Family papers, 1374-1902, bulk: 1690-1858.

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Family papers, 1374-1902, bulk: 1690-1858.

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Family letters and historical documents collected by Frederick L. Gay. Includes papers and correspondence of Dr. Winslow Lewis with his mother Betsy Lewis, his father Capt. Winslow Lewis, and his brothers Frederick and Gustavus. Other correspondents include Dr. Lewis's wife, Emeline Richards Lewis; his son-in-law George Gay; several Boston physicians; and the Scottish writer Anne Grant. Frederick Lewis's letters of 1823 describe his shipwreck on the coast of France; letters of Frederick, Dr. Lewis, and later of George Gay (1846) describe their medical studies in Paris. Letters of Willard Gay and others to George Gay give accounts of a smallpox epidemic in Boston, the war with Mexico, and the war panic between the U.S. and Great Britain (1846). (Cont) Also included are poems and letters of Mary Starr of New London, Conn.; a few letters and notes concerning the murder trial of Prof. John W. Webster; part of the journal (1697-98) of Joseph Robineau, Sieur de Villebon, in Acadia; papers of Francis Foxcroft; papers of Capt. Benjamin Richards; deeds to land in Dedham, Marblehead, and Medfield, Mass.; an account book (1776-1777) and daybook (1810-1811) of William Aspinwall; an account book of Boston merchant William Quick (1744-1747); and a few medieval mss. concerning lands in England.

2 boxes and 1 oversize folder.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6935306

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Lewis, Gustavus.

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Starr, Mary Jane

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Villebon, Joseph Robineau, sieur de, 1655-1700

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Gay, Frederick Lewis, 1856-1916

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Lewis, Winslow, 1770-1850

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Winslow Lewis (1770–1850) was a sea captain, engineer, inventor and contractor active in the construction of many American lighthouses during the first half of the nineteenth century....

Aspinwall, William, 1743-1823.

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Quick, William.

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Lewis, Frederick.

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Gay, Willard.

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Webster, John White, 1793-1850

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Harvard professor; murderer of Dr. Parkman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1824 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586850 Murderer of Dr. George Parkman. From the description of Letter : to William Hickling Prescott, 1850 Aug. 29. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41415981 Professor of chemistry at Harvard University. From the description of Letter, 1845, Sept. 24 : Cambridg...

Lewis, Winslow, 1799-1875

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Foxcroft, Francis.

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Lewis, Emeline Richards.

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Grant, Anne MacVicar, 1755-1838

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Author. From the description of Letter, 1830 October 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407785 Scottish writer who spent some of childhood living in the United States. From the description of Letters of Anne Grant, 1822-1836. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 35035731 Scottish writer who spent some of her childhood living in the United States. From the description of Letters of Anne Grant [manuscript], 1822-1836. (University of...

Richards, Benjamin (Benjamin L.)

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Gay, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1878

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