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Foster family papers,

The Foster family lived in Brookfield, Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The central family groups represented in the collection are two generations of Fosters: Rebecca Faulkner Foster (1761-1834) and her husband Dwight Foster (1757-1823), their son...

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Corporate Authors: Alexander Street (Firm), American Antiquarian Society
Other Authors: Foster, Rebecca Faulkner, 1761-1834, Foster, Dwight, 1757-1823, Foster, Alfred Dwight, 1800-1852, Foster, Pamela, 1784?-1807, Foster, Lydia Stiles, 1806-1887
Format: Kit
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Alexandria, Va. : Alexander Street, 2011.
Series:Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society.
Subjects:
Foster, Rebecca Faulkner, > 1761-1834 > Correspondence.
Foster, Pamela, > 1784?-1807 > Correspondence.
Foster, Lydia Stiles, > 1806-1887 > Correspondence.
Foster, Lydia Stiles, > 1806-1887
Foster, Pamela, > 1784?-1807
Massachusetts > Social life and customs > 18th century > Sources.
Massachusetts > Social life and customs > 19th century > Sources.
Massachusetts > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle > Sources.
Massachusetts > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle > Sources.
Manners and customs
Massachusetts
1700-1899
Electronic books.
Personal correspondence
Sources
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Summary:The Foster family lived in Brookfield, Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The central family groups represented in the collection are two generations of Fosters: Rebecca Faulkner Foster (1761-1834) and her husband Dwight Foster (1757-1823), their son Alfred Dwight Foster (1800-1852) and his wife Lydia Stiles Foster (1806-1887), and their families.
This collection includes letters written by Rebecca Faulkner Foster, primarily to her husband, Dwight Foster; letters from their daughter Pamela Foster to her father and to her brother, Algernon Sidney Foster; and letters written--often jointly--by Lydia Stiles Foster and her husband Alfred Dwight Foster to Lydia's sister Mary Maccarty Stiles Newcomb (1807-1872), and occasionally to Mary's husband Henry Knox Newcomb (1796-1868). There are also occasional notes from Alfred and Lydia's family friend, the miniaturist Elizabeth Goodridge Stone (1798-1882).
Item Description:Online collection includes 2359 images of documents.
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Physical Description:1 online resource