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Creator:	Foster family
Title:	Foster Family autograph collection
Dates:	1621-1930
Physical Description:	30 document boxes, 4 oversize boxes and 2 volumes
Call Number:	Special Colls. Foster
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215 library@masshist.org

Abstract:

The Foster family autograph collection was compiled by generations of the Foster and related Dwight families. The collection includes letters, notes, diaries, and cutslip autographs of presidents, politicians, judges, and literary figures. Some topics include the French and Indian War, American Revolution, French Revolution and the Napoleonic era. The collection also includes correspondence, diaries, and other personal papers of the Foster and Dwight families.

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Judge Joseph Dwight (1702-1765) was a member of the Massachusetts Colonial Council and trustee of the Indian school in Stockbridge, Mass. He served as brigadier general of the Ancient and Honourable Company of Artillery of Boston, second in command of the colonial troops in the expedition against the French at Louisbourg in 1745, and commanded a brigade of Massachusetts Militia at Lake Champlain. He married Mary Pynchon and their daughter Dorothy Dwight married Jedediah Foster (1726-1779).

Judge Jedediah Foster (1726-1779) was a member of the Worcester County Convention and delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774, a member of the convention that framed the constitution of Massachusetts, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. His children were: Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Theophilus Foster, (1754-1838), Abigail Foster (1756-1779), Dwight Foster (1757-1823), and Peregrine Foster (1759-1804).

Judge Dwight Foster (1757-1823) was a chief justice of Worcester County, Mass., a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, the Massachusetts Legislature, and the Massachusetts Executive Council, and was a U.S. senator serving as a Federalist from 1800 to 1803. He married Rebecca Faulkner and his children were Lydia Stiles and Alfred Dwight Foster (1800-1852).

Alfred Dwight Foster (1800-1852) was a representative on the Massachusetts General Court, and was involved with various civic organizations including the Worcester town council, Massachusetts Governor’s Council, Leicester Academy, Amherst College, the State Lunatic Asylum, and the State Reform School. He was the father of Dwight Foster (1828-1884) and grandfather of Alfred Dwight Foster (1852-1932).

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The Foster Family Autograph Collection consists of 30 document boxes, 2 volumes and 4 oversize boxes organized into four series: I. Foster Family Autograph Collection, II. Foster Family Papers, III. Foster and Estabrook Legal Records, and IV. Abbott Lawrence Papers.

Series I. Foster Family Autograph Collection, 1621-1917 comprises the bulk of the collection and contains autograph letters and notes, diaries, printed documents, broadsides and other ephemera collected by the families of Joseph Dwight (1702-1765), Jedediah Foster (1726-1779), and his son Dwight Foster (1757-1823), with additions from several generations of their descendants.

Included in the Foster Family Autograph Collection are documents and letters of United States presidents and many members of their cabinet from the administrations of George Washington through Ulysses S. Grant. Of particular interest is a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Roger Sherman's grandson giving Jefferson's high opinion of Sherman, a letter from Jefferson to Dwight Foster with original drawings of Jefferson's patent new mould board with accompanying description; and correspondence between John Adams and Roger Sherman in which the new federal constitution is contrasted with the British government. Also, a letter from Secretary of War James McHenry relating to the Northwest Territory and accounts of surveys of the territory, letters from James Munroe, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and many others. The collection also includes autographs of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Josiah Bartlett, Charles Carroll, George Clymer, Francis Hopkinson, Samuel Huntington, Robert Morris, and others).

The Foster Family Autograph Collection includes material related to the French and Indian War such as the orderly book of Gen. David Wooster, 1759; and material related to the Revolutionary War, such as a letter from Gen. Rufus Putnam, March 26, 1783, detailing his ideas on government, military and civilian responsibilities and Putnam's eyewitness account of the "Newburgh Conspiracy." Other themes represented in the Foster Family Autograph Collection include members of the Continental Congress (including James Bowdoin, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, John Jay, and Rufus King, among others); United States congressmen (including De Witt Clinton, Fisher Ames, John Randolph, James Hillhouse, Jefferson Davis, among others); governors and senators, mostly of Massachusetts but some from other colonies and states, ca. 1700-1870 (such as Rufus Choate, Benjamin Goodhue, Harrison Gray Otis, Sir Francis Bernard, Simon Bradstreet, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Pownall, William Shirley, Daniel Webster, among many others); Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices, including Samuel Sewall. Literary figures, scientists, and economists are represented by letters from Thomas Prince, Horace Greeley, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others.

There are also there are letters, autographs and documents of notable persons involved in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, with some earlier and later French autographs. These include generals, ministers, royalty, scientists and literary figures, and the autographs of Henry III, and Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France.

Series II. Foster Family Papers, 1648-1915 includes personal, legal and military papers kept by generations of the Foster and related Dwight families of Massachusetts including Joseph Dwight (1703 1765), Dwight Foster (1757-1823), Jedediah Foster (1726 1779), and Dwight Foster (1757 1823). This series also includes a diary kept by Joseph Dwight during the French and Indian War, 1756. There are letters of autograph value in this series as well, just as there are letters received by members of the Foster and Dwight families in the first series.

Series III. Foster and Estabrook Legal Records consist of legal correspondence kept by Dwight Foster (1828-1884) while serving as a lawyer with the firm Foster and Estabrook in Worcester, Mass., 1856-57.

Series IV. Abbott Lawrence Papers, 1836-1891 contains personal papers and correspondence, accounts, and legal documents related to family estates managed by Abbott Lawrence of Boston, Mass.

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The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following collections related to the Foster family autograph collection:

Foster family photographs, ca. 1860-1875. Photo. Coll. 500.76.

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The Foster Family Autograph Collection was donated to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1984 by Mrs. Maxwell Foster.

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The collection is organized into the following series:


	I. Foster Family Autograph Collection, 1621-1917
	II. Foster Family Papers, 1648-1930
		A. Loose papers, 1648-1915
		B. Diaries, 1756-1803
		C. Account books, 1747-1813
		D. Orations, 1759-1803
		E. Dwight-Foster family genealogical notes, 1769-1930
		F. Miscellaneous, 1684-1780
	III. Foster and Estabrook Legal Records, 1856-1857
	IV. Abbott Lawrence Papers, 1836-1891
		A. Loose papers, 1836-1891
		B. Estate account books, 1888-1891

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Box	Folder
	I. Foster Family Autograph Collection, 1621-1917 Arranged alphabetically This series consists of autograph letters and notes, manuscripts, diaries and journals, printed documents, broadsides and other ephemera collected by members of the Foster and Dwight families for their autograph value, 1621-1917. The items collected document the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, the French Revolution, colonial life in Massachusetts and other topics; and individuals represented include United States presidents, members of their cabinet, and other political figures as well and prominent lawyers and literary figures. Material relating to the French and Indian War include muster and pay rolls, and various letters and accounts. Included are a letter from Jonathan Edwards requesting payment for billeting soldiers, September 15, 1755, a letter from Lord Amherst to Benning Wentworth, royal governor of New Hampshire, April 16, 1761, and the orderly book of Gen. David Wooster, 1759 among many other items. Material related to the Revolutionary War includes letters, pay rolls, muster rolls, and movement orders of the Marquis de Lafayette, Lord George Germain, William Heath, Henry Knox, Henry Lee, Philip Schuyler, John Stark, Artemus Ward, David Farragut, John A. Dahlgren, William Hull, William Hull, William Greene, among others. Included are letter from Henry Dearborn describing the return of deserters from the Continental Army, March 1, 1780; and a letter from Gen. William Phillips admonishing Heath for encouraging the enlistment of deserters, April 18, 1778, among other items. This series also includes a letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson discussing the Transcendentalist periodical The Dial, June 27, 1843; a poem by William Cullen Bryant, March 16, 1850; and letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney discussing life in the South, February 21, 1868. There are also several letters of interest related to early American medicine such as those by Solomon Drowne and John Jeffries. See List of Items in the Autograph Collection below.
Box 1		Abb-Ath
Box 2		Atw-Ber
Box 3		Bet-Brad
Box 4		Bran-Chi
Box 5		Cho-Cus
Box 6		Dag-Dye
Box 7		Eas-Fre
Box 8		Gag-Gro
Box 9		Hab-Hol
Box 10		Hop-Hyd
Box 11		Ibe-Jaq
Box 12		Jar-Jou
Box 13		Joy-Ker
Box 14		Ket-Lew
Box 15		Lie-Mar
Box 16		Mas-Nou
Box 17		O'Co-Phi
Box 18		Pic-Qui
Box 19		Ran-Ser
Box 20		Sew-Smi
Box 21		Sou-Tay
Box 22		Tha-Ven
Box 23		Wad-Wha
Box 24		Whe-Yat
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Box	Folder	Volume	Contents
			II. Foster family papers, 1648-1915 This series consists of papers of generations of the Foster and related Dwight families of Massachusetts, 1648-1915. The series includes deeds, receipts, account books, orations and family correspondence; and Foster and Dwight family genealogical information. Family correspondence includes letters sent between Jedediah Foster (1726-1779) and his wife Dorothy Dwight Foster and their children Peregrine Foster (1759-1804), Theodore Foster (1752-1828), Theophillis Foster (1754-1838), Abigail Foster (1756-1779) and Dwight Foster (1757-1823). Family correspondence also includes letters sent between Dwight Foster and his wife Rebecca Foster and their son Alfred Dwight Foster (1800-1852), his son Dwight Foster (1828-1884). The series also includes a diary kept by Joseph Dwight during the Lake Champlain campaign in the French and Indian War, 1756; and weather diaries kept by Dwight Foster, 1778-1803 (with gaps).
				A. Loose papers, 1648-1915
Box 25					Loose papers, 1648-1787
Box 26					Loose papers, 1789-1915
Oversize box 3					Loose papers, 1706-1798 (Oversize)
Oversize box 4					Loose papers, 1801-1894 (Oversize)
				B. Diaries, 1756-1803
Box 27	Folder 1				Joseph Dwight diary kept during Lake Champlain campaign, 15 June-8 July 1756
		Vol. 1			Dwight Foster diary, 1778
Box 27	Folder 2-4				Dwight Foster weather diaries, 1795-1797
Box 27	Folder 5-7				Dwight Foster weather diaries, 1799-1803
				C. Account books, 1747-1813
Box 27	Folder 8				Joseph Dwight account book kept for Ephraim Williams' Regiment, Expedition to Canada, 1747
Box 27	Folder 9				Jedediah Foster account book, 1748-1749
Box 27	Folder 10				Dwight Foster memoranda and account book, 1813
				D. Orations, 1759-1803
Box 27	Folder 11				Joseph Dwight "Oration on the Necessity and Importance of a Well Disciplined Militia," [1759]
Box 27	Folder 12				Dwight Foster oration, 31 October 1808
				E. Dwight-Foster family genealogical notes, 1769-1930
Oversize box 4					Dwight-Foster family genealogical notes, n.d. (Oversize)
Box 27	Folder 13-16				Dwight-Foster family genealogical notes, 1769-1930
				F. Miscellaneous, 1684-1780
Box 27	Folder 17				Worcester town records, 1684-1814
		Vol. 2			Dwight Foster collection of poetical works, 1762-1780
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Box	Folder	Contents
		IV. Abbott Lawrence papers, 1836-1891 This series consists of personal papers and correspondence, accounts, and legal documents related to estates managed by Abbott Lawrence of Boston, Mass. Personal papers include family correspondence, 1836-40; and professional papers include documents related to the management of the estates of Charles A. Prince, A.A. Marcus, and others, 1880-1891.
			A. Loose papers, 1836-1891
Box 30	Folder 1-23			Loose papers, 1836-1890
Oversize box 4				Loose papers, 1886-1891 (Oversize)
			B. Estate account books, 1888-1891
Box 30	Folder 24			Account book, Charles A. Prince trustee, 1888-1889
Box 30	Folder 24			Account book, A.A. Marcus estate, 1891

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The items listed below are from Series I. Foster Family Autograph Collection, Boxes 1-24:


Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Abb-Ath
Box 1	Folder 1		Unidentified autographs, 1751-1838.
			Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
Box 1	Folder 2			Letter to Mrs. Dunn of Worcester, Mass. 21 Feb. [no year].
			Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
Box 1	Folder 3			Letter to Mrs. Foster, 12 Sept. 1836.
			Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886
Box 1	Folder 4			Empty envelope addressed by Charles Francis Adams to Arthur Dexter, 31 Jan. 1861.
			Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831
Box 1	Folder 5			Page removed from a volume of religious writings.
			Adams, John, 1735-1826
Box 1	Folder 6			Printed certificate with manuscript annotations from the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in Boston, [11] March 1766.
Box 1	Folder 7			Letter to Roger Sherman, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, 14 May 1789.
Box 1	Folder 8			Letters to Roger Sherman sent from Richmond Hill, New York, 17-20 July 1789.
Box 1	Folder 9			Printed invitation with manuscript annotations addressed to Dwight Foster, 10 Jan. 1790.
Box 1	Folder 10			Dinner invitation addressed to Dwight and Rebecca Foster, 27 Jan. 1790.
Box 1	Folder 11			Thank you note addressed to Dwight Foster, 29 April 1795.
Box 1	Folder 12			Manuscript copy of a circular letter distributed to the senators of the United States, 30 Jan. 1801.
			Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Box 1	Folder 13			Letter to William Wirt regarding a legal case involving a ship carrying slaves detained by the United States, 18 March 1811.
Box 1	Folder 13			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster declining an invitation to speak at the Worcester Lyceum, 29 Sept. 1838.
			Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 30 June 1794. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 3 July 1795. (Oversize)
			Addington, Isaac, 1645-1715
Box 1	Folder 14			Bill of costs for lodging of Joseph Smith at the county court, Oct. 1685.
Box 1	Folder 14			Letter to Edmund Andros, 8 Feb. 1687.
			Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
Box 1	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster declining invitation, 3 Dec. 1867.
			Akerman, Amos Tappan, 1821-1880
Box 1	Folder 16			Letter to Hugh Lawson White Hill, 3 Aug. 1871.
			Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Box 1	Folder 17			Letter to Dwight Foster, 5 Feb. 1800.
			Allen, Joseph, 1749-1827
Box 1	Folder 18			Printed writ with manuscript annotations signed by Joseph Allen, 30 Aug. 1791.
			Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808
Box 1	Folder 19			Letters to Dwight Foster, 18 Nov. 1795- 9 Feb. 1801.
			Ames, Seth, 1805-1881
Box 1	Folder 20			Letters to Dwight Foster, 24 Jan. [no year], 10- 14 Dec. 1853.
			Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Box 1	Folder 21			Letter to Benning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire, 26 April 1761.
Box 1	Folder 21			Letter to Thomas Hancock of Boston, Mass, 31 July 1763.
			Amory, Rufus Greene
Box 1	Folder 22			Letter to George Thacher of Biddeford, Maine, 19 Nov. 1785.
Box 1	Folder 22			Letter to Dwight Foster, 1 July 1799.
			Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass, 14 Feb. 1861. (Oversize)
Box 1	Folder 23			Commissions appointing Dwight Foster Attorney General for the Commonwealth, 3-8 Dec. 1863.
Box 1	Folder 23			Letter to Dwight Foster requesting copy of the confession of Edward W. Green, 15 Dec. 1864.
			Appleton, Nathaniel, 1731-1798
Box 1	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster, 30 Nov. 1795.
			Appleton, Nathaniel Walker, 1755-1795
Box 1	Folder 25			Letters to George Thacher, 8 Feb., 15 March 1789.
			Ashley, John, d. 1759
Box 1	Folder 26			Agreement between John Ashley and George Hayward to establish a gristmill in Brookfield, Mass., 5 March 1719.
Box 1	Folder 26			Cropped autograph, 18 March 1730.
			Atherton, Charles Gordon, 1804-1853
Box 1	Folder 27			Partial letter to [Arthur W. Atherton].
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Atw-Ber
			Atwater, Caleb, 1778-1867
Box 2	Folder 1			Manuscript copy of portion of History of Ohio by Caleb Atwater, 1839.
			Auchmuty, Robert, d. 1788
Box 2	Folder 2			Printed certificate with manuscript annotations, 10 March 1767.
			Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Box 2	Folder 3			Letter to Clarendon Harris, 17 Feb. 1841.
			Austin, Nathaniel, d. 1861
Box 2	Folder 4			Letter to Levi Lincoln regarding the Medford, Mass. company of Independent Light Infantry, Mass. Militia, 15 Dec. 1808.
			Austin, Samuel
Box 2	Folder 5			Certificate attesting that Stephen Hall supplied wood during the siege of Boston, 18 June 1777.
			Avery, John, 1739-1806
Box 2	Folder 6			Legal and legislative documents signed by John Avery, addressed to George Thacher and Dwight Foster, 1787-1803.
			Avocat, Jouvent
Box 2	Folder 7			Letter to unidentified recipient (in French), 10 April 1848.
			Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
Box 2	Folder 8			Letter to William Cranch Bond, 1 Feb. 1846.
			Bacon, Delia Salter, 1811-1859
Box 2	Folder 9			Calling card with invitation to "Historical Lectures no. 11."
			Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833
Box 2	Folder 10			Letter to William Jones seeking promotion for Abraham Walton to boatswain, Charlestown Navy Yard, 10 Sept. 1813.
			Baird, Charles Washington, 1828-1887
Box 2	Folder 11			Letter to William Dwight Whitney, 23 Oct. 1856.
			Baker, Nathaniel Bradley, 1818-1876
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing William F. Goodwin justice of the peace, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, 20 April 1856. (Oversize)
			Baldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807
Box 2	Folder 12			Notes about a bill relating to petitions of invalids from Georgia for Revolutionary War pensions, March 1798.
			Baldwin, Ebenezer, 1790-1837
Oversize box 1				Diploma from Yale University, 1808. (Oversize)
			Baldwin, Jeduthan, 1732-1788
Box 2	Folder 13			Letter to Jedidiah Foster, 31 Dec. 1768.
Box 2	Folder 13			Letter of instruction for Jedidiah Foster to represent Brookfield at Provincial Congress in Salem, Sept. 1774.
Box 2	Folder 13			Letter to Jedidiah Foster, 19 March 1788
			Baldwin, Roger Sherman, 1793-1853
Box 2	Folder 14			Letter to Enoch Perkins, 22 Sept. 1819.
			Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851
Box 2	Folder 15			Courtship letter to Rebecca Sherman Baldwin, 29 Oct. 1784.
Box 2	Folder 15			Deposition for Enoch Perkins, 17 Dec. 1798.
			Baldwin, Simeon Eben, 1840-1927
Box 2	Folder 16			Letter to Alfred Foster, 28 April 1917.
			Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
Box 2	Folder 17			Letter to Alfred Dwight thanking him for loan of Mr. Farber's lecture, 7 Dec. 1830.
Box 2	Folder 17			Letter to Alfred Dwight accepting invitation to speak at the American Antiquarian Society, 16 Dec. 1837.
			Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
Box 2	Folder 18			Letter to Dwight Foster declining invitation to visit, 11 Nov. [no year].
Box 2	Folder 18			Letter to Dwight Foster explaining political activity, 6 Aug. 1857.
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster judge of probate, Worcester County, 15 Feb. 1858. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the Peace, Worcester County, 26 Jan. 1859. (Oversize)
Box 2	Folder 18			Commission appointing Dwight Foster Attorney General of Massachusetts, 6 Dec. 1860.
			Barry, William T. (William Taylor)‚ 1785-1835
Box 2	Folder 19			Letter to postmaster of Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 Oct. 1831.
			Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
Box 2	Folder 20			Account for travel expenses in New Hampshire, 29 April 1775.
Box 2	Folder 20			Legal warrant for counterfeiters, 15 April 1777.
Box 2	Folder 20			Commission appointing Jeremiah Stiles justice of the peace, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, 10 Jan. 1791.
			Bartlett, Sidney, 1799-1889
Box 2	Folder 21			Letter to unidentified recipient, 2 Aug. [no year].
Box 2	Folder 21			Letter to Benjamin Thomas regarding subpoenas, 23 June 1857.
			Bass, Gillam
Box 2	Folder 22			Letter to the Worcester County, Mass. Committee of Correspondence from the Northboro, Mass. Committee of Correspondence signed by secretary Gillam Bass, 22 May 1775.
			Bastide, J. H. (John Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1770
Box 2	Folder 23			Letter to Thomas Hancock, 3 May 1758.
			Bates, John Coalter, 1842-1919
Box 2	Folder 24			Cropped autograph.
			Beardsley, Samuel, 1790-1860
Box 2	Folder 25			Cropped autograph.
Box 2	Folder 25			Letter to William Learned Marcy regarding votes in United States Congress, 15 Feb. 1833.
			Beck, Theodric Romeyn, 1791-1855
Box 2	Folder 26			Letter to Ebenezer Bald[win] regarding trustees of the Albany Institute, 10 March 1829.
Box 2	Folder 26			Printed circular letter to Erastus Corning regarding the Albany Institute, 10 June 1834.
			Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757
Box 2	Folder 27			Letter to Richard Waldron regarding boundary of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 31 Oct. 1734.
Box 2	Folder 27			Cropped autograph, 24 June 1738.
Box 2	Folder 27			Letter to Thomas Hancock, 18 Sept. 1763.
			Belden, Richard (agent for Berry Rogers and Berry)
Box 2	Folder 28			Letter to George Thacher regarding edition of Mirabeau's speeches, 11 Dec. 1793.
			Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798
Box 2	Folder 29			Certificate of marriage between Frederic Mordaunt Bell and Elizabeth Gage, 4 Feb. 1786.
			Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890
Box 2	Folder 30			Letter to Case and Van Wagener, 1 Sept. 1871.
			Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833
Box 2	Folder 31			Draft of letter to unidentified recipient, Aug. 1812.
			Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832
Box 2	Folder 32			Partial draft of writing.
			Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Jedidiah Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 28 Jan. 1762. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Jedidiah Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 6 July 1763. (Oversize)
			Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856
Box 2	Folder 33			Letter to William Wirt regarding legal case, 15 May 1818.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Bet-Brad
			Bethel, Slingsbey (agent for Col. Dwight)
Box 3	Folder 1			Letter received by Slingsbey Bethel, agent for Col. Joseph Dwight's Regiment of Foot, Dec. 1747.
Box 3	Folder 1			Letter sent by Slingsbey Bethel regarding payment to Josiah Quincy, 26 July 1751.
			Bibb, George M. (George Minos), 1776-1859
Box 3	Folder 2			Cropped autograph.
			Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Box 3	Folder 3			Testimony of John Warder of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania signed by notary Clement Biddle, 11 Jan. 1804.
			Bidwell, Barnabas, 1763-1833
Box 3	Folder 4			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding the legal case of Hubbard Wait vs. Tidmarsh, 3 Nov. 1791.
			Bigelow, George Tyler, 1810-1878
Box 3	Folder 5			Invitations addressed to Dwight Foster.
			Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872
Box 3	Folder 6			Printed letter to Alfred Dwight Foster appointing him counselor to the Governor, 10 Jan. 1842.
			Bigelow, Nancy of Worcester, Mass.
Box 3	Folder 7			Letter to brother Timothy Bigelow about library books, June 1783.
			Bigelow, Timothy, 1767-1821
Box 3	Folder 8			Letter to sister Nancy Bigelow, 19 Oct. 1784.
Box 3	Folder 9			Diary kept during trip from Boston, Mass. to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by stagecoach and steamboat, 3-27 July 1815.
			Bingham, Elisha
Box 3	Folder 10			Certificate signed by Elisha Bingham and others verifying cleanliness and orderliness of [William Minot] Gilbert's oyster house and grocery store, 9 Dec. 1815.
			Binney, Horace, 1780-1875
Box 3	Folder 11			Letter to W[illiam] Briggs, 8 April 1834.
			Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883
Box 3	Folder 12			Letters to Benjamin Robbins Curtis, 9 July-18 Sept 1862.
			Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876
Box 3	Folder 13			Letter to Mahlon Dickerson regarding Rebecca Gratz, 4 Feb. 1835.
			Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893
Box 3	Folder 14			Letter to Benjamin R. Curtis regarding legal case, 5 Oct. 1854.
Box 3	Folder 14			Letter to C. H. Hill regarding legal case, 10 Nov. 1870.
			Bliss, George, 1764-1830
Box 3	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding Reuben Blair, 3 Aug. 1805.
			Bolles, John A. (John Augustus), 1809-1878
Box 3	Folder 16			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster appointing him counselor to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives, 9 Jan. 1844.
			Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Box 3	Folder 17			Signature on Boston Theater ticket.
			Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
Box 3	Folder 18			Legal statement regarding land purchased on the Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania, 29 Aug. 1817.
			Boudinot, Elisha, 1749-1819
Box 3	Folder 19			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding Theodore Sedgwick, 7 Jan. 1803.
			Bourne, Shearjashub, 1746-1806
Box 3	Folder 20			Letter regarding Shearjashub Bourne's son on the ship Two Brothers, 20 April 1789.
			Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905
Box 3	Folder 21			Cropped autograph, 16 Nov. [no year].
Oversize box 1				Commission appointed Dwight Foster appointing him justice of the peace, Worcester County, 4 Feb. 1852. (Oversize)
Box 3	Folder 21			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding the Republican nomination for Attorney General, 31 Aug. 1860.
Box 3	Folder 21			Letter to Benjamin Helm Bristow regarding U.S. Treasury Department requisitions, 8 Nov. 1871.
			Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
Box 3	Folder 22			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster regarding insurance payment, 25 Dec. 1832.
			Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
Box 3	Folder 23			Letter of introduction of M. de St. Trys to Nathan Dane and George Thacher, 21 Aug. 1788.
Box 3	Folder 23			Circular letter promoting the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 21 July 1789.
			Bowdoin, James, 1752-1811
Box 3	Folder 24			Printed minutes from the meeting of non-resident proprietors of the Ohio Company, in Boston, Mass., 30 Aug. 1792.
			Brace, James
Box 3	Folder 25			Letter to [Dwight] Foster regarding teacher Azel Backus, 25 Sept. 1800.
			Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843
Box 3	Folder 26			Circular letter to the treasurer of the Worcester and Leicester Turnpike Corporation, 18 Aug. 1818.
			Bradford, Gamaliel, 1763-1824
Box 3	Folder 27			Printed receipt for certificate of debt received from Nathaniel Appleton, 6 Aug. 1792.
			Bradford, Samuel
Box 3	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding presidential proclamation, 4 April 1797.
			Bradley, C. S.
Box 3	Folder 29			Letter to Judge Foster.
			Bradley, Joseph P., 1818-1892
Box 3	Folder 30			Letter to Dwight Foster thanking him for article regarding U.S. Supreme Court ruling on life insurance, 6 Jan. 1877.
			Bradley, Stephen Row, 1734-1830
Box 3	Folder 31			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 24 Dec. 1802.
Box 3	Folder 31			Letter to Gen. William Eaton regarding the "Tripoline Treaty," 19 Jan. 1806.
			Bradstreet, Simon, 1603-1697
Box 3	Folder 32			Deposition of Francis Dane, 1664.
			Brady, James T. (James Topham), 1815-1869
Box 3	Folder 33			Letter to B[enjamin] Robbins Curtis, 17 Nov. 1858.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Bran-Chi
			Branch, John, 1782-1863
Box 4	Folder 1			Orders for Capt. James Biddle to relieve W. M. Crane from command of a squadron in the Mediterranean, 16 June 1829.
			Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797
Box 4	Folder 2			Portion of an account balance, 1778-1779.
			Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861
Oversize box 1				Commission granting Alfred Dwight Foster, Robert Rantoul and Samuel H. Walley power to seize land for a Manual Labor School for juvenile delinquents, 15 May 1846. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Alfred Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 2 Feb. 1849. (Oversize)
Box 4	Folder 3			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster inviting him to be on the board of trustees of the Lunatic Asylum in Worcester, Mass., 25 Jan. 1850.
			Brigham, Elijah, 1751-1816
Box 4	Folder 4			Letter to Dwight Foster, 25 Jan. 1816.
			Brightwell, John
Box 4	Folder 5			Letter to Harrison Gray requesting money to be drawn from his military pay to reimburse Joseph Dwight, 30 Dec. 1756.
			Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-1896
Box 4	Folder 6			Autograph, 13 Oct. 1871.
Box 4	Folder 6			Letter to Dwight Foster declining dinner invitation, 13 April 1875.
			Brooks, John, 1752-1825
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Massachusetts, 3 Dec. 1816. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing John W. Stiles justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 10 June 1819. (Oversize)
			Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Box 4	Folder 7			Signature on envelope to Amos T. Akerman, ca. 1870.
			Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Box 4	Folder 8			Poem, 16 March 1850.
Box 4	Folder 8			Letter declining invitation to Class Day at Harvard, 4 June 1873.
			Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Box 4	Folder 9			Cropped autograph, ca. 1848.
Box 4	Folder 9			Letter to Thomas A. Goodman regarding employment of his son, 24 March 1862.
			Buckingham, Joseph T. (Joseph Tinker), 1779-1861
Box 4	Folder 10			Letter to Isaiah Thomas, 19 March. 1807.
			Buckingham, William A. (William Alfred), 1804-1875
Box 4	Folder 11			Letter of introduction to Ulysses Simpson Grant, 17 Nov. 1870.
			Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1882
Box 4	Folder 12			Letters to Alfred Dwight Foster regarding lectures at the Worcester Lyceum.
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, 31 Aug. 1866. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Massachusetts, 28 Jan. 1868. (Oversize)
			Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870
Box 4	Folder 13			Signature on envelope.
			Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Box 4	Folder 14			Letter to John Greenwood regarding settlement of legal case, ca. 1800.
Box 4	Folder 14			Letter to E. Baldwin regarding legal case, ca. 1800.
Box 4	Folder 14			Letter to John Van Ness Yates regarding legal case of Jacob and John Wood vs. James and James Roe Jr., and Michael Hay, 26 March 1800.
			Burrill, James, 1772-1820
Box 4	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding tax problems of Peregrine Foster, 23 Oct. 1799.
			Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
Box 4	Folder 16			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster regarding lecture at Worcester Lyceum, 12 Jan. 1840.
			Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858
Box 4	Folder 17			Letter to Nathan Clifford on behalf of the office of the United States Attorney General, 27 March 1847.
			Cabot, George, 1752-1823
Box 4	Folder 18			Letter to Dwight Foster, 27 June 1808.
			Caldwell, William
Box 4	Folder 19			Commission appointing Robert Cutler deputy sheriff, Worcester County, Mass., 24 April 1795.
			Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
Box 4	Folder 20			Letter to William Wirt on behalf of President James Monroe, regarding the size of the U.S. Army, 13 April 1822.
			Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Box 3	Folder 21			Letter to Mr. Dickens regarding a newspaper order, 28 May 1857.
			Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889
Box 4	Folder 22			Letter to Benjamin Robbins Curtis about the importation and sale of slaves in New Orleans, La. and Mobile, Ala., 11 May 1859.
			Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879
Box 4	Folder 21			Letter to Philadelphia publisher Abraham Hart, 2 Oct. [no year].
			Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Box 4	Folder 24			Letter to Isaiah Thomas regarding Jane Aitken's mental illness, 5 Oct. 1826.
			Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832
Box 4	Folder 25			Office of Discount and Deposit check, 15 Aug. 1826.
			Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866
Box 4	Folder 26			Letter to David C. Wallace about contacting Max Lilienthal, 6 July 1849.
			Champlin, Christopher, 1731-1805
Box 4	Folder 27			Letter to Enoch Perkins giving him power of attorney, 5 Dec. 1791.
			Champlin, Christopher Grant
Box 4	Folder 28			Letters to Enoch Perkins about transferring his father's stock, 11 Feb.-7 March 1792.
			Chandler, John
Box 4	Folder 29			Letter to Jedidiah Foster regarding a commission, 1 May 1753.
Box 4	Folder 29			Cropped autograph, 20 Aug. 1755.
Box 4	Folder 29			Letter to Jedidiah Foster regarding difficulties with supplies, 5 Oct. 1756.
Box 4	Folder 29			Cropped autograph, 6 Oct. 1772.
			Channell, W. T.
Box 4	Folder 30			Letter to C. P. Curtis, 8 July 1853.
			Channing, Walter, 1757-1827
Box 4	Folder 31			Letter to Enoch Perkins congratulating him on his marriage, 30 May 1876.
			Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842
Box 4	Folder 32			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster declining invitation to speak at the Worcester Lyceum, 15 Nov. 1838.
			Chapin, Calvin, 1763-1851
Box 4	Folder 33			Letter to Dr. Samuel N. Woodward of the Worcester State Lunatic Hospital regarding death records kept in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 14 Feb. 1840.
			Chapman, Reuben A.
Box 4	Folder 34			Letter of introduction to C. L. Hill for his daughter Mary Chapman, 15 April 1871.
			Chauncey, Isaac, 1772-1840
Box 4	Folder 35			Letter to Samuel Lewis Southard recommending, at the bequest of Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, her nephew Joshua Johnson Boyd to be appointed midshipman on the United States Navy, 30 Oct. 1824.
			Chittenden, Thomas, 1730-1797
Box 4	Folder 36			Commission appointing Jeremiah Stiles Captain, Fifth Company, Vermont Light Infantry Regiment, 5 July 1781.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Cho-Cus
			Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
Box 5	Folder 1			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster, 11 Sept. 1837.
Box 5	Folder 1			Letter to unidentified recipient, 1 Dec. 1845.
			Cilley, Joseph, 1734-1799
Box 5	Folder 2			Return of clothing for officers of the First New Hampshire Regiment at Camp Danbury, 24 Dec. 1779.
			Claflin, William, 1818-1905
Box 5	Folder 3			Autograph.
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Joseph M. Gibbens justice of the peace, Suffolk County, Mass., 17 Dec. 1869. (Oversize)
			Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817
Box 5	Folder 4			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding the military claim of Major Thomas Johnson, 15 March 1800.
			Clap, Daniel
Box 5	Folder 5			Letter to Dwight Foster about availability of land purchased by the Ohio Company, 21 Jan. 1788.
			Clap, Thomas, 1703-1767
Box 5	Folder 6			Autograph, 1764
			Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Box 5	Folder 7			Letter of thanks to S. B. Barrell, 16 Nov. 1825.
Box 5	Folder 7			Letter to granddaughter Lucretia C. Erwin, 24 March 1843.
			Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
Box 5	Folder 8			Letter to Benjamin Franklin Butler requesting his opinion on Henry Baldwin and the Senate Judiciary Committee, 5 May 1834.
			Clifford, John H. (John Henry), 1809-1876
Box 5	Folder 9			Letter to Dwight Foster, 4 Dec. 1873.
			Clifford, Nathan, 1803-1881
Box 5	Folder 10			Cropped autograph.
Box 5	Folder 10			Letter to Benjamin Robbins Curtis about appeals in Boston courts on admiralty cases, 26 May 1858.
			Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828
Box 5	Folder 11			Letter to Robert Smith recommending Spencer Stafford Jr. as a midshipman, 16 March 1807.
Box 5	Folder 11			Testimony about the sinking of the ship Esther Lind, 30 Aug. 1808.
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Ebenezer Baldwin surrogate for Albany County, New York, 7 July 1819. (Oversize)
			Clinton, George, 1739-1812
Box 5	Folder 12			Testimony attesting that John Keene of New York is a public notary written on the reverse of a document notarized by Keene concerning the District of Columbia, 6 Aug. 1794.
			Clymer, George, 1739-1813
Box 5	Folder 13			Check from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bank, 8 Sept. 1809.
			Cobb, David, 1748-1830
Box 5	Folder 14			Letter to Mr. Mower regarding the distribution of advertisements, 15 Sept. 1800.
Box 5	Folder 14			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding housing for the Gilbert family, 22 March 1801.
			Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868
Box 5	Folder 15			Certificate giving to A. & E. Scheitlin the decision of his appeal on the rate of duty on cotton hosiery, 28 Aug. 1860.
			Codman, Mr.
Box 5	Folder 16			Signature.
			Coffey, Titian J.
Box 3	Folder 17			Letter to Benjamin R. Curtis regarding payment of legal fees for counsel of the United States in Supreme Court cases, 24 June 1862.
			Coleman, William, 1766-1829
Box 5	Folder 18			Letter to Dwight Foster about discharging a debt, 26 Oct. 1790.
			Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Box 5	Folder 19			Thank you letter to Gen. Henry Van Ness Boynton, 15 Dec. 1869.
			Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
