Letters to Helen Frances Huntington Quincy, ca. 1880-1910.

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Letters to Helen Frances Huntington Quincy, ca. 1880-1910.

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Letters written by Josiah Phillips Quincy of Boston, Mass. to his daughter Helen Quincy Muirhead in London, England and later Cambridge, Mass., 1882-1910. Letters pertain to personal and family matters, Josiah and his wife Helen Frances (called Fanny) Huntington Quincy's visit to England, personal finances, Helen and her husband James' (called Jim) move back to Massachusetts, time spent at a summer home in Nahant, Mass., and the education of Helen's children Langdon and Phillips Muirhead. Letters also discuss Christianity, a Christian Science convention in Boston, Mass. (ca. 1900), United States politics, and communication with the spirit world. Also includes a letter written by Josiah to his aunt Anna Quincy Waterston of Whitefield, New Hampshire, ca. 1880, pertaining to Helen's new life abroad.

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Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy, 1812-1899

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Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy was born June 27, 1812 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the youngest daughter of Josiah Quincy III, who served as president of Harvard University, U.S. Representative, and Mayor of Boston. Her mother was Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. Anna's grandfather, Josiah Quincy II, had also served as mayor of Boston, as did her brother, Josiah. Her other siblings were: Eliza, Abigail, Maria, Margaret, and Edmund. On April 21, 1840, she married Rev. Robert C. Waterston (1812–93). A...

Quincy, Helen Frances Huntington, 1831-1903.

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Muirhead, Phillips.

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Quincy, Josiah Phillips, 1829-1910

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Muirhead, Helen Quincy, b. 1861.

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Muirhead, Langdon.

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