Colonial Society of Massachusetts collection, 1710-1939.

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Colonial Society of Massachusetts collection, 1710-1939.

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Papers from the Wister, Channing, Clark, Kittredge, and Endicott families of Massachusetts, as well as miscellaneous papers, 1710-1939, collected by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Wister family papers include family correspondence, Mary Channing Eustis Wister's household account books, 1868-1887, and 1883 European travel journal, property lists for Mary Channing Eustis Wister and her children as well as Sarah Logan Wister, William Rotch Wister obituaries and clippings, and a memorial for Mary Channing Wister. Channing family papers include genealogical notes, William Channing's appointments to the bar and as justice of the peace, William Ellery Channing's 1822 passport, and a letter to William Henry Channing. Clark family papers include correspondence to Jonas and Jonathan Clark, bills, deeds for property in Chelmsford and Tewksbury, and a commonplace notebook containing original poetry. Endicott family papers include several membership certificates of William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. and surveys of farmland in Danvers, Mass. Miscellaneous papers include two charters of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1892 and 1893.

2 boxes and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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

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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) ...

Clark, Jonas.

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Endicott family.

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Clark family.

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Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1860-1936

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Colonial society of Massachusetts

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Channing, William, 1751-1793.

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Wister, William Rotch, 1827-1911

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Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842

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William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) graduated from Harvard College in 1798. He served on the board of the Harvard Corporation from 1813 to 1826, where he worked for the establishment of the Divinity School, which occurred in 1816. A Unitarian minister, Channing served as the pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston from 1803 until his death in 1842. In 1819 he gave the landmark Unitarian sermon, Unitarian Christianity, which upon publication sold thousands of copies. A believer in the aboli...

Wister, Sarah Logan Fisher, 1806-1891

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Sarah Logan Fisher (May 18, 1806-December 26, 1891) was the daughter of William Logan Fisher and Mary Rodman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. On September 26, 1826, she married William Wister (February 2, 1803-November 10, 1891), the son of John Wister and Elizabeth Harvey of Philadelphia and Germantown, Pennsylvania. Sarah and William Wister had eight children: William Rotch (b. 1827), John (b. 1829), Harvey Langhorne (1831-1852), Langhorne (1834-1891), Elizabeth Harvey (1836-1838), Jones (b. 183...

Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884

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William Henry Channing, Unitarian minister and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass. He was the editor of The western messenger, 1838-1839, spent time at Brook Farm, wrote a memoir of his uncle, William Ellery Channing (1848), and with Ralph Waldo Emerson and James Freeman Clarke, wrote a memoir of Margaret Fuller (1852). He later accepted positions as minister in several Unitarian churches in England. From the description of W.H. Channing letter to Dear Sir, 1852 Mar. 29. (Pennsylvani...

Wister, Mary Channing, 1869-1913

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Clark, Jonathan.

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Wister, Mary Channing Eustis.

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Wister family.

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