Box 5	Folder 20			Letter to the director of the New England Mutual Insurance Co., 2 Jan. 1877.
			Colly, Henry
Box 5	Folder 21			Signature on a Halifax, Nova Scotia receipt, 27 May 1767.
			Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747
Box 5	Folder 22			Letter to Richard Waldron concerning a financial transaction, 14 Dec. 1742.
			Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820
Box 5	Folder 23			Letter to Benjamin Walker regarding remittance for stocks and interest, 15 Sept. 1794.
			Colt, James D.
Box 5	Folder 24			Letters to Dwight Foster declining invitations, 8 Feb. [no year]- 24 Jan. 1876.
			Conrad, Charles Magill, 1804-1878
Box 5	Folder 25			Letter to unidentified receipt regarding George B. Curtis, 7 Oct. 1866.
			Cook, Orchard, 1763-1819
Box 5	Folder 26			Letter to George Thacher asking to be considered for a position as tax collector, 27 April 1790.
			Corwin, Jonathan, 1640-1718
Box 5	Folder 27			Record of court case of Paul Woodbridge and Ebenezer Cook vs. George Herrick in Salem, Mass., 21 Dec. 1691.
			Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865
Box 5	Folder 28			Note to George R. Sage.
			Cotton, John, 1728-1768
Box 5	Folder 29			Record of act to change general session times in Worcester, Mass. courts, 3 Feb. 1768.
			Cox, Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900
Box 5	Folder 30			Invitation to Gen. Henry Van Ness Boynton.
			Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824
Box 5	Folder 31			Note to Mr. Foster thanking him for loan of a bill, 22 May 1794.
			Cranch, William, 1769-1855
Box 5	Folder 32			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding legal case of S. E. Merrick, 16 April 1789.
Box 5	Folder 32			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 18 March 1802.
			Cranston, Thomas of Newport, Rhode Island
Box 5	Folder 33			Petition to Rhode Island governor William Green and Gen. John Sullivan pledging loyalty and asking forgiveness for crimes, 1778.
			Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834
Box 5	Folder 34			Certificate certifying that John Bennet served as a private in the 26th Regiment, United States Infantry, 29 Nov. 1815.
Box 5	Folder 34			Letter to William Wirt asking his opinion of the Attorney General of New York, 23 Dec. 1817.
			Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863
Box 5	Folder 35			Letter to W. Bond and son stating that their account against the Mexican Boundary Commission was referred to an auditor of the U.S. Treasury, 5 Sept. 1852.
			Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams, 1772-1851
Box 5	Folder 36			Letter about renting a house, 21 March 1818.
			Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, 1809-1874
Box 5	Folder 37			Letter Benjamin Franklin Thomas about providing evidence in a case, 2 March 1848.
Box 5	Folder 37			Letter written with law partner Charles Pelham Curtis to Benjamin Franklin Thomas about the debt of Mr. Fisher, 27 March 1849.
Box 5	Folder 37			Letter Benjamin Franklin Thomas asking him to meet to discuss the legal case of Mr. Farmer, 8 Dec. 1850.
Box 5	Folder 37			Legal opinion on the parameters of insurance, 22 Feb. 1861.
			Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894
Box 5	Folder 38			Letter Benjamin Franklin Thomas about legal papers related to the case of Daniel Peters, 22 Oct. 1840.
Box 5	Folder 38			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding lectures, 21 Dec. 1876.
			Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879
Box 5	Folder 39			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster, 5 Sept. 1836.
Box 5	Folder 39			Fragment of a letter to A. W. Austin, 9 Aug. 1847.
Box 5	Folder 39			Letter to Benjamin Robbins Curtis, 6 Aug. 1859.
			Cushing, Charles, 1734-1810
Box 5	Folder 40			Letter to Dwight Foster asking him to find material from a legal case from his father's practice, 26 March 1783.
			Cushing, Nathaniel, 1753-1814
Box 5	Folder 41			Signature on calling card.
Box 5	Folder 41			Letter to Dwight Foster about land in Ohio, 6 July 1802.
			Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788
Box 5	Folder 42			Faneuil Hall lottery ticket, June 1765.
Box 5	Folder 42			Letter calling a meeting of the Committee of Council Board, 27 Feb. 1776.
			Cushing, Thomas H. (Thomas Humphrey), 1755-1822
Box 5	Folder 43			Calling card.
Box 5	Folder 43			Letter written before joining the army, 14 Aug. 1796.
			Cushing, Thomas Parkman, 1787-1854
Box 5	Folder 44			Letter of invitation to Alfred Dwight Foster, 24 Feb. 1845.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Dag-Dye
			Daggett, David, 1764-1851
Box 6	Folder 1			Letter to Enoch Perkins about circulating a pamphlet before an election, 16 Aug. 1806.
Box 6	Folder 1			Receipt for legal services, 1806.
Box 6	Folder 1			Letter of introduction of Ebenezer Baldwin to Hon. W. Taylor, 3 June 1818.
			Daggett, David Lewis, 1792-1810
Box 6	Folder 2			Letter to Ebenezer Baldwin describing Thomas Jefferson leaving office, embargos, and other political events, 6 March 1809.
			Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
Box 6	Folder 3			Cropped autograph.
Box 6	Folder 3			Letter to Hon. Sprague, U.S. District Court, regarding the capture of the ship Deer and other prizes captured by Dahlgren, 30 Oct. 1866.
			Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817
Box 6	Folder 4			Circular letter from the Treasury Dept. regarding an act of Congress to regulate trade between the United States and Great Britain, 16 March 1816.
			Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864
Box 6	Folder 5			Note accepting an invitation from J.S.H. Fogg, 7 Jan. 1846.
			Dalton, Tristam, 1738-1817
Box 6	Folder 6			Letter to George Thacher regarding business affairs, Col. Morrill and Noah Hooper, 3 Feb. 1786.
Box 6	Folder 6			Letter to George Thacher asking to see Dudley Atkins regarding a business affair with Col. Morrill, 12 Nov. 1789.
			Dana, James, 1811-1890
Box 6	Folder 7			Letter of recommendation to B. F. Thomas for Mr. Merrill to serve as bearer of Mass. electoral vote, 28 Nov. 1848.
			Dana, Richard, 1700-1772
Box 6	Folder 8			Receipt for costs for judgment of Jonathan Clark vs. Samuel Gray in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Boston, Mass., March 1766.
			Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
Box 6	Folder 9			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster agreeing to speak on behalf of his father at the Worcester Lyceum, 4 Dec. 1840.
Box 6	Folder 9			Letter to Dwight Foster discussing capital punishment, 5 Sept. 1884.
			Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835
Box 6	Folder 10			Letter to George Thacher about the Virginia convention; also plundered bodies found in physicians houses, 20 April 1788.
			Davenport, Franklin, 1755-1832
Oversize box 1				Letter to Dwight Foster about pardoning John Fries, 26 May 1800. (Oversize)
			Davis, Amasa, 1744-1825
Oversize box 1				Letter to Levi Lincoln requesting payment for military supplies, 23 Jan. 1809. (Oversize)
			Davis, Daniel, 1762-1835
Box 6	Folder 11			Letter to George Thacher about political, legal, and financial affairs in York, Maine, 28 April 1790.
Box 6	Folder 11			Letter to Dwight Foster recommending Mrs. Butler's school in Hingham, Mass., 17 Feb. 1800.
			Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Box 6	Folder 12			Cropped autographs.
			Davis, John, 1787-1854
Box 6	Folder 13			Letters to Alfred Dwight Foster.
Box 6	Folder 13			Draft of a letter to unknown recipient about the pubic printing of Hamilton and Ward private correspondence, 13 Jan. 1826.
Box 6	Folder 13			Letter to Mr. A. Denning or Worcester, Mass., concerning state politics in Pennsylvania and the Manufacturer's bill, 3 Feb. 1827.
Oversize box 1				Acts appointing William B. Calhoun, Alfred Dwight Foster, Francis C. Gray, Thomas Kinnicut, and Thomas A. Greene Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, 21 June 1834-4 Feb. 1835. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Act appointing Alfred Dwight Foster, Maturin L. Fisher, Daniel P. King, Henry Gardner, and Robert Campbell Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, 2 Feb. 1841. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Alfred Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester, Mass., 8 Feb. 1842. (Oversize)
			Davis, Thomas, 1756-1805
Box 6	Folder 14			Letter to Dwight Foster, 4 March 1793.
			Dawes, Henry L. (Henry Laurens), 1816-1903
Box 6	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding Mr. Thayer's congressional record, 2 June 1860.
			Dawes, Thomas, 1757-1825
Box 6	Folder 16			Letter to George Thacher regarding estate of Mr. Lucas, 27 Aug. 1781.
Box 6	Folder 16			Letter to George Thacher about legal affairs of William Emerson, 2 May 1785.
			Day, J. M.
Box 6	Folder 17			Letter to John Henry Clifford, 7 Jan. 1874.
			Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824
Box 6	Folder 18			Letter congratulating Dwight Foster on his appointment to the U.S. Senate, 28 Aug. 1800.
			Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829
Box 6	Folder 19			Draft of essay on Republicanism and Federalism.
Box 6	Folder 19			Return of deserters from the Continental Army, 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, 1 March 1780.
Box 6	Folder 19			Note to Dwight Foster about certificates, 26 March 1802.
Box 6	Folder 19			Letter to Benjamin Austin, Jr. about where to transfer pension books of Gustavus Aldrich, 24 Feb. 1806.
Box 6	Folder 19			Letter to Henry A. S. Dearborn discussing Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin's response to the embargo, 4 April 1812.
Box 6	Folder 19			Letter to Henry A. S. Dearborn while traveling in Portugal, 17 Aug. 1822.
			Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896
Box 6	Folder 20			Signature pasted to engraving.
Box 6	Folder 20			Letter of introduction of George Willey to attorney general Akerman, Dec. 1870.
			Denio, Hiram, 1799-1871
Box 6	Folder 21			Letter to Roger Sherman Baldwin regarding a new law professor position at Hamilton College, 5 July 1843.
			Dennie, Joseph, 1768-1812
Box 6	Folder 22			Fragment on a note to Dwight Foster about help distributing a portfolio.
			Dennison, William, 1815-1882
Box 6	Folder 23			Signature on envelope.
			Dent, Samuel, Rev. of Grenada
Box 6	Folder 24			Letter to David Little regarding death of John Spencer Carpenter, 9 March 1794.
Box 6	Folder 24			Letter to Ann Spencer about death of John Spencer Carpenter, 14 July 1795.
			Devens, Charles, 1820-1891
Box 6	Folder 25			Letter to Dwight Foster, 29 May [no year].
Box 6	Folder 25			Letter to Dwight Foster declining dinner invitation at the Law Club, 13 Dec. [no year].
Box 6	Folder 25			Letter to Mr. Baldwin declining dinner invitation, 12 Aug. 1875.
Box 6	Folder 25			Letter to Dwight Foster accepting dinner invitation at the Law Club, 24 Jan. 1876.
			Devens, Richard, 1721-1807
Box 6	Folder 26			Receipt of loan by Continental loan officer Nathaniel Appleton, 17 July 1786.
			Dexter, Samuel, 1761-1816
Box 6	Folder 27			Dinner invitations to Dwight Foster, 2 Jan. 1801, 27 Jan. 1801.
Box 6	Folder 27			Letter to Dwight Foster about a petition for a lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, 27 Jan. 1801.
			Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853
Box 6	Folder 28			Letter to Caesar A. Rodney about the New Jersey legislature, 26 Oct. 1803.
Box 6	Folder 28			Commission appointing Joseph H. Adams Navy midshipman, 28 June 1838.
			Dinsmoor, Samuel, 1799-1869
Box 6	Folder 29			Commission appointing Joseph Morrill captain of the New Hampshire Militia, 8th Company of Infantry, 26th Regiment, 9 Aug. 1831.
			Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879
Box 6	Folder 30			Signature pasted onto engraving.
			Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808
Box 6	Folder 31			Instructions to distribute ammunition, 26 Sept. 1769.
			Dorr, Joseph, 1730-1808
Box 6	Folder 32			Letter to Dwight Foster about attendance at Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas, 18 March 1800.
			Downes, John, 1784-1854
Box 6	Folder 33			Letter to Samuel L. Southard recommending Andrew Ellison for the Navy, 15 May 1827.
			Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875
Box 6	Folder 34			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster asking for assistance with application to be Librarian at the American Antiquarian Society, 17 Oct. 1835.
			Drowne, Solomon, 1753-1834
Box 6	Folder 35			Letter to Dwight Foster about establishing a medical practice, 26 Oct. 1784.
			Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720
Box 6	Folder 36			Letter to Major Vaughn, 11 Aug. 1705.
Box 6	Folder 36			Housing bill for Samuel Penhallow, 19 Oct. 1706.
			Duer, William, 1747-1799
Box 6	Folder 37			Note to Col. Wacher regarding a loan, 29 July 1795.
			Duff, Alexander
Box 6	Folder 38			Oath of Burges signed by Alexander Duff, 4 Aug. 1778.
			Dunham, Josiah, 1769-1844
Box 6	Folder 39			Certificate verifying Paul Sweat as justice of the peace in Bradford, Vermont, 31 Aug. 1814.
			Duvall, Gabriel, 1752-1844
Box 6	Folder 40			Letter on behalf of the Treasury Dept. to Thomas G. Thornton about the balance in Maine's account, 28 May 1810.
Box 6	Folder 40			Letter to Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Massachusetts Commissioner of Loans, 2 Jan. 1803.
			Duvall, Gabriel, 1752-1844
Box 6	Folder 40			Letter on behalf of the Treasury Dept. to Thomas G. Thornton about the balance in Maine's account, 28 May 1810.
			Dyer, Eliphalet, 1721-1807
Box 6	Folder 41			Account balance, 1784.
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Box	Volume	Contents
		Autographs Eas-Fre
			Easton, James, 1728-1796
Box 7	Folder 1			Letter requesting military supplies, 14 Aug. 1775.
			Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856
Box 7	Folder 2			Letter to John Ingreham recommending William Learned Marcy, 18 July 1845.
			Eaton, William, 1764-1811
Box 7	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding claims for land in Kingston, [Mass.], 2 Feb. 1806.
			Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
Box 7	Folder 4			Letter to Joseph Dwight requesting payment for billeting English soldiers, 15 Sept. 1755.
			Edwards, Pierpont, 1750-1826
Box 7	Folder 5			Letter regarding the schooner Peggy, 11 April 1801.
			Edwards, Sarah, 1710-1758
Box 7	Folder 6			Receipt from Joseph Dwight for silver, 22 June 1756.
			Eliot, Samuel, 1748-1820
Box 7	Folder 7			Signature on receipt for Massachusetts funded debts received by Nathaniel Appleton, 7 Feb. 1791.
			Eliot, Samuel Atkins, 1798-1862
Box 7	Folder 8			Letter to B.T. Reed about fair settlement for travel costs incurred during the legal case of Breed vs. Eastern Rail Road Corp., ca. 1837.
			Elliot, John, 1773-1827
Box 7	Folder 9			Letter to unidentified recipient, 22 July 1819.
			Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Box 7	Folder 10			Letter to James Monroe & Co. (Boston, Mass.) about the distribution of The Dial, 27 June 1843.
			Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1764-1827
Box 7	Folder 11			Letter to John N. Henry acknowledging receipt of a letter and money on behalf of William Griffin's son acquittal, 11 Nov. 1806.
			Eustace, J. S. (John Skey), 1760-1805
Oversize box 1				Letter to Dwight Foster, and a list of documents to return to the Committee of Affairs regarding renunciation of citizenship, 4 July 1798. (Oversize)
			Eustis, William, 1753-1825
Box 7	Folder 12			Signature.
			Euzenou de Kersalaun, Jean-Vincent, 1753-1823
Box 7	Folder 13			Letter (in French), 10 April 1795.
			Evarts, Jeremiah, 1781-1831
Box 7	Folder 14			Letter to Isaiah Thomas declining an offer of domestic employment to [William] Gamage, 3 Nov. 1825.
			Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901
Box 7	Folder 15			Signature on envelope.
Box 7	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster about Capt. Perkin's claims and [Roger Sherman] Baldwin's funeral, 17 March 1863.
			Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Box 7	Folder 16			Letters to T. Bigelow accepting and declining invitations.
Box 7	Folder 16			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about length of trusteeship at the State Lunatic Asylum, 22 Jan. 1836.
Box 7	Folder 16			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster declining speaking engagement at the Worcester Lyceum, 20 Aug. 1838.
Box 7	Folder 16			Letter to Joseph Green Cogswell about the Massachusetts Magazine and the New York Review, 7 Feb. 1850.
			Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871
Box 7	Folder 17			Cropped autographs.
Box 7	Folder 17			Letter to Roger Sherman Baldwin about Sherman Day's land title in California, 16 March 1850.
			Fairfield, John, 1797-1847
Box 7	Folder 18			Signature on envelope to John Wingate Thornton.
			Farragut, David Glasglow, 1801-1870
Box 7	Folder 19			Letter to the Judge of the U.S. Prize Court, Boston, Mass. detailing ships captured and attacked during the Civil War, 1 Oct. 1864.
			Faulkner, Francis
Box 7	Folder 20			Letter to Dwight Foster about the U.S. Constitution, 21 Feb. 1798.
Box 7	Folder 20			Letter to Dwight Foster about the presidential election, 9 Feb. 1801.
			Faulkner, William Emerson, 1776-1804
Box 7	Folder 21			Epitaph for William Emerson Faulkner, attorney at law, 1804.
			Fearing, Paul, 1766-1822
Box 7	Folder 22			Letter to Dwight Foster about taxes of William Howe, 2 Sept. 1806.
			Felch, John, 1730-1776
Box 7	Folder 23			Receipt for military supplies from Timothy Ruggles for the Crown Point expedition, 23 June 1755.
			Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Box 7	Folder 24			Cropped autograph on envelope.
Box 7	Folder 24			Letter to Rev. Alexander Huntington Clapp about his biography, 29 March 1851.
Box 7	Folder 24			Letter to Edward H. Harvey declining a request for an autograph of Daniel Webster, 27 Jan. 1862.
Box 7	Folder 24			Signature on envelope to Alfred T. Goodman, 18 Nov. 1862.
			Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893
Box 7	Folder 25			Cropped autograph.
Box 7	Folder 25			Letter to Amos Tappan Akerman introducing B.D. Sullivan of New York, 22 Nov. 1870.
			Fish, Nicholas, 1758-1833
Box 7	Folder 26			Certificate from the supervisor of the revenue for duties secured on rum, 22 May 1793.
			Fisher, E. P.
Box 7	Folder 27			Letter to Mrs. Foster accepting invitation, 7 March 1871.
			Fitch, Samuel, 1724-1799
Box 7	Folder 28			Writ from the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Boston, Mass. to the justices of the Superior Court on Richard Clarke vs. John Manning, 13 March 1770.
			FitzSimons, Thomas, 1741-1811
Box 7	Folder 29			Letter to Dwight Foster discussing legal case of John Banks, 13 Jan. 1797.
			Fletcher, Richard, 1788-1869
Box 7	Folder 30			Cropped autograph.
Box 7	Folder 30			Letter to Benjamin F. Thomas regarding discussing legal issues, 10 July 1851.
			Folger, Timothy, 1732-1814
Box 7	Folder 31			Letter to John Hancock detailing instructions for the sale of oil, 10 Sept. 1764.
			Folger and Gardner (Nantucket, Mass.)
Box 7	Folder 32			Letter to Thomas Hancock and Co. regarding the sale of oil and payment of Capt. Nathaniel Coffin, 7 June 1764.
			Folsom, Nathaniel, 1726-1790
Box 7	Folder 33			Drafts on the treasury of New Hampshire signed by Nathaniel Folsom, Josiah Bartlett and Supply Clap, 6 Jan. 1777.
			Forbes, Charles Edward, 1795-1881
Box 7	Folder 34			Letter to Bond and Son of Boston, Mass. concerning the exchange of watches, 17 Aug. 1847.
			Forbes, Eli, 1726-1804
Box 7	Folder 35			Letter regarding Peter Warren's legacy to Indians, 12 Feb. 1767.
Box 7	Folder 35			Letter to Thomas Hutchinson about payment from Sir Peter Warren's legacy for the care and instruction of Indian children, 25 March 1771.
			Forbes, John Murray, 1771-1831
Box 7	Folder 36			Letter to Dwight Foster asking for assistance securing position at the consulate at Bordeaux, France, 25 Nov. 1800.
			Forrest, Uriah, ca. 1757-1805
Box 7	Folder 37			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 21 Jan. 1801.
			Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
Box 7	Folder 38			Cropped autograph.
			Forward, Walter, 1786-1852
Box 7	Folder 39			Cropped autograph, 18 April 18[08].
			Foster, Abiel, 1735-1806
Box 7	Folder 40			Cropped autograph on envelope to Josiah Bartlett.
			Fouche, Joseph, duc d'Otrante, 1759-1820
Box 7	Folder 41			Certificate written to the Minister of the Police of France verifying location of Gen. Allen, 5 June 1800. (In French with transcription).
			Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883
Box 7	Folder 42			Cropped autograph.
Box 7	Folder 42			Letter to Benjamin Franklin Stevens thanking him for signature, 26 Oct. 1875.
			Foxcroft, Francis, 1695-1768
Box 7	Folder 43			Cropped autograph.
			Foxcroft, Francis, 1744-1814
Box 7	Folder 44			Cropped autograph, 1 March 1784.
			Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840
Box 7	Folder 45			Letter acknowledging art restoration, 15 Feb. 1820. (In German)
Box 7	Folder 45			Letter acknowledging a gift of drinks, 6 Feb. 1833. (In German)
			Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831
Box 7	Folder 46			Order by Samuel Freeman warning the citizens of Massachusetts to distinguish between friends and enemies and to secure the militia, 8 May 1775.
Box 7	Folder 46			Resolution signed by Samuel Freeman as Secretary of Provincial Congress ordering county committees to secure their records, 10 May 1775.
Box 7	Folder 46			Letter asking for assistance obtaining positions of register of probate, Cumberland County, Maine, 21 Oct. 1775.
Box 7	Folder 46			Letter to George Thacher about Samuel Small’s claim to Ossipee, New Hampshire lands, 7 Oct. 1786.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Gag-Gro
			Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
Box 8	Folder 1			Certificate verifying Charles Babington's military service, 20 Jan. 1769.
			Gale, Benjamin, 1715-1790
Box 8	Folder 2			Cropped autograph.
			Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
Box 8	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster about properly conducting the public sales of land at Chillicothe, Cincinnati, and Marietta, Ohio, 9 Feb. 1802.
Box 8	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding invalid pensions, 17 March 1809.
			Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810
Box 8	Folder 4			Letter to Killian K. Van Rensselaer about the Albany Committee of Correspondence, 12 April 1799.
			Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1819-1892
Oversize box 1				Certificate appointing Albert G. Wright Major, First Regiment of Infantry, First Brigade, First Division, 22 Sept. 1822. (Oversize)
Box 8	Folder 5			Letter to Charles P. Greenough about the disposal of Henry Gardner’s papers, 26 April 1874.
			Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Box 8	Folder 6			Letter to Mr. Hill about seeing McMichael.
			Gaston, William, 1820-1894
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, 21 Jan. 1875. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Suffolk County, 27 Jan. 1875. (Oversize)
			Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806
Box 8	Folder 7			Account balance to secure payment for Capt. Joseph Treverse for military services, 5 Dec. 1778.
			Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814
Box 8	Folder 8			Cropped autograph.
Box 8	Folder 8			Letter to Timothy Bigelow.
Box 8	Folder 8			Letter to Col. Peabody regarding George Washington, Charlestown, Mass., and Philadelphia, 1 May 1780.
Box 8	Folder 8			Letter to Thomas Jefferson requesting the journals of Congress, 1 May 1791.
Box 8	Folder 8			Letter to Timothy Bigelow about traveling to Boston and visiting Mr. Baldwin, 19 Dec. [1810].
			Gill, Moses, 1734-1800
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of Court of Common Pleas, Worcester, Mass., 19 Nov. 1799. (Oversize)
Box 8	Folder 9			Letter transmitting to the Mass. Legislature Vermont's resolutions on an amendment to the Constitution, 20 Feb. 1800.
Box 8	Folder 9			Executive order to the Gov. of Vermont about the Mass. Legislature's resolutions on an amendment to the Constitution, 4 March. 1800.
			Gilman, John Taylor, 1753-1828
Box 8	Folder 10			Commission appointing Jeremiah Stiles justice of the peace, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, 22 Dec. 1795.
Box 8	Folder 10			Commissions appointing Thaddeus Maccarty justice of the peace, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, 1797-1802.
			Gilman, Nicholas, 1755-1814
Box 8	Folder 11			Account balance with Benjamin Conner, 1789-1806.
			Gilpin, Henry D. (Henry Dilworth), 1801-1860
Box 8	Folder 12			Letter of introduction for Dr. Gilpin to Edmund Burke, 8 Sept. 1845.
			Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898
Box 8	Folder 13			Signature on envelope, 12 Jan. 1870.
			Glen, Henry, 1739-1814
Box 8	Folder 14			Letter to Dwight Foster asking his opinion about a claim before Congress related to Indian affairs, 11 Jan. 1797.
Box 8	Folder 14			Letter to Dwight Foster asking for the return of papers related to the case of former quartermaster Daniel Tucker, 21 May 1798.
			Glenely, Lord
Box 8	Folder 15			Letter of invitation to Capt. Coogan.
			Glover, John, 1732-1797
Box 8	Folder 16			Account for payment from Thomas Fayerweather to William Shippen, 31 Jan. 1770.
			Glover, Jonathan, 1731-1804
Box 8	Folder 17			Contract granting Nathaniel Cabot Lee power of attorney, 7 Dec. 1798.
			Glover, Pelatiah
Box 8	Folder 18			Contract granting land to John Day from the Committee of Brimfield, Mass., 12 May 1722.
			Goddard, Robert
Box 8	Folder 19			Deposition verifying the quality of care of Manehoug Farm in Oxford, Mass. by leaser Charles Laughline, 19 April 1749.
			Gold, Thomas
Box 8	Folder 20			Letter to Robert Cutler with instructions for settling debt, 26 April 1809.
