Historic New England

Printed matter: Pamphlet, pardon of Edward P. Jefferies

This folder contains a pamphlet about the pardon of Edward P. Jefferies.

Date: 1867

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295747

Ref. Code: MS037.06.30

Printed matter: List of stockholders of the Lawrence Fire Insurance Company of Boston

This folder contains a list of the original stockholders of the Lawrence Fire Insurance Company of Boston, of which W.C.C. was president, from 1872.

Date: 1872

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295748

Ref. Code: MS037.06.31

Printed matter: Newspaper clippings written by W.C.C.

This folder contains clippings of newspaper articles written by W.C.C. about marine subjects, especially about piracy on the high seas and about New England history and the history of Dorchester and Boston, Mass.

Date: 1880-1899

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295749

Ref. Code: MS037.06.32

Printed matter: Newspaper clippings written by W.C.C. about piracy on the high seas

This folder contains newspaper articles written by W.C.C. about piracy on the high seas, a series of articles of which there were at least 11 parts.

Date: 1889

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295751

Ref. Code: MS037.06.33

Newsletters: Lettre-Journal de Paris [in French]

File part

Date: 1871

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295750

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.18

Newspapers: Daily Courier

File part

Date: 1859

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295752

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.19

Newspapers: newspapers in French

File part

Date: 1870-1871

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295753

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.20

Printed matter: Booklet, "Isaac Hull and American Frigate Constitution by Benjamin F. Stevens"

This folder contains a booklet titled, "Isaac Hull and American Frigate Constitution," a letter accompanying a picture presented to the Bostonian Society by Benjamin F. Stevens, printed in Boston in 1890.

Date: 1890

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295754

Ref. Code: MS037.06.34

Printed matter: Newspaper clippings about piracy not by W.C.C.

This folder contains newspaper clippings about piracy not written by W.C.C.

Date: 1890s

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295755

Ref. Code: MS037.06.35

Printed matter: Periodical, "Littells Living Age," Oct. 17, 1891, includes article "Some Famous Pirates"

This folder contains a copy of the periodical "Littells Living Age" from October 17, 1891, which includes the article "Some Famous Pirates."

Date: 1891

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295756

Ref. Code: MS037.06.36

Printed matter: Book, "150th Anniversary of the Foundation of the First Corps Cadets"

This folder contains a book titled, "The 150th Anniversary of the Foundation of the First Corps Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia," published in Boston in 1892.

Date: 1892

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295759

Ref. Code: MS037.06.37

Newspapers: Galignanis Messenger [in French]

File part

Date: 1871

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295757

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.21

Printed material: poetry

File part

Date: 1864-1868, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295758

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.22

Programs: theatre

File part

Date: 1864-1865

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295760

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.23

Programs: opera

File part

Date: 1865

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295761

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.24

Printed matter: Newspaper clippings about death of Alice Barrett, an employee of Codman & Codman

This folder contains approximately 13 newspaper clippings from major Boston newspapers about the mysterious death of Alice Barrett, an employee of the firm Codman & Codman.

Date: 1897

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295763

Ref. Code: MS037.06.38

Programs: memorial re: John Albion Andrew

File part

Date: 1867

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295762

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.25

Printed matter: Booklet, "The Brig Mexican of Salem Captured by Pirates"

This folder contains, "The Brig Mexican of Salem Captured by Pirates and Her Escape, a Paper Read before the Essex Institute" by Edward C. Baltis, published in Salem in 1898.

Date: 1898

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295764

Ref. Code: MS037.06.39

Printed matter: Booklet, untitled book of prose and verse by various members of the Codman family

This folder contains an untitled booklet of prose and verse written by various Codmans including W.C.C. and Capt. John Codman (1814-1900). A note on the inside of the cover reads, "Published in Hamburg at request of Mrs. Mary M. Pollitz for private circulation."

Date: undated

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295765

Ref. Code: MS037.06.40

Printed matter: Newspaper clippings partially about W.C.C. and John Codman

This folder contains newspaper clippings in part about W.C.C. and John Codman.

