Historic New England

Decorated menu from Japan

An illustrated menu collected by Margaret (Duncan) Phillips showing the menu options for Jappon Yusen Kaisha and an image of a building.

Date: undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Margaret (Duncan) Phillips (1847-1926) papers

GUSN: 301964

Ref. Code: MS048.01.16.01.001

George Frederick Pierce (1858-1934) papers

Series XXVI, George Frederick Pierce (1858-1934) papers, 1872-1928 (#2.32-2.35, 7.3-7.4), contains a 1919 postcard of the Northfield Hotel; books; a certificate of Mason membership; seven stock certificates; deeds; and mortgages. The series is arranged alphabetically by record type, and thereunder c...

Date: 1872-1928, undated

Collection: Pierce family papers

GUSN: 301965

Ref. Code: MS023.26

Personal sketch

A sketch created by Nannie Jencks (Borden) Phillips, date unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Nannie Jencks (Borden) Phillips (1877-1963) papers

GUSN: 301968

Ref. Code: MS049.03.25.001

Personal correspondence, 1834 (1 of 2)

File part

Date: 1834

Collection: Phillips family papers. Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) papers

GUSN: 301969

Ref. Code: MS050.01.01.01

Letter sent by John Quincy Adams as U.S. Representative

A letter written by John Quincy Adams to Stephen Clarendon Phillips on July 29, 1834, while Adams was acting as a United States Representative.

Date: 1834-07-29

Collection: Phillips family papers. Stephen Clarendon Phillips (1801-1857) papers

GUSN: 301970

Ref. Code: MS050.01.01.01.001

Account books: shipping

Account book

Date: 1802-1810

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 301971

Ref. Code: MS025.01.02.004a

Letter sent to Stephen Little stating the right of twenty two men to their military wages

The letter is signed by twenty-two men who served under Moses Little earned as Militia Men during the Lexington Battle and who are owed twelve shillings and one penny each for their services.

Date: 1776-07-15

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 301972

Ref. Code: MS016.01.01.002.001

Petition to be removed from militia duty

David Little's petition to the Commander in Chief asking to be relieved of his duty to the militia, citing his long years of service and declining health.

Date: 1802

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 301973

Ref. Code: MS016.03.03.001.001

Letter from Hannah Latham to David Little

A letter from Hannah Latham, a prisoner in the Newburyport Jail, to David Little, asking him to oversee Mrs. Pierce taking Latham's belongings which are left at the Little house.

Date: 1793-08-06

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 301975

Ref. Code: MS016.03.01.001.001

Orders received: Paul Revere (1735-1818)

military orders

Date: 1778-04-03

Collection: Pierce family papers

GUSN: 301977

Ref. Code: MS023.06.04.16

Madison Square Theatre, Winter Season

A pamphlet advertising the 1882-1883 winter season at the Madison Square Theatre, collected by Antoinette Louise Pierce.

Date: 1882-1883

Collection: Pierce family papers

GUSN: 301978

Ref. Code: MS023.27.05.14.001

Compliments of D. Conrad, location unknown, undated

Red roses decorate a scroll with the text "Compliments of D. Conrad."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301980

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.015

Compliments of D. Conrad, location unknown, undated

White and pink flowers decorate a card with the text "Compliments of D. Conrad."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301981

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.016

Letter to "My dear Marmie & Lady"

A letter addressed to "my dear Marmie & Lady" written by Jane Tucker from Washington, D. C., on February 6, 1894.

Date: 1894-02-06

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301983

Ref. Code: MS033.010.001.024.001

Compliments of D. Conrad, location unknown, undated

A pink flower and a red flower decorate a card with the text "Compliments of D. Conrad."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301982

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.017

Trade card, little boy balancing on a footbridge, location unknown, undated

The card verso has three classical heads on a shield with the words "Trade Mark." Portions of the card verso are unreadable.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301984

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.018

For auld lang syne, location unknown, undated

The card appears to be cut in half since some of the information on the verso is missing. The business may be a stationery store as text on the verso reads "Cards, wedding announcments." The card verso has a calendar.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301985

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.019

Trade card, drawing of boy toddler, location unknown, undated

A toddler with two spit curls on his forehead decorates the card. There is a box below him where text can be placed.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301986

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.020

Charleston, South Carolina: Mary Baker Eddy

File part

Date: 1887-1890

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301987

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.01

Charleston, South Carolina: Locke and Chazal families

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301988

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.02

Charleston, South Carolina: Street Family

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301989

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.03

Death notice

File part

Date: 1895

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301990

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.04

Photographs

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301991

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.05

Richard Holbrook Tucker, Jr. (1816-1895): broadside re: Grand Union Meeting

File part

Date: 1861

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301992

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.06

Richard Holbrook Tucker, Jr. (1816-1895): United States Senator

File part

Date: 1862

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301993

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.07

Richard Holbrook Tucker, Jr. (1816-1895): United States Representative

File part

Date: 1884

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301994

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.08

Richard Holbrook Tucker, Jr. (1816-1895): other papers

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301995

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.09

Broadside for the "Grand Union Meeting!"

A broadside advertising a speaking engagement for Captain Richard H. Tucker at the Union Meetinghouse in Boothbay Center, Maine, on November 2, 1861.

