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Sketches of sailors, inside back cover of book of invoices

1 page of book

Invitation to the wedding of Sophia Munroe and William Coombs Codman

1 wedding invitation

William Coombs Codman's seaman's journal of a voyage from Boston to Calcutta, entry from March 10, 1841

Entry from the day the ship reached Calcutta. Describes local characters. Includes small sketch.

Invoice to Miss Emily Elwyn from W. C. Philbrick for masonry

1 invoice

Invoice to Mrs. Woodbury Langdon from S. S. Pierce Co. for groceries

Includes items such as a Virginia ham, a hair brush, bacon, paper, wheatmeal biscuits, Ceylon tea, Czarina tea, and marshmallow creme.

Handwritten excerpt from a letter from Susan Quincy to "Aunt Anna," August 30, 1881

The letter discusses a ball held at the Vale which was attended by John Quincy Adams, possibly ca. 1815.

Resolutions of appreciation of the services of Miss Frances S. Marrett and Miss Sarah M. Lilley

Unanimously adopted by the Perkins Institution Alumnae Association at the annual meeting, June 5, 1913.

Poem

A poem inscribed with the initials S. M. L. at the top of the page above the date May 29, 1914. It is unclear if the item was addressed to or written by S. M. L. The initials probably stand for Sarah M. Lilley.

Invitation from Helen Keller to Frances S. Marrett

1 invitation

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American Red Cross Blood Donor Center (8)

Two posters advertising blood donorship.

Red Cross poster

1 poster

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Civil Defense Organizations and World War II (2)

World War II era ephemera; Bertram Little's official MA Committee on Public Safety identity card; Nina Fletcher Little's Red Cross first aid cards; and an eleven page Army-Navy press release about the Bataan death march, 1944.

25 Cent Stamp Album for the purchase of United States War Savings Bonds

1 pamphlet

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Correspondence, 1959

Photograph: Major Moses Hurd (Robert Carlen Collection). Correspondence: Mary Black, Graham Hood and Beatrix Rumford (AARFAC); ?? Seltzer; Thomas Maytham and Perry Rathbone (MFA, Boston); Robert Vose (Vose Galleries); Wilbur Peat (John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis).

Letter from Nina Fletcher Little to Mary C. Black, curator of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection

Letter discusses a Civil War show, a Brewster show, a loan of "Washington Crossing" and "There Shall Be No More War," and the Brazer Guild.

Cold Water Army of Massachusetts pledge

The Cold Water Army was a temperance association of which Lucy Smith Anderson was a member.

Invitation to see Sarah Bernhardt at the Boston Opera House

Written in French.

Civil War muster roll

A Civil War muster roll for the Windham Infantry Militia, 1862.

Account book

1 account book

Boards for house construction

1 page from account book

Laborers

1 page from account book

Harvard College certificate of admission for J. R. May

James Rundlet May's certificate of admission to Harvard College signed by the president of Harvard, James Walker, July 20, 1858.

Passport

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Letter from Jonathan Sayward to an unidentified recipient

A letter, addressed to dear sir!, from Jonathan Sayward to an unidentified recipient, August 22, 1784.

Receipt for portrait of Sarah "Sally" Barrell by Joseph Blackburn

1 receipt

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Professional papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896): Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.

Series XXXVIII, Professional papers of Thomas Lincoln Casey (1831-1896): Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., 1848-1895, undated (#40.1-42.30), contains professional correspondence; notes; memoranda; sketches; work diaries; reports; engineering calculations; test results for building materials; fi...

Appointment of Jonathan Sayward as justice of the peace for King George III

1 appointment

"The First Maine Novelist"

Written by "Miss Cheever," possibly in the 1940s, about Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood.

Letter from Amy Lowell to William Sumner Appleton, Jr.

Addressed to "dear Sumner" and signed "affectionately yours, Amy Lowell."

Letter from Amy Lowell to William Sumner Appleton, Jr.

Written on September 9, 1906, and addressed to "dear Sumner" and signed "affectionately yours, Amy Lowell."

