1687-1891
Guide to the Collection
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| Creator: | Wendell family |
| Title: | Wendell family papers |
| Dates: | 1687-1891 |
| Physical Description: | 3
document boxes, 3 narrow boxes, 2 vols. in cases, 38 vols. (in 6 extra tall
cases), and 1 oversize box. |
| Call Number: | Ms. N-128 |
| Microfilm Call Number: | P-347, 67 reels (microfilm) (Quincy, Wendell, Holmes,
Upham papers) |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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The papers of the Wendell family of Boston, Mass.
and Portsmouth, N.H., primarily consist of the business papers of Jacob Wendell
of Boston, and John and George W. Wendell of Portsmouth, but also contain
family correspondence and accounts and daybooks of Samuel Pray of
Portsmouth.
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The bulk of the Wendell Family Papers were microfilmed in 1977 as part of
the "Papers relating to the Quincy, Wendell, Holmes and Upham Families
(hereafter Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, Upham) at the Massachusetts Historical
Society" (P-347). The microfilm edition contains the papers of the four related
families at the Historical Society; individual items related to the families
taken from other collections at the Historical Society; and papers of the four
families then in the personal collection of Hugh Upham Clark of Arlington,
Virginia. Hugh Upham Clark donated his collection to the Massachusetts
Historical Society in 1978.
The Guide and Index to the Microfilm Edition of the Papers relating to the
Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Families at the Massachusetts Historical
Society together with the Quincy, Wendell, Holmes and Upham Family Papers in
the Collection of Hugh Upham Clark of Arlington, Virginia (Boston:
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1977) contains an introduction to the
project, an explanation of the arrangement of the film, a reel list, and an
extensive index to the items in the collection referring readers to reel and
page numbers. Jacob Wendell's letterbook, 1715-16, for example, is found at
12:4 (reel 12, page 4) of the microfilm. In addition to the index, many of the
items in the Wendell Family Papers have been individually cataloged in the MHS
manuscript catalog.
The box list below is divided into two sections: papers on microfilm (P-347)
and those not on microfilm. Users should request materials on film by reel
number; consult this guide, the index and reel list in the guide to the Quincy,
Wendell, Holmes, Upham microfilm, and the MHS manuscript catalog for more
specific information. Original documents can be retrieved by the box numbers as
listed below.
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following collections
related to the Wendell family papers:
Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham family papers. P-347. Finding aid
available at:
http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0280.
Part I and Papers related to the First Church of Cambridge were the gift of
Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, 1954. Parts II and III were the gift of Mrs.
Barrett Wendell in 1921. Vol. 2 (receipt book, 1741-50) was the gift of Henry
Winchester Cunningham and Stanley Cunningham in 1923. Vol. 3, (Jacob Wendell
account book, 1716-60; extra tall) was the gift of Bernhard Knollenberg in
1958. The papers related to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire boundaries,
1732-49 were the gift of Barrett Wendell in 1910.
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| Box | Volume | Contents |
| | On microfilm, P-347 |
| Box 1 | | | Part I,
1687-1835.
Papers relating to the Wendell family of Boston, in particular Jacob Wendell
(1691-1761), a prominent Boston merchant, and to the firm of Jacob, John, and
Jacob Wendell. Consists of business correspondence, accounts, and receipts;
papers relating to his role as a member of the Massachusetts commissioners to
treat with the Six Nations Indians at Albany, N.Y. (1744-45); and the
development of Pittsfield, Mass., including manuscript plans for lands there.
Also included are letters of James Noyes, founder of Yale, most written to his
son Joseph; and Federalist documents related to John Quincy Adams' attack of
the Hartford Convention leaders during his 1828 re-election campaign. Some
items are also stored in the oversize box.
Most items are individually described in the MHS manuscript catalog. All
items appear on the Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, Upham microfilm (P-347). Most are
filed as part of the large chronological sequence of papers, reels 20-45,
however a few items appear on reel 12, Wendell family papers, 1716-1815.
Consult the index in the published guide to the microfilm edition for specific
reel numbers.
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| Box 1 | Vol. 1 | | Jacob Wendell account book,
1740-44. Contains accounts and receipts relating to the building of the snow (ship)
Prince of Orange.