Date: 1861-11-02

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 301996

Ref. Code: MS033.002.008.06.001

Label, seal of Victoria D.G. Britanniarum Regina Fid. Def. Sigillum Provinciae Canadae, location unknown, undated

The seal has a lion and unicorn within the seal and outside of it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301997

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.021

Label, white rooster, location unknown, undated

A white rooster with a red comb and wattles stands in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 301999

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.022

Trade card, girl in flower dress and headdress holding a hand mirror, location unknown, undated

The girl wears yellow gloves and looks at the flowers forming a train off of her dress.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 302000

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.023

Label, Persephone with a cornucopia, location unknown, undated

The goddess Persephone flies over the earth heralding the return of spring. She carries a cornucopia with flowers spilling out of it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 302002

Ref. Code: EP001.01.119.01.02.024

Journal -- December 1904 through 1907

1 bound journal (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 1 inches)

Date: 1904-1907

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

GUSN: 302001

Ref. Code: CC010.003.001

Observations about the Charlestown Bridge

Item

Date: 1786

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 301874

Ref. Code: MS001.13.06.12.001

Massachusetts semi-annual state lottery ticket, no. 2320

Signed by George R. Minot.

Date: ca. 1790

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 301876

Ref. Code: MS001.13.06.04.001

Birth certificate for Abigail, Jemima, and Eunice Coffin

Birth certificate for Abigail, Jemima, and Eunice Coffin, daughters of Peter Coffin, Esq., probably recorded after 1695.

Date: circa 1695

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 301877

Ref. Code: MS010.15.10.001

Agreement between Charles Harris and Susan Coffin regarding the care of the twins, Chang and Eng Bunker

This letter may contain harmful and racist language related to the infantilization of disabled individuals and 19th century American attitudes towards persons of Asian descent. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting atti...

Date: undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 301879

Ref. Code: MS010.17.10.001

Agreement making Joshua Coffin the representaive of six women

Agreement created in 1827 making Joshua Coffin the representaive of six women with shares in "common or undivided land" in Newbury, Mass. It is signed by [Joylina?] C. Plummer, Eunice Plummer, Sarah K. [Rogers?], Margaret Pilsbury, Catherine D. Bunker, and Elizabeth C. George.

Date: 1827

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 301886

Ref. Code: MS010.15.07.001

Letter from George Moore to Richard Thomas Austin

Written from George Moore at the Quincy House in Quincy, Ill., to Richard Thomas Austin in Cambridge, Mass., on December 15, 1840.

Date: 1840-12-15

Collection: Cooper-Frost-Austin family papers

GUSN: 301888

Ref. Code: MS039.01.01.001

Deed for land purchased from Stephen Prentice by Gideon Frost in Cambridge, Mass.

1 deed

Date: 1767

Collection: Cooper-Frost-Austin family papers

GUSN: 301890

Ref. Code: MS039.02.01.001

"An Herculean Love Knot"

A complex drawing of a knot with fine lettering throughout, inscribed H. Clark, Jr.

Date: 1815-02-07

Collection: Cooper-Frost-Austin family papers

GUSN: 301892

Ref. Code: MS039.04.03.001

Portrait of Halfdan "Dick" M. Hanson

1 photograph

Date: ca. 1914

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301893

Ref. Code: AR010.01.04.001

Letter from R. W. Burnham to Halfdan M. Hanson, January 15, 1916

1 letter

Date: 1916-01-15

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301895

Ref. Code: AR010.02.05.001

Letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, Dec. 26, 1917

A letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, written on December 26, 1917, asking Hanson to, for friendship's sake, make weekly visits to Beauport to see that the work being done proceeds as it should while Sleeper recovers from a broken leg.

Date: 1917-12-26

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301896

Ref. Code: AR010.02.07.001

Letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, January 4, 1921

Sleeper thanks Hanson for plans Hanson created, commenting that Hanson "solved all the problems, as usual, with great success." Sleeper mentions Caroline Sinkler and the Cogswell house.

Date: 1921-01-04

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301897

Ref. Code: AR010.02.08.001

Letter from Henry Davis Sleeper to Halfdan M. Hanson, March 4, 1921

Sleeper suggests that Hanson spend time in Colorado for his health, a suggestion Hanson took.

Date: 1921-03-04

Collection: Halfdan M. Hanson (1884-1952) architectural collection

GUSN: 301898

Ref. Code: AR010.02.08.002

Guestbook page: Joan Miro

A page from Walter and Ise's guestbook with a watercolor sketch created by Joan Miro.

Date: 1959-05-24

Collection: Gropius family papers

GUSN: 301899

Ref. Code: MS012.TMP.009

Letter from Isabella Stewart Gardner to Sarah Orne Jewett, Oct. 25, [1902]

1 letter

Date: 1902-10-25

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 301900

Ref. Code: MS014.01.06.09.001

Program, 2nd Congrès International des Oeuvres et Institutions Féminines

The program for the 2nd Congrès International des Oeuvres et Institutions Féminines (2nd International Congress of Feminine Works and Institutions) held in Paris in 1899.

Date: 1899

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 301901

Ref. Code: MS014.01.04.25.001

Letter from Theodore Jewett Eastman to his aunts Mary and Sarah, Oct. 28, 1901

Letter from Theodore Eastman Jewett to his aunts Mary and Sarah Jewett discussing school, written on October 28, 1901.

Date: 1901-10-28

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 301902

Ref. Code: MS014.02.04.02.01.001

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