Creator:	Wigglesworth family
Title:	Wigglesworth family papers
Dates:	1682-1966
Physical Description:	53 document boxes, 1 cased volume, and 5 oversize boxes
Call Number:	Ms. N-114
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215 library@masshist.org

Abstract:

This collection consists of papers of the Wigglesworth, Sargent, Dixwell, Bowditch, Norton, Goddard, Andrews, and Hunt families, including correspondence, deeds (mostly to lands in Boston), wills, inventories, poetry, school papers and books, sketches, genealogical material, diaries, account books, and scrapbooks.

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Biographical Sketches

Bowditch Family

Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) was a prominent intellectual, astronomer, mathematician, author of The New American Practical Navigator, and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1800, he married Mary Ingersoll (1781-1834), and their children were: Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (1805-1861); Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch (1806-1889); Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (1808-1892), a physician, abolitionist, and author of Public Hygiene in America (1877) who married Olivia Yardley in 1838; Charles Ingersoll Bowditch (1809-1820); Mary Ingersoll Bowditch (1816-1893), who married Epes Sargent Dixwell in 1839 (see Dixwell family); William Ingersoll Bowditch (1819-1909); and Elizabeth Boardman Ingersoll Bowditch (1823-1888), who married John James Dixwell in 1846.

Dixwell Family

John Dixwell (1607-1688) was a judge and regicide who fled England during the Restoration and settled in New Haven, Conn. In 1673, he married Joanna Ling (d. 1673), and after her death, he married Bathsheba How in 1677. His children were: Mary Dixwell (b. 1679), who married John Collins in 1707; John Dixwell (b. 1681); and Elizabeth Dixwell (b. 1682).

John Dixwell (b. 1681) was apprenticed to a goldsmith and became a merchant. One of the people who formed the New North Church in Boston, he was elected deacon in 1716. In 1708, he married Mary Prout, and their children were: Basil Dixwell (1711-1746 or 1764), who was apprenticed to a goldsmith in Boston, settled as a merchant in Providence, R.I., joined the army, and went to Louisbourg in 1745; John Dixwell (1718-1749); and Elizabeth Dixwell (b. 1716), who married Joseph Lathrop in 1739.

John Dixwell (1718-1749) was apprenticed to a brazier in Boston and became a successful merchant. He married Mary Hunt, and out of their three children, only a daughter, Mary Dixwell, survived to maturity.

Mary Dixwell married Samuel Hunt, the preceptor of a grammar school in Boston, in 1774. Their children were: John Dixwell Hunt (1775-1776); Samuel Hunt (1777-1834); John Dixwell Hunt (1778-1779); Susanna Hunt (1780-1806); John Hunt (1781-1898); and George Hunt (1783-1829).

Samuel Hunt (1777-1834) was an eminent Boston physician who graduated from Harvard in 1796 and got his M.D. in 1811. In 1804, he changed his name to John Dixwell to avoid confusion with another Boston physician named Samuel Hunt. In 1805, he married Esther Sargent (1776-1865), and their children were: John James Dixwell (1806-1876), a Boston merchant who married Elizabeth Boardman Ingersoll Bowditch in 1846; Epes Sargent Dixwell (1807-1899); and George Basil Dixwell (1814-1885), a merchant in India (Calcutta) and China.

Epes Sargent Dixwell (1807-1899) graduated from Harvard in 1827 and became a lawyer in Boston and master of the Latin School, then operated his own private school in Boston. In 1839, he married Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, and their children were: Fanny Bowditch Dixwell (1840-1929), who married Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1872; Esther Sargent Dixwell (d. 1927), who married Charles H. Owen; Susan Hunt Dixwell (1845-1924), who married Gerrett Smith Miller in 1867; John Dixwell (1848-1931), who married Kate M. Gurney in 1875; Arria Dixwell (b. 1850), who married Archibald Murray Howe in 1881; and Mary Catherine Dixwell (1855-1951), who married George Wigglesworth in 1878 (see Wigglesworth family).

George Chichester Oxenden was a descendent of the Dixwells in England and owner of the family ancestral estate Broome Park in Kent. He was a contemporary of Epes Sargent Dixwell.

Goddard Family

Nathaniel Goddard (1767-1853) was the son of John Goddard of Brookline, Mass., wagonmaster-general for the colonial army in the Revolution. A merchant and resident of Boston, Mass., Nathaniel Goddard was involved in the East India trade. In 1797, he married Lucretia Dana (1773-1866), the daughter of Amariah and Dorothy Dana of Amherst, Mass. Their children were: Lucretia Dana Goddard (1798-1876), who married Benjamin Gould in 1823; Frederic Warren Goddard (1800-1820); George Augustus Goddard (1802-1845), who married Cornelia Amory in 1841; Henrietta May Goddard (1805-1895), who married Edward Wigglesworth in 1835 (see Wigglesworth family); Mary Storer Goddard (1807-1881), who married Henry Weld Fuller in 1835; Frances Dana Goddard (1810-1880), who married Henry White Pickering in 1835; Nathaniel Goddard (1812-1890); Benjamin Goddard (1812-1900); Louisa May Goddard (1814-1907); Georgiana Goddard (1817-1865), who married John Adams Blanchard in 1848; and Frederica Warren Goddard (1822-1894), who married William Storer Eaton in 1849.

