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Printed materials and ephemera, 1887, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: III.

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Series III. John Haley Bellamy (1836-1914) Papers include business and legal papers, receipts and accounts, poetry, genealogy, photographs, printed material, and news clippings related to John Haley Bellamy. The business and legal papers (B1 F12) span the years 1866 to 1873. Many concern patent applications for woodcarving designs or other inventions such as a check-rein for horses. Others document John Bellamy's brief associations with David Titcomb, a Boston patent agent, Elbridge Walcott, and Jonas Young. Other papers (B1 F14 and B2 F1) contain over thirty handwritten samples of John Haley Bellamy's poetry. On the back of one poem is a drawing of the stern board of the USS Wabash. The Antiques Magazine (B2 F4) contains the first remembrance of John Haley Bellamy written by his nephew Victor Safford in 1935. The printed materials (B2 F6) include one published poem, Mount Agamenticus, by John Haley Bellamy.

Dates

  • Creation: 1887, undated

Creator

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.75 linear feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the Phillips Library Repository

Contact:
Peabody Essex Museum
306 Newburyport Turnpike
Rowley MA 01969 USA