Brooks family papers, 1803-1899.

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Brooks family papers, 1803-1899.

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N. Brooks personal correspondence includes ALS from: daughter Caroline; Daniel Brooks; son George; brothers Charles, Franklin (who was seriously in debt and mentally unstable), Hiram, Humphrey, Isaac, and Joshua; Louisa, Mary, and William Brooks; John H. Hartwell; Martha Keith; E.F. Paige (a college friend); and others (among them George B. Emerson, Samuel Hoar, Levi Lincoln, Ezra Ripley, and Samuel Ripley). Correspondence to other Brooks family members includes ALS to Mary Merrick Brooks (e.g. 1863 July 30 From William Lloyd Garrison) and from Mary M. Brooks to Maria Parkman. (Cont.) Series includes material relating to N. Brooks' financial responsibilities for his children, to his political involvements, some deeds, and several genealogical items. The George M. Brooks papers include correspondence (e.g. 1875 ALS from Abigail May Alcott; 1872 ALS from Edward Carver Damon; [1871] Mar. 15 ALS from Sophia E. Thoreau; and ALS from Edward Jarvis, George Frisbie Hoar, and J.S. Keyes), bills, accounts, receipts, deeds, legal papers, passport, and materials relating to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Fund and Hubbard Estate Improvement. Series also includes 9 v. (Cont.) formerly belonging to Brooks family members.

2.58 linear ft.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371895

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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