Norton Family

John Norton (1651-1716) graduated from Harvard in 1671 and got his M.A. in 1716. He was ordained in 1678 and became pastor of the First Church in Hingham, Mass. In 1678, he married Mary Mason, and their children were: Elizabeth Norton, who married John Quincy, and John Norton (1680-1721).

John Norton (1680-1721) was the son of Rev. John Norton, pastor of the First Church in Hingham, Mass. He married Elizabeth Thaxter (b. 1692), and their children were: John Norton (1717-1750), William Norton, and Samuel Norton. After the death of John Norton (1680-1721), Elizabeth Thaxter Norton married the Hon. Benjamin Lincoln. They had six daughters and two sons, the elder of whom was General Benjamin Lincoln. He was the half-brother of John Norton (1717-1750) and half-uncle to Samuel Norton (1744-1832) (see below).

John Norton (1717-1750) was born in Hingham, Mass. In 1740, he married Anna Belknap (1719-1807), aunt of Massachusetts Historical Society founder Rev. Jeremy Belknap. Their son was Samuel Norton (1744-1832).

Samuel Norton (1744-1832) married Jane Andrews (1755-1840) of Hingham, Mass. Their children were: John Norton (1773-1843); Jane Norton (1774-1856), who married Thomas Wigglesworth in 1803 (see Wigglesworth family); Samuel Norton (1778-1837); and Andrews Norton (1786-1853), who married Catherine Eliot and was the father of Charles Eliot Norton.

Sargent Family

Epes Sargent (1748-1822) was a merchant and first collector of the port of Gloucester, Mass., appointed by George Washington in 1789. He moved to New Hampshire in 1794 to pursue his interests in botany, science, and the classics. He returned to Boston in 1802 and was president of the Suffolk Institution Company (marine insurance), among other organizations. In 1772, he married Dorcas Babson (1749-1836), and their children were: Catherine Sargent (1774-1852), an abolitionist and reformer; Esther Sargent (1776-1865), who married Dr. John Dixwell (formerly Samuel Hunt--see Dixwell family) in 1805; Charles Lennox Sargent (1778-1820); Arria Sargent (1779-1805); John James Sargent (1781-1801); Anna Sargent (1782-1873), who married John Parker (1783-1844); Henrietta Sargent (1785-1871), an abolitionist and reformer; Dorcas Sargent (1787-1837), who married Abiel Chandler in 1828; and Epes Sargent (1789-1815).

Wigglesworth Family

Edward Wigglesworth (ca. 1693-1765) was the son of Rev. Michael Wigglesworth, the author of A Day of Doom and Meat Out of the Earth. He graduated from Harvard in 1710 and became the first Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard. In 1729, he married Rebecca Coolidge (d. 1754), and their children were: Rebecca Wigglesworth (1730-1783), who married Stephen Sewall (see below) in 1763; Edward Wigglesworth (1732-1794); Mary Wigglesworth (1735-1758); and Sybil Wigglesworth (1736-1746).

Edward Wigglesworth (1732-1794) graduated from Harvard in 1749 and was elected second Hollis Professor of Divinity on the death of his father in 1765. He was married three times: first to Margaret Hill (d. 1776), then to Dorothy Sparhawk, and finally to his cousin Sarah Wigglesworth, daughter of Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth. His children were: Margaret Wigglesworth (b. 1766), who married Rev. John Andrews (the brother of Jane Andrews, who married Samuel Norton); Mary Wigglesworth (1768-1784); Edward Wigglesworth (1771-1794); and Thomas Wigglesworth (1775-1855).

Thomas Wigglesworth (1775-1855) graduated from Harvard in 1793 and was an East India merchant at 16 India Wharf. His home was at 19 Franklin Place, Boston. He married Jane Norton (1774-1856), the daughter of Samuel Norton of Hingham, Mass., and the sister of Professor Andrews Norton. Their children were: Edward Wigglesworth (1804-1876); Jane Wigglesworth (1805-1868), who married Henry Grew; Mary Wigglesworth (1807-1882); Anne Wigglesworth (1809-1891); Samuel Wigglesworth (1811-1847), who married Louise Davenporte in 1841; and Thomas Wigglesworth (1814-1907), who graduated from Harvard in 1833 and worked as a merchant with his father at India Wharf.

Edward Wigglesworth (1804-1876) graduated from Harvard in 1822 and studied law at Judge Prescott's office. He helped Dr. Lieber in the publication of the Encyclopaedia Americana, 1829, and served as trustee and president of Massachusetts General Hospital, among other organizations. In 1835, he married Henrietta May Goddard, daughter of Nathaniel Goddard. Their children were: Jane Norton Wigglesworth (1836-1920), who married Henry Sturgis Grew in 1863 and whose daughter Jane married J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.; Mary Goddard Wigglesworth (1838-1909), who married Henry Pickering in 1864; Edward Wigglesworth (1840-1896), a dermatologist who founded the Boston Dispensary for Skin Diseases, headed the Department of Diseases of the Skin at Boston City Hospital, and taught at Harvard Medical School; Anna Cornelia Wigglesworth (1845-1878), who married W. Scott Fitz; Henrietta Goddard Wigglesworth (1847-1929), who married first Edward Jackson Holmes in 1871 and second W. Scott Fitz in 1888; and George Wigglesworth (1853-1930).

George Wigglesworth (1853-1930) got his L.L.B. from Harvard in 1878 and his L.L.D. in 1928. He practiced law in Boston, became president of the York Manufacturing Company (textiles), and served on the boards of directors of various other companies. He was a trustee of Massachusetts General Hospital and other charities, overseer of Harvard, and treasurer at M.I.T., and he was involved with other educational institutions. In 1878, he married Mary Catherine Dixwell, and their children were: Anna Wigglesworth (b. 1879), who married lawyer Philip P. Chase in 1903; Norton Wigglesworth (b. 1882), who married Lois Watson; Marian Wigglesworth (b. 1884), who married Lloyd T. Brown, M.D., in 1911; Ruth Wigglesworth (b. 1886), who married Theodore Whitney, Jr., in 1924; Richard Wigglesworth (b. 1891), a U.S. congressman who married Florence Joyes Booth in 1931; and Frank Wigglesworth (b. 1893), who married Isabella Councilman in 1916.

Stephen Sewall (1734-1804) was a classical scholar who was also interested in politics and science. In 1761, he graduated from Harvard, was appointed Hebrew instructor there, and simultaneously taught at Cambridge Latin School. He worked as librarian of the college library from 1762 to 1763 and prepared a new Hebrew grammar, based on Israel Lyons's work, that was published in 1763. In 1764, he was appointed Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at Harvard. Given a leave of absence in 1784 due to health problems (intemperance), he afterwards published several treatises on language and did some freelance work for Harvard. He represented Cambridge in the General Court as a Whig in 1777 and was one of the 62 original members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1763, he married Rebecca Wigglesworth, the daughter of Edward Wigglesworth, first Hollis Professor at Harvard.

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Collection Description

This collection consists of 53 document boxes, 1 cased volume, and 5 oversize boxes of papers of the Wigglesworth family and the related Andrews, Bowditch, Dixwell, Goddard, Hunt, Norton, and Sargent families, as well as papers of Harvard professor Stephen Sewall, who married Rebecca Wigglesworth in 1765. The collection contains correspondence, 1682-1966, scrapbooks, deeds (mostly to lands in Boston), wills, inventories, poetry, school papers and books, sketches, genealogical material, diaries, memoranda and account books, other bound volumes, and family artifacts. Included are papers of regicide John Dixwell; Epes Sargent; lawyer and educator Epes Sargent Dixwell; China trade merchants John J. and George B. Dixwell; India trade merchant Thomas Wigglesworth; Frederick Dabney of the Azores; Rev. John Norton of Hingham; abolitionists Henrietta and Catherine Sargent; George Wigglesworth; and Harvard professors Stephen Sewall, Edward Wigglesworth, and his son Edward Wigglesworth, as well as the diaries of Henrietta May Goddard, Anna Cornelia Wigglesworth, and Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth. The collection also contains a scrapbook about and some letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes; letters concerning the shipwreck of the Agrigento off Greece, 1876; and a letter of and other material about Nathaniel Bowditch. Correspondents include Charles Eliot, Benjamin Lincoln, Joseph Lovering, Charles E. Norton, Josiah Quincy, George Washington, and others.

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Related Materials

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following collections related to the Wigglesworth family papers:

Minot-Rackemann family papers, 1824-1952. Ms. N-380. Finding aid available at: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0027.

Wigglesworth family letters, 1776-1782. Ms. S-159.

Wigglesworth family papers II, 1832-1865. Ms. N-465.

Wigglesworth family photographs, ca. 1850-1920. Photo. Coll. 91. Finding aid available at: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap002.

Wigglesworth family photographs II, ca. 1844-1962. Photo. Coll. 92. Finding aid available at: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap016.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of the Wigglesworth family, 1986. Vol. 1 acquired by purchase, Sep. 2011.

