Warren-Clarke family papers, 1814-1945.

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Warren-Clarke family papers, 1814-1945.

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Family correspondence of Samuel D. Warren and papers (1831-79) pertaining to his association with Grant, Daniell & Co. (later Grant, Warren & Co., and S.D. Warren & Co.), Boston paper manufacturers and dealers. Letters (1839-44) from his sisters describe student life at Mt. Holyoke and other women's schools. Letters from Warren's brothers (1844-53) detail land values in Milwaukee and describe farming in Wauwatosa, Wis. Also, family and personal correspondence (1844-66) of Rev. Dorus Clarke of Boston. Volumes include diaries (1815-18), penmanship copy-books (1814, 1818), and commonplace book of Hannah A. (Bliss) Clarke; diaries (1846-47) of Susan C. (Clarke) Warren; typescript diary (1850) of George Brown on a voyage to San Francisco aboard the ship Thomas Wattson; and scrapbooks (1872-79) of Harvard memorabilia of Samuel D. Warren Jr. and Washington B. Thomas. (Con't) Also, some family correspondence (1873-79) of N.H. legislator Bainbridge Wadleigh, including descriptions of social life in Washington, D.C.; student life at Wellesley College; and an 1877 letter from Mary Clemmer to Mrs. Wadleigh. From 1852, there are scattered Brown and Thomas family letters. There are several runs of letters written from Europe when various people were travelling there. Also, genealogical notes on the Bayard, Bliss, Clarke, Olcott, and Warren families; and commissions to John Barrett in the 20th regiment, N.H. militia (1814-18).

9 boxes and one oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary

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Thomas, Washington Butcher, 1857-1929.

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Thomas family.

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Thomas Wattson (Ship)

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Barrett, John.

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Warren, Susan Cornelia Clarke, b. 1825.

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