On microfilm, P-347, reel 12:142.
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| Vol. 2 (cased) | | Jacob, John, and Jacob Wendell receipt book,
1741-50. On microfilm, P-347, reel 12:168-394.
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| Vol. 3 XT (cased) | | Jacob Wendell account book,
1716-60. Consists of accounts, 1716; accounts of the estate of Mercy Oliver, 1717-30;
accounts of the estate of William Brattle, 1718-30; letterbook pages, 1715-16;
and daybook accounts of Jacob, John, and Jacob Wendell, 1748-60.
On microfilm, P-347, reel 12:4-123.
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| Box 2 | | | Part II,
1756-1891.
Papers of the Wendell family of Portsmouth, N.H., in particular those of
John Wendell (1731-1808) and George W. Wendell (b. 1771), including letters and
bills relating to trade in Portsmouth; papers relating to Wendell's real estate
interests in Saville (later Wendell and now Sunapee), N.H., including deeds and
other legal documents; and bonds and other documents relating to loans issued
by Wendell. There is also a series of letters between Anna Elizabeth Wendell
and Frances G. Whidden.
A few items are individually described in the MHS manuscript catalog. All
items appear on the Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, Upham microfilm (P-347). Most are
filed as part of the large chronological sequence of papers, reels 25-66.
Consult the index in the published guide to the microfilm edition for specific
reel numbers.
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| Box 3 | | | Part IIIA,
1721-1835.
The bulk are papers of John Wendell (1731-1808) of Portsmouth containing
primarily accounts and receipts to Wendell, including estate accounts, and a
few papers relating to the proprietors of Trecothick (now Ellsworth), N.H.
All items are filed as part of the large chronological sequence of papers,
reels 21-45, on the Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, Upham microfilm (P-347). Consult
the index in the published guide to the microfilm edition for specific reel
numbers.
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| | Not on microfilm |
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| Box 4 | | | | John Wendell (1731-1808) accounts,
1746-1835. Includes accounts, cancelled notes, and receipts of Wendell, primarily in
Portsmouth, N.H.
According to the guide to the microfilm edition of the Papers relating to
the Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham (P-347), these records were not filmed
because they contained "large numbers of cancelled notes, receipts, etc. from
and to the same persons which duplicate items that were chosen for filming [in
Part IIIA]."
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| Box 5 | | | | Accounts of Samuel Pray of Portsmouth, N.H.,
1827-39. |
| Box 6 | | | | Papers related to the First Church of Cambridge,
1717-88. Consists of papers relating to the ministry of Nathaniel Appleton
(1693-1784), including his acceptance of the call (1717), minutes of meetings,
petitions, marriage certificates, and documents relating to the call of Timothy
Hilliard (1747-1790) as Appleton's colleague in 1783. All items are
individually described in the MHS manuscript catalog.
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| Box 6 | | | | Papers on the relations between Massachusetts and New Hampshire,
1732-49. All items are individually described in the MHS manuscript catalog.
Most items are printed in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical
Society, Vol. 44 (1910-11), pp. 189-212.
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| Box 6 | | | | Brief chronology of Wendell, Massachusetts,
1714-1849. |
| Vol. 4 (cased) | | | Unidentified ledger,
1810-1816 |
| Vol. 5 XT (cased) | | | [Jacob Wendell] daybook,
1813-1828 |
| Vol. 6 XT | | | [Samuel Pray] daybooks, numbered set #1,
24 Dec. 1832 - 2 Nov. 1833 The volume is divided into seventeen parts.
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| | | | | 6.1.
24 Dec. 1832 - 12 Jan. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.2.
25 Dec. 1832 - 19 Jan. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.3.
19 - 28 Jan. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.4.
28 Jan. - 16 Feb. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.5.
16 Feb. - 4 Mar. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.6.
5 - 20 Mar. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.7.
21 Mar. 1833 - 6 Apr. |
| | | | | 6.8.
6 - 30 Apr. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.9.
30 Apr. - 11 May 1833 |
| | | | | 6.10.
13 - 25 May 1833 |
| | | | | 6.11.
27 May - 13 June 1833 |
| | | | | 6.12.
14 - 26 June 1833 |
| | | | | 6.13.