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Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following series:


	I. Loose papers, 1682-1966
		A. Family correspondence, 1682-1966
		B. Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1724-1796
		C. Real estate papers, wills, and inventories, 1724-1935
		D. Poetry and school papers, 1783-1935
		E. Genealogical material, 1745-1951
	II. Bound volumes, ca. 1700-1901
		A. Diaries and memoranda books, 1777-1898
		B. Account books, 1784-1901
		C. School books, 1765-1791
		D. Inventories, 1850-1896
		E. Biographical and genealogical material, 1857-1886
		F. Epes Sargent Dixwell volumes, 1851-1881
		G. Miscellaneous bound volumes, ca. 1700-1877
	III. Scrapbooks, 1820-1937
		A. Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth and George Wigglesworth scrapbooks, 1864-1937
		B. Epes Sargent Dixwell scrapbooks, 1820-1897
		C. Miscellaneous scrapbooks, 1849-1937
		D. Cards and memorabilia, 1877-1930

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Detailed Description of the Collection


Box	Contents
	I. Loose papers, 1682-1966 NOTE: For a list of some of the correspondents represented in this series, see the Select Correspondent Index below.
		A. Family correspondence, 1682-1966
Box 1			1682-1827 This box contains copies of original manuscripts and correspondence pertaining to John Dixwell (1607-1688), his son John Dixwell (b. 1681), and Sir Basil Dixwell in England, 1682-1725; a deed to Edward Wigglesworth (ca. 1693-1765) from Sarah Leverett, 1726; a letterbook of Basil Dixwell (b. 1711) with letters concerning family and financial affairs and seeking assistance from Sir Basil Dixwell in England, 1731-1742; correspondence of John Dixwell (1718-1749), 1740s; papers related to Dixwell family affairs, 1750s; Epes Sargent family correspondence, including letters from Rev. John Murray to Epes Sargent, 1770-1799; letters from Edward Wigglesworth to Samuel Quincy, 1782, and Samuel Norton, 1794; letters from John Andrews to Thomas Wigglesworth, 1812; correspondence of the Goddard, Norton, and Wigglesworth families, 1820s; correspondence of Epes Sargent Dixwell, including recommendations by prominent men and appointments of Dixwell to positions in the Latin School, 1820s; letters from Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., to Thomas Wigglesworth, 1823; and an agreement for the U.S. Review and Literary Gazette, signed by W. C. Bryant, Harrison Gray, Charles Folsom, and Edward Wigglesworth, 1826.
Box 2			1828-1839 This box contains the appointment of Epes Sargent Dixwell as submaster of the Latin School, signed by James Bowdoin, 1828, and correspondence of Samuel Norton, John James Dixwell, Epes Sargent Dixwell, Frederick Dabney, the Bowditch family, the Sargent family, Anna Sargent Parker, John Andrews, and Thomas Wigglesworth.
Box 3			1840-1843 This box contains correspondence of the Wigglesworth, Dixwell, Sargent, Goddard, and Bowditch families; Anna Sargent Parker and John Parker; and George C. Oxenden. Included are letters from Frederick Dabney to Epes Sargent Dixwell.
Box 4			1844-1859 This box contains correspondence of the Wigglesworth, Dixwell, Sargent, Goddard, and Bowditch families; Anna Sargent Parker and John Parker; George C. Oxenden; and Ephraim Peabody. Correspondence of Epes Sargent Dixwell includes letters from Frederick Dabney, letters from students and parents, and letters about the Hunt family.
Box 5			1860-1875 This box contains correspondence of the Dixwell, Bowditch, and Wigglesworth families; Anna Sargent Parker; Henrietta Sargent; R. I. Cleveland; Jane Grew; George C. Oxenden; C. W. Loring; and Wendell Goodwin. Correspondence of Epes Sargent Dixwell includes letters from students and parents and letters about the Hunt family. The box also contains letters of Mary Ann Flynn, George Wigglesworth's nurse, and letters from George Wigglesworth to his family during his travels in Europe, 1875-1876.
Box 6			1876-1882 This box contains correspondence of the Dixwell and Wigglesworth families, Anna Sargent Parker, R. I. Cleveland, George C. Oxenden, C. W. Loring, and Wendell Goodwin. Correspondence of Epes Sargent Dixwell includes letters from students and parents. The box also contains letters of Mary Ann Flynn, George Wigglesworth's nurse; letters from George Wigglesworth to his family during his travels in Europe, 1875-1876; letters about his shipwreck experience off Greece, 1876; and congratulatory notes on his engagement and marriage to Mary Catherine Dixwell, 1877-1878.
Box 7			1883-1899 This box contains Wigglesworth family correspondence, as well as letters to Epes Sargent Dixwell about his work Otia Senectutis, 1884-1885, and responding to a dinner invitation, 25-29 Oct. 1887. Included are letters from many eminent men of the time.
Box 8			1900-1935 This box contains correspondence of Epes Sargent Dixwell and the Wigglesworth family.
Box 9			Papers related to the death of George Wigglesworth, 1930-1931 This box contains letters to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth on the death of her husband, George Wigglesworth.
Box 10			1936-1966 This box includes letters to Anna Wigglesworth Chase on the death of her mother, Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 1951, and letters about George Wigglesworth's estate, 1950s.