			Gold, Thomas Augustus, 1788-1854
Box 8	Folder 21			Letter to Enoch Perkins regarding finances, 21 Aug. 1825.
			Goodhue, Benjamin, 1748-1814
Box 8	Folder 22			Letter discussing S. Smith's resolution.
Box 8	Folder 22			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding his position on the court of common pleas, 19 Dec. 1800.
Box 8	Folder 22			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding goods on the ship Mary, 31 Dec. 1801.
Box 8	Folder 22			Dwight Foster's receipt for shares in the Hartford and New Haven Turnpike, 18 Nov. 1802.
Box 8	Folder 22			Note to Phineas Upham, 6 Feb. 1804.
			Goodhue, William
Box 8	Folder 23			Deed for land in Ipswich, Mass. sold to Reginald Foster, 7 Dec. 1651. (Includes typed transcript).
			Goodwin, Nathaniel
Box 8	Folder 24			Letter to Enoch Perkins regarding a real estate transaction, 11 June 1802.
			Gordon, James
Box 8	Folder 25			Letter to John Henry regarding power of attorney, 4 Feb. 1791.
Box 8	Folder 25			Letter about the delivery of a Bible, 18 May 1804.
			Gore, Christopher, 1758-1827
Box 8	Folder 26			Letter to George Thacher about the possibility of ratifying the Constitution. Also mentions the smallpox vaccine, 25 Nov. 1787.
Box 8	Folder 26			Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, 26 Jan. 1810. (Oversize)
Box 8	Folder 26			Letter about the Massachusetts vote on the Constitution, 6 Feb. 1788.
			Gould, James, 1770-1838
Box 8	Folder 27			Letter to Enoch Perkins about a bill of exceptions and fraud, 20 Feb. 1803.
			Granger, Francis, 1792-1868
Box 8	Folder 28			Cropped autograph.
Box 8	Folder 28			Letter to Roger Sherman Baldwin about Yale class of 1811 reunion, 10 June 1861.
			Granger, Gideon, 1767-1822
Box 8	Folder 29			Letter to Dwight Foster about post offices in Athol and Leicester, 26 Jan. 1802.
			Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Box 8	Folder 30			Signature, 23 Nov. 1870.
			Gray, Horace, 1828-1902
Box 8	Folder 31			Letters to Dwight Foster.
			Gray, William, 1750-1825
Box 8	Folder 32			Letter to Dwight Foster about financial transactions, 23 Aug. 1810.
			Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Box 8	Folder 33			Letter promoting the Whig Almanac, 25 Jan. 1852.
			Greene, Christopher, 1737-1781
Box 8	Folder 34			Payroll of the 2nd Company, Col. Greene's Battalion, kept by Capt. Elijah Lewis, 28 Feb. 1779.
			Greene, William, 1731-1809
Box 8	Folder 35			Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Providence, Rhode Island, 10 May 1779.
			Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853
Box 8	Folder 36			Letter to Mr. Chamberlain instructing him to fill out a form, 16 Nov. [no year].
			Greenleaf, William, 1725-1803
Box 8	Folder 37			Commission appointing John Cutler deputy sheriff, 25 April 1788.
			Gridley, Joseph
Box 8	Folder 38			Legal document outlining judgment against George Shaw of Hampshire County, 28 Sept. 1759.
			Grout, Jonathan, 1737-1807
Box 8	Folder 39			Letter to George Thacher describing return from Congress, 18 Aug. 1790.
Box 8	Folder 39			Letter to Dwight Foster about payment of bills for brother Paul Grout, 9 May 1797.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Hab-Hol
			Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815
Box 9	Folder 1			Letter to Dwight Foster letter of recommendation for Alexander Thomas to serve as postmaster of Walpole, Mass., 7 June 1798.
			Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
Box 9	Folder 2			Letter to B. F. Thomas accepting offer to preach in Worcester, Mass., 29 Sept. 1845.
			Hall, Nathan Kelsey, 1810-1874
Box 9	Folder 3			Letter to William A. Gould and Co. regarding legal matters, 2 July 1833.
Box 9	Folder 3			Letter regarding estate of Sinai Shipman, 1 May 1837.
			Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Box 9	Folder 4			Letter to the Commissioners of Loans for Massachusetts, Nathaniel Appleton, authorizing drafts to pay interest and giving instructions to return monies to the Office of Discount and Deposit, 30 Nov. 1792.
Box 9	Folder 4			Letter to Dwight Foster about discharging a pension, 13 Sept. 1799.
			Hamilton, John C. (John Church), 1792-1882
Box 9	Folder 5			Letter to Dwight Foster asking to see correspondence of his grandfather Dwight Foster for his history the Federalist Party, 18 April 1859.
			Hamlin, H[annibal, 1809-1891]
Box 9	Folder 6			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about expenses and new business with boarders. Mentions Horace and Mrs. Mann as prospective boarders, 21 Nov. 1843.
			Hamlin, Jabez, 1709-1791
Box 9	Folder 7			Cropped autograph with portion of a legal document, 17 March 1763.
			Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864
Box 9	Folder 8			Letter of introduction to South Carolina senator Hugh Swinton Lagare, 16 July 1842.
			Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Box 9	Folder 9			Letter to Henry Dwight, 7 Jan. 1754.
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Jeremiah Stiles captain of the 28th Regiment, Continental Army, 1 July 1775. (Oversize)
Box 9	Folder 9			Letter addressed to the Inhabitants of the Province of Canada, 24 Jan. 1776.
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, 1 March 1781. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, 26 March 1788. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Dwight Foster to the court of common pleas, Worcester County, 7 Feb. 1792. (Oversize)
Box 9	Folder 9			Commission appointing Dwight Foster sheriff, Worcester County, 2 June 1792.
Box 9	Folder 9			Commission appointing Dwight Foster elector of president and vice-president, 27 Nov. 1792.
			Hancock, William, 1701-1789
Box 9	Folder 10			Account balance of William Dudley's debt paid to William Hancock, 1778-1779.
Box 9	Folder 10			Promissory note of William Dudley signed by William Hancock, 21 Dec. 1779.
Box 9	Folder 10			Receipt for money from William Dudley through William Hancock to constable Levi Davis, 7 June 1780.
			Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825
Box 9	Folder 11			Letter to Dwight Foster about party politics in Maryland and asking for news of politics in Massachusetts, 11 Aug. 1800.
			Harris, Daniel
Box 9	Folder 12			Receipt for military supplies from Timothy Ruggles, 23 June 1755.
			Harris, Thaddeus Mason, 1768-1842
Box 9	Folder 13			Letter to Aaron Bancroft about studying church power and rights, 16 March 1819.
			Harrison, Matthew
Box 9	Folder 14			Letter to Dwight Foster about Steven Sayres' claim to the United States Committee of Claims, 14 Feb. 1800.
			Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Box 9	Folder 15			Letter of recommendation for Harrison H. Cocke for promotion to lieutenant, U.S. Navy, 29 Jan. 1818.
Box 9	Folder 15			Letter to R. Buchanan about the sale of wool, 5 Oct. 1832.
			Hart, John, 1707-1779
Box 9	Folder 16			One shilling issued from New Jersey signed by John Hart, 25 March 1776.
			Hartley, Thomas, 1748-1800
Box 9	Folder 17			Letter to Dwight Foster about political views in York County, Pennsylvania, 1 May 1798.
			Haskell, Elnathan, 1755-1825
Box 9	Folder 18			Military order to regimental surgeons to make weekly returns on the sick in their camp, 3 Feb. 1782.
			Hastings, John
Box 9	Folder 19			Letter to Dwight Foster asking him to refrain from legal action against Mr. Farrar, 13 Sept. 1783.
			Hastings, Seth, 1762-1831
Box 9	Folder 20			Letter to Amamiah Frost asking about room and board; and inquiring about the market for Northern produce, 17 Sept. 1801.
Box 9	Folder 20			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding a secret Journal of the House, 4 April 1806.
			Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
Box 9	Folder 21			Bill to Edward Prince to pay to Alexander Cornell for meeting expenses, 17 Sec. 1797.
			Hawley, Joseph, 1723-1788
Box 9	Folder 22			Letter to [Joseph] Dwight regarding writ of Noah vs. Harding, 6 Aug. 1750.
Box 9	Folder 22			Letter to Joseph Dwight about legal advice for Mrs. Dickinson, 21 July 1751.
Box 9	Folder 22			Contract granting power of attorney, 7 May 1754.
Box 9	Folder 22			Letter proposing a schedule for attacking the French, 22 Sept. 1756.
			Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839
Box 9	Folder 23			Letter of transmission accompanying (missing) resolution of the South Carolina legislature to New Hampshire, 5 Jan. 1833.
			Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817
Box 9	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster as chairman of the Committee of Claims regarding the claim of Timothy Williams and others, 9 Dec. 1799.
Box 9	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster in reply to his request for a copy of a memorial presented to Congress, March 1800.
			Heath, William, 1737-1814
Box 9	Folder 25			Letter to Ebenezer Hancock ordering pay for Capt. James Webb and Company, 24 Sept. 1777.
			Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
Box 9	Folder 26			Cropped autograph.
			Henshaw, David, 1791-1852
Box 9	Folder 27			Cropped autograph.
Box 9	Folder 27			Signature on document verifying citizenship of Sullivan Dwight, 5 Jan. 1833.
Box 9	Folder 27			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about land on Foster Street, 23 Oct. 1841.
			Henshaw, Joseph, 1727-1794
Box 9	Folder 28			Letter asking for his support in obtaining a clerkship, 6 Dec 1775.
			Hill, Abraham, 1719-1788
Box 9	Folder 28			Letter to Joseph Dwight about a tax discrepancy, 17 Dec. 1755.
			Hill, Henry, 1737-1828
Box 9	Folder 30			Letter to Dwight Foster expressing high esteem for the U.S. Congress Committee of Claims, 22 March 1796.
Box 9	Folder 30			Letter to Dwight Foster presenting a petition to the U.S. Congress Committee of Claims, 14 Dec. 1797.
Box 9	Folder 30			Letter of reply to Dwight Foster, 16 May 1800.
			Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879
Box 9	Folder 31			Letters to Benjamin F. Thomas about legal issues, 1844-1845.
			Hillhouse, Augustus L. (Augustus Lucas), 1791-1859
Box 9	Folder 32			Letter Dwight Foster expressing gratitude for his correspondence and guidance, 24 Jan. 1802.
			Hillhouse, James, 1754-1832
Box 9	Folder 33			Letter to Dwight Foster about repealing the Embargo Act, 4 Jan. 1809.
Box 9	Folder 33			Letter of introduction to James Ross for attorney Ebenezer Baldwin, 5 June 1818.
Box 9	Folder 33			Letter of introduction to John Brown for attorney Ebenezer Baldwin, 8 June 1818.
			Hindman, William, 1743-1822
Box 9	Folder 34			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding judicial and legislative affairs, 1 April 1802.
			Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895
Box 9	Folder 35			Cropped autograph.
Box 9	Folder 35			Letter to Mrs. Foster about travels of Beth and May by train to New Haven, 3 Feb. [no year].
Box 9	Folder 35			Letter to Dwight Foster about a legal case involving a state officer's salary, 6 June 1869.
Box 9	Folder 35			Letter to Clement Hugh Hill, 21 Oct. 1870.
			Hoar, Jonathan, 1719-1771
Box 9	Folder 36			Letter to Jedidiah Foster requesting military supplies, 23 Sept. 1755.
			Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837
Box 9	Folder 37			Writ of summons from the Attorney General of New York to Robert Troup about the case of Alexander Macomb, 27 Aug. 1791.
			Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Box 9	Folder 38			Letter to [Dwight] Foster declining invitation, 21 Oct. [no year].
			Holyoke, Edward, 1689-1769
Box 9	Folder 39			Sermon notes written in shorthand, 1741-1762.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Hop-Hyd
			Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
Box 10	Folder 1			Signature on U.S. Treasury receipt, 7 March 1780.
			Howell, David
Box 10	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding claim of Gabriel Allen, 22 Jan. 1800.
			Hoyt, E. (Epaphras), 1765-1850
Box 10	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster about a deed from Wright Strong, 19 Oct. 1815.
			Hubbard, Samuel, 1785-1847
Box 10	Folder 4			Letter to Edward Cutts about an advertisement, 28 April 1830.
Box 10	Folder 4			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster declining an invitation, 6 Sept. 1844.
			Hubbard, Thomas, 1702-1773
Box 10	Folder 5			Receipt for tax paid to Jedidiah Foster for linen manufacturing in Boston, 11 Feb. 1754.
Box 10	Folder 5			Power of attorney given to Jedidiah Foster by Joseph Pynchon, witnessed by Joseph Pynchon, 15 Jan. 1755.
			Hubbell, Jedidiah
Box 10	Folder 6			Letter written as the chairman of the Committee of Correspondence to Mr. Bowditch requesting him not to use phrase "strengthen our King that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies," in sermons, 28 June 1775.
			Hubert, Baron
Box 10	Folder 7			Letter to unidentified baron (in French), 3 Aug. 1876.
			Hue, Francis, 1757-1819
Box 10	Folder 8			Letters to unidentified recipients, 1799-1816.
			Huet, J.-B (Jean-Baptiste), 1769-1823
Box 10	Folder 9			Letter to unidentified recipient (in French), 8 Aug. 1796.
			Huet, Pierre, 1749-1810
Box 10	Folder 10			Letter to the committee of the land forces in French), 1 July 1795.
			Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Box 10	Folder 11			Letter to Henry [Cartilbbage] regarding an invitation to his home (in French).
			Huguet, Jean-Antoine, 1751-1819
Box 10	Folder 12			Letter to unidentified recipient (in French), 8 Feb. 1784.
			Hulin, Pierre-Augustin, comte, 1758-1841
Box 10	Folder 13			Letter to Alexander Berthier discussing military affairs, Piedmontese and Italians at Nice, Napoleon, and secret missions (in French), 22 Nov. 1799.
Box 10	Folder 13			Letter to the Minister of War applying for maps (in French), 17 Nov. 1806.
			Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843
Box 10	Folder 14			Letter to Charles Bradbury regarding legal matters, 24 July 1840.
			Hull, William, 1753-1825
Box 10	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding military claim of Gen. Michael Jackson, 20 Dec. 1796.
Box 10	Folder 15			Circular letter regarding military claims signed by William Hull, 20 Dec. 1796.
			Hulot, Etienne, baron, 1774-1850
Box 10	Folder 16			Letter to the Duke of Tarente (in French), 28 Oct. 1816.
			de Humburg, Giuseppe
Oversize box 1				Passport for Antonia Clavet signed by Giuseppe de Humburg, 1797. (Oversize)
			Humbert, Jean Joseph Amable, d. 1823
Box 10	Folder 17			Letter to unidentified recipient (in French), 16 Jan. 1805.
			Humbert, Jean, 1792-1851
Box 10	Folder 18			Letter (in French), 5 Dec. 1824.
			Humbert, Sebastien, 1749-1838
Box 10	Folder 19			Letter to the French minister of war (in French), 23 Jan. 1797.
			Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Box 10	Folder 20			Letter (in French), 22 Sept. 1858.
			Hunolstein, le Comte de
Box 10	Folder 21			Letter (in French), 18 Jan. 1835.
			Hunt, Abraham, 1748-1794
Box 10	Folder 22			Letter to Capt. Nathaniel Cushing asking for return of a pony, 26 June 1780.
			Hunt, Ward, 1810-1886
Box 10	Folder 23			Letter to Mr. Hall, 29 Jan. [18]73.
			Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879
Box 10	Folder 24			Letter to Mr. Foster offering to sell paintings.
Box 10	Folder 24			Letter to Mr. Foster offering to sell a horse, 17 Oct. [no year].
			Huntington, Joshua
Box 10	Folder 25			Letter to Enoch Perkins about distribution of pamphlets and papers, 25 Aug. 1806.
			Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796
Box 10	Folder 26			Commission appointing Enoch Perkins of Hartford, Conn. a notary public, 24 June 1789.
Box 10	Folder 26			Letter to James Pemberton about Connecticut laws on the abolition of slavery and slave trade, 6 July 1789.
			D'Hurbal, Roussel
Box 10	Folder 27			Letter to Col. Muriel acknowledging receipt of maps (in French), 10 Aug. 1813.
			Hurtado, Manuel
Box 10	Folder 28			Letter written as Columbian minister (in Spanish), 1827.
			Hutchinson, Eliakim, 1711-1775
Box 10	Folder 29			Letter to Joseph Dwight requesting to meet with Capt. Melvin and officers of his company, 3 April 1751.
			Hutchinson, Elisha, 1641-1717
Oversize box 1				Deed for land in Suffolk County, Mass. owned by Joseph and William Hoxey, witnessed by Elisha Hutchinson, 27 Nov. 1689. (Oversize)
			Hutchinson, Foster, 1724-1799
Box 10	Folder 30			Writ from Edmund Trowbridge and Foster Hutchinson to James Warren to make public changes on the schedule of the Superior Court of Judicature, 17 May 1774.
			Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780
Box 10	Folder 31			Cutslip autographs.
Box 10	Folder 31			Letter to Richard Waldron, 28 March 1749.
Box 10	Folder 31			Cropped autograph, 26 April 1770.
Box 10	Folder 31			Commission appointing Benjamin Staples a coroner in York County, 3 Feb. 1774.
			Husson, H. M. (Henri Marie), 1772-1853
Box 10	Folder 32			Letter about an autograph collection (in French), 8 April 1822.
			Huybens
Box 10	Folder 33			Letter to M. Gros (in French), 15 Nov. 1819.
			Hyde, Harvey
Oversize box 1				Wage agreement between the master of the brig Susan and crew on a voyage to the West Indies, 1804. Signed by crewmembers. (Oversize)
			Hyde de Neuville, Jean Guillaume, baron, 1776-1857
Box 10	Folder 34			Letter to M. Pierquin (in French), 27 Sep. 1828.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Ibe-Jaq
			Iberzan, Cardinal
Box 11	Folder 1			Letter describing trip to Vienna (in French), 30 April 1799.
			Iconio
Box 11	Folder 2			Letter to M. Antoine [Carcia] (in Italian), 15 Oct. 1784.
			Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of, 1818-1887
Box 11	Folder 3			Dinner invitation to unidentified guest, 14 April 1871.
			[Imperiale], Jules
Box 11	Folder 4			Letter (in French), 10 Aug. 1804.
			Inchinde
Box 11	Folder 5			Letter (in French), 1820.
			Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862
Box 11	Folder 6			Letter discussing a dinner party, 5 May [no year].
Box 11	Folder 6			Letter to Mr. Dickens regarding a legal case, 16 May 1822.
			Ingersoll, Jared, 1749-1822
Box 11	Folder 7			Note about a forgery by Christian Hubbard.
			Ingersoll, Joseph R. (Joseph Reed), 1786-1868
Box 11	Folder 8			Letter to S. Gratz, 19 Feb. 1815.
			Ingersoll, Robert J.
Box 11	Folder 9			Letter to Ebenezer Baldwin, 22 March [1820].
			Ingham, Samuel D. (Samuel Delucenna), 1779-1860
Box 11	Folder 10			Letter to Andrew Jackson supporting collector N. Danforth, 1829.
Box 11	Folder 10			Letter to David Henshaw, 13 June 1829.
			Injardy
Box 11	Folder 11			Letter (in French), 19 Aug. 1796.
			Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
Box 11	Folder 12			Signature on bill of exchange, 4 Aug. 1819.
			Isambert, M. (Francois Andre?), 1792-1857
Box 11	Folder 13			Letter (in French), 13 May 1893.
			Isenbourg, Charles-Frederic
Box 11	Folder 14			Letter about trying a sergeant for forgery (in French), 7 May 1806.
			Isnard, Maximin, 1751-1830
Box 11	Folder 15			Letter (in French), 19 Aug. 1795
			Isoard, Joachim Jean Xavier d', 1766-1839
Box 11	Folder 16			Letters to unidentified recipients (in French), 1795-1828.
			Jabin, Colonel
Box 11	Folder 17			Letter (in French), 17 Dec. 1816.
			Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Box 11	Folder 18			Note written on envelope about Thomas J. Lacy.
Oversize box 1				Passport for the ship Maria of Fairhaven, 3 July 1832. (Oversize)
			Jackson, David, 1747-1801
Box 11	Folder 19			Lottery ticketed for the United States Lottery signed by David Jackson, 18 Nov. 1776.
			Jackson, Edward, 1708-1757
Box 11	Folder 20			Letter to Joseph Dwight about a land purchase in Boston, Mass. involving Benjamin Houghton and Capt. Bridgman, 19 Nov. 1766.
			Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Box 11	Folder 21			Draft of a letter to Job Summer regarding furloughs, 29 Dec. 1789.
			Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810
Box 11	Folder 22			Certificate verifying gallons of brandy on the ship Martha, 26 July 1799.
			Jacob, Louis Leon, 1768-1854
Box 11	Folder 23			Letters (in French), 1795-1816.
			Jacobe, Augusta
Box 11	Folder 24			Letter (in French), 13 Aug. 1799.
			Jacomy
Box 11	Folder 25			Letter (in French), 4 Oct. 1831.
			Jacotin, Pierre, 1765-1827
Box 11	Folder 26			Letter (in French), 16 March 1822.
			Jacquelin, J. A. (Jacques Andre?), b. 1776
Box 11	Folder 27			Letter (in French), Oct. 1822.
			Jacqueminot, Jean-Ignace, 1758-1813
Box 11	Folder 28			Letter (in French), 22 Jan. 1812.
			Jacquet, N. R.
Box 11	Folder 29			Letter forwarding officers' reports about deserters (in French), 4 July 1815.
			Jacquier
Box 11	Folder 30			Letter (in French), 13 Jan. 1798.
			Jacquin, [Nicolas-Joseph], 1727-1817
Box 11	Folder 31			Letter (in French), 15 Feb. 1812.
			Jacquinot-Pampelune, Claude Francois Joseph Catherine, 1771-1835
Box 11	Folder 32			Letter (in French), 14 Sept. 1816.
			Jance, General
Box 11	Folder 33			Letter regarding clothes for deserters (in French), 1800.
			Janin, Jules Gabriel, 1804-1874
Box 11	Folder 34			Letter (in French), 1840.
			Janod, Jean Joseph Joachim, 1761-1836
Box 11	Folder 35			Letter (in French), 6 Dec. 1800.
			Jaquotot, Marie Victoire, 1772-1855
Box 11	Folder 36			Letter (in French), 3 March 1831.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Jar-Jou
			Jard-Panvillier, Louis Alexandre, 1757-1822
Box 12	Folder 1			Letter (in French), 17 Oct. 1807.
			Jaubert, Francois, comte, 1758-1822
Box 12	Folder 2			Letters regarding bank transactions, (in French), 1808-1814.
			Jaubert, Pierre-Amedee, chevalier, 1779-1847
Box 12	Folder 3			Letter (in French), 14 Dec. 1823.
			Jaucourt, Arnail Francois, 1757-1852
Box 12	Folder 4			Letters to unidentified recipients (in French), 1785-1814.
Box 12	Folder 4			Letter to Gen. Pille regarding troop movements, 3 Sept. 1795.
			Jauffret, Louis Francois, 1770-1850
Box 12	Folder 5			Letter (in French), 30 June 1826.
			Jauwreck
Box 12	Folder 6			Letter (in French), 17 July 1829.
			Jay, John, 1745-1829
Box 12	Folder 7			Printed license granting Nathaniel Giddings authority to outfit the ship Mercury with guns, 12 June 1780.
Box 12	Folder 7			Letter to Henry Van Schaack, 15 July 1791.
			Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Oversize box 1				Commission for William Lambert. (Oversize)
Oversize box 1				Signature on diploma. (Oversize)
Box 12	Folder 8			Thomas Jefferson's abridged manuscript copy of a description of a "mould-board of the least resistance" published in the American Philosophical Society's Transactions, Old Series, vol. 4, 1799.
Box 12	Folder 8			Letter to Dwight Foster including sketches of a mould board, 29 April 1800.
Box 12	Folder 8			Dinner invitations to Dwight Foster, 1801-1803.
Box 12	Folder 8			Letter to Roger Sherman Baldwin, 9 March 1822.
			Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850
Box 12	Folder 9			Notes for an article in the Edinburgh Review, 9 Oct. 1876.
			Jeffries, John, 1745-1819
Box 12	Folder 10			Letter to Keene, New Hampshire doctor Thaddeus Maccarty thanking him for Lobelia root, 7 June 1791.
			L'abbe Jennesseaux
Box 12	Folder 11			Letter to unidentified recipient (in French), 18 April 1826.
			Jennison, Samuel, 1733-1789
Box 12	Folder 12			Letter to Dwight Foster, 5 April 1784.
			Jennison, William, 1701-1750
Box 12	Folder 13			Signature on receipt, 26 Jan. 1737.
			Jennison, William, 1732-1798
Box 12	Folder 14			Letter to Dwight Foster, 24 March 1785.
			Jerono, Archbishop of Corfu
Box 12	Folder 15			Letter to General in Chief Donzelot (in Italian), 6 Sept. 1809.
			Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866
Box 12	Folder 16			Letter about mail delivery, 9 Nov. 1843.
			Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876
Box 12	Folder 17			Letter to James H. Nicholson answering legal questions, 12 May 1847.
			Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850
Box 12	Folder 18			Letter about a request for biographical information, 19 Oct. 1835.
			Johnson, William, 1771-1834
Box 12	Folder 19			Letter accepting dinner invitation from B.F. Butler, ca. 1800.
			Jollivet, Jean-Baptiste-Moise, comte, 1754-1818
Box 12	Folder 20			Letter (in French), 25 Jan. 1806.
			Jolly (Medical author)
Box 12	Folder 21			Letter (in French), 7 Dec. 1828.
			Joly, Adrien Jean Baptiste Muffat, 1772-1839
Box 12	Folder 22			Letter (in French), 1818.
			Joly de Fleury, Jean Francois, 1718-1802
Box 12	Folder 23			Letter (in French), 24 Aug. 1792.
			Jones, William, 1760-1831
Box 12	Folder 24			Receipt from the bank of the U.S. for sale made by Thomas Lorraine, 14 June 1820.
			Jordon, of Boyonne, France
Box 12	Folder 25			Letter (in French), 25 May 1826.
			Jordon, Camille, 1771-1821
Box 12	Folder 26			Letter (in French), 1813.
			Jordon, Sylvestre, 1792-1861
Box 12	Folder 27			Letter (in French), 17 Nov. 1837.
			Joubert Bonnaire
Box 12	Folder 28			Letter (in French), 20 Jan. 1812.
			Joubert, Joseph Antoine Rene, 1772-1843
Box 12	Folder 29			Letter (in French), 8 Jan. 1810.
Box 12	Folder 29			Letter to the minister of war requesting maps of Prussia and Poland (in French), 10 April 1813.
Box 12	Folder 29			Letter (in French), 19 July 1820.
			Jouffrey, General
Box 12	Folder 30			Letter requesting sabers and cartouche boxes (in French), 18 May 1813.
			Jouffrey, Francois Auguste Pierre Antoine Balthasard Gaspard Melchior
Box 12	Folder 31			Printed document signed by Jouffrey (in French), 6 June 1817.
			Jourdan, Andre Joseph, d. 1831
Box 12	Folder 32			Letter (in French), 17 Oct. 1803.
			Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, 1762-1833
Box 12	Folder 33			Letter to citizen Petiet (in French), 9 Aug. 1801.
Box 12	Folder 33			Letter to the war minister (in French), 26 June 1802.
Box 12	Folder 33			Letter to M. Dejean (in French), 9 Dec. 1804.
			Jourdan, Mathieu Jouve, 1749-1794
Box 12	Folder 34			Letter (in French), 16 June 1791.
			Jourde, Gilbert-Amable, 1757-1837
Box 12	Folder 35			Letter (in French), 21 Nov. 1816.
			Journault
Box 12	Folder 36			Letter (in French), 4 May 1809.
