Papers, 1729-1860.

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Papers, 1729-1860.

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This collection of papers consists of sermons, 1729-1747, of Rev. William Jennison 1st, mostly preached at Salem and Westboro, Massachusetts; a notebook of extracts, anecdotes, poems and aphorisms, 1809-1810, and 28 diaries, 1813-1842, of William Jennison 2nd, which record social life, trips, weather, daily concerns, and deaths, particularly of judges, lawyers, sheriffs and coroners in Worcester County. The collection also includes poems of Samuel Jennison, 1809-1859, his diary, 1819, and 16 boxes of biographical notes, filed in two alphabetical series, 1800-1860, on several hundred prominent individuals of the period; finally, there is a diary, November 1848-December 1849, of Ann Elizabeth Jennison, which records her personal, social, familial and religious life (she married Barton on April 4, 1849). The collection also includes a notebook on shorthand written by "Samuel Jennison Jr."; a Jennison family poetry volume, 1836-1841; and miscellaneous papers, 1761-1860, consisting mostly of correspondence of Samuel Jennison and his family.

1 folder (25 items)16 boxes.35 v. ; octavo.

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Barton, Ann Elizabeth Jennison, 1827-1869

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Jennison family.

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The Jennison family members represented in this collection are William Jennison (1707-1750), William Jennison (1757-1843), Samuel Jennison (1788-1860), and Ann Elizabeth Jennison (1827-1869). William Jennison 1st, son of Samuel Jennison (1673-1730), was a minister and schoolteacher in several Massachusetts towns, and his grandson, William Jennison 2nd, was a lawyer and court clerk in Worcester, Mass. Samuel Jennison, nephew of William Jennison 2nd, was a banker, historian and biographer in Worce...

Jennison, William, 1707-1750.

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Jennison, Samuel, 1788-1860

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Jennison, William, 1757-1843

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William Jennison was a lieutenant of the Marines, 1776, served with the Army later in the same year, and with the Navy, 1777-1780. From the description of Journal, 1776-1780. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122364993 ...