Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Family Papers, 1677-1897, contains material documenting four generations of the Barton family, members of the Marston and Webb families, and miscellaneous papers. Among the papers of Barton family members are wills, legal and financial papers of Thomas Barton (1680-1751), his wife Mary (Willoughby), and their son John (1711-1774). Of note in Margaret (Gardner) Barton’s papers is a 1798 letter from Nathaniel West commenting on his partnership with her son Samuel (1767-1795), and a...