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Early Music Collection, 1784-1872, undated
This is an artificial collection containing musical manuscripts collected by the Phillips Library. It comprises mostly note books, in which people wrote out popular songs, dance tunes, hymns, and chamber music in staff notation. Also included are new arrangements, original compositions, and musical exercises.
Essex Railroad Records, 1847-1850
The Essex Railroad Records contains business records of the Essex Railroad Company. The collection includes four receipts for capital stock shares dated to 1847 and 1848 and accounts for freight shipped on the railroad in 1849-1850.
Joseph Garland New England Fisheries Papers, 1992-1995, undated
The Joseph Garland New England Fisheries Papers are the notes collected by Garland in preparation for writing a book on the New England fisheries.
Manuscript Cookbook Collection, 1809-1918, undated
The Manuscript Cookbook Collection is an artificial collection containing manuscript cookbooks and recipes collected by the Phillips Library, dated from 1809 to 1918, with the bulk of materials from the nineteenth century.
New England Railroad Collection, 1823-1992, undated
Perley Family Papers, 1869-1975, undated
The Perley Family papers contain manuscripts, notes, research from and correspondence to Sidney (1858-1928), Harriet (1861-1945), Eleanor (1894-1974), and Richard Perley (1894-1982).
Prescott Family Papers, 1824-1848, undated
The Prescott family correspondence is a detailed account of the ups and downs of a well-educated nineteenth-century family who was involved in seafaring and mercantile businesses in New England.
Samuel Chamberlain Papers, 1895-1989, undated
The Samuel Chamberlain papers contain the personal and business papers of Samuel and Narcissa Chamberlain as well as a large amount of research material on France and England and ephemera.
Testimony of Captains Involved in the North Atlantic Commercial Fisheries, 1873-1879
This collection consists of 22 handwritten depositions of captains involved in North Atlantic commercial fishing, written out by a clerk and notarized.
Very Family Papers, 1797-1899, undated
The Very Family Papers contain the papers of Jones Very (1813-1880), a transcendentalist poet, and his sister, Lydia Very (1823-1901), an author and illustrator. This collection has been divided into three series.