Quincy-Howe papers, 1797-1944.

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Quincy-Howe papers, 1797-1944.

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Papers of the interrelated Quincy and Howe families, including family correspondence among Josiah Quincy III (1772-1864), Eliza Susan Quincy, Josiah Quincy IV (1802-1882), Josiah P. Quincy, and Helen Frances "Fanny" (Huntington) Quincy. Josiah Quincy IV's papers include letters to his wife describing trips to the South and Midwest (1844-187?). Josiah P. Quincy's papers include letters to his wife Helen Frances (Huntington) Quincy from Washington, D.C., Labrador, Cuba, and the Azores, and a journal kept in the Azores from 29 May - 17 June 188-?. Additional papers include commonplace-books kept by Fanny Huntington (later Quincy) and Eliza Susan Quincy; a memoir of the Quincy family by Eliza (1823); numerous genealogical materials; and correspondence of Mark A. DeWolfe Howe, Frances Huntington (Quincy) Howe, and other members of the Quincy and Huntington families.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Huntington family.

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Howe family.

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Howe, M.A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960

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American author of numerous biographies and nonfiction accounts, many about the New England area; recipient of 1924 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, BARRETT WENDELL AND HIS LETTERS. From the description of Correspondence, 1921-1960. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492230 Biographer, editor, historian, and poet. From the description of Papers of M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1920,1935. (University of Vir...

Quincy, Eliza Susan, 1798-1884

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Eliza Susan Quincy (1798-1884) was the daughter of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), congressman, Massachusetts state senator, and president of Harvard University. Her great-grandfather was Colonel Josiah Quincy (1710-1784). His fortune was increased when the merchant vessel Bethell, of which he was part owner, captured a Spanish treasure ship. In 1770, he built a large house in that part of Braintree, Massachusetts, which later became Quincy. Eliza Susan and her sisters Abigail Phillips (1803-1893) an...

Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882

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Mayor of Boston and older son of Josiah Quincy, president of Harvard. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Andrew Preston Peabody, 1865 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709622062 Mayor of Boston. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1848 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616007 ...

Quincy, Helen Frances Huntington, 1831-1903.

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Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...

Quincy, Josiah Phillips, 1829-1910

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Howe, Frances Huntington Quincy, 1870-1933.

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Quincy family.

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