			Journu-Aubert, Bernard, 1748-1815
Box 12	Folder 37			Letter (in French), 19 Aug. 1807.
			L'abbe de Jous
Box 12	Folder 38			Letter to unidentified recipient (in French), 12 Aug. 1797.
			Jouy, Etienne de, 1764-1846
Box 12	Folder 39			Letter to M. Marl (in French), 17 Jan. 1828.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Joy-Ker
			Joy, Benjamin, 1757-1829
Box 13	Folder 1			Letter to James and Baldwin, 2 April 1878.
			Joyeuse, Marquis de
Box 13	Folder 2			Letter (in French), 11 Oct. 1826.
			Jube, Auguste, baron de la Perelle, 1765-1824
Box 13	Folder 3			Letter to Gen. Meunier requesting maps of the war (in French), 6 April 1799.
			Jubinal, Achille, 1810-1875
Box 13	Folder 4			Letter (in French), 21 April 1837.
			Jucherau de Saint-Denis, Antoine, 1778-1842
Box 13	Folder 5			Letter (in French), 10 Jan. 1826.
			Juigui
Box 13	Folder 6			Letter (in French), Sept. 1815.
			Julia de Fontenelle, Jean Sebastian Eugene, 1790-1842
Box 13	Folder 7			Letter (in French), 2 March 1826.
			Julien de Paris, Marc Antoine, 1775-1848
Box 13	Folder 8			Letter to the Committee of Public Safety (in French), 26 Feb. 1794.
			Jullien
Box 13	Folder 9			Letter (in French), 24 Dec. 1824.
			Jullien, Louis Joseph Victor, 1764-1839
Box 13	Folder 10			Letter about verification of the expense of the army of Italy (in French), 24 Dec. 1824.
			Jumilhac, Antoine Pierre Joseph Chappelle, 1764-1826
Box 13	Folder 11			Letter (in French), 27 Dec. 1813.
			Jumilhac, N. Chappelle, 1753-1820
Box 13	Folder 12			Letter (in French), 18 June 1833.
			Junker, M.
Box 13	Folder 13			Letter to the Minister of War about maps (in French), 9 May 1793.
			Junot, Jean Andoche, duc d'Abrantes, 1771-1813
Box 13	Folder 14			Letter to M. Troussett about the fortress of Bujo (in French), 4 March 1809.
Box 13	Folder 14			Letter to the War Minister about efforts to find M. Lecuier (in French), 9 July 1802.
Box 13	Folder 14			Letter to M. Troussett about distribution of shoes in Lisbon, Portugal (in French), 13 July 1803.
			Junyent
Box 13	Folder 15			Letter to the Minister of the Interior (in French), 8 Jan. 1831.
			Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de, 1748-1836
Box 13	Folder 16			Letter (in French), 17 Feb. 1827.
			Kail, [Joseph]
Box 13	Folder 17			Letter (in French), 23 Nov. 1816.
			Kalckreuth, Frederic Adolphe, 1737-1818
Box 13	Folder 18			Letter (in French), 6 Aug. 1817.
			Kalitschiff, Natalie
Box 13	Folder 19			Letter (in French), 2 Nov. 1800.
			Kalkbrenner, Friedrich Wilhelm Michael, 1785-1849
Box 13	Folder 20			Letter (in French), 1845.
			Karamzin, Nikolai Mikhailovich, 1766-1826
Box 13	Folder 21			Letter (in Russian), 1815.
			Kean, John, 1756-1795
Box 13	Folder 22			Letter to LeRoy and Bayard (New York) about financial matters, 25 May 1793.
			Keck
Box 13	Folder 23			Letter (in French), 15 April 1810.
			Kecperling
Box 13	Folder 24			Letter (in French), April 1814.
			Kellermann, Amand
Box 13	Folder 25			Letter (in French), 5 July 1796.
			Kellermann, Francois-Christophe, 1735-1820
Box 13	Folder 26			Letter (in French), 31 Aug. 1808.
			Kellermann, Francois Etienne, 1770-1835
Box 13	Folder 27			Letter (in French), 8 Jan. 1800.
			Kellermann, General
Box 13	Folder 28			Letter (in French), 22 June 1808.
			Kellogg, Martin, 1686-1753
Box 13	Folder 29			Letter to Joseph Dwight requesting food assistance, 18 July 1752.
Box 13	Folder 29			Letter to Joseph Dwight telling him that Henry Dwight has smallpox, 28 July 1752.
Box 13	Folder 29			Letter to Joseph Dwight expressing distress with political affairs, 21 Nov. 1752.
			Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869
Box 13	Folder 30			Circular letter signed by Amos Kendall regarding quarterly post office accounts, 31 Aug. 1835.
Box 13	Folder 30			Letter to Cincinnati postmaster, 28 June 1837.
			Kent, Benjamin, 1708-1788
Box 13	Folder 31			Certificate from the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Suffolk County signed by Benjamin Kent, March 1767.
			Kent, James, 1763-1847
Box 13	Folder 32			Letter to Simeon Baldwin about the independence of America, 12 April 1783.
Box 13	Folder 32			Letter of Introduction for Charles Clinton to Ebenezer Baldwin, 12 April 1819.
Oversize box 1				Commission appointing Ebenezer Baldwin Counselor in the Court of Chancery, New York, 19 Aug. 1822. (Oversize)
			Keratry, A. H. (Auguste Hilarion), 1769-1859
Box 13	Folder 33			Letter (in French), 8 April 1823.
			Kergariou, Comte de
Box 13	Folder 34			Letter (in French), 18 Sept. 1817.
			Kergorlay, Louis-Florian-Paul, comte de, 1769-1856
Box 13	Folder 35			Letter (in French), 30 March 1824.
			Kerivalant, Nicolas Lediest, 1750-1815
Box 13	Folder 36			Letter (in French), 30 July 1806.
			Kermorvan, General
Box 13	Folder 37			Letter to the Minister of War (in French), 24 Feb. 1796.
			Kervelegan, M.
Box 13	Folder 38			Letter (in French), 1 July 1796.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Ket-Lew
			Kettner, Jean Francois
Box 14	Folder 1			Letter about a school for boys in Prussia (in French), 7 Sept. 1803.
			Keverberg de Kessel, Charles-Joseph, baron de, 1768-1841
Box 14	Folder 2			Signature on report to marshal Ney about military prisons, 7 Feb. 1812.
			Keyes, Danforth, 1740-1826
Box 14	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster about traveling to Boston, 26 May 1792.
Box 14	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster pledging support of the United States, 19 May 1794.
			Kieffer, Jean Daniel, 1767-1833
Box 14	Folder 4			Letter (in French), 3 Feb. 1824.
			Kilby, Christopher, 1705-1771
Box 14	Folder 5			Signature in note fragment, 15 Sept. 1737.
			Kilmaine, Charles Joseph, 1754-1799
Box 14	Folder 6			Letter (in French), 13 April 1798.
			King, Rufus, 1755-1827
Box 14	Folder 7			Letter to George Thacher about ratification and amendments of the U.S. Constitution, 30 Jan. 1788.
			King, William, 1768-1852
Box 14	Folder 8			Letters to Henry Jones about legal and financial matters, 25 April-6 May 1818.
			Kingston, Robert
Box 14	Folder 9			Letter to Lt. Gen. Burgoyne about prisoner of war Capt. Daniel Lane, 16 Sept. 1777.
			Kirgener, Joseph, 1766-1813
Box 14	Folder 10			Letter (in French), 4 Feb. 1811.
Box 14	Folder 10			Letter to Gen. Sanson about plans for imperial game preserves (in French), 8 Oct. 1811.
			Kirk, Edward Norris, 1802-1875
Box 14	Folder 11			Letter to John Davis declining an invitation to officiate at a public ceremony in Worcester, Mass., 24 Oct. 1843.
			Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840
Box 14	Folder 12			Letter to Sarah Goodridge about a meeting, 14 July 1819.
			Kitchell, Aaron, 1744-1820
Box 14	Folder 13			Letter to Dwight Foster, chairman of the Committee of Claims, 21 Dec. 1796.
			Kleber, Jean-Baptiste, 1753-1800
Box 14	Folder 14			Letter to Aubert du Bayet (in French), 4 Feb. 1796.
			Klein, Dominique Louis Antoine, 1761-1845
Oversize box 2				Letter to Gen. Hoche (in French), 13 Sept. 1797. (Oversize)
			Kloest, Jacobi
Box 14	Folder 15			Letter (in French), 29 Sept. 1808.
			Klupffell
Box 14	Folder 16			Letter (in French), 16 Aug. 1798.
			Kniaziewicz, Charles, 1762-1842
Box 14	Folder 17			Letter to Gen. Moreau of the army of the Rhine (in French), 14 Dec. 1800.
			Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Box 14	Folder 18			Cropped autograph.
Box 14	Folder 18			Letter discussing financial difficulties, 15 Oct. 1796.
			Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Box 14	Folder 19			Letter to daughter Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher, ca. 1820.
			Koblent, J.B.J.
Box 14	Folder 20			Letter (in French), 15 Jan. 1798.
			Koch, Gal.
Box 14	Folder 21			Letter (in French), 28 March 1774.
			Kohler, J.
Box 14	Folder 22			Letter (in German), 1820.
			Kostovsky, Pierre
Box 14	Folder 23			Letter (in French), 27 Dec. 1811.
			Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Box 14	Folder 24			Letter (in French).
			Langdon, John, 1741-1819
Box 14	Folder 25			Letter to Meshech Weare declining appointed as delegate to Continental Congress and accepting appointment as state Senator, 20 July 1784.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Abiel Virgin first lieutenant, 11th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, 22 June 1810. (Oversize)
			Langdon, Woodbury, ca. 1738-1805
Box 14	Folder 26			Letter to Henderson Inches about exchange of hemp, 24 Aug. 1769.
			Lanman, James, 1767-1841
Box 14	Folder 27			Letter to Enoch Perkins regarding pay for laborers, 21 May 1811.
			Lathrop, Samuel, 1772-1846
Box 14	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster about the admission of Missouri to the union, 13 Dec. 1820.
Box 14	Folder 28			Letter discussing the admission of Missouri to the union; and pension relief for the wife of Oliver Hazard Perry, 24 Jan. 1821.
			Laurance, John, 1750-1810
Box 14	Folder 29			Letter to Dwight Foster, 19 Dec. 1793.
			Le Coeur, Jean Guilleaume
Box 14	Folder 30			Letter (in French), Oct. 1707.
			Learned, Ebenezer, 1728-1801
Box 14	Folder 31			Letter to Dwight Foster about an application for a public office in Boston, 15 Feb. 1796.
			Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792
Box 14	Folder 32			Letter to Charles Lee about lottery tickets, 10 Feb. 1787.
			Lee, Charles, 1758-1815
Box 14	Folder 33			Letter to Ebenezer Hancock requesting assistance settling accounts, 4 May 1780.
			Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
Box 14	Folder 34			Letter to Dwight Foster, 22 May 1800.
			Lee, Silas, 1760-1814
Box 14	Folder 35			Letter to Dwight Foster discussing the transfer of business, 15 Dec. 1801.
Box 14	Folder 35			Letter to Dwight Foster about an appointment as U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, 17 Feb. 1802.
Box 14	Folder 35			Letter to Dwight Foster about entrusting Paul Fearing with property, 25 March 1802.
			Leertouwer, Christina
Box 14	Folder 36			Letter to Dwight Foster, 26 July 1802.
			Leertouwer, Diederick, 1760-1798
Box 14	Folder 37			Dinner invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Foster, 12 Sept. 1794.
Box 14	Folder 37			Letter to Dwight Foster, 29 March 1796.
			Leslie, Frank, Mrs., d. 1914
Box 14	Folder 38			Essay notes.
			Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844
Box 14	Folder 39			Letter to William Learned Marcy about land claims, 10 Dec. 1838.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Lie-Mar
			Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872
Box 15	Folder 1			Letter of introduction to Mr. Boynton for Edward Atkinson, 31 March 1870.
			Lillie, Theodore
Box 15	Folder 2			Letters to Jedediah Foster, 1774-1775.
			Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Box 15	Folder 3			Signature on envelope, 6 June [no year].
			Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Box 15	Folder 4			Letter to Dwight Foster, 14 Nov. 1788.
			Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868
Box 15	Folder 5			Letter of administration to Dorothy Foster for estate of Jedidiah Foster, 25 Oct. 1779.
Box 15	Folder 5			Letter to Dwight Foster about filling a vacancy in the Register's office, 11 Aug. 1784.
Box 15	Folder 5			Certificate of admission for Dwight Foster to the Worcester Agricultural Society, 7 Oct. 1819.
Box 15	Folder 5			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about the Harvard University Board of Overseers, 3 Aug. 1839.
Box 15	Folder 5			Letters to Alfred Dwight Foster, 1834-1846.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 10 Dec. 1802. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 22 Feb. 1809. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Alfred Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 17 Jan. 1827. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Act appointing Horace Mann, Bezabeel Taft, William B. Calhoun, Ebenezer Francis, and Alfred D. Foster trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, 5 July 1832. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Alfred Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 18 Dec. 1833. (Oversize)
			Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Box 15	Folder 6			Letter to the Continental Hotel, Washington, D.C. apologizing for late payment of a bill, 4 June 1864.
			Liston, Robert
Box 15	Folder 7			Calling cards.
			Livermore, Samuel, 1732-1803
Box 15	Folder 8			Bill of credit to Meshech Weare, 29 April 1782.
			Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823
Box 15	Folder 9			Letter to James McEvers, 19 Dec. 1791.
			Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836
Box 15	Folder 10			Signature on note fragment.
			Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813
Box 15	Folder 11			Letter to Monsieur Olive about meeting the Olive family, 20 Jan. 1794.
			Lloyd, James, 1769-1831
Box 15	Folder 12			Letter to William Hayden, 2 Jan. 1824.
			Long, Pierse
Box 15	Folder 13			Bill from Samuel Hobart to the colony of New Hampshire signed by Pierse Long, John Dudley and Nathaniel Bacheller, 16 Nov. 1775.
			Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
Box 15	Folder 14			Cropped autograph.
			Lord, Otis P. (Otis Phillips), 1812-1884
Box 15	Folder 15			Letter to Benjamin Franklin Thomas about Dewey vs. Bowditch National Fire Insurance Co., 1 Sept. 1849.
			Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782
Box 15	Folder 16			Military document discussing advantage at Crown Point, New York, ca. 1756.
Box 15	Folder 16			Copy of a military order to the chief officer under Timothy Ruggles to send men to Canada, 30 Sept. 1756.
			Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643
Box 15	Folder 17			Letter (in French), 26 March 1621.
			Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Box 15	Folder 18			Letter (in French), 1727.
			Lovell, James, 1758-1850
Box 15	Folder 19			Field return for Henry Jackson's regiment, kept by James Lovell, 14 June 1779.
			Low, Isaac, 1735-1791
Box 15	Folder 20			Letter to John Rooseboom about the sale of India damask, 16 Nov. 1770.
			Lowell, John, 1743-1802
Box 15	Folder 21			Legal document signed by John Lowell, 18 June 1776.
Box 15	Folder 21			Letter to Dwight Foster about the papers of Abner Morgan, 24 July 1790.
			Lydius, John Henry, 1694-1791
Box 15	Folder 22			Note signed by John H. Lydius.
			Lyman, Aaron
Box 15	Folder 23			Note on the bottom on a letter from Dwight Foster stating money received, 23 Aug. 1782.
			Lyman, Phineas, 1716-1774
Box 15	Folder 24			Receipt for Jedediah Foster signed by Phineas Lyman, 26 Nov. 1772.
Box 15	Folder 24			Letter to Jedediah Foster, 28 Nov. 1772.
			Lyon, Matthew, 1750-1821
Box 15	Folder 25			Letter to Thomas Loraine McKenney about payment to B. Owens, 30 June 1821.
			McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880
Box 15	Folder 26			Letter to George Whiting regarding the claim of bounty land by Barna Robbins, 5 Jan. 1857.
			McHenry, James, 1753-1816
Box 15	Folder 27			Letter to Dwight Foster about John Nelson's petition for land compensation and conflict with Chickasaw rights, 8 Feb. 1797.
Box 15	Folder 27			Letter to Dwight Foster about William Henderson's petition for land compensation, 7 Jan. 1799.
Box 15	Folder 27			Letter to Dwight Foster about Joseph Dwight, 16 Aug. 1799.
Box 15	Folder 27			Letter to Dwight Foster, 20 April 1799.
			McKinley, John M.
Box 15	Folder 28			Portion of a note.
			McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806
Box 15	Folder 29			Receipt for payment to Benjamin Sheffall, 11 April 1792.
			McLane, Louis, 1786-1857
Box 15	Folder 30			Letters to A. Dickens requesting a visit to his office, ca. 1833.
Box 15	Folder 30			Letter to Caesar Augustus Rodney asking him to postpone a meeting, 20 June 1833.
			McLean, John, 1705-1861
Box 15	Folder 31			Letter to Joseph Boyd, 8 March 1850.
			Madison, James, 1751-1836
Box 15	Folder 32			Calling card.
Box 15	Folder 32			Signature on envelope.
Box 15	Folder 32			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 8 Jan. 1803.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing William Walker Captain, 39th Regiment, 1 Feb. 1815. (Oversize)
Box 15	Folder 32			Letter to James Monroe ordering removal of intruders from Ohio, 8 April 1815.
			Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
Box 15	Folder 33			Letters to Alfred Dwight Foster, 1837-1844.
			Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857
Box 15	Folder 34			Cropped autograph.
			Maria, Ignacio
Box 15	Folder 35			Letter (in Spanish), 8 June 1796.
			Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Box 15	Folder 36			Letter to unknown recipient requesting information about the legal case of Fairfax vs. Pendleton, ca. 1790.
Box 15	Folder 36			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 18 Feb. 1801.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Mas-Nou
			Mason, Jeremiah, 1768-1848
Box 16	Folder 1			Letter to Noah Emery requesting assistance with legal business affairs, 23 Nov. 1804.
			Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859
Box 16	Folder 2			Letter to Joseph Grimell about purchasing a Japanese chart, 19 Jan. 1849.
			Mason, Jonathan, 1756-1831
Box 16	Folder 3			Cropped autograph.
			Mattoon, Ebenezer, 1755-1843
Box 16	Folder 4			Memorandum to Dwight Foster about John Strong's patent for raising water, 4 March 1801.
			Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Box 16	Folder 5			Letter of introduction to John McAllister Schofield for John Codman Ropes, 10 May 1867.
			Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1823
Box 16	Folder 6			Letter to Enoch Perkins written on the printed constitution of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22 May 1799.
Box 16	Folder 6			Letter to Enoch Perkins about magnetic variations, May 1800.
			Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1764-1825
Box 16	Folder 7			Power of attorney from Nathan Goodale to Dwight Foster signed by Return Meigs, 2 Nov. 1789.
Box 16	Folder 7			Letter accepting resignation of John M. Page as postmaster at Tamworth, New Hampshire, 22 April 1817.
			Mellen, Prentiss, 1764-1840
Box 16	Folder 8			Letter to George Thacher, 28 Nov. 1792.
			Melvill, Thomas
Box 16	Folder 9			Certificate for the ship Nile signed by Thomas Melvill, 23 Aug. 1823.
			Merrick, Pliny, 1756-1814
Box 16	Folder 10			Subscription for a series of dances in Brookfield, Mass.
Box 16	Folder 10			Note to deputy sheriff Robert Cutler about a bail bond for William Richardson.
Box 16	Folder 10			Certificate of oath taken by Dwight Foster as Surveyor of Ways and Bridges, Brookfield, Mass., 17 March 1792.
			Merrick, Pliny, 1794-1867
Box 16	Folder 11			Letter to Benjamin F. Thomas about legal affairs, 15 Aug. 1843.
Box 16	Folder 11			Letter to L. F. Brigham about legal affairs, 21 June 1854.
			Metcalf, Theron, 1784-1875
Box 16	Folder 12			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about lodgings in Boston, 16 Nov. 1833.
			Mifflin, Warner, 1745-1798
Box 16	Folder 13			Letter to William George Thacher chastising him for not speaking out against southern radicals in Congress, 10 July 1793.
			Mignon
Box 16	Folder 14			Letter (in French), 31 April 1834.
			Milledge, John, 1757-1818
Box 16	Folder 15			Certificate of promise of payment to Nathan Brownson or the next governor of Georgia, 20 Sept. 1781.
			Miller, Henry
Box 16	Folder 16			Letter to Dwight Foster about Peregrine Foster, 23 March 1802.
			Miller, James, 1808-1851
Box 16	Folder 17			Signature on invoice, 17 Sept. 1831.
			Milligan, James
Box 16	Folder 18			Copy of a letter to Richard Henry Lee to be communicated to the U.S. Congress about forgeries of certificates for adjusting claims of the U.S. Army, 14 Jan. 1785.
			Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802
Box 16	Folder 19			Letter to Dwight Foster about a deed for land, 23 Dec. 1797.
			Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Box 16	Folder 20			Cropped autographs.
Box 16	Folder 20			Letter about Winian Edward and charges of William H. Crawford, 27 Sept. 1824.
			Moore, Zephaniah Swift, 1770-1823
Box 16	Folder 21			Letter to Dwight Foster announcing a meeting of the Leicester Academy, 2 Oct. 1802.
			Morril, David L.
Box 16	Folder 22			Cropped autograph.
			Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
Box 16	Folder 23			Letter to John Hancock about expenses of the President of Congress, the need for a salary, and taxes to finance independence, 4 Oct. 1781.
Box 16	Folder 23			Letter to John Nicholson about land in Alexandria, Virginia, 14 May 1794.
Box 16	Folder 23			Signature on promissory note, 13 June 1794.
			Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
Box 16	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster about copies of a Thanksgiving sermon, 18 Feb. 1799.
			Morton, Marcus, 1784-1864
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Alfred Dwight Foster trustee of the State Lunatic Hospital, 4 March 1840. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Alfred Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 1 Oct. 1840. (Oversize)
			Morton, Marcus, 1819-1891
Box 16	Folder 25			Letters to Dwight Foster declining invitations, 1872-1876.
			Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877
Box 16	Folder 26			Letter to Amos Tappan Akerman requesting permission for Col. Pierce to examine records, 12 Dec. 1870.
			Morton, Perez, 1751-1837
Box 16	Folder 27			Letter to Theodore Foster, 30 June 1771.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedediah Foster probate judge, Worcester County, Mass., 6 Sept. 1775. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedediah Foster justice of the peace, Mass., 8 Nov. 1775. (Oversize)
			Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807
Box 16	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster about Ludwig Kuhn and a missing document, 28 Feb. 1800.
			Muller, F. Max ‚ (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900
Box 16	Folder 29			Letter (in English and German), 1 Aug. 1855.
			Neal, John, 1793-1876
Box 16	Folder 30			Letter to William Chamberlain. 1 Oct. 1850.
			Nelson, Rensselaer Russell, 1826-1904
Box 16	Folder 31			Letter to Benjamin Robbins Curtis about bounty land frauds, 1 Aug. 1859.
			Newell, Timothy, 1743-1819
Box 16	Folder 32			Receipt given to Dwight Foster for munitions taken by the Brookfield, Mass. volunteer militia from rebels in Stockbridge, Mass. during Shay's rebellion, 5 March 1787.
Box 16	Folder 32			Letter to Dwight Foster asking advice about the sale of Winthrop land, 19 April 1788.
Box 16	Folder 32			Certificate of oath of support for the U.S. Constitution given by Timothy Newell for Dwight Foster, 1 Sept. 1789.
Box 16	Folder 32			Letter to Dwight Foster requesting an execution against Asahel Willard for non-payment, 18 Oct. 1794.
Box 16	Folder 32			Power of attorney given to Pliny Merrick, 19 July 1805.
			Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856
Box 16	Folder 33			Cropped autograph.
Box 16	Folder 33			Circular letter to William Fogg about financial duties as postmaster, 17 Aug. 1840.
			Noailles, Louis Marie, vicomte de, 1756-1804
Box 16	Folder 34			Letter of recommendation for Lewis Reymies and William Engren, 26 July [no year].
			Noble, Daniel
Box 16	Folder 35			Letter to Robert Cutler, sheriff at Brookfield, Mass. giving instructions about a legal case, 10 Jan. 1809.
			North, William 1755-1836
Box 16	Folder 36			Morning report of Capt. William North kept during Shay's rebellion, ca. 1776.
			Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841
Box 16	Folder 37			Letter to Dwight Foster about the Committee of Claims, 15 March 1800.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs O'Co-Phi
			O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Box 17	Folder 1			Letter of introduction for Henry Lyman, 10 April 1841.
			Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839
Box 17	Folder 2			Letter discussing the sale and running of a ferry, 13 Feb. 1790.
Box 17	Folder 2			Letter to Ebenezer Elmer about presenting the annual Society of the Cincinnati oration, 19 May 1821.
			Oliver, Andrew, 1706-1774
Box 17	Folder 3			Letter to Joseph Dwight about the Female Boarding School, 6 April 1754.
Box 17	Folder 3			Letter to Jedidiah Foster about the sale of land, 15 June 1769.
			Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799
Box 17	Folder 4			Deed for land in Brookfield, Mass. purchased by Jedidiah Foster, 4 Sept. 1753.
Box 17	Folder 4			Letter to Jedidiah Foster about the sale of land, 12 March 1760.
Box 17	Folder 4			Letter to Jedidiah Foster about the sale of land in Brookfield, Mass., 12 Sept. 1761.
			Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799
Box 17	Folder 4			Deed for land in Brookfield, Mass. purchased by Jedidiah Foster, 4 Sept. 1753.
Box 17	Folder 4			Letter to Jedidiah Foster about the sale of land, 12 March 1760.
Box 17	Folder 4			Letter to Jedidiah Foster about the sale of land in Brookfield, Mass., 12 Sept. 1761.
			Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813
Box 17	Folder 5			Letter to the geographer of the U.S. about expenses of Israel Ludlow and Charles Smith in surveying the Western Territory, 15 Oct. 1787.
			Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848
Box 17	Folder 6			Letter to Dwight Foster about legal matters, 3 June 1786.
			Otis, James, 1725-1873
Box 17	Folder 7			Certificate for John Ruddock recovering judgment against Edmund Quincy, March 1767.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedidiah Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 6 Sept. 1775. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedidiah Foster justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, 10 May 1776. (Oversize)
			Otis, Joseph, 1728-1810
Box 17	Folder 8			Letter to George Thacher, 18 Feb. 1788.
			Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814
