Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II is an assemblage of Correspondence contained within the collection, received or exchanged by John Patch. A significant portion of the series is made up of letters exchanged by John Patch and Margaret Ann Gurley Poor, whom Patch would eventually marry; it appears that Patch frequently created facsimiles of his outgoing letters for his personal cache. Series II also contains two letter books—bound hardcover books...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Legal Documentation consists of two items, both collected and compiled by John Patch. The first item is a property deed wherein five acres of land previously under the purview of Roswell Saltonstall of Saltonstall Farms in Ipswich were deeded to an individual named John Patch in 1732/3. While it is presumably pertains to an ancestor of John Patch (1807-1887), it is unclear who that may be. Also included in Series III is a hand-written, hand-bound...

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Series IV. Emily Goodwin Patch Papers contains papers and writings belonging to John Patch's daughter, including extensive correspondence, original poetry, and miscellaneous lectures and editorials. Much of her writings pertain to family events but also touch on a wide variety of topics including architecture, social and religious demographics, and literature.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series V. Miscellany contains a collection of items pertaining to either John Patch or Emily Goodwin Patch. The large majority of these items are undated fragments and excerpts for which context or origins are unascertainable; however, several items were authored by Emily E. Patch, John Patch's sister and Emily Goodwin Patch's aunt. Series V also includes detailed genealogical notes; the notes' authors and dates of composition are largely unspecified, but they...