Papers, 1887-1951.

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Papers, 1887-1951.

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This collection reflects the work of Harriette Merrifield Forbes as an historian of early New England. It includes correspondence, 1887; 1901-1950, written to Harriette Merrifield Forbes about early New England diaries, gravestones, gravestone cutters, and genealogies. There are historical notes on Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont probate records, New England houses, gravestones and gravestone cutters John Stevens (1647-1736), Matthew Griswold ( - ), William Mumford ( - ), Joseph Lamson (1658-1722), Nathaniel Lamson (1693-1755), and others. There is an essay of Forbes', titled "Reminiscences of Worcester," and one concerning the Oread School for Girls. Finally, there are typed extracts of early manuscripts, maps, drawings, photographs, and newspaper clippings, all concerned with New England history.

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Lamson, Joseph, 1658-1722.

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Lamson, Nathaniel, 1693-1755.

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Stevens, John, 1647-1736.

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Griswold, Mathew.

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Oread School for Girls (Worcester, Mass.)

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Mumford, William.

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Forbes, Harriette Merrifield, 1856-1951.

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Harriette Forbes was an author and historian from Worcester, Ma. Her husband was Judge William Trowbridge Forbes and her daughter, Esther Forbes, was a novelist. Forbes wrote New England Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals, 1923, and Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1927. From the description of Glass plate negatives of New England gravestones, 1925-1939. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122559240 Author of Gravestones of Early New Eng...