Box 11		B. Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1724-1796 This subseries contains notes in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek; notes on astronomy, grammar, and miscellaneous topics; correspondence; sermons and sermon notes; an undated diary; commonplace-books; a book of extracts, 1793; and an account book, 1796. Included are a 1757 copy of the laws of Harvard College, a 1760 "Essay on Grammar," 1763 and 1767 manuscript copies of Sewall's "A Plan to Promote Classical Learning," his 1765 inaugural oration (in Latin), and a [1768] essay on the Dighton Rock inscription.
Box 12		C. Real estate papers, wills, and inventories, 1724-1935 This subseries contains deeds to lands, mostly in Boston, and other miscellaneous papers pertaining to real property transactions, 1735-1905. Also included are the wills of Sir Basil Dixwell (d. 1750), John Dixwell (1607-1688), John Dixwell (1777-1834), William Dixwell (d. ca. 1639), Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), Epes Sargent (1748-1822), Thomas Walker, and George Wigglesworth; inventories of George Wigglesworth's estate, Thomas Walker's estate, John Osborne's estate, the Dixwell silver, and paintings; and miscellaneous notes and newspaper clippings.
Box 13		D. Poetry and school papers, 1783-1935 This subseries contains poems, undated and 1783-1935; New Year's poems, 1845-1855; school papers of Edward Wigglesworth, 1825, George Wigglesworth, 1865-1878, and Mary Catherine Dixwell, 1871-1872; miscellaneous essays, speeches, and notes; sketches by Epes Sargent Dixwell; and ephemera.
		E. Genealogical material, 1745-1951
Box 14			Bowditch family, 1830-1940
Box 15			Dixwell and Goddard families, 1822-1913
Box 16			Hunt, Norton-Andrews, Sargent, and Wigglesworth families, 1745-1951
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Box	Contents
	II. Bound volumes, ca. 1700-1901
		A. Diaries and memoranda books, 1777-1898
Box 17			[Samuel Norton] diary, 1777-1798 This journal was kept by an unknown member of the Norton family, possibly Samuel Norton. Entries written in 1777 note attendance at court; entries kept from 12 Oct.-10 Nov. 1780 describe a voyage to Penobscot, Me., including weather and sailing conditions; and entries for 1798 consist primarily of accounts.
			Henrietta May Goddard diaries The diaries of Henrietta May Goddard, later Mrs. Edward Wigglesworth, were kept during her travels to Connecticut and New York. The first diary, kept in 1822, describes a brief trip from Boston through Massachusetts to Stafford, Conn., noting scenery of interest and stops en route. The second diary describes two similar trips to New York State, 15 July-18 Aug. 1830 and 16 July-2 Sep. 1860. Entries note Goddard's travels throughout the state via canal boat and stagecoach, including visits to Niagara Falls, West Point, and Saratoga Springs.
Box 17				Diary, 1822
Box 17				Diary of two journeys, 1830, 1860
			Epes Sargent Dixwell diaries The diaries of Boston lawyer and educator Epes Sargent Dixwell contain brief entries describing his legal studies, cases, and trials; his teaching career at the Boston Latin School and the private school he created and operated in Boston; family news and social engagements; and local and national news, in particular scientific developments and the events of the Civil War and the Spanish American War. Also included are sketches of Mt. Washington drawn during a visit to New Hampshire in Aug. 1857 and descriptions of his travels in Europe, 27 July-6 Nov. 1867 and 6 May-11 Nov. 1876.
Box 17				Diary extracts, 1833-1884
Box 17				Memoranda book, 1859
Box 17				Diary, 1897-1898
			Edward Wigglesworth memoranda books The memoranda and commonplace-books of lawyer Edward Wigglesworth consist primarily of poems, quotations, household recipes, and personal and spiritual reflections. Occasional entries note Wigglesworth's legal practice, particularly his interest in real estate, personal accounts, and his role as a trustee and president of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Box 17				Memoranda book, 1842
Box 17				Memoranda book, Winter 1842-1843
Box 17				Memoranda book, 1843-1863
Box 17				Memoranda book, June 1844
Box 17				Memoranda book, Summer 1844
Box 17				Memoranda book, 1844
Box 17				Memoranda book, 1845
Box 17				Memoranda book, 1846
Box 18				Memoranda book, 1847
Box 18				Memoranda book, 1849
Box 18				Memoranda book, 1851, with inventory of books
Box 18				Memoranda book, Aug. 1851
Box 18				Memoranda book, Nov. 1851
Box 18				Memoranda book, 1852
Box 18				Memoranda book, 1853
Box 18				Memoranda book, 1854
Box 18				Memoranda book, 1855
Box 18			Thomas Wigglesworth diary, 1851 The diary of merchant Thomas Wigglesworth, kept from 14 Jan.-13 Sep. 1851, notes family news and events such as birthdays and weddings, the weather, and Wigglesworth's interest in the purchase of horses.
Box 18			Anna Cornelia Wigglesworth diary, 1863-1864 The diary of Anna Cornelia Wigglesworth was kept in Paris and Italy, 4 Dec. 1863-25 June 1864. Entries describe daily activities, social engagements, shopping, and sightseeing excursions to museums, gardens, churches, and historic sites.
			George Wigglesworth diaries The diaries of George Wigglesworth primarily describe his travels in Europe. One volume, kept from 6 Nov. 1872-6 Jan. 1873, notes his travels in France, including visits to Versailles and Marseilles. Three volumes, kept from June-Dec. 1875, describe an ocean voyage from New York to England, and his travels in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, and Germany. One additional volume, a pocket diary for 1892, notes family news.
Box 18				Diary, 1872
Box 18				Diary, [June-July] 1875
Box 18				Diary, [July-Aug.] 1875
Box 18				Diary, [Aug.-Sep.] 1875