Date: undated

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295766

Ref. Code: MS037.06.41

Scrapbooks: Newspaper clippings

This folder contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the 1880s and 1890s including articles by W.C.C. about marine subjects (especially piracy on the high seas, New England history, and the history of Boston and Dorchester, Mass.) and some family wedding and obituary notices.

Date: 1880-1899

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295767

Ref. Code: MS037.06.42

Elizabeth (Hurd) Codman (1836-1896)

This series includes financial records and a scrapbook belonging to Elizabeth (Hurd) Codman (1836-1896). Folder 63 contains an account book covering 1866 to 1868. Folder 64 contains a scrapbook, possibly belonging to E.H.C., which includes miscellaneous newspaper clippings dating from the late 1880s...

Date: 1866-1899

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295773

Ref. Code: MS037.07

Programs: music

File part

Date: 1871, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295768

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.26

Publication: Historical and Geographical Remarks, Collected from the Best Authorities for Nathaniel Dearborns, Map of Boston and Vicinity

Historical and Geographical Remarks, Collected from the Best Authorities for Nathaniel Dearborn's, Map of Boston and Vicinity, 1841

Date: 1841

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295769

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.27

Publication: Our First Men: A Calendar of Wealth, Fashion and Gentility

File part

Date: 1846

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295770

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.28

Publication: Rich Men of Massachusetts: Containing a Statement of the Reputed Wealth of about Fifteen Hundred Persons, with Brief Sketches of More than One Thousand Characters

Rich Men of Massachusetts: Containing a Statement of the Reputed Wealth of about Fifteen Hundred Persons, with Brief Sketches of More than One Thousand Characters, 1851

Date: 1851

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295771

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.29

Publication: Genealogical Memoir of the Chase Family of Chesham, Bucks, in England, and of Hampton and Newbury in New England, with Notices of Some of Their Descendants

Genealogical Memoir of the Chase Family of Chesham, Bucks, in England, and of Hampton and Newbury in New England, with Notices of Some of Their Descendants, 1869

Date: 1869

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295772

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.30

Financial records: Account book

This folder contains an account book covering 1866 to 1868.

Date: 1866-1868

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295774

Ref. Code: MS037.07.01

Scrapbooks: Newspaper clippings

This folder contains a scrapbook, possibly belonging to E.H.C., which includes miscellaneous newspaper clippings dating from the late 1880s to the early 1890s about subjects such as political, social, and cultural events. Ownership is attributed to E.H.C. on the basis of three envelopes addressed to...

Date: 1880-1899

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295775

Ref. Code: MS037.07.02

Publications: political material [in French]

File part

Date: 1871, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295776

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.31

Publication: Cyclist's Road Book of Boston and Vicinity

File part

Date: 1886

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295777

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.32

Publication: Americans in Paris

File part

Date: 1887

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295778

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.33

Publication: H.B. [in French]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295779

Ref. Code: MS001.06.05.34

Trade card for Wm. S. Lindsay & Co., 8 Austin Friars, London, England and Page, Richardson & Co., 134 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Page was a commercial agent for the shipping trade and a banker dealing in foreign currencies. Lindsay was a major ship broker with international interests.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 295780

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.03.01.022

15 stars and eagle, ace of spades playing card, A. Whitney & Co., Boston, Mass., ca. 1790

The ace of spades playing card has an eagle image within an oval frame. The text on the oval reads "Use but don't abuse me, evil be to him that evil thinks."

Date: ca. 1790

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 295786

Ref. Code: EP001.08.03.001

James Macmaster Codman (1831-1917)

This series includes diaries, financial records, and literary papers belonging to James Macmaster Codman (1831-1917). Folder 65 contains a travel log from a voyage to Calcutta and back in 1852 aboard the "Cato." The log includes descriptions of Calcutta and of the voyage and conclude with an appendi...

Date: 1852-1889

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295788

Ref. Code: MS037.08

Diaries: Travel log, Calcutta, India

This folder contains a travel log from a voyage to Calcutta and back in 1852 aboard the "Cato." The log includes descriptions of Calcutta and of the voyage and conclude with an appendix concerning Calcutta. Codman writes in a lively, literate style, often punctuating his prose with quotations by oth...

