Manuscripts

Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes

Description: The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters V-IX); Genealogy and charts, and Abbott Lawrence.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1940-1960.
Call number: mssCleaves
Creator: Cleaves, Freeman (1904-1988)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Freeman Cleaves, 1960.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes

Manuscripts

The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters I-IV)

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Richmond: Appomattox Court House research material and notes

Manuscripts

The papers contain approximately 3,000 items and include the research notes about George Henry Thomas for the book Rock of Chickamauga (1948), notes about George Gordon Meade for Meade of Gettysburg (1960), and notes about the Lowell family of Massachusetts. Also included are notes about Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England family" and the related notes.

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Freeman Cleaves research papers

Manuscripts

The papers contain approximately 3,000 items and includes the research notes about George Henry Thomas for the book Rock of Chickamauga (1948), notes about George Gordon Meade for Meade of Gettysburg (1960), and notes about the Lowell family of Massachusetts. Also included are notes about Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England family" and the related notes.

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Civil War research material and notes

Manuscripts

The box contains research material related to Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, George Henry Thomas, Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, Atlanta Campaign, Battles of Nashville, Franklin, Post War Years, and Daniel Webster.

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Civil War and Mexican War research material and notes

Manuscripts

George Gordon Meade, Mexican War, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

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Transcriptions and family research material

Manuscripts

This series includes family research material compiled in the 20th century by Gwen Beachcroft, a descendant of the Leigh family. Included in the series are three bound volumes containing autograph transcriptions of the letters in the collection and letters in other repositories. Gwen Beachcroft also created multiple name, card, place, and events indexes, family trees, and pedigrees; she collected articles about the Leigh family and had correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning her research.

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Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes

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