Pemberton collection, 1645-1948; bulk: 1798-1888.

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Ayer, James, 1815-1891. Pemberton collection, 1645-1948; bulk: 1798-1888.

Title

Pemberton collection, 1645-1948; bulk: 1798-1888.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39244567

Abstract

Papers, including family letters, of the Ayer, Channing, Eustis, Farwell, Spaulding, and Whittemore families, collected through their connections from inter-marriages. Ayer family papers include medical notes and letters between brothers James and Joseph C. Ayer while medical students and later physicians; medical accounts (1842-43) of James kept at Monument Beach and Sandwich, Mass.; and James's diary from 1880-87. Also, a few amateur writings of James B. Ayer and two scrapbooks (189-93; 1918-23). Channing family papers contain Ruth G. Channing's account books and trigonometry notebook. (Cont'd) Among the Eustis family members represented is Frederic A. Eustis whose papers include an account book (1846-54) for a boarding school at Milton, Mass. which he ran; a Greek Bible with his tipped in notes (1836); records and accounts (1863-71) of his Eustis family plantation in South Carolina, including lists of slaves and, after the Civil War, freedmen as laborers with tasks and wages; and his 1857 pocket diary. Other Eustis papers include Mary Channings Eustis's recipe book, commonplace-books, and volumes of home medical remedies; Emily A. Eustis Jeffries's commonplace-books; and her husband's, John A. Jeffries, biology notebook (1875-76). (Cont'd) Deeds and other legal papers in this collection include those of Bezaleel and Daniel Spaulding, in particular to lands in Hillsborough County, N.H. and of Nathaniel W. Farwell for lands in Lewiston, Me. Other misc. items include Whittemore family genealogical notes; an account book (1827-28) of the Suffolk Bank of Boston; Elizabeth P. Peabody's notebook on astronomy and astrology; Civil War letters from James A. Darling of the Army of the Potomac; and Micah P. Shaw's account book (1841-57).

Extent

8 boxes, 1 v., and 1 oversize box.

Holding Repository

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7412626

Massachusetts Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 21 Entities related to this resource.

Channing (Family : Channing, William Ellery, 1727-1820)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v22w7x (family)

The Channings were a prominent Massachusetts family with strong ties to the Unitarian church and the anti-slavery movement. From the guide to the Correspondence and other papers, 1825-1936., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Spaulding, Bezaleel.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz8603 (person)

Ayer, Joseph Culler, 1811-1846.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bv9fxf (person)

Ayer family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b36wdc (family)

Jeffries, John Amory, 1859-1892.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6156grs (person)

Spaulding, Daniel, 1803-1877.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ww9hw4 (person)

Jeffries, Emily Augustus Eustis.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f78crq (person)

Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, 1804-1894

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr0208 (person)

Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was at the center of the Transcendentalist movement in New England. Although she wrote and published many works, she is best remembered for her support and friendship of Emerson, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and many others. She published the journal Dial, founded the famous West Street Book Shop and Publishing House, and introduced kindergarten to America. From the description of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody letters, 1846-1854. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...