Series IV. Andrew Nichols (1785-1853) Papers are divided into four subseries. Subseries A. Correspondence includes letters written by Andrew Nichols and Mary Holyoke (Ward) Nichols to other family members and various letters to Andrew Nichols. Some correspondents of note are Rufus Choate and C. C. Sewall. Subseries B. Personal Papers consists of a number of papers documenting legal agreements, including Justice of the Peace certificates and a form granting guardianship of a boy, Stephen Swiss, to Andrew Nichols. Also included is a handwriting exercise book, a receipt for payment on a church pew, and notes on schools located in Danvers. This subseries also contains a folder of printed materials, including a flyer for a series of botany lectures conducted by Andrew Nichols, as well as political pamphlets, and an invitation to the Royal Arch Chapter Ball. There is also on daybook kept by Andrew Nichols for the year 1848. Subseries C. Writings contains a number of lectures on botany, Masonic philosophy, and intemperance; notes of botany lectures given by others; religious notes and writing son Unitarianism; histories of Danvers, Massachusetts. This series also contains a good deal of poetry; much of the poetry is undated. Andrew Nichols also wrote commentary and poetry for the Free Soil Party, and he wrote a paper against the reelection of Daniel P. King (1801-1850), a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Andrew Nichols published his writings as well and those writings have been organized into Subseries D. Published Writings. This subseries includes: hymns written for Jordan Lodge and the Unitarian Church in Danvers, Massachusetts; poetry published in the newspaper; a publication in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal on spinal irritation; a paper entitled "Irritation of the Nerves," published in the Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and an address given by the Health Committee of Danvers.