27 June - 19 July 1833 |
| | | | | 6.14.
19 July - 24 Aug. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.15.
26 Aug. - 5 Oct. 1833 |
| | | | | 6.16.
7 - 26 Oct. 1833 |
| | | | | [6.17.]
29 Oct. - 2 Nov. 1833 (loose) |
| "Vols. 7-8" XT | | | [Samuel Pray] daybooks, numbered set #2,
4 Nov. 1833 - 4 Feb. 1836
In 15 parts in 2 cases; extra tall. |
| | | | | Part A; Vol. 7 |
| | | | | | 7.1.
4 Nov. - 27 Dec. 1833 |
| | | | | | 7.2.
28 Dec. 1833 - 14 Mar. 1834 |
| | | | | | 7.3.
17 Mar. - 12 Apr. 1834 |
| | | | | | 7.4.
14 Apr. - 31 May 1834 |
| | | | | | 7.5.
2 June - 10 July 1834 |
| | | | | | 7.6.
10 July - 20 Sept. 1834 |
| | | | | | 7.7.
22 Sept. - 8 Nov. 1834 |
| | | | | Part B; Vol. 8 |
| | | | | | 8.8.
8 Nov. 1834 - 5 Jan. 1835 |
| | | | | | 8.9.
3 Jan. - 12 Feb. 1835 |
| | | | | | 8.10.
12 Feb. - 17 Mar. 1835 |
| | | | | | 8.11.
18 Mar. - 20 May 1835 |
| | | | | | 8.12.
20 May - 28 July 1835 |
| | | | | | 8.13.
28 July - 7 Sept. 1835 |
| | | | | | 8.14.
8 Sept. - 23 Nov. 1835 |
| | | | | | 8.15.
23 Nov. 1835 - 4 Feb. 1836 |
| "Vol.. 9" XT | | | [Samuel Pray] daybooks, numbered set #3,
2 Jan. - 1 Nov. 1837
4 vols. cased together; extra tall.[Vols. 1-6 missing]
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| | | | | 9.7.
2 Jan. - 13 Feb. 1837 |
| | | | | 9.8.
13 Feb. - 2 May 1837 |
| | | | | 9.9.
2 May - 12 July 1837 |
| | | | | 9.10.
12 July - 1 Nov. 1837 |
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| | Oversize box
Contains items removed from Parts I-III and papers on the relations between
Massachusetts and New Hampshire. There is a note to this effect at the correct
place in the collection for each document removed to oversize. Oversize items
removed from the sections on microfilm appear in correct chronological order on
the microfilm.
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Wendell family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
ABIGAIL,
the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should
search the catalog using these headings.
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| Persons: |
| | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
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| | Appleton, Nathaniel,
1693-1784. |
| | Noyes, James,
1640-1719. |
| | Pray, Samuel. |
| | Wendell, Anna
Elizabeth. |
| | Wendell, George W., b.
1771. |
| | Wendell, Jacob, 1691-1761.
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| | Wendell, John,
1703-1762. |
| | Wendell, John,
1731-1808. |
| | Whidden, Frances G. |
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| Organizations: |
| | First Church (Cambridge,
Mass.) |
| | Jacob, John, and Jacob Wendell
(Boston, Mass.) |
| | Prince of Orange
(Snow) |
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| Subjects: |
| | Account books. |
| | Commerce--Massachusetts--Boston. |
| | Commerce--New
Hampshire--Portsmouth. |
| | Congregational
churches--Massachusetts--Cambridge. |
| | Ellsworth
(N.H.)--History. |
| | Indians of North
America--Treaties. |
| | Iroquois Indians--New York
(State) |
| | Iroquois
Indians--Treaties. |
| | Massachusetts--History--Colonial
period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| | Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston. |
| | Merchants--New
Hampshire--Portsmouth. |
| | New Hampshire--History--Colonial
period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| | Pittsfield
(Mass.)--History. |
| | Real
property--Massachusetts--Pittsfield. |
| | Real property--New
Hampshire--Ellsworth. |
| | Real property--New
Hampshire--Sunapee. |
| | Real property--New
Hampshire--Trecothick. |
| | Shipbuilding--Costs. |
| | Sunapee
(N.H.)--History. |
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