Grew Family Papers, 1767-1904; bulk=1815-1866.

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Grew Family Papers, 1767-1904; bulk=1815-1866.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647785166

This collection contains the personal letters and business documents of several members of the Grew family, as well as some relating to the Wigglesworth, Greene, Phillips, Williams, and Crosby families. Series I: The Grew Family contains correspondence of members of the immediate and extended family, including Henry Grew, John Grew, Anna C. (Grew) Alvord, Henry Sturgis Grew, Jane Norton (Wigglesworth) Grew, Mary Coltman, Elizabeth Coltman, George Sturgis, Anne Terry (Greene) Phillips, and Wendell Phillips. Also included are letters patent (land documents) pertaining to Ebenezer Young; John and Mary (Coltman) Grews marriage settlement; a note inviting Wendell Phillips to serve as the delegate from the Massachusetts to the American Anti-Slavery Society; photographs sent from China by Henry Sturgis Grew; a scrapbook containing Civil War newspaper clippings compiled by either Anne or Thomas Wigglesworth; and a travel journal kept by Jane Norton (Wigglesworth) Grew. Series II: The Crosby Family contains letters written to William Bedloe Crosby, including some from his uncle Henry Rutgers; a lease agreement from 1767; a reference letter for Doctor Peter S. Townsend; and letters to John Schuyler Crosby. Also included are letters pertaining to Sir William Johnson and Governor John Tayler, and a manuscript detailing the history of the Burr/Hamilton dueling pistols, written by Major Richard Church. Series III: The Williams Family contains letters written by Franklin Delano Williams to his family in Greenfield, MA during his time in China, as well as shipping invoices and other business documents. Also included are letters written to Mary (Nelson) Williams after her husband died.

4 boxes (6 linear feet).

Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Williams and Company.

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Grew, Jane Norton Wigglesworth, 1836-1920

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Grew, Henry, 1781-1862

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Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787

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Thomas Gage, British military officer and last royal governor of Mass., was commander-in-chief in North America, 1763-1773. From the description of Letters : New York, to Sir Wm. Johnson, 1766-1771. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737851 From the description of Letter : New York, to Honorable Lt. Governor Penn, 1766 July 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37737693 From the description of Letter : Montreal, to Monsr. L'anglade, 1763 July 17. (Newber...

Phillips, Ann Terry Greene, 1813-1886

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Williams, Mary Willson

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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Wendell Phillips (born November 29, 1811, Boston, Massachusetts – died February 2, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts), orator and reformer, was one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement in Boston, Massachusetts, wrote frequently for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, and eventually became president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He contributed much to the cause through inflammatory speeches favoring the division of the Union and opposing the acquisition of Texas and the war with Mexico. ...

Ralston, Matthew C.

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American Anti-Slavery Society

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American Anti-Slavery Society, also known as the AASS (established 1833–disestablished 1870) was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison, and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was a key leader of this society who often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown was also a freed slave who often spoke at meetings. By 1838, the society had 1,350 local charters with around 250,000 members....

Grew, Henry Sturgis, Mrs., ca. 1840-1920.

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Crosby, William Bedloe, 1786-1865.

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Williams, Franklin Delano, d. 1865.

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Grew, John, 1752-1800.

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Townsend, Peter S. (Peter Solomon), 1796-1849

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Physician, New York City. From the description of Diary, 1823. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773605 ...

Hilmers, H. C.

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Matthiessen, E. A.

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Ralston, Robert, 1761-1836

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Crosby, John Schuyler, 1839-1914

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Colonel, Mayor, Postmaster. John Schuyler Crosby, born 1839, was a colonel in the American Civil War, Governor of Montana, and First Assistant Postmaster General. From the description of Letter, 1861. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50657877 ...

Grew family.

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Russell and Company.

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Coltman, Mary, 1756-1834.

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Grew, Henry Sturgis, 1834-1910.

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Rutgers, Henry, 1745-1830

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Henry Rutgers was born on October 7, 1745, son of Hendrick and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers. A resident of New York City, Rutgers was a Revolutionary officer, landed magnate, and philanthropist. He was the last descendant in his direct line of the Dutch immigrant, Rutgers Jacobsen Van Schoenderwoert, who came to Fort Orange in 1636. Henry Rutgers' interests ranged from local and state politics to the patronage of numerous educational and religious projects. Rutgers died on February 17, 1830. ...

Grew, Elizabeth Perkins Sturgis, 1809-1848

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