Box 8
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Family correspondence received, 1791-Apr. 1815
File — Box: 8, Folder: 1a
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries A. Correspondence includes family correspondence from brothers-in-law Nathaniel Silsbee and John Rice. Letters dated before 1820 are primarily concerned with family shipping activities. Correspondence from his wife Mary provides more personal information, including discussions of inheritance problems and some detail on the voyages of Crowninshield vessels and their prizes after 1814. As the family shipping activities decreased after 1820 the family correspondence became more...
Dates:
1791-Apr. 1815
Family correspondence received, 1815-1849, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 1b
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries A. Correspondence includes family correspondence from brothers-in-law Nathaniel Silsbee and John Rice. Letters dated before 1820 are primarily concerned with family shipping activities. Correspondence from his wife Mary provides more personal information, including discussions of inheritance problems and some detail on the voyages of Crowninshield vessels and their prizes after 1814. As the family shipping activities decreased after 1820 the family correspondence became more...
Dates:
1815-1849, undated
Non-family correspondence, 1808-1848, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries A. Correspondence includes family correspondence from brothers-in-law Nathaniel Silsbee and John Rice. Letters dated before 1820 are primarily concerned with family shipping activities. Correspondence from his wife Mary provides more personal information, including discussions of inheritance problems and some detail on the voyages of Crowninshield vessels and their prizes after 1814. As the family shipping activities decreased after 1820 the family correspondence became more...
Dates:
1808-1848, undated
Estate account book, 1851-1853
File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: B.
Checkbook, accounts, and receipts, 1810-1853
File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: B.
Memoranda, deeds, and legal papers, 1806-1838
File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: B.
Edward A. Crowninshield bills and receipts, 1819-1843
File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries C. Family Papers contain a series of letters received by Mary B. Crowninshield from Benjamin in Washington, D.C. initially describing Jacob's health before his death and discussing political and social affairs. Later correspondence is almost entirely devoted to social activities in Washington and personal matters. There are also a number of personal letters from Mary's brothers and sisters in this folder. Material after 1830 is dominated by letters from her children. Miscellaneous...
Dates:
1819-1843