Richard Frothingham papers II, 1685-1895.

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Richard Frothingham papers II, 1685-1895.

Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of historian Richard Frothingham. Topics in his diaries include national and state politics, especially the Democratic Party; Universalism; social life and events in Boston, Mass; Andrew Jackson and the National Bank controversy; presidency of John Taylor; Daniel Webster; and slavery, including descriptions of talks by abolitionists such as the Grimkâe sisters. Correspondents include Gen. John E. Wool, Robert C. Winthrop, R.C. Waterston, Justin Winsor, and George Washington Warren. Four vols. of Frothingham's histories are extra-illustrated with engravings and contains notes and revisions. One box contains notes and manuscripts on the history of Charlestown, Mass. Also included is a hand-lettered and painted memorial vol. to Maj. William F. Clark of the 30th Mass. Infantry in the Civil War. Papers of Frothingham's grandfather, Richard Frothingham, include letters relating to his service in Col. Gridley's Regt. of the Continental Army in the Revolution; muster rolls of John Kettell's company of Nathaniel Heath's Continental Army Guard Detachment; and letters from Gen. Henry Knox, J.B. Varnum, and others.

3 boxes and 10 vols.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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