1710-1939
Guide to the Collection
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| Title: | Colonial Society of Massachusetts
collection |
| Dates: | 1710-1939 |
| Physical Description: | 2 document
boxes and 1 oversize box |
| Call Number: | Ms. N-407 |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of papers from the Wister,
Channing, Clark, Kittredge, and Endicott families of Massachusetts, as well as
miscellaneous papers, 1710-1939, collected by the Colonial Society of
Massachusetts.
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The Colonial Society of Massachusetts collection, 1710-1939, consists of
papers from the Wister, Channing, Clark, Kittredge, and Endicott families, as
well as miscellaneous papers.
Wister family papers include those of William Rotch Wister (1827-1911), a
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a prominent lawyer. He was known
as the "father of American cricket" for his role in organizing and promoting
the sport in the United States. He married Mary Channing Eustis of Milton,
Mass., granddaughter of William Ellery Channing. Their children included
Francis A. Wister, Ella E. Wister, John Caspar Wister, and Mary Channing
Wister. Wister family papers include family correspondence, household account
books, a travel journal, property lists, obituaries and clippings, a memorial
for Mary Channing Wister, and ephemera (greeting cards, invitations, and
calling cards).
Channing family members represented in this collection include William
Ellery Channing (1780-1842), his father William Channing (1751-1793), and his
nephew William Henry Channing (1810-1884). Channing family papers include
genealogical notes, appointments, a passport, a letter, clippings, engravings,
and ephemera.
Papers of the Clark family of Tewksbury and Lowell, Mass. include those of
Jonas Clark and Jonathon Clark. Their papers include deeds for property in
Tewksbury and Chelmsford, a bill from Jonathan Clark to the estate of Henry
Kittredge, and an appointment of Jonathan Clark as a justice of the peace.
Papers of the Kittredge family of Tewksbury and Lawrence, Mass. include
those of Henry A. Kittredge and T.A. Kittredge. Papers include correspondence,
and a division of swampland.
Endicott family papers include a diploma and several membership certificates
of William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr., 1860-1936.
Miscellaneous papers include two charters for the Colonial Society of
Massachusetts, promissory notes, a pauper notice, an unidentified paper on the
56th congress, clippings, a folder of poems, and printed ephemera.
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) holds the following collections
related to the Colonial Society of Massachusetts:
Colonial Society of Massachusetts visual materials collection, ca.
1860-1961. Photo. Coll. 53. Finding aid available at:
http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap043.
Deposited by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Oct. 1991.
The collection is organized into five series of family papers and one
miscellaneous series.
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| I. Wister family papers, 1846-1939 |
| II. Channing family papers, 1770-1891 |
| III. Clark family papers, 1751-1905 |
| IV. Kittredge family papers, 1710-1900 |
| V. Endicott family papers, 1878-1932 |
| VI. Miscellaneous papers, 1800-1872 |
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| Box | Folder | Contents |
| | I. Wister family papers,
1846-1939
Arranged chronologically.Wister family papers include family correspondence, household account books,
a European travel journal, property lists, William Rotch Wister obituaries and
clippings, a memorial for Mary Channing Wister, and ephemera including greeting
cards, invitations, and calling cards. Correspondence includes letters between
Mary Channing Eustis Wister and her sister Ella Eustis prior to Mary's marriage
to William Rotch Wister, letters to William Rotch Wister from University of
Pennsylvania classmates, and letters to William Rotch Wister from his brother
John Wister, Jr., from Duncannon Iron Works.
Three Mary Channing Eustis Wister household account books, 1868-1887, record
daily expenditures on household supplies, services, and food. Mary Channing
Eustis Wister's European travel journal, 1883, records her itinerary and brief
notes on places such as London, Cologne, Geneva, Paris, and Edinburgh.
Property lists include an undated record of the disposition of the property
of Sarah Logan Wister (mother of William Rotch Wister) and property schedules
for Mary Channing Eustis Wister and her children Francis A. Wister, Ella E.
Wister, John Caspar Wister, and Mary Channing Wister, 1884-1894.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1-4 | | Wister family correspondence,
1846-1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | | Mary Eustis Wister household account book,
Oct. 1868- Dec. 1876 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | | Loose papers removed from Mary Eustis Wister household account book,
Oct. 1868- Dec. 1876 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | | Mary Eustis Wister household account book,
Dec. 1883-Jul. 1886 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | | Loose papers removed from Mary Eustis Wister household account book,
Dec. 1883-Jul. 1886 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | | Mary Eustis Wister household account book,
May-Aug. 1887 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | | Loose papers removed from Mary Eustis Wister household account book,
May-Aug. 1887 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | | Mary Eustis Wister European travel journal,
11 Jun. - 10 Nov. 1883 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | | Disposition of the personal property of Sarah Logan Wister,
n.d. |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | | Wister family property schedules,
1884-1894 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | | William Rotch Wister obituaries and clippings,
1911-1913 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | | Mary Channing Wister memorial,
1913 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | | Ephemera (greeting cards) |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | | Ephemera (invitations) |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | | Ephemera (calling cards) |
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| | II. Channing family papers,
1770-1891
Arranged chronologically.Channing family papers include genealogical notes, William Channing,
1751-1793's, bar admission and appointment as a justice of the peace, Mr. and
Mrs. William Ellery Channing's passport to France and Holland, 1822, a letter
to William H. Channing from Marianne G. Jackson regarding William Ellery
Channing, clippings, engravings, including two of William Ellery Channing, and
ephemera including bookplates and calling cards.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 | | Channing genealogical notes |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | | William Channing Rhode Island bar admission,
12 Nov. 1770 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | | William Channing Rhode Island Justice of the Peace appointment,
19 Jan. 1775 |
| OS Box | Folder 1 | | Mr. and Mrs. William Ellery Channing passport to France and Holland,
1822 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | | Marianne G. Jackson to William H. Channing,
4 Nov. 1842 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | | Channing clippings,
1876-1897 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | | William Ellery Channing ephemera and engraving |
| OS Box | Folder 2 | | 2 engravings of William Ellery Channing,
1829 |
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| | III. Clark family papers,
1751-1905
Arranged chronologically.Clark family papers include correspondence to Jonas and Jonathan Clark,
bills, deeds for property in Chelmsford and Tewksbury, and a commonplace
notebook kept by Mary Clark containing original poetry.
