Main Entry: Account
Books
Subject—Personal
Names:
Subject—Corporate
Names:
Subject—Topical
Heading:
Economic History
Local History
Rural Industries—Massachusetts
Subject—Geographic
Name: Western Massachusetts
Note:
In addition to account
books, the collection contains agricultural journals and day books. The
guide is arranged alphabetically by individual's last name. The guide consists
of photocopies of entries from the library's card catalog. In addition
to the individual's name, each entry lists the business or businesses engaged
in by the individual and a date span. Some trades figuring prominently
include tavern keepers, blacksmiths, carpenters, sawyers, grocers, tanners,
physicians, hatmakers, cobblers, and weavers. Several of the account books
in this collection are photocopies or microfilmed copies of manuscripts
held by other repositories; in such cases, this information is noted on
the card.
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Repository:
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Collection
Name: George Sheldon Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates:
Size:
7.5 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence (4
linear feet)
Research notes
Scrapbooks
Main Entry: George
Sheldon, 1818–1916
Subject—Personal
Names:
Aiken, John A. (16
letters)
Avery, Walter T. (20
letters)
Baker, C. Alice (117
letters)
Boltwood, Clarinda
B. (30 letters)
Boltwood, Lucius (17
letters)
Buell, Marion N. (22
letters)
Grosvenor, Edwin (17
letters)
Hart, Albert B. (25
letters)
Hitchcock, Edward
(14 letters)
Temple, Rev. J.H.
(97 letters)
Thompson, Francis
M. (59 letters)
Subject—Corporate
Names:
Know-Nothing Party
Massachusetts Historical
Society (33 letters)
Subject—Topical
Heading:
Local History
United States—History—19th
Century
United States—Intellectual
Life
Subject—Geographic
Name: Deerfield, Massachusetts
Note:
The George Sheldon Papers
reflect his antiquarian and historical interests. More than half of the
collection is made up of correspondence, much of it to historical societies,
libraries, and museums, as well as individuals who shared his interest
in these subjects. In addition, Sheldon was state secretary to the Know-Nothing
Party during its brief but significant ascendancy in Massachusetts, active
in the Freesoil Movement, and an ardent abolitionist. The bulk of the collection
dates from 1860 to 1916.
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Collection
Name: Jennie Maria (Arms) Sheldon Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates:
Size:
1 linear foot
Contents:
Main Entry: Jennie
Maria Arms Sheldon (1852–1937)
Subject—Personal
Names:
Subject—Corporate
Names:
Subject—Topical
Heading:
Subject—Geographic
Name:
Note:
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Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Collection
Name: Abell Family Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates:
Size:
approximately 100 items; 4 folders
Contents:
Correspondence
Legal documents
Genealogical material
Discharge papers
Main Entry: Abell
Family
Subject—Personal
Names:
Abell, George Austin
Abell, Joshua Sr.
Abell, Lewis Strong
Cathcart Family
Holcomb Family
Taylor Family
Subject—Corporate
Names:
Subject—Topical
Heading:
Local History
United States—History—Civil
War, 1861–1865
United States—History—1783–1865
Subject—Geographic
Name:
Conway, Massachusetts
Goshen, Massachusetts
Note:
The Abell Family Papers
consist of four folders of material relating to three subjects. There are
two folders of Civil War letters from George Austin Abell of Conway, Massachusetts,
to members of his family. They were written while he served in the Union
Army, 1862–1864. Many are addressed to his brother Lewis, also of Conway.
These folders contain his honorable discharge in November 1864, and a certificate
granting his widow, Alice Holcomb Abell, a pension in 1911. The second
group contains legal documents dated 1801–1836 relating to Joshua Abell
Sr. of Goshen, Massachusetts, his son, and two grandsons, all of that town.
The last folder contains genealogical material relating to the Abell family
in the first decades of the 20th century.
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