Historic New England

"Scenic Cape Cod in Natural Color"

This color book depicts the scenery and atmosphere of Cape Cod, starting with the Cape Cod Canal and concluding with an illustrated map of the region. The book contains 15 color photomechanical reproductions with many aerial views and landscape shots.

Date: circa 1990-1999, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292859

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.007

"Resolves of the State of Massachusetts"

This book documents the various resolves made by the State of Massachusetts legislature on January 16, 1812. One of these resolves requests that the governor get survey reports from the Secretary of War regarding the "practicability and utility" of a canal between Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay (pg. ...

Date: 1827

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292862

Ref. Code: MS028.05.004.002

"Report and Estimate on the Buzzards and Barnstable Bay Canal, Massachusetts"

After having surveyed Cape Cod, the Board of Internal Improvement for the Massachusetts House of Representatives drafted a plan for a canal to connect Buzzards Bay with Cape Cod Bay. The plan details specific goals for the canal's cost, design, measurements, and location.

Date: 1830-02-08

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292865

Ref. Code: MS028.05.004.003

"Report of the Advisory Council of the Joint Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature on a Ship Canal to connect Barnstable Bay and Buzzards Bay"

This report describes the terrain of the Cape Cod region and presents a draft of a plan to begin work on a canal. Much of the report is devoted to the analysis of tides. There are two fold out charts depicting the times and heights of the tides.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292867

Ref. Code: MS028.05.004.004

"Letter of the Secretary of War to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate"

Sent by the Secretary of War WM. Belknap, this letter summarizes the advantages of a canal between Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay. Following Belknap's letter, the Chief of Engineers, General A. A. Humphreys sent letter describing the history of the canal and estimating the construction time and costs...

Date: 1870-05-20

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292870

Ref. Code: MS028.05.004.005

Terrace Gables from the Cottage Club, Falmouth Heights, Mass., undated

An exterior view of Terrace Gables from the Cottage Club, Falmouth Heights, Massachusetts.

Date: circa 1910-1929, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 292878

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0070.007

The Falmouth House, Falmouth, Mass., undated

Exterior view of the Falmouth Hotel, with antique automobiles parked outside, and two dogs lying on the porch, Falmouth, Mass.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 292879

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0060.003

Mill Road Looking North, Falmouth, Mass., undated

A man riding in a horse and carriage traveling along the Mill Road beside the water, Falmouth, Mass.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 292882

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0060.004

Legal: Will (copy)

File part

Date: 1741

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292951

Ref. Code: MS031.01.01.01

Correspondence

File part

Date: 1771-1784

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292952

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.01

Financial: Account book, accounts, accounts settled

File part

Date: 1741-1778

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292953

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.02

Financial: Blackburn receipt

File part

Date: 1762

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292954

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.03

Financial: Division of land, letters received, notes

File part

Date: 1741-1778

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292955

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.04

Legal: Appointments, oaths, will (copy), petition

File part

Date: 1761-1784, undated

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292956

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.05

Literary: Note, obituary

File part

Date: 1792, undated

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292957

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.06

Maps

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292958

Ref. Code: MS031.01.02.07

Legal: Indenture, will (copy)

File part

Date: 1779-1813

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292959

Ref. Code: MS031.01.03.01

Literary: Genealogy, obituaries

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292960

Ref. Code: MS031.01.03.02

Miscellaneous: Letters, obituaries

File part

Date: 1775-1831, undated

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292961

Ref. Code: MS031.01.04.01

Literary

File part

Date: 1841-1847, undated

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292962

Ref. Code: MS031.01.05.01

Literary: "Mrs. Wood's Book"

File part

Date: 1847

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292963

Ref. Code: MS031.01.05.02

Correspondence

File part

Date: 1794-1853

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292964

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.01

Financial: Cashbooks, receipt book

File part

Date: 1797-1818

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292965

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.02

Financial: Letters received, miscellaneous

File part

Date: 1796-1822

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292966

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.03

Financial: Notes payable

File part

Date: 1809-1823

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292967

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.04

Printed material

File part

Date: 1810-1854

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292969

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.06

"Hearing before the Joint Committee on Harbors and Public Lands"

This legal statement documents the petition of Henry M. Whitney on behalf of the Cape Cod Canal Company. It shows the dialogues and statements among the various members of the joint committee.

Date: 1880

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292974

Ref. Code: MS028.05.004.006

"Argument before the Committee on Harbors and Public Lands"

Presented to the Committee on Harbors and Public Lands, this speech was written by Hon. Geo. A. King "on behalf of the 420 citizens of Sandwich and others friendly to the enterprise." King makes his case for the creation of the Cape Cod Canal through financial and practical claims.

Date: 1884-03-12

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292977

Ref. Code: MS028.05.004.007

"Argument of Richard Olney in favor of the Petition of the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company for an extension of time for Completing the Canal"

Positing on behalf on the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company, Richard Olney explains the benefits of a canal connecting Buzzards Bay and Barnstable Bay.

