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Manuscripts
Appleton-Foster Family Papers
- Description
This collection contains 79 items related to the Appleton family of Massachusetts and the Foster family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Letters reflect the family affairs; social life and customs of New England society and family life. Some letters contain references to the War of 1812 and to the activities of the Unitarian Church in New England and Baltimore.
Some notable items include:
Letter from James Robertson to Charles Fenton Mercer re Presidential election of 1812. 1813, Feb. 14 Letter from Mary to Mary (Appleton) Foster, describing social life at Cheltenham, England, and the attendance of the Duke and Duchess of Wellington at an evening party there. 1816, Aug. 6 List of the members of South Church, Portsmouth, N. H., compiled by Elizabeth Haven (Wardrobe) Thacher and others. c. 1819-1847- Date
- 1717-1897
- Call number
- mssHM 27635-27708
- Additional description
- Some letters contain references to the War of 1812 and to the activities of the Unitarian Church in New England and Baltimore.
- Provenance
- Purchased from Patricia Dykstra in 1957.
- Associated people
- Foster (Family)
- Appleton (Family)
