Papers, 1811-1837.

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Parker, Leonard M. (Leonard Moody), 1789-1854. Papers, 1811-1837.

Papers, 1811-1837.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207162683

This collection consists mainly of letters for the period 1811 to 1837. The letters are written by various family members, including Leonard Moody Parker's brothers-in-law, especially Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829), his mother-in-law Martha Waldo Lincoln (1761-1828), his wife and daughters, and several letters and poetry written by Parker to Martha Lincoln before their marriage. The letters from his brothers-in-law contain references to politics in Charlestown, the British invasion of Washington, D.C. in 1814, and the celebrations in Worcester following the Treaty of Ghent in 1815. Other letters refer to family births, weddings, and engagements, especially that of Francis Harrison Kinnicutt (1812-1885) to Elizabeth Waldo Parker, descriptions of Worcester society by Parker's daughters Martha and Elizabeth, including temperance meetings, liquor license uproars, and their first railroad ride. Included also in the collection is a deed of guardianship concerning the sale of land owned by Parker's children, an invitation by the mayor of Boston to meet the President of the United States in 1833, and a personal cash account book kept by an unidentified employee of Parker's in Boston, 1833-1834, containing lists of salary received, rent paid, and other daily expenses.

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