Date: 1887-03-11

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292986

Ref. Code: MS028.05.005.002

"Closing Argument of Hon. Patrick A. Collins on behalf of the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company"

On behalf of the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company, Hon. Patrick A. Collins argues, citing the financial, practical, and future benefits of a canal.

Date: 1887-03-15

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292988

Ref. Code: MS028.05.005.003

"Argument of Hon. B. Wadleigh on the Cape Cod Canal Question in behalf of the Bay State Canal Company"

Arguing on behalf of the Bay State Canal Company, Hon. B. Wadleigh presents his case for the construction of a canal connecting Buzzards Bay and Barnstable Bay. Wadleigh discusses the differences between the Tobey Bill and the Fox Bill, ultimately claiming that Alfred Fox would do a better job on th...

Date: 1887-03-00

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292994

Ref. Code: MS028.05.005.004

Correspondence

File part

Date: 1795-1810

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292997

Ref. Code: MS031.01.07.01

Literary: Obituary

File part

Date: 1814

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 292998

Ref. Code: MS031.01.07.02

"The Cape Cod Canal"

This booklet provides a brief description of the Cape Cod Canal. There are 3 total pages of writing, while the rest are photographs. The writer explains the specifics regarding the Cape Cod Canal, including its length and width, the cost of the project, and the shortened route from New York to Bosto...

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292713

Ref. Code: MS028.05.002.004

Bird Art-Bric Siding, it pays to have the best, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass.

Siding in brick patterns and colors is promoted to give homes the look of real brick and to protect them from winter cold and summer heat. Bird roofs are availabe from Allied Roofing Co., 283 Celley Road in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292710

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.008

Internal organs

Drawings (1 folder)

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292711

Ref. Code: MS025.07.06.001

Sketches

Sketches (1 folder)

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292712

Ref. Code: MS025.07.06.002

Sheetrock estimator, United States Gypsum Company, 205 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois

The brochure has a table giving the "number of square of sheetrock, number of pounds of nails and number of lineal feet of panel strips for various size rooms."

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 292714

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.009

"Cape Cod and Its Canal"

This book is a description of the Cape Cod Canal by the Vice President of the Cape Cod Canal Construction Company. Miller begins by expounding the early history of the Canal going back to the 17th and 18th centuries. He follows this by explaining the project's recent history in the late 1800s. Then ...

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292716

Ref. Code: MS028.05.002.005

Correspondence

This folder consists of two letters, one from C. A. Morison (1862), and one from Gertrude R. May (1880), a telegram from Mrs. Horace Morison (1878), and an invitation to the 1935 wedding of N. O. Morison to W. P. Allis.

Date: 1862-1935

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292715

Ref. Code: MS025.08.01.001

Financial

This folder includes a blank page from a cash account and a bill from the George B. French Co.

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292717

Ref. Code: MS025.08.02.001

Legal

This folder includes an undated inventory of articles belonging to Elizabeth W. Morison, James R. May's letter testamentary (1918) and a copy of Horace Morison's 1867 will.

Date: 1867-1918, undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292718

Ref. Code: MS025.08.03.003

Literary papers

This folder includes C. A. Morison's cookbook, Mrs. Sayres's recipe for tea cakes, an undated chart of ancestors, and James Rundlet May's obituary (1918).

Date: 1918, undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292719

Ref. Code: MS025.08.04.001

Correspondence

This folder includes the following letters: Mary D. (McClary) Lord to Mary McClary, undated; Samuel Lord to Augustus Lord with Stone Church Pew Plan (1826), Mary Elizabeth Lord to Elizabeth (Whitridge) Lord (1827), Mary Elizabeth Lord to Mary West (1831), Samuel Lord to Elizabeth (Whitridge) Lord, s...

Date: 1826-1841, undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292720

Ref. Code: MS025.09.001.001

Financial

This folder includes an account book journal dated 1851-1878.

Date: 1851-1878

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292721

Ref. Code: MS025.09.002.001

Legal

1 deed

Date: 1789

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292722

Ref. Code: MS025.09.003.001

Printed materials

Subseries E. Printed matter, 1822 includes the obituary notice of Nancy D. (McClary) Lord (1822).

Date: 1822

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292723

Ref. Code: MS025.09.005

Printed materials

This folder includes the obituary notice of Nancy D. (McClary) Lord (1822).

Date: 1822

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292724

Ref. Code: MS025.09.005.001

"Cape Cod Canal Inspection Trip"

This pamphlet, written by the Maritime Association of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, details the Cape Cod Canal before its inspection. The itinerary of the Canal inspection trip is laid out first, followed by a brief history of the Canal. Then the authors provide the construction costs of the Canal...

Date: 1922-09-22

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 292733

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.002

Financial

This series includes records related to drugs and books (1826-1834), dry goods (1825-1834), food (1825-1834), fuel (1826-1834), hotels, transportation and freight (1825-1834), labor (1826-1834), personal (1826-1834), schools and medical issues (1827-1834), shoes (1821, 1826-1834), and miscellaneous ...

Date: 1821-1834

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 292736

Ref. Code: MS025.10.001

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