Box 17	Folder 9			Note to Dwight Foster about copies of the journals of the Senate, 6 Dec. 1793.
Box 17	Folder 9			Letter commenting on the assistance of friends, 10 Dec. 1803.
			Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877
Box 17	Folder 10			Autograph.
			Paice, Joseph
Box 17	Folder 11			Copy of a letter about the funeral of Thomas Coram, 9 April 1751.
			Paine, Timothy, 1730-1793
Box 17	Folder 12			Letter of reply to Dwight Foster about the settlement of his son's estate, 25 Sept. 1783.
			Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881
Box 17	Folder 13			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster notifying him about an appointment as counselor to the governor of Mass., 4 Jan. 1845.
Box 17	Folder 13			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster asking him for information about Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, 25 Sept. 1846.
			Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830
Box 17	Folder 14			Letter to George Thacher about securing payment for military services of men from Penobscot, 3 Dec. 1791.
Box 17	Folder 14			Letter to Austin Denny about a publication of legal affairs, 20 Feb. 1826.
			Parker, Samuel, 1744-1804
Box 17	Folder 15			Circular letter informing Dwight Foster of his election to the Massachusetts Humane Society, 5 June 1792.
			Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789
Oversize box 2				Muster roll of Capt. John Wyllyn, 21 July 1778. (Oversize)
			Parson, Theophilus, 1750-1813
Box 17	Folder 16			Letter to George Thacher asking assistance for Capt. Thomas' legal case, 24 May 1786.
Box 17	Folder 16			Letter to Dwight Foster about the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, 7 Nov. 1811.
			Partridge, George, 1740-1828
Box 17	Folder 17			Note to T[homas] Davis, 12 May 1795.
			Partridge, Oliver, 1712-1792
Box 17	Folder 18			Letter of administration to the attorney for Ezra Taylor, 16 March 1784.
			Partridge, Samuel, 1645-1740
Box 17	Folder 19			Cropped autograph, 15 March 1716.
Box 17	Folder 19			Certificate from the Mass. Court of Common Pleas, Hampshire County, 14 March 1732.
			Paterson, John, 1744-1808
Box 17	Folder 20			Certificate for Jonathan Stone to retire from the army as a deranged officer, 8 Dec. 1782.
			Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860
Box 17	Folder 21			Note to Eugene A. Stimpson, 17 July 1840.
			Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
Box 17	Folder 22			Letter to J.M. Marston, 6 May 1847.
			Pendleton, Nathaniel, 1756-1821
Box 17	Folder 23			Letter to Charles Harris about legal affairs, 20 April 1799.
			Pepperrell, William, Sir, 1696-1759
Box 17	Folder 24			Account balance for expenses due Elizabeth Mannering, 16 July 1734.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Joseph Dwight judge to the Court of Admiralty, port of Louisbourg, 20 June 1745. (Oversize)
Box 17	Folder 24			Letter to Thomas Benson describing travel plans, 1 May 1750.
			Percival, John, 1779-1862
Box 17	Folder 25			Letter to Eugene A. Stimpson, 24 Aug. 1840.
			Perkins, A.
Box 17	Folder 26			Protection Fire & Marine Insurance Co. receipt, 1846.
			Perkins, Enoch, 1760-1828
Box 17	Folder 27			Letter to Simeon Baldwin, 23 Feb. 1789.
Box 17	Folder 27			Letter to the Hartford, Conn. selectmen requesting a warrant to return the Robinson family to Ashford, Conn., 18 Feb. 1808.
Box 17	Folder 27			Legal document verifying payment between John Bolles and Jacob Reed, 8 May 1812.
Box 17	Folder 27			Commissions of oaths, 1824-1825.
			Peters, John Thompson, 1765-1834
Box 17	Folder 28			Letter to Enoch Perkins, 17 Feb. 1796.
			Peters, Richard, 1743-1828
Box 17	Folder 29			Letter to Dwight Foster about salaries of the judges of commercial districts, 9 May 1800.
			Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863
Box 17	Folder 30			Letter to Hugh Swinton Legare about legal affairs, 5 Feb. 1842.
			Pettit, Charles, 1736-1806
Box 17	Folder 31			Letter to Dwight Foster about a memorial reported before the Committee of Claims, 28 March 1800.
Box 17	Folder 31			Letter about a claim made to the Committee of Claims, 28 April 1800.
			Phillips, John, 1701-1763
Box 17	Folder 32			Certificate of enlistment for Nathan Whittemore of Needham, Mass. into the Crown Point expedition, 16 Sept. 1755.
			Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802
Box 17	Folder 33			Letter about printing, 23 April 1793.
			Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857
Box 17	Folder 34			Autograph on envelope.
			Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Box 17	Folder 35			Letter about a schedule of lectures on slavery, 1856.
			Phillips, William, 1731?-1781
Box 17	Folder 36			Letter to Major General Heath regarding a report about deserters, 18 April 1778.
			Phillips, William, 1750-1827
Box 17	Folder 37			Letter to Dwight Foster about business affairs, 21 April 1787.
Box 17	Folder 37			Letter to Dwight Foster about western lands, 30 May 1787.
Box 17	Folder 37			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 21 Jan. 1819.
			Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedediah Foster Captain, First Regiment, Mass. Militia, Worcester County, Mass., 26 April 1753. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedediah Foster Major Captain, Company of Foot, Hampshire and Worcester County, Mass., 24 Sept. 1756. (Oversize)
			Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695
Box 17	Folder 38			Writ ordering arrest of William Milborne for publishing seditious papers, 25 June 1692.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Pic-Qui
			Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Box 18	Folder 1			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 5 Jan. 1795.
Box 18	Folder 1			Sketch of a gate, 31 Dec. 1797.
Box 18	Folder 1			Note to Dwight Foster on envelope, 8 Jan. 1798.
Box 18	Folder 1			Letter to Dwight Foster about returning Theodore Foster's letter, 29 June 1798.
Box 18	Folder 1			Letter to Dwight Foster waning him about a plan setting up Theodore Foster to injure the U.S. government, 6 Oct. 1798.
Box 18	Folder 1			Letter to Dwight Foster about Theodore Foster's correspondence with Abbe Lamin and Santo Domingo, 19 Oct. 1798.
Box 18	Folder 1			Autograph on an envelope to Dwight Foster, 25 Oct. 1798.
Box 18	Folder 1			Letter to Dwight Foster about an equestrian statue of George Washington, 20 Dec. 1799.
Box 18	Folder 2			Letter to Hazen Kimball asking his assistance with letter sent to Dwight Foster and Benjamin Goodhue, 18 Jan. 1800.
Box 18	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster about Joshua Johnson's request to be reimbursed, 22 March 1800.
Box 18	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster about the presidential election of 1801, 7 Jan. 1801.
Box 18	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster about a proposed statue to honor George Washington, 8 Jan. 1801.
Box 18	Folder 2			Autograph on envelope, 28 Feb. 1807.
Box 18	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster about John Adams and John Quincy Adams, 14 May 1808.
Box 18	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster asking for information on the care of Elizur Goodrich, 4 Jan. 1809.
Box 18	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster about a caucus held by Federalists to decide if the U.S. should formally declare war on France, 31 Jan. 1823.
			Pierce, Benjamin, 1757-1839
Box 18	Folder 3			Receipt signed by Benjamin Pierce, 18 June 1803.
			Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Box 18	Folder 4			Dinner invitation to James Whitney, 27 Feb. 1856.
			Pigeon, John, 1726-ca. 1790
Box 18	Folder 5			Letter to Peregrine Foster, 21 Aug. 1777.
			Pigeon, John, 1756-1800
Box 18	Folder 6			Letter to Dwight Foster about business affairs, 6 May 1784.
			Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828
Box 18	Folder 7			Note about a palladium to Charleston, South Carolina.
Box 18	Folder 7			Letterpress portion of a letter discussing business matters.
Box 18	Folder 7			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 18 April 1800.
			Pinkney, William, 1764-1822
Box 18	Folder 8			Letter to James Monroe state opinion on freedom of information for patents on file, 20 May 1812.
			Platt, Richard
Box 18	Folder 9			Letter to James McEvers about building construction, 23 July 1805.
			Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851
Box 18	Folder 10			Letter of introduction for Mr. Lowndes, 28 Nov. 1820.
			Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Box 18	Folder 11			Cropped autograph.
Oversize box 2				Passport for the ship Delphi of Boston, Mass. commanded by Charles E. Barry. Also signed by James Buchanan, 3 Dec. 1846. (Oversize)
			Pomeroy, Seth, 1706-1777
Oversize box 2				Payroll for Capt. Pomeroy's Company of Foot for the Expedition against Canada, 31 Oct. 1747. (Oversize)
			Pomroy, Ebenezer, d. 1754
Box 18	Folder 12			Cropped autograph, 20 Feb. 1750.
			Poole, Abijah
Box 18	Folder 13			Letter to George Thacher enclosing a petition to Congress for payment to officer's of the U.S. Army, 1 Feb. 1794.
			Poor, Enoch, 1736-1780
Box 18	Folder 14			Certificate verifying John Lewis's service and death at the Battle of Trenton, 12 Feb. 1777.
			Pope, Joseph, 1746-1826
Box 18	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster announcing his appointment as trustee of the Leicester Academy, 19 May 1791.
			Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891
Box 18	Folder 16			Letter to O.J. Glissou about money taken from prisoners captured on blockade-runners, 1 Dec. 1864.
			Porter, Eleazar, d. 1757
Box 18	Folder 17			Cropped autograph, 18 Feb. 1737.
			Porter, John Luke, 1813-1893
Box 18	Folder 18			Letter to Lewis J. Cist about an autograph collection, 25 Dec. 1843.
			Porter, Samuel, d. 1722
Box 18	Folder 19			Legal testimonial, 13 July 1722.
			Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Box 18	Folder 20			Circular letter to Jedediah Foster asking for assistance in recruiting troops for the British Army and preventing desertion, ca. 1758.
			Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885
Box 18	Folder 21			Letter to Dwight Foster declining invitation, 26 April 1875.
			Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857
Box 18	Folder 22			Letter to Enoch Perkins about a bill for legal services, 19 Nov. 1823.
			Prescott, William Hicking, 1796-1859
Box 18	Folder 23			Letter to Joseph Green Cogswell about books in the Astor Library (later the New York Public Library), 21 Feb. 1856.
			Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860
Box 18	Folder 24			Letter to Robert Wilson Gibbes.
Box 18	Folder 24			Letter to John C. Spencer about an order from the Committee Room of the Library of Congress regarding the medal of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 25 Feb. 1842.
			Prince, Joseph
Box 18	Folder 25			Military orders from the quartermaster to Mr. Bostwick requesting payments, 15 April 1780.
			Prince, Nathan, 1698-1748
Box 18	Folder 26			Page from notebook (in Latin).
			Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758
Box 18	Folder 27			Note fragment.
			Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Box 18	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster detailing eyewitness account of the Newburgh address, 26 March 1783.
Box 18	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster about arranging a meeting, 23 Aug. 1790.
Box 18	Folder 28			Deed of land to Elias Hall from the Ohio Co., 5 July 1796.
			Putman, Samuel, 1768-1864
Box 18	Folder 29			Cropped note, 17 Feb. [no year].
			Pynchon, Charles, 1719-1783
Box 18	Folder 30			Account of sale of land by Joseph Dwight in Springfield, Mass., 1 June 1757.
Box 18	Folder 30			Letter to Jedediah Foster about Seth Dwight's mortgage, 30 July 1765.
			Pynchon, John, 1674-1742
Box 18	Folder 31			Cropped certificate for Josiah Beaman, 27 Aug. 1729.
			Pynchon, Joseph, 1705-1765
Box 18	Folder 32			Cropped certificate from William Pynchon, 11 Jan. 1745.
Box 18	Folder 32			Letter to Jedediah Foster requesting payments to Micajah and Eliphalet Ayres, 18 Nov. 1754.
Box 18	Folder 32			Power of attorney given to Jedediah Foster, 26 Nov. 1755.
			Pynchon, William, 1723-1789
Box 18	Folder 33			Cropped autograph.
			Quick, John
Oversize box 2				Power of attorney given to Edward Bromfield and Francis Burroughs, 7 March 1704. (Oversize)
			Quincy, Edmund, 1703-1788
Box 18	Folder 34			Letters to Joseph Dwight discussing business affairs, 1750-1751.
Box 18	Folder 34			Letter discussing husbandry and land settlement, 23 Oct. 1753.
			Quincy, Josiah, 1710-1784
Box 18	Folder 35			Receipted account for land sold to Joseph Dwight, 5 Sept. 1759.
			Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864
Box 18	Folder 36			Letter of recommendation for Edward Appleton to teach at Harvard University, 22 Aug. 1835.
Box 18	Folder 36			Dinner invitation to Mr. Foster, 24 Jan. 1844.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Ran-Ser
			Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813
Box 19	Folder 1			Cropped autograph.
			Randolph, John, 1773-1833
Box 19	Folder 2			Letter to Augustine David about errors in a printed speech, ca. 1817.
			Rawson, Edward, 1615-1693
Box 19	Folder 3			Cropped autograph, 1676.
			Read, John, 1680-1749
Box 19	Folder 4			A petition to the Court of Appeals, Plymouth County, for Moses Barlow against Benjamin Dexter, April 1726.
			Reed, John, 1781-1860
Box 19	Folder 5			Letter to Francis L. Alden about a petition from the city of New Bedford, Mass. for reducing postal rates, 7 Feb. 1840.
			Reid, George, 1733-1815
Box 19	Folder 6			Receipt for account with Jedidiah Jewett, 8 Aug. 1781.
			Rice, Alexander Hamilton, 1818-1895
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing [Dwight Foster] a notary, Suffolk County, Mass., 27 Jan. 1876. (Oversize)
Box 19	Folder 7			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1876-1877.
			Ridgely, Charles Goodwin, 1784-1848
Oversize box 2				Receipt roll for house rent, fuel and candles at the U.S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1 July-Sept., 1825. (Oversize)
			Robbins, Edward H.
Box 19	Folder 8			Letter to Benjamin Goodhue about political events, 17 Feb. 1800.
Box 19	Folder 8			Letter to Dwight Foster about the appointment of a Worcester County sheriff, 23 Sept. 1805.
			Robert, Louis Felicite, 1758-1821
Box 19	Folder 9			Letter (in French), 4 Jan. 1810.
			Rockwell, Julius, 1805-1888
Box 19	Folder 10			Letter to Dwight Foster about an upcoming class reunion at Yale, 29 Feb. 1871.
			Ruggles, Timothy, 1711-1795
Box 19	Folder 11			Receipt for account for supplies from Ruggles to Capt. Jonathan Hoar's Company.
Box 19	Folder 11			Receipts for accounts for supplies, 2 July 1755.
Box 19	Folder 11			Note to Jedediah Foster requesting supplies, 24 May 1756.
			Rush, Richard, 1780-1859
Box 19	Folder 12			Letter to William Harris Crawford, 1 Sept. 1815.
Box 19	Folder 12			Letter to Mr. Barrell, 21 Jan. 1829.
Box 19	Folder 12			Letter to Mr. Dickens, 30 April 1829.
			Russell, Jonathan, 1771-1832
Oversize box 2				Letter written in confidence about capability and integrity of district judge Barnes, 20 June 1808. (Oversize)
			Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
Box 19	Folder 13			Commission appointing Alexander Ross Vendue Master in West Florida, 15 Dec. 1779.
			Sargent, Epes, 1748-1822
Box 19	Folder 14			Letter to George Thacher requesting assistance with recovering an account, 3 May 1787.
			Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Oversize box 2				Letter to Dwight Foster about an application before the Committee of Claims, 13 Feb. 1796. (Oversize)
			Savage, Edward, 1761-1817
Box 19	Folder 15			Letter to Dwight Foster discussing his brother John Savage, 1 April 1797.
			Savage, Samuel Phillips, 1718-1797
Box 19	Folder 16			Letter to Sally Savage (latter Thacher) telling of the death of her friend Nabby Jones, March 1790.
Box 19	Folder 16			Letter to George Thacher asking for assistance in returning a missing son, John, to his parents, 21 March 1790.
Box 19	Folder 16			Letter mentioning the death of Mrs. Bathsheba Thwing Johnson Savage from palsy, 1 Dec. 1791.
			Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887
Box 19	Folder 17			Letter discussing lectures, 14 Aug. 1855.
			Sayre, Stephen, 1736-1818
Box 19	Folder 18			Letter to Dwight Foster regarding claim for compensation for diplomatic services. Mentions Richard Henry Lee, John Jay and William Pitt, 15 Feb. 1800.
Oversize box 2				Newspaper clipping "the Case of Stephen Sayre", 29 Nov. 1800. (Oversize)
			Scammell, Alexander, 1747-1781
Box 19	Folder 19			Letter to Amariah Frost about a School Committee decision to dismiss Mr. Barrows, Oct. 1769.
Box 19	Folder 19			Letter to Amariah Frost discussing friendship and Harvard commencement, July 1770.
Box 19	Folder 19
Box 19	Folder 19			Letter to Amariah Frost asking about the Harvard class of 1769 commencement, 17 July 1772.
Box 19	Folder 19			Letter to Amariah Frost about woods sixty miles east of the Penobscot River, 31 Dec. 1772.
Box 19	Folder 20			Receipts the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, 10-11 April 1777.
Box 19	Folder 20			Letter to Capt. Gray expressing in sympathy for the loss of his brother Lt. Gray, 6 Aug. 1777.
Box 19	Folder 20			Letter to Col. Peabody informing him that a Sergeant Corporal and twelve men will be arriving, ca. 1780.
Box 19	Folder 20			List sent to the Board of War itemizing dry goods received, 12 Feb. 1780.
			Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906
Box 19	Folder 21			Circular letter sent to the Officers of the Army of the Ohio inviting them to a reunion, 30 Nov. 1868.
			Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Box 19	Folder 22			Letter to George Bethune about a debt, 22 Dec. 1774.
			Scott, James
Box 19	Folder 23			Bill of lading for merchandise of the ship Lydia signed by James Scott and Samuel Eliot, 30 April 1766.
			Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Box 19	Folder 24			Letter enclosed with a package, 5 Nov. 1837.
			Searle, James, 1730-1797
Box 19	Folder 25			Signature on U.S. lottery ticket, 18 Nov. 1776.
			Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867
Box 19	Folder 26			Letter to Mrs. Curtis declining dinner invitation due to illness, 17 Aug. [no year].
Box 19	Folder 26			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about family relationships, 22 Oct. 1838.
			Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813
Box 19	Folder 17			Letter to Elijah Dwight about procuring supplies for the army, 21 May 1782.
Box 19	Folder 17			Letters to Dwight Foster about political and personal affairs in Berkshire County, 1792-1809.
			Semington, Samuel
Box 19	Folder 28			Receipt of donation from the American Antiquarian Society to the New Jersey Historical Society signed by librarian Samuel Semington, 16 Jan. 1851.
			Senarmont, Hureau de
Box 19	Folder 29			Letter from the Minister of War, Hureau de Senarmont (in French), 2 May 1793.
			Sergeant, John, 1710-1749
Box 19	Folder 30			Account book of the Boarding School for Indian Children in Stockbridge, Mass. kept by John Sergeant, 16 May 1749-March 1751. Also includes personal accounts.
			Sergeant, John, 1747-1824
Box 19	Folder 31			Letter to Dwight Foster about family and relatives. Mentions Shay's Rebellion, 25 Jan. 1787.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Sew-Smi
			Sewall, David, 1735-1825
Box 30	Folder 1			Probate records signed by David Sewall, 22 Nov. 1766.
Box 20	Folder 1			Letters to George Thacher, 1784-1790.
Box 20	Folder 2			Letters to George Thacher, 1791-1795.
			Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730
Box 20	Folder 3			Probate record of the estate of Patrick Ogilvie, 15 June 1724.
			Sewall, Samuel, 1757-1814
Box 20	Folder 4			Letter to George Thacher, 28 April 1783.
Box 20	Folder 4			Letters to Dwight Foster, 13-14 July 1791.
			Sewall, Stephen, 1702-1760
Box 20	Folder 5			Cropped autograph.
			Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Box 20	Folder 6			Signature on envelope.
Box 20	Folder 6			Letter to W.V. Wells about a petition, 29 April 1850.
Box 20	Folder 6			Letter to John A. Andrew about capital punishment, 12 Sept. 1864.
			Shaler, William, 1778?-1833
Box 20	Folder 7			Letter to Henry Newcomb in Key West, Florida about mail service between there and Havana Cuba, 23 March 1833.
			Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861
Box 20	Folder 8			Letter to Benjamin Franklin Thomas regarding an early trial for Thomas Barrett, accused of rape and murder in Boston, Mass., 30 July 1844.
			Sheafe, James, 1755-1829
Box 20	Folder 9			Letter to Dwight Foster, 24 Feb. 1802.
			Shepard, William, 1737-1817
Box 20	Folder 10			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1799-1800.
			Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
Box 20	Folder 11			Letter to Irvin McDowell, about prisoners in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1 Aug. 1872.
			Sherman, John, 1823-1900
Box 20	Folder 12			Cropped autograph.
			Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793
Box 20	Folder 13			Notes written on the back of currency, 7-17 Jan. 1778.
Box 20	Folder 13			Deposition from Jonathan Blanchard and Nathaniel Peabody, 21 Jan. 1778.
Box 20	Folder 14			Memorandum of the expense of boards and departments, June 1779.
Box 20	Folder 15			Letter to wife Rebecca Prescott Sherman asking about the family farm, 28 June 1787.
Box 20	Folder 15			Letter giving an opinion on the Constitution, 10 Dec. 1787.
Box 20	Folder 15			Copy of a letter to John Adams about different forms of government, 18 July 1789.
Box 20	Folder 15			Letter to John Adams in reply about the separation of power and executive powers, 27 July 1789.
Box 20	Folder 16			Letter to wife Rebecca Prescott Sherman, 26 Feb. 1790.
Box 20	Folder 16			Letters to Simeon Baldwin, 1792-1793.
			Shirley, William, 1694-1771
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedediah Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 25 May 1754. (Oversize)
Box 20	Folder 17			Letter to Joseph Dwight about military affairs, 2 Aug. 1746.
Box 20	Folder 17			Commission authorizing Ashabell Hopkins drummer in Joseph Dwight's Regiment during the Crown Point expedition, 10 March 1756.
			Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865
Box 20	Folder 18			Letter to unidentified friend wishing birthday congratulations, 19 Feb. 1842.
Box 20	Folder 18			Letter to unidentified friend declining invitation due to poor health, 19 Feb. 1855.
Box 20	Folder 18			Printed poem, "Thoughts at the Funeral of Mrs. Joseph Morgan," 8 Aug. 1859.
Box 20	Folder 18			Letter to Mrs. Perkins offering charitable contribution in memory of her mother, 19 Feb. 1860.
Box 20	Folder 18			Letter to unidentified friend, 23 Oct. 1861.
Box 20	Folder 18			Poem written in memory of Mrs. Henrietta Bissell, 14 March 1863.
Box 20	Folder 18			Letter to Ann and Charlotte Perkins in sympathy on the death of their sister, 19 March 1863.
			Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Box 20	Folder 19			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about Oliver Payson Hubbard at Dartmouth College, 5 Aug. 1839.
Box 20	Folder 19			Letter of invitation to unidentified friend, 17 March 1841.
			Silsbee, Nathaniel, 1773-1850
Box 20	Folder 20			Letter to W.L. Silsbee Sampson returning a cancelled note, 10 Sept. 1842.
			Smith, Cotton-Mather, 1731-1806
Box 20	Folder 21			Letter to Joseph Dwight about an Indian boarding school, 17 Dec. 1753.
			Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Box 20	Folder 22			Letter to Samuel Joseph May, 6 May 1863.
Box 20	Folder 22			Letter to Hamilton Spencer concerning a legal suit, 11 June 1840.
			Smith, Jeremiah, 1759-1842
Box 20	Folder 23			Letter to Dwight Foster about political affairs, 28 Nov. 1797.
			Smith, John, Secretary of War
Box 20	Folder 24			Signature on envelope, 1 April 1809.
			Smith, John Cotton, 1765-1845
Box 20	Folder 25			Letter to Dwight Foster about political affairs, 7 April 1803.
			Smith, Jonathan Bayard, 1742-1812
Box 20	Folder 26			Signature on lottery ticket, 18 Nov. 1776.
			Smith, Joshua Toulmin, 1816-1869
Box 20	Folder 27			Letter to Harrison Gray, 17 June 1843.
			Smith, Robert, 1757-1842
Box 20	Folder 28			Cropped autograph.
Box 20	Folder 28			Letters to Dwight Foster about payment to the widow of John Wilcox, 30 Dec. 1802.
Box 20	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster declining dinner invitation, 2 Feb. 1803.
			Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1772-1845
Box 20	Folder 29			Calling cards.
			Smith, William Loughton, 1758-1812
Box 20	Folder 30			Letter to William Eaton about a request to borrow jewels, 21 June 1800.
Box 20	Folder 30			Promissory note to William Erwin for service in the Court of Equity, Burke County, North Carolina, 6 Aug. 1819.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Sou-Tay
			Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842
Box 21	Folder 1			Letter to John C. Long asking him to be ready to join an exploring expedition, 4 Dec. 1828.
			Sparhawk, William Pepperell, 1746-1816
Box 21	Folder 2			Letter to Joseph Dwight about the settlement of Sir William Pepperell's estate, 8 Feb. 1762.
			Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866
Box 21	Folder 3			Letter to Theodore Sedgwick about business matters and cholera, 12 Aug. 1832.
			Spencer, Ambrose, 1765-1848
Box 21	Folder 4			Letter to N.P. Vosburgh about a legal case, 1798.
			Spencer, John C. (John Canfield), 1788-1855
Box 21	Folder 5			Letter to Samuel A. Talcott about the foreclosure of his land, 5 May 1825.
Box 21	Folder 5			Letter to Albany, New York city clerk William Mise, 27 Aug. 1845.
			Sprague, John, 1740-1800
Box 21	Folder 6			Letter to Dwight Foster, 21 Oct. 1796.
