Historic New England

Papers of Charles Russell Codman (1784-1852)

The papers of Charles Russell Codman pertain largely to three areas: the Ogden family, founders of Ogdensburg, New York; the Lincoln estate; and the William Vans case involving his uncle Richard Codman. The family of Charles second wife, Sarah Ogden, lived in New York. There are letters in this ...

Date: 1800-1848, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293739

Ref. Code: MS001.08

Papers of Dorothy Sarah Frances May Codman (1883-1968)

Dorothy maintained voluminous correspondence from an early age. Louisa L. Sanborn was a school friend, and her letters, like many other early ones, express a schoolgirl's interests. The German letters were sent by a onetime German teacher. The museum correspondence deals primarily with attempts t...

Date: 1828-1969, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293740

Ref. Code: MS001.09

Papers of Hannah (Robinson) Codman (1768-1819)

The correspondence in this series supplements that of Hannahs husband, Stephen Codman, as it mostly relates to their daughter, Hannah (1796-1818). Where Stephen Codman's letters are from their daughter Hannah in New York, the letters to her mother were written while she was staying in Portland. ...

Date: 1805-1818

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293741

Ref. Code: MS001.10

Papers of Hugh Codman (1875-1946)

Hugh maintained a running correspondence with his brother, Tom, in the years between World War I and II. This is the most extensive element of his correspondence. These letters deal primarily with family affairs. Like Tom and Dorothy, Hugh wrote to and received letters from French prisoners of wa...

Date: 1863-1954, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293742

Ref. Code: MS001.11

Papers of James Macmaster Codman (1831-1917)

James' papers are one of the smallest in the Codman family papers. They consist of one letter and eight drawings and watercolors. The letter, written 28 January 1892 from Brookline, is to his brother, Charles Russell Codman II (1829-1918), concerning their brother Ogden. He described Ogden as "a ...

Date: 1892, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293743

Ref. Code: MS001.12

Papers of John Codman III (1755-1803)

The scope of John Codman's collection is extensive. His correspondence includes letters received from Christopher Gore, later Governor of Massachusetts from 1809 to 1810, while the latter resided in London. The financial series constitutes a majority of the collection. It spans twenty years of Jo...

Date: 1732-1803, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293744

Ref. Code: MS001.13

Papers of Leila Howard (Griswold) Codman (1856-1910)

Leila Codman's correspondence includes a large quantity of letters she received during her marriage to Ogden Codman, Jr. There are congratulatory letters received on the occasion of her engagement to Ogden in October 1904. The remaining letters are mainly from members of the Codman family, with w...

Date: 1888-1911, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293745

Ref. Code: MS001.14

Correspondence received: letters

File part

Date: 1890-1924, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293747

Ref. Code: MS001.02.01

Correspondence received: postcards

File part

Date: 1901-1925, undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293748

Ref. Code: MS001.02.02

Financial records: account books, cash

File part

Date: 1870-1871

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293749

Ref. Code: MS001.02.03

Financial records: account books, wages paid

File part

Date: 1876

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293750

Ref. Code: MS001.02.04

Financial records: accounts settled, stocks

File part

Date: 1905-1912

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293751

Ref. Code: MS001.02.05

Financial records: fiduciary accounts, personal

File part

Date: 1919-1925

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293752

Ref. Code: MS001.02.06

Financial records: memorandum re: house at 34 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts

File part

Date: 1877

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293753

Ref. Code: MS001.02.07

Legal documents: estate papers re: Chase, Alice Bowdoin (Bradlee), sister

File part

Date: 1925

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293754

Ref. Code: MS001.02.08

Other papers: gift cards

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293755

Ref. Code: MS001.02.09

Other papers: postcards

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293756

Ref. Code: MS001.02.10

Printed material: religious tracts re: revivalist apologia

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 293757

Ref. Code: MS001.02.11

"Imported Chairs: Side Chairs, Chippendale, Heppelwhite, Adam, Sheraton 2"

Photo album titled: "Imported Chairs: Side Chairs, Chippendale Heppelwhite Adam Sheraton 2." Title is hand printed in black on front cover; title, subtitle and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 34 dark gray pages, all of which are now loose. Fiv...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 293759

Ref. Code: CC010.002.002

"Imported Chairs: Side Chairs, Colonial, Empire, Sheraton, Hepplewhite 3A"

Photo album titled: "Imported Chairs: Side Chairs, Colonial, Empire, Sheraton, Hepplewhite 3." Title is hand printed in black on front cover; title, subtitle and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 82 dark gray pages, all of which are now loose. F...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 293766

Ref. Code: CC010.002.003