Box 18				Diary, 1892
			Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth diaries The diaries of Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth were kept from 26 Jan.-25 Dec. 1890 and 7 Jan.-15 Aug. 1898. Entries primarily note social engagements and family news.
Box 18				Diary, 1890
Box 18				Engagement book, 1898
		B. Account books, 1784-1901
			John Norton account books
Box 19				Account book, 1784
Box 19				Waste book, 1788
Box 19				Waste book, 1788
Box 19				Journal, 1788
Box 19				Ledger, 1788
Box 19				Ledger, 1788
			Samuel Norton account books
Box 19				Journal, 1793
Box 19				Waste book, 1793
Box 19				Account book, 1795
Box 19				Ledger, 1798-1802
Box 19				Account book, 1830s
Box 19			Epes Sargent account book, 1814-1824
Box 19			Estate of Thomas Wigglesworth account book, 1855-1862
Box 19			Estate of Edward Wigglesworth account book, 1876-1892
Box 20			Henry Pickering account book, 1897-1901
		C. School books, 1765-1791 Note: Thomas Wigglesworth, Jr.'s history book, 1830-1832, was transferred to the Harvard University Archives, Oct. 1993.
Box 21			Mathematics notebooks, undated, 1765
Box 21			Edward Wigglesworth mathematics book, 1788
Box 21			Thomas Wigglesworth mathematics book, 1791
		D. Inventories, 1850-1896
Box 22			Book catalog, undated
Box 22			Record of paintings, drawings, etc., 1850-1883
Box 22			Inventory of paintings, 1884-1896
Box 22			Thomas Wigglesworth inventory of paintings, 1896
		E. Biographical and genealogical material, 1857-1886
Box 23			Sargent family genealogy, undated
Box 23			Mary Goddard Pickering notes on Nathaniel Goddard, undated
Box 23			Mary Ingersoll Bowditch notes on Nathaniel Bowditch, undated
Box 23			Mary Ingersoll Bowditch notes on Nathaniel Bowditch, undated
Box 23			Wigglesworth records, 1857
Box 23			Henrietta May Goddard Wigglesworth genealogy, 1886
		F. Epes Sargent Dixwell volumes, 1851-1881
Box 24			Tuition book of the Private Latin School, 1851-1872
Box 24			Register of pupils at the Private Latin School, 1851-1881
Box 24			Two sketchbooks, 1865-1880 The pencil drawings in these two small books consist primarily of sketches of New Hampshire and European scenes.
		G. Miscellaneous bound volumes, ca. 1700-1877
Box 25			[John Norton] sermon notes, ca. 1700
Box 25			Edward Wigglesworth: "Doctrine of Reprobation," [1766]
			Henrietta May Goddard (Wigglesworth) volumes
Box 25				Poetry and songbook, 1819
Box 25				Scrapbook, 1830s
Box 25			Epes Sargent: "History of Benjamin," ca. 1820
			Jane Norton Wigglesworth volumes
Box 25				Letterbook, 1825 (mostly blank)
Box 25				Letterbook, 1828 (mostly blank)
Box 25			Henrietta Sargent commonplace-book, 1828-?
			Thomas Wigglesworth volumes
Box 25				Shipping list, 1832-1837
Box 25				Shipping list, 1836-1842
Box 25			Mary Goddard Wigglesworth stories, 1849-1850
Box 25			List of Boston ships and owners, ca. 1863
			George Wigglesworth volumes
Box 26				Tea list for college tea party, ca. 1875
Box 26				"Description of a Yacht Race," ca. 1875
Box 26			Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth notebook for engagement and marriage, 1877
Box 26			Mary Ingersoll Bowditch book of extracts, undated
Box 26			A[nna] W[igglesworth] index, undated
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Box	Volume	Contents
		III. Scrapbooks, 1820-1937 NOTE: For a list of some of the correspondents represented in this series, see the Select Correspondent Index below.
			A. Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth and George Wigglesworth scrapbooks, 1864-1937
Box 27				Family record I, 1879-1909
Box 28				Family record II, 1894-1917
Box 29				Family record IIIa, 1910-1920
Box 30				Family record IIIb, 1892-1922
Box 31				Family record IV, 1904-1911
Box 32				George Wigglesworth school papers, 1864-1873
Box 33				George Wigglesworth speeches, 1905-1930
Box 34				George Wigglesworth speeches, 1906-1929
Box 35				George Wigglesworth speeches and writings, 1875-1924
Box 36				Family correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1882-1932
Box 37				Miscellaneous papers, 1874-1877
Box 38				Miscellaneous papers, 1880-1919
Box 39				Miscellaneous papers, 1920-1925
Box 40				Miscellaneous papers, 1926-1930
Box 41				Golden wedding anniversary, 1928
Box 42				Death of George Wigglesworth, 1872-1937
Box 43				Death of George Wigglesworth, 1930-1931
Box 44				Death of George Wigglesworth, 1930-1931
Box 45				World War I, 1915-1929
	Vol. 1			Scrapbook of parties, dances, dinners, etc., 1897-1919 This scrapbook, kept by Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, documents the social activities of her children, including parties, excursions, dances, dinners, and other events. Included are guest lists, menus, thank you letters, photographs, and other papers, as well as a few journal-like entries. Acquired by purchase, Sep. 2011.
			B. Epes Sargent Dixwell scrapbooks, 1820-1897
Box 46				Writings, 1820-1897
Box 47				Lectures given to the Cambridge Scientific Club, 1867-1878
Box 48				Christmas poems, 1847-1885
			C. Miscellaneous scrapbooks, 1849-1937
Box 49				Death of Dr. John Dixwell, 1918-1933
Box 50				Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1926-1937
Box 51				Henrietta Sargent: Poetry and newspaper clippings, 1849-1896
			D. Cards and memorabilia, 1877-1930
Box 52				Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth and George Wigglesworth greeting cards, 1877-1881
Box 52				Edward Wigglesworth memorabilia, 1903-1930
Box 52				Postcards, undated
Box 53				Postcards, undated