Letter from William Sumner Appleton, Sr. to Harriot Curtis

Written on April 30, 1834, and addressed to "my dear Hattie" and signed "your affectionate bro'er, W. S. Appleton."

Letter from William Sumner Appleton, Jr., to Harrot Curtis

Written on February 25, 1887, and addressed to "dear Aunt Harriot" and signed William S. Appleton, Jr.

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Portraits

Subseries A. Portraits, 1860-1930, undated (#5.11-5.31, 5.66, 9.35, OVR1.15) includes portraits of the following members of the Pierce family: Melissa (Withington) Pierce (1809-1897), William Augustus Pierce (1827-1905), Sarah Elizabeth Pierce (1833-1882), Lewis Francis Pierce (1809-1888), George Fr...

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Artwork: sketchbooks with pencil sketches and watercolors (1 of 2)

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Snapshots

Subseries B. Snapshots, undated (#5.32-5.36, 9.36-9.40) includes snapshot photographs of Roger Grenway Pierce (1888-1968) and Marjorie (Curtis) Pierce (1895-1941), Anne Grenway (Pierce) Shaughnessey (b. 1924),"Alice" (Mildred A McManus Pierce), Jane Alice (Hatch) Curtis (1845-1922), and unidentified...

Watercolor drawing

A watercolor of a coastal view of shore and sea by Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips.

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Group photographs

Subseries C. Group photographs, 1895-circa 1940, undated (#5.37-5.46, 9.41-9.43, OVR1.14) include nineteenth-century school photographs; Town Meeting, Old Dorchester Club House (1895); Sixth Naval Auxiliary School, Pelham Bay, 1918 (circuit camera photograph); graduating class, Woodrow Wilson School...

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Pierce House views

Subseries D. Pierce House views, 1896, undated (#5.47-5.53) include a small collection of interior and exterior photographs of the Pierce House in Dorchester, most are undated.

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Sites

Subseries E. Sites, 1890-c. 1940, undated (#5.54-5.64, 5.67-5.68, 9.44-9.50) consists of photographs of an assortment of locations including an album of historic sites; the Reed family home; George F. Pierce house; Old Steamboat Wharf, Richmond, Maine; photo postcards of Santo Domingo, military view...

Ticket to Harvard University vs. Yale University football match

A ticket to the Harvard vs. Yale football match of 1926, collected by Stevie Phillips.

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Miscellaneous

Subseries F. Miscellaneous, undated (#5.65, 5.69, 9.51) includes the Pierce family relic box, a photograph of the ship on board which William A. Pierce (1827-1905) returned from California, and a miniature photograph album containing unidentified portraits.

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Photo albums

Subseries G. Photo albums, undated (#6.1-6.6) contains photo albums marked Pierce 1-5 and contain tintypes, jeweltypes, cabinet cards, and cartes de visite of family members, friends, and celebrities. Pierce 1 album (#6.1) is a miniature tintype of jeweltype album that is half-full. It includes ...

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Other Pierce family papers

Series XXXIV, Other Pierce family papers, 1678-c. 1976, undated (#4.9-4.34, 4.36-4.48, 4.52-4.56, 5.1-5.10, 7.8-7.10, 8.1-8.6, x.x., OB.x.x, OB1.7-OB1.10) contain items that are not associated with or cannot be attributed to a particular member of the family. Items range in date from the seventeenth...

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Kingdom of Hawaii, Attorney General (4 of 8)

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Oath of Office, Attorney General of Hawaii

Stephen Henry Phillips' oath of office as the Attorney General in Hawaii.

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Salem in the Eighteenth Century (1 of 6)

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Advertisement with personal notes for "Salem in the Eighteenth Century"

An advertisement for a book, "Salem in the Eighteenth Century" by James Duncan Phillips, with personal notes in the margins.

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Travel: Asia (1 of 5)

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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.

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Estate papers: Bradlee, James Bowdoin (1813-1872)

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