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Letter writing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

March Family Papers, 1795-1887, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 118
Abstract

The March Family Papers are comprised primarily of Alice Little (Hale) and Reverend John C. March's personal correspondence and diaries.

Dates: 1795-1887, undated

Martha Bemis Correspondence, 1831-1846

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0.1578
Abstract

This collection contains 51 letters sent to Henry Wheatland by his sister Martha Bemis and her husband, Robert E. Bemis. The correspondence is ordered chronologically, dating from January 1831 to December 1846. Materials generally concern family matters within the Wheatland and Bemis families, including the death of Martha’s daughter Hannah in 1835.

Dates: 1831-1846

Martha Jane (Weston) Averill Papers, 1687-1908, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 659
Abstract

The Martha Jane (Weston) Averill Papers consist of extensive genealogical research conducted on multiple New England families.

Dates: 1687-1908, undated

Merrill, Underhill, and Martin Family Papers, 1828-1915, 1968, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 995
Abstract

The Merrill, Underhill, and Martin family papers contain papers from the three families. The collection contains correspondence, both business and personal, bills, and receipts. Also contains miscellaneous items such as newspaper clipplings, broadsides, brochures, and poetry.

Dates: 1828-1915, 1968, undated

Moses Porter Papers, 1767-1827, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 490
Abstract

This collection contains papers of Moses Porter, a career army officer during the American Revolution and War of 1812.

Dates: 1767-1827, undated

Nathaniel Hawthorne Papers, 1817-1930, 1963-1968, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 68
Abstract

The Nathaniel Hawthorne papers contain the letters and other personal and professional papers of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), his father Nathaniel Hathorne (1775-1808), his mother Elizabeth Clarke (Manning) Hawthorne (1780-1845), and his wife Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1809-1871). Also included are the papers of his children Una, Julian, and Rose, along with those of Rose’s husband, George Parsons Lathrop and Julian’s daughter, Hildegarde Hawthorne.

Dates: 1817-1930, 1963-1968, undated

Newhall Family Papers, 1851-1901

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence of the Newhall family from 1851 until 1901, and covers topics such as family relationships, deaths in the family, attitudes about the Civil War, and politics.

Dates: 1851-1901

Oliver Briard Papers, 1797-1822

 Collection
Identifier: MH 47
Abstract

The Oliver Briard Papers contain the correspondence of this Portsmouth, New Hampshire merchant.

Dates: 1797-1822

Overseers of the Poor (Salem, Massachusetts) Records, 1749, 1769, 1784-1901

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 652
Abstract

The records of the Overseers of the Poor of Salem, Massachusetts contain financial, meeting, and Alms House records, as well as correspondence and other records.

Dates: 1749, 1769, 1784-1901

Peirce-Nichols Family of Salem, Massachusetts, 1702-1967, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 468
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of five generations of the Peirce and Nichols families of Salem, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1702-1967, undated