Curson-Marquand family papers, 1683-1943.

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Curson-Marquand family papers, 1683-1943.

Includes family correspondence, diaries, genealogical materials, deeds (especially one of 1683? for Kents Island, Massachusetts), wills, a sketchbook, a draft of a novel by Samuel Curson and his travel journal from Peru, papers of Thomas Wentworth Higginson as a suitor of Margaret "Margie" Curson, topics relating to Curzon Mill, Massachusetts, and other materials. Also with: one 1714 letter from William Brattle, a letter from Rudyard Kipling to Harvard professor Charles Eliot Norton, and papers concerning Alexander Campbell and his family at Duntroon Castle, Scotland given to JPM by Elizabeth Gaskill Norton.

5 boxes (2.5 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7801724

Houghton Library

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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Marquand, John P. (John Phillips), 1893-1960

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Marquand was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his novels of upper class New England life and for his stories of the fictional detective Mr. Moto. From the description of Correspondence, 1892-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468968 From the description of Compositions, 1892-1951. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83157834 From the guide to the John Phillips Marquand correspondence, 1892-1960., (Houghton Library, Har...

Curson, Samuel, 1781-1847.

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Marquand, Margaret Searle Curson, 1828-

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Marquand, John Phillips, 1831-1900.

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Searle family.

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Marquand, Philip.

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Marchand family.

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Norton, Elizabeth Gaskell, 1866-

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Daughters of Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), editor, literary scholar, and professor of fine arts at Harvard, Sara edited a published edition of her father's letters. From the description of Elizabeth Gaskell Norton and Sara Norton papers, 1867-1948 (inclusive), 1880-1946 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612364861 From the guide to the Elizabeth Gaskell Norton and Sara Norton papers, 1867-1948 (inclusive), 1880-1946 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard Coll...

Curson, Mary Russell, 1825-

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Curson family.

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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Searle, Mary Russell Atkins, 1753-1829.

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Marquand, Margaret Fuller.

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Campbell family.

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