Putnam papers, 1780-1885.

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Putnam papers, 1780-1885.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53921934

Contains the papers of Hiram Putnam and his wife Elizabeth Osgood. Includes their correspondence, bills of lading related to the China trade (1823-1829) and other business documents. There are account books, including one that has accounts and letter book from Putnam's time on the high seas (1813-1816). Some letters relate to his business and political interests in Syracuse, NY, especially those related to the public schools. There is correspondence related to Dudley Post Phelps of a personal and religious nature (relative to the true nature of Jesus Christ) and his poetry. Also copies of his: The Phelps record (Syracuse, N.Y., 1885), a genealogy of the Phelps family. There is correspondence received by Samuel Holten, Hiram Putnam's maternal grandfather, relative to the U.S. Continental Congress from John Avery, James Lovell and Azor Orne.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7673161

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Lovell, James, 1737-1814

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