Box 21	Folder 6			Letter to Dwight Foster about a deposition about lieutenant Jonathan Sawyer's death, 4 Dec. 1797.
			Stacey, G.
Box 21	Folder 7			Letter to George Thacher, 31 Aug. 1793.
			Stanbery, Henry, 1803-1881
Box 21	Folder 8			Cropped autographs, 15 March 1872.
			Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805-1875
Box 21	Folder 9			Letter admitting W. Greenough to the National Portrait Gallery, June 1858.
			Stark, Caleb
Box 21	Folder 10			Note to Joseph Gilman about a book order, 7 April 1780.
Box 21	Folder 10			Letter to H.A.S. Dearborn, 14 Jan. 1833.
			Stark, John, 1728-1822
Box 21	Folder 11			Certificate of discharge for Capt. Jeremiah Stiles, 5 July 1775.
			Stedman, William, 1765-1831
Box 21	Folder 12			Letter to Dwight Foster, 9 Oct. 1794.
Box 21	Folder 12			Letter to Isaiah Thomas about the Postmaster General's report, 23 March 1806.
Box 21	Folder 12			Letter to Dwight Foster, 25 Jan. 1813.
			Steele, John, 1764-1815
Box 21	Folder 13			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1794-1796.
			Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
Box 21	Folder 14			Promissory note to Robert Troup, 22 April 1792.
			Stevenson, J. W. (John White), 1812-1886
Box 21	Folder 15			Signature on envelope.
			Stewart, Charles, 1778-1869
Box 21	Folder 16			Letter Le Roy, Bayard and Co. (New York) about a shipment, 2 Dec. 1823.
			Stiles, John William, 1777-1836
Box 21	Folder 17			Broadside advertising the Commonwealth Insurance Company signed by agent John W. Stiles, ca. 1820.
			Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751-1813
Box 21	Folder 18			Letter to Dwight Foster (in another hand) inquiring about James Mazne, 4 April 1800.
Box 21	Folder 18			Letter to Dwight Foster (in another hand), 23 Dec. 1800.
			Stone, Isaac
Box 21	Folder 19			Letters to Dwight Foster about legal cases, 1791.
			Stone, William L. (William Leete), 1792-1844
Box 21	Folder 20			Letter to James McKauer about a bill payment, 30 Jan. 1823.
			Stone, William W.
Box 21	Folder 21			Letter to John Davis, 25 Oct. 1843.
			Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
Box 21	Folder 22			Cropped autograph.
Box 21	Folder 22			Notes about the case of Taylor vs. Weld.
			Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Box 21	Folder 23			Letter to Mrs. Whitney describing travel routes in the Southern states, 21 Feb. 1868.
Box 21	Folder 23			Autograph on notepaper, 27 Oct. 1871.
			Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819
Box 21	Folder 24			Cropped autograph and letter.
Box 21	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster, 17 April 1795.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing George Thacher justice of the peace, 12 June 1801. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Dwight Foster justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 3 July 1801. (Oversize)
Box 21	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster about appointing a judge to the court of common pleas, 2 Nov. 1801.
Box 21	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster about taxes on their land in Ohio, 29 Dec. 1801.
Box 21	Folder 24			Letter to Dwight Foster about the nomination of Benjamin Heywood to the Court of Common Pleas, 23 Feb. 1802.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing John William Stiles justice of the peace, Worcester County, Mass., 19 June 1812. (Oversize)
			Strong, William, 1808-1895
Box 21	Folder 25			Cropped autograph.
			Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891
Box 21	Folder 26			Letter to Mississippi governor Henry Stuart Foote, 10 Aug. 1852.
			Sullivan, J.
Box 21	Folder 27			Receipt signed by J. Sullivan, 3 Sept. 1810.
			Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
Box 21	Folder 28			Legal document concerning Webster and Brookfield's case on the support of pauper John Harrington.
Box 21	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster about Timothy Danielson's debt, 2 Aug. 1787.
Box 21	Folder 28			Letters to George Thacher about political affairs, 1788-1789.
Box 21	Folder 28			Receipt signed by James Sullivan, 2 June 1792.
Box 21	Folder 28			Legal notes from the Supreme Judicial Court, 1803-1807.
			Sullivan, John, 1740-1795
Box 21	Folder 29			Letter to Daniel Rogers, Aug. 1774.
Box 21	Folder 29			Muster and payroll of officers and men of the First Regiment of Light Horses, New Hampshire, in service during the insurrection at Exeter, New Hampshire, 12 Jan. 1787.
Oversize box 2				Certificate of discharge for John Langley, Capt, Second Co., Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire, 23 April 1787. (Oversize)
			Sullivan, William, 1774-1839
Box 21	Folder 30			Letter to Dwight Foster about Edward Upham's mortgage bond, 17 Aug. 1811.
			Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Box 21	Folder 31			Cropped autograph.
Box 21	Folder 31			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster, 7 Sept. 1849.
			Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799
Box 21	Folder 32			Circular letter to Dwight Foster with instructions for U.S. diplomats to France, 25 Oct. 1798.
			Swift, Samuel, 1715-1775
Box 21	Folder 33			Receipt for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 10 March 1767.
			Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835
Box 21	Folder 34			Letter to Jurtus Riley, 6 Jan. 1800.
			Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864
Box 21	Folder 35			Cropped letter to Arthur W. Austin.
			Taylor, Ebenezer
Box 21	Folder 36			Copy of deed of land in Springfield, Mass. to Timothy Mackevaney, 17 Dec. 1735.
			Taylor, George Jr.
Box 21	Folder 37			Extracts from journal, 1776-1779.
			Taylor, Hezekiah, 1748-1814
Box 21	Folder 38			Letter to Amariah Frost about illness preventing him from the Harvard College commencement, 16 July 1770.
			Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Oversize box 2				Passport of Samuel A. Fabens, master of the bark Wessacumcon, 5 July 1850. (Oversize)
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Tha-Ven
			Thacher, George, 1754-1824
Box 22	Folder 1			Letter to John Davis, 14 April 1785.
Box 22	Folder 1			Legal document affirming the resolution of Mr. [Cornett]'s debt, ca. 1787.
Box 22	Folder 1			Copy of a letter written by John Adams to the town of Wells, Maine in the hand of George Thacher, 28 May 1798.
			Thacher, Sarah Savage, 1760-1843
Box 22	Folder 2			Letter to [George Thacher] upon learning of his case of smallpox, 23 Dec. 1787.
			Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, 1813-1878
Box 22	Folder 3			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster, 1 March 1844.
Box 22	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster, 25 Jan. 1876.
			Thomas, David, 1762-1831
Box 22	Folder 4			Letter to Dwight Foster, 29 Dec. 1802.
			Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831
Box 22	Folder 5			Letter to Dwight Foster in support of Judge Increase Summner's gubernatorial campaign, 21 March 1796.
Box 22	Folder 5			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1796-1801.
			Thomas, Nathaniel
Box 22	Folder 6			Summons issued to the constable of Duxbury, Mass. to bring Thomas Lambert, Joseph Lapham and Hannah Turner for questioning about the murder of Hannah Turner's infant, 12 June 1696.
			Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885
Box 22	Folder 7			Signature on note, 20 Dec. 1847.
			Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843
Box 22	Folder 8			Calling cards.
Box 22	Folder 8			Certificate appointing Ebenezer Baldwin a counselor in the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 14 Aug. 1816.
Box 22	Folder 8			Letter to William Wirt, 13 March 1821.
			Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Box 22	Folder 9			Notes extracted from minutes of a Congressional session related to acts of treason, 27 Feb. 1778.
			Thornton, Matthew, 1714?-1803
Box 22	Folder 10			Commission appointing Joseph Jenness captain of the Sixth Company, First Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, 5 Sept. 1775.
Box 22	Folder 10			Committee report from the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 23 Dec. 1779.
			Thornton, William, 1759-1828
Box 22	Folder 11			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1803.
			Tinker, J.
Box 22	Folder 12			Military order of Charles Cornwallis, 11 Dec. 1776.
			Titcomb, Jonathan, 1727-1817
Oversize box 2				Account of money owed for military service in Essex County, Mass., 1777-1780. (Oversize)
			Townsend, Penn
Box 22	Folder 13			Memorandum of the justice of the peace in Suffolk County, Mass. concerning John Beard, 11 May 1701.
			Tracy, Uriah, 1755-1807
Box 22	Folder 14			Letter to Dwight Foster, 19 Jan. 1798.
			Troup, Robert, 1757-1832
Box 22	Folder 15			Letter to Caesar Rodney giving an extract from the Journals of Congress, 7 Dec. 1779.
			Trowbridge, Edmund, 1709-1793
Box 22	Folder 16			Cropped autograph.
			Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809
Box 22	Folder 17			Letter to John Taylor Gilman, 2 Nov. 1798.
Box 22	Folder 17			Letter to Dwight Foster, 22 July 1800.
			Truxtun, Thomas, 1755-1822
Box 22	Folder 18			Letter to Isaac Governeur, 14 Oct. 1799.
			Tucker, Thomas Tudor, 1745-1828
Box 22	Folder 19			Circular letter to James Reynolds, 18 Aug. 1826.
			Tufts, William
Box 22	Folder 20			Circular letter to Alfred Dwight Foster, 8 Jan. 1848.
			Twayne, N. P.
Box 22	Folder 21			Letter to George Hill, 24 Feb. 1871.
			Tyler, John, 1790-1862
Box 22	Folder 22			Cropped autograph.
Oversize box 2				Passport for the ship Caroline, also signed by Daniel Webster, 15 Dec. 1842. (Oversize)
			Tyng, Dudley Atkins, 1760-1829
Box 22	Folder 23			Portion of a letter to George Thacher, 30 Jan. 1792.
Box 22	Folder 23			Letter to Dwight Foster, 5 Feb. 1819.
			Tyng, Edward, 1610-1681
Box 22	Folder 24			Copy of will, 1677.
			Tyng, John, 1705-1797
Box 22	Folder 25			Legal documents.
			Upham, George Baxter, 1768-1848
Box 22	Folder 26			Letter to Dwight Foster, 6 Aug. 1804.
			Upham, Joshua, 1741-1808
Box 22	Folder 27			Letter to Jedidiah Foster, 26 Sept. 1767.
			Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844
Box 22	Folder 28			Circular letter from the Navy Department to Thomas Welch, care of John Quincy Adams, 3 Nov. 1841.
Box 22	Folder 28			Letter to Truman Smith about the quality of iron used in anchors, 20 Dec. 1842.
			Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Box 22	Folder 29			Cropped autograph.
Box 22	Folder 29			Letter to John V. Henry, 25 Sept. 1817.
			Van Ness, William Peter, 1778-1826
Box 22	Folder 30			Letter to G. A. Worth, 28 Dec. 1816.
			Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839
Box 22	Folder 31			Letter to Samuel Lewis Southard, 21 March 1827.
			Van Schaack, Henry
Box 22	Folder 32			Letter discussing Berkshire County politics and Theodore Sedgwick, 31 Oct. 1792.
			Van Schaack, Peter, 1747-1832
Box 22	Folder 33			Letter to John Henry, 24 Nov. 1802.
			Varick, Richard, 1753-1831
Box 22	Folder 34			Letter to Robert Yates, 14 April 1795.
			Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835
Box 22	Folder 35			Letter to Dwight Foster describing methods of raising dwarf trees, 28 April 1804.
			Vaughan, Charles, 1759-1839
Box 22	Folder 36			Letter to Elijah Brigham, 3 Oct. 1803.
			Vaughan, John
Box 22	Folder 37			Letter to A. Foster, 30 April 1798.
			Venable, Abraham Bedford, 1758-1811
Box 22	Folder 38			List of questions and answers about Virginia legislation.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Wad-Wha
			Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Box 23	Folder 1			Letter to Enoch Perkins, 21 Feb. 1795.
Box 23	Folder 1			Receipt for payment for shares in the Hartford and New Haven Turnpike Company, 21 May 1800.
			Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829
Box 23	Folder 2			Note about William Procter, 5 April 1798.
			Wagner, Jacob
Box 23	Folder 3			Letter to Dwight Foster, written per direction of Timothy Pickering, about a patent for William Duncan's nail machine, 15 July 1799. Also includes a cropped autograph of Timothy Pickering.
			Waldo, Daniel, 1763-1845
Box 23	Folder 4			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about a meeting of the American Antiquarian Society, 8 July 1845.
			Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Box 23	Folder 5			Letter to William Pepperell, 30 May 1746.
			Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Box 23	Folder 6			Letter to a cashier at an Albany, New York bank, 9 May 1805.
Box 23	Folder 6			Letter to G.W. Van Schaick, a cashier at an Albany, New York bank, 26 Nov. 1810.
			Walker, John
Box 23	Folder 7			Note of exchange to Thomas Beswick in London, England authorizing payment to John Hancock, 6 Nov. 1772.
			Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869
Box 23	Folder 8			Cropped autograph.
Box 23	Folder 8			Letter to William Bond & Son about bills for a chronometer, 3 June 1847.
			Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800
Box 23	Folder 9			Cropped autograph.
Box 23	Folder 9			Fragment of John Bell's will signed by Artemas Ward.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Jedediah Foster justice of the peace, 5 Dec. 1778. (Oversize)
Box 23	Folder 9			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1791-1796.
			Ward, Nahum, 1684-1754
Box 23	Folder 10			Cropped deed, 21 Dec. 1733.
			Warren, John, 1753-1815
Box 23	Folder 11			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1797-1798.
			Washburn, Emory, 1800-1877
Box 23	Folder 12			Letter about Mr. Harrington's funeral, 28 March [no year].
Box 23	Folder 12			Letter to Dwight Foster, 29 July [no year].
Box 23	Folder 12			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster about the Mass. Court of Common Pleas, 7 Feb. 1848.
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing Dwight Foster Aid de Camp, 18 Jan. 1854. (Oversize)
Box 23	Folder 12			Discharge for Dwight Foster as Aid de Camp, 10 Jan. 1855.
			Washburn, Seth, 1723-1794
Box 23	Folder 13			Letter to Dwight Foster, 9 Jan. 1792.
			Washburn, William B.
Box 23	Folder 14			Cropped autograph.
			Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887
Box 23	Folder 15			Letter to W.F. Goodwin about military status of Samuel Benjamin, 21 Dec. 1860.
			Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829
Box 23	Folder 16			Fragment of a note about a financial transaction, 13 Jan. 1803.
			Washington, George, 1732-1799
Box 23	Folder 17			Discharge for James Haven signed by George Washington, 9 June 1783.
Box 23	Folder 17			Discharge for Moses Heywood signed by George Washington, 10 July 1783.
Box 23	Folder 17			Letter to John Sullivan transmitting an Act signed by Congress, 26 Feb. 1790.
Box 23	Folder 17			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 25 Nov. 1794.
Box 23	Folder 17			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 9 Jan. 1795.
Box 23	Folder 17			Letter to Dwight Foster about the manufacture of scarlet cloth by Mr. Ellis of Brookfield, Mass., 2 Feb. 1795.
Box 23	Folder 17			Letter to Jonathan Williams, 2 March 1795.
Box 23	Folder 17			Letter to George Thacher, 27 Jan. 1798.
Box 23	Folder 17			Dwight Foster's invitation to George Washington's funeral, Dec. 1799.
			Wayland, Francis, 1796-1865
Box 23	Folder 18			Letters to Alfred Dwight Foster, 1838-1839.
			Wayne, James Moore, 1790-1867
Box 23	Folder 19			Letter to Mr. Butler accepting dinner invitation, 31 Jan. [no year].
Box 23	Folder 19			Letter to Francis V. Dalbayne of the U.S. Navy, 19 Oct. 1831.
Box 23	Folder 19			Letter to Levi Woodbury recommending William L. Fannin midshipman, 21 Feb. 1833.
			Weare, Meshech, 1713-1786
Oversize box 2				Warrant for justice of the peace Solomon Wheeler to bring a defendant to Exeter, New Hampshire, 13 April 1777. (Oversize)
Oversize box 2				Commission appointing George Evans captain of the 8th New Hampshire Regiment, 2 May 1785. (Oversize)
			Webb, Jonathan, 1736-1789
Box 23	Folder 20			Letter about the Harvard class of 1754, 29 July 1758.
			Webber, Samuel, 1760-1810
Box 23	Folder 21			Letter to Artemas Ward announcing his appointment to a committee to review Harvard University, 15 April 1809.
			Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Box 23	Folder 22			Letter to William Wirt about the legal case of Henry Rice, 19 Sept. 1818.
Box 23	Folder 22			Letter to Ezra Lincoln about a speech, 16 Oct. 1848.
Box 23	Folder 22			Letter to Ezra Lincoln, Joseph M. Wightman, Henry Gilbert, Isaiah Faxon, Bradley Cummings, and Francis Brinkley accepting invitation to give a speech, 16 Oct. 1848.
			Webster, John White, 1793-1850
Box 23	Folder 23			Letter to Alfred Dwight Foster, 26 Jan. 1838.
			Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
Box 23	Folder 24			Letter to [Simeon] Baldwin.
			Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795
Box 23	Folder 25			Letterpress copy of a bill.
			Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Box 23	Folder 26			Autograph.
			Welles, Samuel, 1689-1770
Box 23	Folder 27			Receipt for account with Samuel Williams of Taunton, Mass. for work as justice of the peace, 15 April 1735.
			Wells, John
Box 23	Folder 28			Letter to Dwight Foster declining dinner invitation, 28 Feb. 1872.
			Wells, William Hill, 1769-1829
Box 23	Folder 29			Order for codfish, 18 Feb. 1802.
			Wendell, Jacob, 1715-1753
Box 23	Folder 30			Letter to Joseph Dwight about van Schaick's journey from Crown Point to Albany, New York with captives, 26 July 1751.
			Wendell, John, 1703-1762
Box 23	Folder 31			Letter requesting a record made from muster rolls of men in Col. Joseph Dwight's regiment, 4 May 1756.
			Wentworth, Benning, 1696-1770
Box 23	Folder 32			Printed oath of allegiance to King George II signed by Benning Wentworth and other New Hampshire loyalists.
Box 23	Folder 32			Marriage certificate between David Terry and Dill Rhodes signed by Benning Wentworth, 4 Nov. 1765.
			West, Stephen, 1735-1819
Box 23	Folder 33			Receipt for services of Joseph Dwight signed by Stephen West, 26 Sept. 1764.
Box 23	Folder 33			Letter to Elijah Dwight about deeds sent by major Israel Williams, 6 June 1770.
			Wetmore, Prosper Montgomery, 1798-1876
Box 23	Folder 34			Letter to William Jarvis McAlpine explaining travel delays due to snow on the Harlem Railroad, 15 Jan. 1853.
			Wharton, Francis, 1820-1889
Box 23	Folder 35			Letter to Dwight Foster declining invitation, 2 Feb. 1876.
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Box	Folder	Contents
		Autographs Whe-Yat
			Wheeler, Adam, 1732-1802
Box 24	Folder 1			Return of Adams Wheeler, captain in Col. Thomas Nixon's Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, 6 Dec. 1799.
			Wheelock, John, 1754-1817
Box 24	Folder 2			Letter to Dwight Foster about Charles Gilbert's progress in the class of 1801 at Dartmouth College, 16 Nov. 1798.
			Wheelwright, John, 1724-ca. 1800
Box 24	Folder 3			Certificate for Capt. Samuel Kent confirming that he was not paid for billeting George Smith, 6 Sept. 1751.
			Whipple, William, 1730-1785
Box 24	Folder 4			Legislative order of the New Hampshire House of Representatives signed by speaker William Whipple, 26 Jan. 1781.
			White, Andrew Dickenson, 1832-1918
Box 24	Folder 5			Letter to George W. Baldwin.
			White, Moses, 1779-1829
Box 24	Folder 6			Letter to Dwight Foster requesting advice on redeeming a note between Henry Lee and Nathaniel Peabody by payment of the note to himself or Moses Hazen, 15 Feb. 1800.
Box 24	Folder 6			Letter to Dwight Foster about the notes of Henry Lee to Nathaniel Peabody, 8 Dec. 1800.
			Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train), 1824-1906
Box 24	Folder 7			Poem entitled "Sparrows."
			Wilder, Joseph
Box 24	Folder 8			Certificate signed by Joseph Wilder, justice of the peace, Worcester, County, Mass., 28 Sept. 1774.
			Willard, John, 1733-1807
Box 24	Folder 9			Letter to Jedidiah Foster about supplying a gown to Mary Watt of Brookfield, Mass., 19 Dec. 1764.
			Willard, Josiah, 1681-1756
Box 24	Folder 10			Response from the Board of Council in Boston to reports of French and Indian attacks on Saratoga, 6 July 1747.
Box 24	Folder 10			Letter to Joseph Dwight asking him to set aside differences and support Gideon Hawley, 24 June 1752.
			Willes, James Shaw, 1814-1872
Box 24	Folder 11			Dinner invitation to Charles P. Curtis, 28 May 1853.
			Williams, Benjamin, 1751-1814
Box 24	Folder 12			Letter to Dwight Foster informing him that John Steel was appointed major general, [1794].
			William, Elijah, 1733-1815
Box 24	Folder 13			Cropped autograph.
			Williams, Elisha, 1694-1755
Box 24	Folder 14			Letter to Joseph Dwight about the Stockbridge Declaration against Kellogg, 3 Jan. 1753.
			Williams, Ephraim, 1715-1755
Box 24	Folder 15			Letter to Joseph Dwight about financial demands of Mr. Broomfield.
			Williams, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1910
Box 24	Folder 16			Cropped autograph.
			Williams, Israel, 1709-1788
Box 24	Folder 17			Letter to Joseph Dwight about orders for military protection at Stockbridge, Mass., 1 Aug. 1755.
			Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
Box 24	Folder 18			Letter to William Duer and Co. about stocks, 16 April 1792.
			Williams, Otho Holland, 1747-1794
Box 24	Folder 19			Muster roll correction, ca. 1774.
			Williams, Thomas, 1718-1775
Box 24	Folder 20			Power of attorney given to Jedidiah Foster, 27 July 1753.
			Williams, William, 1711-1785
Box 24	Folder 21			Letter to Ebenezer Marsh requesting burial for a soldier billeted within Hatfield, Mass., 3 Feb. 1746.
Box 24	Folder 21			Letter to Jedidiah Foster and Capt. Denny inquiring about the proper steps for the sale of delinquent land, 19 Aug. 1774.
			Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
Box 24	Folder 22			Cropped autograph.
Box 24	Folder 22			Letter to his wife Harriet Malvina Howe Wilson, 4 July 1861.
			Wilson, James, 1742-1798
Box 24	Folder 23			Articles of agreement for Ebenezer Bowman and Matthias Hollinback to sell to James Wilson land in Pennsylvania, 28 May 1794.
Box 24	Folder 23			Dinner invitation to Dwight Foster, 23 Feb. 1795.
			Wingate, Paine, 1739-1838
Box 24	Folder 24			Note to Samuel Blagett to pay Benjamin Johnston in articles of trade, 19 Feb. 1791.
			Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894
Box 24	Folder 25			Portion of a letter to William Richards Lawrence, Sept. 1834.
Box 24	Folder 25			Letter requesting copies of records concerning a naturalization legal case.
			Winthrop, Thomas L. (Thomas Lindall), 1760-1841
Box 24	Folder 26			Cropped autograph.
			Wirt, William, 1772-1834
Box 24	Folder 27			Letter to John Quincy Adams giving opinion on the case of Rosewaine et al., 11 May 1812.
			Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876
Box 24	Folder 28			Autograph, 8 April 1838.
			Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818
Oversize box 2				Certificate of admission for Isaiah Thomas, President of the American Antiquarian Society to the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, 18 Oct. 1816. (Oversize)
			Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833
Box 24	Folder 29			Legal document from the Treasury Department, Auditor's Office, reporting on Joseph White's claim for a reward, 8 July 1790.
Box 24	Folder 29			Letter to Tench Coxe and Richard Harrison about Joseph Whites claim, 25 April 1793.
Oversize box 2				Circular letter asking Dwight Foster to solicit and receive subscriptions to build a monument in honor of liberty, 14 Feb. 1795. Oversize
Box 24	Folder 29			Letter to Uriah Tracy, Chairman of the Committee of Claims, about an error in John Tracy Gilman's account, 29 March 1796.
Box 24	Folder 29			Letter to Dwight Foster enclosing a letter about the petition of Alexander Macomb and William Edgar, 11 Jan. 1797.
Box 24	Folder 29			Letter to Dwight Foster about returned papers, 22 March 1798.
			Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851
Box 24	Folder 30			Letter to Mrs. Eliza W. C. Woodbury, 12 March 1830.
Box 24	Folder 30			Letter to David Henshaw, 7 Dec. 1830.
Box 24	Folder 30			Cropped autograph, 18[32].
Box 24	Folder 30			Deed for land sold to John Fletcher in Greenfield, New Hampshire, 15 Aug. 1833.
			Woolsey, Theodore Dwight, 1801-1889
Box 24	Folder 31			Letter to Emily Perkins Baldwin acknowledging a donation to the Yale library, 26 Jan. 1859.
Box 24	Folder 31			Letter to Dwight Foster about travel and meeting plans, 26 Jan. 1866.
Box 24	Folder 31			Letter to Dwight Foster about honorary degree for William Alfred Buckingham, 27 July 1866.
			Wooster, David, 1711-1777
Box 24	Folder 32			Orderly book kept by David Wooster during the French and Indian War in Albany, Lake George, Ticonderoga and other locations in New York, June-Nov. 1759. The orderly book later used by unidentified merchant as account book, 1781-93.
			Wooster, Thomas, 1724-1798
Oversize box 2				Muster roll for Capt. Wooster's Company, Webb's Regiment, Rhode Island Militia, 21 Aug. 1778. (Oversize)
			Worcester, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1784-1865
Box 24	Folder 33			Letter to Roger Sherman Baldwin declining invitation to Yale University class of 1811 reunion, 19 July 1861.
			Worthington, John, 1719-1800
Box 24	Folder 34			Letters to Dwight Foster, 1784-1792.
			Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Box 24	Folder 35			Letter to Jonathan Brace and Enoch Perkins about a surveying error in Tallmadge, Ohio, 12 Nov. 1817.
			Wright, Joseph
Box 24	Folder 36			Deed for land in Concord, Mass. sold to Enoch Cleveland, 19 Feb. 1733.
			Wright, Josiah
Box 24	Folder 37			Letter to Joseph Dwight, 27 Jan. 1764.
			Yates, Peter W. (Peter Waldron), 1747-1826
Box 24	Folder 38			Letter to Webster and Skinner about printing an advertising handbill, 13 July 1810.
			Yates, Robert, 1738-1801
Box 24	Folder 39			Oath signed by New York Chief Justice, Robert Yates, 8 Aug. 1789.