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 | | Clark family papers,
1751-1905 |
| OS Box | Folder 3 | | Deed of land in Chelmsford, Mass., from Abel Marshall to Moses Hale,
14 Sep. 1808 |
| OS Box | Folder 4 | | Appointment of Jonathan Clark as Justice of the Peace for
Massachusetts,
10 Mar. 1843 |
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 | IV. Kittredge family papers,
1710-1900
Arranged chronologically.Kittredge family papers include family correspondence, a copy of the
constitution and by-laws of the First Baptist Society of Tewksbury,
miscellaneous bills, a division of swamp land listing Kittredges, 11 Mar. 1710,
and Republican City Committee of Lawrence materials.
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| | V. Endicott family papers,
1878-1932
Arranged chronologically.Endicott family papers include seven oversize documents, including William
C. Endicott, Jr.'s diploma from Salem Classical and High School, his life
membership certificates for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the
Bostonian Society, and the Boston Society for Natural History. Also includes
surveyed plans for two farms in Danvers, Mass.
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| OS Box | Folder 5 | | William C. Endicott, Jr., diploma from Salem Classical and High
School, 2 Jul. 1878 |
| OS Box | Folder 6 | | William C. Endicott, Jr., life membership in the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society,
2 Sep. 1899 |
| OS Box | Folder 7 | | William C. Endicott, Jr., life membership in the Bostonian Society,
14 Apr. 1903 |
| OS Box | Folder 8 | | William C. Endicott, Jr., life membership in the Boston Society for
Natural History,
2 Mar. 1917 |
| OS Box | Folder 9 | | Mrs. William C. Endicott, Jr., life membership in the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society,
12 Apr. 1919 |
| OS Box | Folder 10 | | Title plan of the Peabody Farm, Danvers, Mass., belonging to Mrs.
Ellen Endicott,
Feb. 1932 |
| OS Box | Folder 11 | | Portion of the Barbour Farm, Danvers, Mass.,
20 Jan. 1927 |
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| | VI. Miscellaneous papers,
1800-1872
Miscellaneous papers include two charters for the Colonial Society of
Massachusetts, the first incorporating it in 1892 as the Massachusetts Society
and the second changing the name in 1893 to the Colonial Society of
Massachusetts, a notice to the Selectmen of the Overseers of the Poor in
Tewksbury that Ebenezer Flint is a pauper, ca. 1800, two promissory notes to
James F. Puffer, 1869 and 1872, a folder of unidentified poetry, an
unidentified paper regarding the 56th congress, clippings, two unidentified
notebooks, the embroidered initials M.C.W., twelve hand-colored marine bird
picture cards, engravings and silhouettes, travel brochures, and printed
ephemera.
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| OS Box | Folder 12 | | Colonial Society of Massachusetts charters,
1892,
1893 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | | Tewksbury, Mass., pauper notice for Ebenezer Flint,
9. Feb. ca. 1800 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | | 2 promissory notes to James F. Puffer,
1 Jun. 1869 and
20 Mar. 1872 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | | Folder of unidentified poetry |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | | Unidentified paper re the 56th congress |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | | Clippings |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | | 2 unidentified notebooks |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | | Embroidered initials M.C.W. |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | | 12 hand-colored marine bird picture cards, ca. 1870 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | | Miscellaneous engravings and silhouettes |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | | Miscellaneous travel brochures, 1893-1915 |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | | Miscellaneous printed ephemera |
Colonial Society of Massachusetts collection, Massachusetts Historical
Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
ABIGAIL,
the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should
search the catalog using these headings.
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| Persons: |
| | Channing, W. H. (William Henry),
1810-1884. |
| | Channing, William, 1751-1793.
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| | Channing, William Ellery,
1780-1842. |
| | Channing family. |
| | Channing family--Genealogy.
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| | Clark, Jonas. |
| | Clark, Jonathan. |
| | Clark family. |
| | Endicott, William Crowninshield,
1860-1936. |
| | Endicott family. |
| | Wister, Mary Channing, 1869-1913.
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| | Wister, Mary Channing
Eustis. |
| | Wister, Sarah Logan Fisher,
1806-1891. |
| | Wister, William Rotch, 1827-1911.
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| | Wister family. |
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| Organizations: |
| | Colonial Society of
Massachusetts. |
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| Subjects: |
| | Account books--1868-1887. |
| | Commonplace-books. |
| | Diaries, 1883. |
| | Europe--Description and
travel--1800-1918. |
| | Family history--1750-1799.
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| | Family history--1800-1849.
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| | Family history--1850-1899.
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| | Home
economics--Accounting. |
| | Poetry. |
| | Real
property--Massachusetts--Chelmsford. |
| | Real
property--Massachusetts--Danvers. |
| | Real
property--Massachusetts--Tewksbury. |
| | Women's diaries. |
Photographs have been removed from this collection to the Colonial Society
of Massachusetts visual materials collection, ca. 1860-1961. Photo. Coll.
53.
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