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Select Letters in Loose Papers (Series I)
	Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1836-1903) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 6 July 1885
	Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 25 Oct. 1887
	Frederic DeForest Allen (1844-1897) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 29 Dec. 1884
	Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (1808-1892) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 27 Dec. 1884
	Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) to S. F. LaCroix, 18 Sep. 1805
	Francis Bowen (1811-1890) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 25 Dec. 1884
	Francis Bowen (1811-1890) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 28 Oct. 1887
	Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 5 May 1891
	Francis James Child (1825-1896) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, [Jan. 1885]
	Francis James Child (1825-1896) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 27 Dec. 1894
	Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Oct. 1887, per M.H.C.
	Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830-1900) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Oct. 1887
	Louis Dyer (1851-1908) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 17 Jan. 1885
	Louis Dyer (1851-1908) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 10 June 1886
	Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Mar. 1869
	Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 29 Oct. 1887
	Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 10 June 1894
	George Barrell Emerson (1797-1881) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 12 Aug. 1840
	Cornelius Conway Felton (1807-1862) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 21 Feb. 1860
	[Oliver] Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 28 Dec. 1884
	[Oliver] Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 27 Oct. 1887
	William Watson Goodwin (1831-1912) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Dec. 1884
	William Watson Goodwin (1831-1912) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 25 Oct. 1887
	Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 29 May 1845
	Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) to Edward Wigglesworth, 8 Dec. 1845 (in Oversize #4)
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary I. Bowditch Dixwell, 24 Oct. [n.d.]
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary I. Bowditch Dixwell, 22 July 1861
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 22 Dec. 1877
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 20 Sep. 1889
	Abigail Homans to Mary C. Dixwell Wigglesworth, 1 Mar. 1930
	Abigail Homans to Mary C. Dixwell Wigglesworth, 1 July 1930
	John Thornton Kirkland (1770-1840) to Edward Wigglesworth, 12 July 1825
	George Martin Lane (1823-1897) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 28 Dec. 1884
	George Martin Lane (1823-1897) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Oct. 1887
	Amos Lawrence (1786-1852) to Mary I. Bowditch, 25 Feb. 1838 (a note of greetings)
	Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) to Samuel Norton, 11 Sep. 1782
	Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) to [Mr. Dickerson], 13 Oct. 1790
	John Larkin Lincoln (1817-1891) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 30 Mar. 1885
	Joseph Lovering (1813-1892) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 15 Apr. 1844
	Joseph Lovering (1813-1892) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 30 Jan. [1885]
	Joseph Lovering (1813-1892) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Oct. 1887
	Abbot Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943) to George Wigglesworth, 4 Sep. 1924 (typed, signed)
	Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) to Edward Wigglesworth, 5 May 1876
	Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 17 Jan. 1885
	Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 25 Oct. 1887
	Henry Warren Paine (1810-1893) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 12 Jan. 1885
	Robert Treat Paine (1835-1910) to George Wigglesworth, 17 Feb. 1896
	Thomas William Parsons (1819-1892) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 14 June [1885]
	Andrew Preston Peabody (1811-1893) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 20 Mar. [1861 or 1891]
	Andrew Preston Peabody (1811-1893) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Dec. 1884
	Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 8 Mar. 1839
	Edward Charles Pickering (1846-1919) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 25 Oct. 1887
	Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 9 Oct. 1844
	Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) to Mary I. Bowditch Dixwell, 11 Feb. 1847
	John Osborne Sargent (1811-1891) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 29 Dec. 1884
	John Langdon Sibley (1804-1885) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 23 Oct. 1874
	Joseph Henry Thayer (1828-1901) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 29 Dec. 1884
	John Trowbridge (1843-1923) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Oct. 1887
	John Collins Warren (1778-1856) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 4 Nov. 1834
	George Washington (1732-1799) to Benjamin Lincoln, 11 Feb. 1796
	Justin Winsor (1831-1897) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 26 Oct. 1887, per C.W.
	Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 10 Nov. 1840
	Morrill Wyman (1812-1903) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 27 Oct. 1887
	See also: Recommendations for Epes Sargent Dixwell, 1827 and 1828
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Select Letters in Scrapbooks (Series III)
	Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) to George Wigglesworth, 27 Nov. 1926 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1926-1930.
	Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) to George Wigglesworth, 11 Mar. 1927 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1926-1930.
	Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) to George Wigglesworth, 18 Aug. 1927 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1926-1930.
	Richard Henry Dana (1851-1931) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth and George Wigglesworth, 20 June 1925 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 14 Jan. 1923 (manuscript) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 20 Jan. 1923 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 3 Feb. 1923 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 10 Feb. 1923 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 17 Mar. 1923 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 1 Nov. 1923 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 30 July 1924 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 20 Sep. 1924 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 13 Dec. 1924 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 27 Feb. 1925 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 7 Mar. 1925 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 9 Sep. 1925 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 30 Sep. 1925 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 6 Oct. 1925 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Daniel Chester French to Roger L. Scaife about his war memorial in Milton, Mass., 8 Oct. 1925 (typed) In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 10 Mar. 1931 In Oliver Wendell Holmes scrapbook.
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 24 Mar. 1931 In Oliver Wendell Holmes scrapbook.
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 20 Apr. 1931 In Dr. John Dixwell scrapbook.
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 30 Sep. 1931 In Oliver Wendell Holmes scrapbook.
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 11 Oct. 1931 In Oliver Wendell Holmes scrapbook.
	Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 19 Dec. 1931 (Christmas card) In Oliver Wendell Holmes scrapbook.
	Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) to George Wigglesworth, 16 Feb. 1922 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Abbot Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943) to George Wigglesworth, 29 May 1925 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1920-1925.
	Abbot Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943) to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth, 8 July 1928 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1926-1930.
	John Lowell (1824-1897) to George Wigglesworth, 14 Jan. 1880 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1880-1919.
	Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) to George Wigglesworth, 20 May 1887 In George Wigglesworth scrapbook, 1880-1919.
	Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) to Epes Sargent Dixwell, 10 July 1830 In Epes Sargent Dixwell writings.

