Found 5 collections related to Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Ford, Emily Ellsworth (Fowler), 1826-1893
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1038
6.34 linear feet (16 boxes)
Emily Ellsworth (Fowler) Ford was an educated nineteenth-century women who wrote prolifically from adolescence until her death in 1893. Her work was published in a variety of contemporary literary journals, magazines, and newspapers. She was the... more
Hartshorn family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1339
.3 linear feet (1 box)
The Hartshorn family was from Taunton, Massachusetts. Collection consists of daybooks, ledgers, copybooks, classbooks, letters, invitations, and travel journal for trip to Italy. Daybooks and ledgers pertain to the business of Jessie Hartshorn and... more
Mackintire, Eliab Parker, 1797-1864
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1829
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Eliab Parker Mackintire (1797-1864) was a Massachusetts state legislator. Collection consists of Mackintire's letters, mostly from Boston and Charlestown, Mass., to his son-in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. William Salter, of Burlington, Iowa.... more
Wheeler, William D
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3309
1 folder (22 items)
Letters of William D. Wheeler (c.1805-1840) at Worcester, Massachusetts to Miss Eliza C. Poole (later Mrs. William D. Wheeler), chiefly at Danvers, Massachusetts. Also, letters to her father, Deacon Fitch Poole, and her sister, Miss Sally Poole.
Adams family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 21
.6 linear feet (1 box)
Charlotte, Levina and Susan Adams were sisters who lived in Medway, Mass. during the first half of the 19th century. Charlotte married Christopher Slocum of New York and Levina married Cephus Taylor. Slocum's sister Esther married Rev. Lewis... more
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