Harriette Merrifield Forbes papers,
Harriette Merrifield Forbes (1856-1951), Worcester author and historian, was the widow of Judge William Trowbridge Forbes (1850-1931) and the mother of novelist Esther Forbes (1891-1967). A capable researcher, she wrote New England Diaries, 1602-1800: A Descriptive Catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Book...
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| Format: | Kit |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Alexandria, Va. :
Alexander Street Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Harriette Merrifield Forbes (1856-1951), Worcester author and historian, was the widow of Judge William Trowbridge Forbes (1850-1931) and the mother of novelist Esther Forbes (1891-1967). A capable researcher, she wrote New England Diaries, 1602-1800: A Descriptive Catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals (Topsfield, Massachusetts: The Perkins Press, 1923), and Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them (Boston: The Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin, 1927). This collection reflects the work of Harriette Merrifield Forbes as an historian of early New England. It includes correspondence, 1887; 1901-1950, written to Forbes about early New England diaries, gravestones, gravestone cutters, and genealogies. There are historical notes on Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont probate records, New England houses, gravestones and gravestone cutters John Stevens, Matthew Griswold, William Mumford, Joseph Lamson, Nathaniel Lamson, and others. |
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| Item Description: | Online collection includes 3577 images of documents. Title from HTML t.p. (viewed Mar. 25, 2011). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |