Amos Adams Lawrence diaries and account books, 1816-1886.

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Amos Adams Lawrence diaries and account books, 1816-1886.

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Diaries kept by merchant, businessman, and philanthropist Amos Adams Lawrence, 1814-1886, during his studies at Harvard University (Class of 1835); on trips to Europe, the Southern states and other parts of the U.S.; and while living in Boston and the vicinity. Also includes Lawrence's personal account books, 1827-86, with records of household accounts and charitable expenses; a list of his Massachusetts rental properties, with names of towns and residents; and a book of receipts and expenditures for recruiting the 2nd Regiment of the Mass. Cavalry under Col. Charles R. Lowell during the Civil War, 1862-63. Also includes diaries, 1843-64, and account books of household expenses and wages for domestic help, 1842-53, kept by Lawrence's wife, Sarah E. Appleton Lawrence; and diaries kept by Sarah's mother, Mary Anne Cutler Appleton, during a voyage with her husband, William Appleton, to Italy and France, 1816-17, along with a line-a-day diary kept in 1836.

5 pamphlet boxes and 15 vols. in cases.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Appleton, Mary Anne Cutler.

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Appleton, William, 1786-1862

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American merchant, banker, U.S. Congressman; 1851-1855, 1861. From the guide to the William Appleton letters, 1834, 1854, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Gates, Charles Horatio, d. 1896.

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Lowell, Charles Russell, 1835-1864

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Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Lawrence, Sarah Elizabeth Appleton, 1822-

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