Joseph Coolidge letters, 1790-1878 ; bulk: 1820-1835.

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Joseph Coolidge letters, 1790-1878 ; bulk: 1820-1835.

Letters (with transcriptions) written by Boston merchant Joseph Coolidge, to his father Joseph Coolidge Sr., mother Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge, and wife Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, while traveling through Europe and in Canton, China, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.living in Boston, Mass., discuss sights visited, thoughts on culture and places, social engagements, family news, and daily activities. Letters written while living in Boston describe family news and daily activities. Includes scattered letters to Joseph Coolidge, Sr. from Hottinguer & Co. Also includes shares of the Third Massachusetts Turnpike Cooperation owned by Joseph Coolidge.

1 box of originals and 1 box of transcriptions.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958146

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Coolidge, Elizabeth Bulfinch, 1777-1837.

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Coolidge, Joseph, 1773-1840

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Massachusetts railroad pioneer and a founder of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Married Elizabeth "Eliza" Bulfinch (1777-1837) in 1796. From the description of Joseph Coolidge papers, 1793-1806. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984280 Coolidge studied in Paris in 1790. Joseph Coolidge was great-grandfather of Archibald Cary Coolidge. From the description of Lecture notes : manuscript, 1790. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id...

Hottinguer & Co.

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Coolidge, Joseph, 1798-1879

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Third Massachusetts Turnpike Cooperation.

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Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph, 1796-1876

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Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Correspondence of Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, 1810-1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51207509 ...