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Preferred Citation

Wigglesworth family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

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:
		Andrews family.
		Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838.
		Bowditch family.
		Dabney, Frederick, d. 1857.
		Dixwell, Epes Sargent, 1807-1899.
		Dixwell, George Basil, 1814-1855.
		Dixwell, John, 1607-1688.
		Dixwell, John James, 1806-1876.
		Dixwell family.
		Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926.
		Goddard family.
		Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.
		Hunt family.
		Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810.
		Lovering, Joseph, 1813-1892.
		Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.
		Norton, John, ca. 1651-1716.
		Norton family.
		Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864.
		Sargent, Catherine, 1774-1852.
		Sargent, Epes, 1748-1822.
		Sargent, Henrietta, 1785-1871.
		Sargent family.
		Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804.
		Washington, George, 1732-1799.
		Wigglesworth, Anna Cornelia, 1845-1878.
		Wigglesworth, Edward, 1732-1794.
		Wigglesworth, Edward, ca. 1693-1765.
		Wigglesworth, George, 1853-1930.
		Wigglesworth, Henrietta May Goddard, 1805-1895.
		Wigglesworth, Mary Catherine Dixwell, 1855-1951.
		Wigglesworth, Thomas, 1775-1855.


	Organizations:
		Harvard University--Faculty.


	Subjects:
		Account books.
		Congregational churches--Clergy.
		Educators--Massachusetts--Boston.
		Inventories.
		Lawyers--Massachusetts--Boston.
		Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston.
		Real property--Massachusetts--Boston.
		Shipwrecks--Greece.
		Women abolitionists.

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Materials Removed from the Collection

Engravings, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, silhouettes, some artifacts, coins, medals, and paper currency have been removed from the collection and cataloged separately. Daguerreotypes and ambrotypes are stored by format. Daguerreotypes are located in Photo. Coll. 1 (Photos. 1.45-46, 1.48, 1.56, 1.86, 1.91, and 1.157), and ambrotypes are located in Photo. Coll. 2 (Photos. 2.22, 2.40, 2.48-52, and 2.133). Photographs from this collection have been removed to the Wigglesworth family photographs II (Photo. Coll. 92). Please see the guide to Photo. Coll. 92 at http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap016 for more information.

Artifacts removed to the MHS Artifacts Collection include two Bowditch Christmas meeting ribbons, 1886, one printed and one handmade; a printing plate of Epes Sargent Dixwell's book plate; a printing plate of the "MIBD-ESDs" (Mary Ingersoll Bowditch Dixwell-Epes Sargent Dixwell) Christmas card; a stencil plate with "Mrs. T. Wigglesworth" punched out; a printing plate for the calling card of "Miss Bowditch"; and a Broome Hall (Kent, England) original roof tile.

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Collection processed by Katherine H. Griffin, July 1988.
Encoded by Susan Martin, December 2008

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