Ward Cotton papers, 1758-1851.

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Ward Cotton papers, 1758-1851.

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Includes Cotton's autograph manuscript sermons, prayers, expense and income book, and comments on classmates from Harvard Class of 1793. Includes printed pamphlets from his library, collected news clippings, a cabinet photograph of the William Crow House in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and wills relating to his extended family (Thomas Jackson (b 1729) and Lydia Jackson (1768-1849), both of Plymouth). Also with this collection is a printed mortgage deed with manuscript additions from 1818-1845 for the Boylston Homestead once belonging to Ward Cotton. This deed includes signatures of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his wife, Lydian Jackson Emerson, among many others.

3 boxes (1 linear feet)

Houghton Library

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