Samuel P. Savage papers V, 1714-1904.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Samuel P. Savage papers V, 1714-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44164512

Papers of Samuel P. Savage of Boston and Weston, Mass. and various members of the Savage, Hayward, and Shaw families. S.P. Savage's papers include material related to his work as a merchant including receipts, accounts, and report of goods on various ships including the Good Fortune; items related to his position as a judge, including a small volume of criminal cases heard in Weston, 1882-84, and legal documents signed by S.P. Savage as justice of the peace in Middlesex County; legal documents granting S.P. Savage guardianship of Charlotte Tyler; and official documents from Savage's tenure as chairman of the Massachusetts Board of War during the Revolutionary War, which include receipts, reports on provisions, and a copy of the official resolution for the formation of the Board, 1777. Samuel Hay Savage papers include correspondence to his father, William Henry Savage, aunt and uncle Hope and Lemuel Shaw, and his wife written from Guatemala and various places, ca. 1850-1900; correspondence from his family regarding the marriage of Elizabeth Shaw to Herman Melville, 1847, and other Melville family matters; and business correspondence, invoices, and receipts from his work as a merchant in San Salvador and Guatemala. Savage family papers also include estate inventories, wills, indentures, and correspondence of Arthur Savage, 1714- ca. 1735; correspondence from Henry and Charles Savage, ca. 1800-1850 to family members; and genealogical notes compiled by various Savage family members. Hayward family papers include correspondence between Susannah Hayward Shaw and her brother and sister, Lemuel and Sarah Hayward ca. 1790-1799.

1 box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7538936

Massachusetts Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 14 Entities related to this resource.

Melville family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66208q3 (family)

Good Fortune (Ship)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60649hv (corporateBody)

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c648vb (person)

Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Savage family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6066r99 (family)

Shaw, Hope Savage, 1793-1879.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q51pw (person)

Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x2fb9 (person)

Chief justice of Massachusetts, 1830-1860. His daughter Elizabeth married the author Herman Melville. From the description of ALS : Boston, to Joseph B. Felt, 1834 Oct. 14. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122475395 Shaw was chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830-1860). Webster and Parkman were on the faculty of Harvard Medical School at the time of Parkman's murder. From the description of Sentence of John W. Webster...

Hayward family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kh9xrq (family)

Hayward, Sarah.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x6r4v (person)

Savage, Samuel Phillips, 1718-1797.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd1c25 (person)

Savage, Samuel Hay, 1827-1901.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t157qt (person)

Savage, Arthur, 1680-1735.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6001h7j (person)

Massachusetts. Board of War

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h45p1g (corporateBody)

During the Revolution, the Massachusetts General Court designated the Board of War to administer the war effort on behalf of the colony, including the provisioning of troops. From the description of Accounts of officers' clothing, 1777-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79151733 Faced with the necessity of organizing the state's response to military hostilities with Britain, the General Assembly of Massachusetts mandated the creation of the Board of War. The board was char...

Shaw family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fz6kwg (family)

Melville, Elizabeth Shaw, 1822-1906

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63x8wq8 (person)