Correspondence, bills and receipts 1858-1910.

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Correspondence, bills and receipts 1858-1910.

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The collection is comprised of two series, a correspondence series and a series of merchant bills and receipts. The correspondence series (1858-1910) includes incoming letters from family, friends and business associates. The family correspondence reflects the business, social concerns and activities of Choate's extended family. The business correspondence in the collection reflects Choate's participation in business practice, philanthropy and several organizations during this period. The merchant bills and receipts series (1884-1910) reflect Choate's daily consumer life, the precise cost of merchandise and the types and amounts of goods purchased by a prominent family during the period.

ca. 2500 items, in box ; 26 x 39 x 7 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7436074

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Choate, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1828-1911

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Choate was born in Salem, Mass. and graduated from Harvard College (1849) and Harvard Law School (1854). He devoted much of his practice to railroad law acting as counsel for the Boston and Maine Railroad. In 1865, he became counsel for the Old Colony Railroad, becoming its director (1872), and later its president (1877). In 1877, he was chosen president of the Old Colony Steamboat Company. From the description of Lawyer's letterpress book, 1874-1881. (Harvard Law School Library). Wo...

Old Colony Railroad Company

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Chartered in 1844; opened for service from Boston to Plymouth, Mass., in 1845. Eventually blanketed southern Massachusetts with rail lines. Operated the famous boat train from Boston connecting with Fall River steamers for New York City. Passed into control of the New Haven system in 1893. From the description of Records, 1846-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269581169 ...

Providence, Warren, and Bristol Railroad Co.

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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

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The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...

Choate, Elizabeth.

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Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917

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Lawyer, author, and diplomat. From the description of Joseph Hodges Choate papers, 1745-1929 (bulk 1852-1917). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79700965 Prominent New York lawyer, diplomat, and leader in humanitarian and cultural affairs. From the description of Letter : New York, N.Y., to John H. Stephens, Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1916 Apr. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34241616 Choate...

Chamberlaine, A. P. (Augustus P.), -1909

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Choate family.

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New England Trust Company.

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Old Colony Steamboat Company

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Chartered 1874 to operate freight and passenger steamers between Narragansett Bay and New York, N.Y. From the description of Records, 1874-1904. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70955773 From the description of Records of the Old Colony Steamboat Company, 1874-1904. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47728077 ...

Procter, Adelaide Anne, 1825-1864

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Poet Adelaide Anne Procter was born in London and raised in a literary environment that helped nurture and develop her own budding talent. Most of her poems were published in Charles Dicken's magazines, often under a pseudonym. Her life was marked by her conversion to Roman Catholicism, and by her devotion to women's rights. Although much of her verse seems simplistic and sentimental by today's standards, she was perhaps the most popular living poet of her day. From the description o...

Chamberlaine, C. B. (Corinna B.), 1831-1906

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