Tobey family papers, 1798-1892.

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Tobey family papers, 1798-1892.

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Papers of members of the Tobey and Sprague families of Mass. Papers of Capt. Silas Tobey of Kingston include letters written while at sea to his wife Betsey and other family members; records kept as clerk of the Kingston Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Co.; a log of a voyage in the brig Prince Eugene in 1817 to Guadeloupe where he died of yellow fever; and numerous business papers and accounts relating to his family's mercantile interests out of Berkley, Mass. Papers of the Sprague family include letters from Phineas to his wife Betsey (widow of Silas Tobey) and with his brother Seth, his partner in the Boston shipping firm of P. & S. Sprague and Co. (Cont.) Papers of Edward S. Tobey (son of Betsey and Silas) include correspondence with his family, his step-father Phineas Sprague, and step-uncle Seth Sprague regarding the business interests of the firm of Phineas Sprague and Co. in which he was a partner, including many written from abroad while on business. Edward Tobey's papers and 6 scrapbooks (1838-75) cover his wide-ranging interests, among them the Boston Board of Trade; the Army Committee of the Y.M.C.A. which raised money for the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War; steamship building and business, including the American Steamship Co. and other firms; the Board of Indian Commissioners; the American Peace Society; and other charitable and reform causes. Additional correspondents include Samuel and Enoch Tobey, Alexander H. Rice, John D. Long, and George H. Stuart.

5 boxes and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Tobey, Edward S. (Edward Silas), 1813-1891

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Sprague family.

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Long, John Davis, 1838-1915

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U.S. secretary of the navy and U.S. representative and governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Letters and signature of John Davis Long, 1885-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014961 ...

Phineas Sprague and Company (Boston, Mass.)

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Sprague, Phineas, 1779-1854

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Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895

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United States. Board of Indian Commissioners

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The Board of Indian Commissioners was established by a act of Congress in 1869. This Board functioned as an independent agency of the federal government serving as an adviser on Indian affairs to the President, the Department of the Interior, and the Congress. After sixty-four years of service, the Board was abolished in 1933. From the description of Records, 1869-1919. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40474798 ...

United States Christian Commission

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American Steamship Company

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Boston Board of Trade

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Sprague, Seth.

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Tobey, Samuel, ca. 1743-1823.

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Stuart, George H. (George Hay), 1816-1890

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Businessman, evangelist, and collector of autographs. From the description of Papers of George H. Stuart, 1798-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78626662 From the description of Papers of George H. Stuart, 1798-1887. 1967. (Biola University Library). WorldCat record id: 460749934 ...

Tobey family.

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Prince Eugene (Ship)

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American Peace Society.

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Formed in 1828 in New York City; headquarters later moved to Hartford, Boston, and Washington, D.C. From the description of Certification, 1871 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963148 The American Peace Society was the first nationally based secular peace organization in the United States. It was formed in 1828 from the merging of several state and local peace societies of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts; the oldest, the New York Peace Society, dat...

Kingston Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company (Kingston, Mass.)

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Boston Young Men's Christian Association. Army Committee

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Tobey, Silas, 1787-1817.

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P. & S. Sprague and Company (Boston, Mass.)

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Tobey, Enoch.

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Sprague, Betsey Tobey.

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