah, 1859-1919

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Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

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Edmund Quincy, author and abolitionist, was the son of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard, and wrote several novels and a biography of his father. He was an active member of the anti-slavery movement, and published numerous articles on the topic. From the description of Edmund Quincy letters, 1855-1868. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57759735 Edumund Quincy, author and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass.,...

Quincy, Samuel, 1735-1789

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Quincy family.

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Quincy, John, 1689-1767

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Quincy, Eliza Susan, 1798-1884

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Eliza Susan Quincy (1798-1884) was the daughter of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), congressman, Massachusetts state senator, and president of Harvard University. Her great-grandfather was Colonel Josiah Quincy (1710-1784). His fortune was increased when the merchant vessel Bethell, of which he was part owner, captured a Spanish treasure ship. In 1770, he built a large house in that part of Braintree, Massachusetts, which later became Quincy. Eliza Susan and her sisters Abigail Phillips (1803-1893) an...

Quincy, Josiah, 1744-1775

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Quincy, Edmund, 1703-1788

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Quincy, Samuel M. (Samuel Miller), 1833-1887

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Quincy, Edmund, 1681-1738

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Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...

Quincy, Edmund, 1834-1894.

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Quincy, Edmund, 1732 or 1733-1768

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Quincy, Mary Perkins

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Mary Perkins Quincy dedicated her life to preserving handcrafted textiles and other colonial artifacts and strove to revitalize the cottage lace industry in America in the early twentieth century. Although her dream of establishing a museum in her Litchfield, Connecticut, home was never realized, much of her collection is preserved at the Litchfield Historical Society. Quincy traveled to Egypt in 1896, Cf. Kalfatovic, Martin R. "Nile Notes of a Howadji" (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992). ...

Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882

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Mayor of Boston and older son of Josiah Quincy, president of Harvard. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Andrew Preston Peabody, 1865 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709622062 Mayor of Boston. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1848 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616007 ...