Date: 1852

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295789

Ref. Code: MS037.08.01

Diaries: Travel log, Europe

This folder contains a travel log from a trip to Europe and Crimea from 1854 through 1856. The journal is an account of the two year trip which included a visit to the front lines of the Crimean War zone. The captain of the vessel which sailed to Crimea was Capt. John Codman (1814-1900). Although th...

Date: 1854-1856

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295790

Ref. Code: MS037.08.02

Financial records: Account book, personal

This folder contains a personal account book from 1852 through 1889 tracking household accounts and personal expenses. It includes entries for food, clothing, domestic help, personal items, and entertainment.

Date: 1852-1889

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295791

Ref. Code: MS037.08.03

Literary papers: Manuscript, "Journal of a Cruise in the West Indies" by Dr. George B. Shattuck with illustrations by J. M. C.

This folder contains the volume "Journal of a Cruise in the West Indies on the Yacht Julia February and March 1889" by Dr. George B. Shattuck and with a portfolio of photographs and sketches by James M. Codman. It is a bound, typescript volume of 117 pages. The illustrations described on the titl...

Date: 1889

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295792

Ref. Code: MS037.08.04

Henry Sargent Codman (1864-1893)

This series includes diaries belonging to Henry Sargent Codman (1864-1893). Folder 69 contains a travel log from a journey to England in 1888(?). It is a routine account of the three and a half week tour.

Date: 1888

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295793

Ref. Code: MS037.09

Diaries: Travel log, England

This folder contains a travel log from a journey to England in 1888(?). It is a routine account of the three and a half week tour.

Date: 1888

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295794

Ref. Code: MS037.09.01

William Coombs Codman (1860-1938)

This series includes correspondence, diaries, financial papers, legal records, literary papers, and printed matter belonging to William Coombs Codman (1860-1938). Folder 76 contains letters sent from W.C.C. to his father, William Coombs Codman (1821-1903) from 1877 to 1894. Folder 77 contains letter...

Date: 1877-1940

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295805

Ref. Code: MS037.10

Correspondence: Letters sent, to his father William Coombs Codman (1821-1903)

This folder contains letters sent from W.C.C. to his father, William Coombs Codman (1821-1903) from 1877 to 1894.

Date: 1877-1894

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295806

Ref. Code: MS037.10.01

Correspondence: Letter sent, to his sister Anna Gertrude (1858-1938)

This folder contains letters sent from W.C.C. to his sister Anna Gertrude Codman (1858-1938) in 1883.

Date: 1883

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295807

Ref. Code: MS037.10.02

Correspondence: Letters sent, to his mother Elizabeth (Hurd) Codman

This folder contains letters sent from W.C.C. to his mother Elizabeth (Hurd) Codman (1836-1896) from 1884 to 1888.

Date: 1884-1888

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295808

Ref. Code: MS037.10.03

Correspondence: Letters received, general

This folder contains letters received by W.C.C. between 1896 and 1930.

Date: 1896-1930

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295809

Ref. Code: MS037.10.04

Correspondence: Letters received, from Boston Transit Authority and Boston Elevated Railway

This folder contains letters received by W.C.C. in 1909 from the Boston Transit Commission and the Boston Elevated Railway Company in response to W.C.C.s opposition to a subway tunnel under Beacon Hill.

Date: 1909

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295810

Ref. Code: MS037.10.05

Correspondence: Letters received, in support of W.C.C.s objection to a subway tunnel under Beacon Hill

This folder contains letters received by W.C.C. in 1909 from several individuals and organizations supporting W.C.C.s opposition to the plan to build a subway tunnel under Beacon Hill to Park Street. W.C.C. advocated the construction of the subway under Cambridge Street with a terminus at Scollay S...

Date: 1909

Collection: John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

GUSN: 295811

Ref. Code: MS037.10.06

Writings: observations re: hanging of Jefferson Davis

File part

Date: 1888

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 295581

Ref. Code: MS001.06.04.18

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