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Foster Family Autograph Collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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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.


	Persons:
		Adams, John, 1735-1826
		Dwight, Joseph, 1702-1765
		Foster, Dwight, 1757-1823
		Foster, Dwight, 1828-1884
		Foster, Jedediah, 1726-1779
		Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
		Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
		Lawrence, Abbott
		Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
		Washington, George, 1732-1799


	Organizations:
		Estabrook and Foster (Worcester, Mass.)
		United States. Continental Congress
		United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers
		United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
		United States. President (1797-1801 : Adams)
		United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson)
		United States. President (1869-1877 : Grant)


	Subjects:
		Autographs--Collections
		Autographs--Collectors and collecting
		Estates (Law)
		France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
		Lawyers--Massachusetts--Boston
		Lawyers--Massachusetts--Worcester
		United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763
		United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

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III. Foster and Estabrook Legal records, 1856-1857
This series consists of legal correspondence kept by Dwight Foster (1828-1884) while serving as a lawyer with the firm Foster and Estabrook in Worcester, Mass., 1856-57. The series includes letters received from individuals and business discussing payments and work on behalf of legal cases.

Dwight Foster legal correspondence, 1856-1857
[Disbound volume]

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Photographs from this collection have been removed to the Foster family photographs, ca. 1860-1875. Photo. Coll. 500.76.

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Collection processed by Rachel Wise, March 2005.
Revised 21 July 2005
Encoded by Rachel Wise, March 2005

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