Sedgwick family papers, 1717-1946

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Sedgwick family papers, 1717-1946

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Collection contains the papers of the Sedgwick family of western Massachusetts and New York City, specifically those of Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), a Federalist legislator and judge; his wife Pamela Dwight Sedgwick (1753-1807); five of their children - Theodore Sedgwick II (1780-1839), Henry Dwight Sedgwick (1789-1831), Robert Sedgwick (1787-1841), Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867) and Charles Sedgwick (1791-1856); and their children's spouses and descendants, including Theodore Sedgwick III (1811-1859), Jane Minot Sedgwick (1795-1859), Jane Minot Sedgwick II (1821-1889), Henry Dwight Sedgwick II (1824-1903), Elizabeth Ellery Sedgwick (1799-1862), Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick (1829-1902), Katherine Sedgwick Minot (1820-1880) and Alexander Sedgwick (1867-1929). The collection consists of family correspondence, personal and professional papers, literary and political writings, journals, commonplace-books, scrapbooks, and account books. Judge Theodore Sedgwick's papers document his career as an agent for the Continental Army, representative to the Continental Congress, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and Federalist leader. Other topics include family events, the social and political scenes in Stockbridge and Boston, the mental illness and treatment of Pamela Dwight Sedgwick (1753-1807) and her son Henry Dwight Sedgwick (1789-1831), the literary career of author Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1789-1867), travel of various family members to France and Italy, papers relating to the conversion of Jane Minot Sedgwick (1821-1889) to Catholicism, and New York lawyer Henry Dwight Sedgwick's (1824-1903) work with the New York Underground Railway Company from 1871 to 1892. Also within the collection are the papers of families related to the Sedgwicks by marriage, including the papers of Boston lawyer William Minot (1783-1873), his wife, Louisa Davis Minot (1788-1858), William's father, historian George Richards Minot (1758-1802) and Louisa's uncle, Rev. James Freeman (1759-1835.) Collection also contains papers of the Davis, Dwight, Freeman, Pomeroy, Sergeant, Watts and Williams families, as well as letters of Fanny Kemble Butler (1809-1893). Historical documents acquired by Theodore Sedgwick (1811-1859) include papers of Danish sea captain and inventor John Morke (d.1755), New York Collector of Customs Archibald Kennedy (1685-1763), and British Royal Navy officer Archibald Kennedy (ca. 1723-1794) who commanded the blockade of New York harbor during the Stamp Act crisis of 1765. Also here are papers of New York Attorney General John Tabor Kempe (1735-1792), and Continental Congress President Elias Baudinot (1740-1841), as well as a 1759 orderly book from the Siege of Quebec and papers relating to Shays' Rebellion.

117 boxes, 52 volumes, and 3 oversize boxes.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7563892

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813

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Freeman family.

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Minot, Louisa Davis, 1788-1858

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Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, 1824-1903

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Dwight family.

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Kempe, John Tabor, 1735-1792.

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Sedgwick, Jane Minot, 1821-1889.

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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867

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Freeman, James, 1759-1835

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Sedgwick, Penelope Russell.

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Davis family.

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Sedgwick, Elizabeth Dana Ellery, 1799-1862.

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Sedgwick, Alexander, 1867-1929

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Sedgwick, Charles, 1791-1856

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Kennedy, Archibald, Captain

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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1780-1839

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Federal Party (Mass.)

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Sedgwick family.

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Minot, William, 1783-1873.

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Watts family.

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Morke, John, d. 1755.

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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1811-1859

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Charles Babbage was a mathematician and inventor. From the guide to the Charles Babbage selected correspondence, 1827-1871, 1827-1871, (American Philosophical Society) Theodore Sedgwick of Albany, NY, entered the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (forerunner of Norwich University) in 1823 and graduated in 1826. Following his graduation, he practiced law and held several offices within the federal government. Sedgwick was appointed U.S. attorney for the south...

Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802

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Federeal Party (U.S.).

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Sedgwick, Henrietta Ellery, 1829-1902.

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Sedgwick, Pamela Dwight, 1753-1807.

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Kennedy, Archibald, 1685-1763

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Sedgwick, Jane Minot, 1795-1859.

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Williams family.

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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...