TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Restrictions
Access Points
Related Material
Administrative Information
Series Descriptions and Container List
Series 1: Legal Records, 1758-1878
Series 2: Real Estate Records, 1763-1867
Series 3: Financial Records, 1745-1889
Series 4: Family Papers, 1767-1861
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 Guide to the Papers of the Quick-Garretson Family
1745-1904MG 338The New Jersey Historical Society
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Newark, New Jersey 07102
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The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher
Inventory prepared by Stephen Yautz as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Finding aid encoded by Danielle Kovacs. September 2003. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English.
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Descriptive Summary
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Creator: |
Quick-Garretson Family |
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Title: |
Quick-Garretson Family Papers |
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Dates |
1745-1904 |
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Abstract: |
This collection contains the papers of various members of the Quick-Garretson Family, spanning the years 1745 to 1904. The bulk of the papers most likely belonged to Abraham Quick, who acted as Executor for the estates of various deceased individuals, both within his family and for others that resided within his native Franklin Township in Somerset County, New Jersey. |
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Quantity: |
1.54 linear feet |
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Collection Number: |
MG 338 |
Biographical Note
The Quick-Garretson Family descends from Theunis Thomaszen Quick (fl. 1625-1666), a native of Naarden, The Netherlands, who immigrated to New Amsterdam (New York City). Records from 1657 indicate that he was a mason by trade.
Abraham Quick was born on January 1, 1732, to Theunis Quick (b. 1700). He became a wealthy farmer and landowner who lived on his homestead called Ten-Mile-Run in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. During the American Revolution, Quick served as a Colonel in the Second Battalion of the Somerset County Militia. He resigned that commission in 1777, and was appointed Somerset County Judge in 1778. Quick and his first wife, Matilda Wyckoff, had three sons and two daughters. Upon the death of his first wife, he married Charity Bergen, with whom he had four sons and four daughters. Abraham Quick died on May 25, 1805, and is buried near Six-Mile-Run Church in Franklin Township.
John M. Garretson, the great-grandson of Abraham Quick, was born on March 25, 1836, to Ann Brouwer Quick and her husband, Martin Schenk Garretson. Garretson was an alumnus of Rutgers College, where he was the valedictorian for his class in 1862, and then went on to Harvard Law School. Upon completion of his studies, he became a lawyer, and opened his firm in Jersey City. Eventually, he became Prosecutor of Pleas for Hudson County in New Jersey, a role he would serve in for nine years. Garretson was also one of the founders of the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Jersey City. He was appointed as the Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County in 1878, a position he held until his death in 1885. Garretson was a charter member of the Somerset County Historical Society. He was married to Catherine Eliza Garretson (1842-1909), with whom he had five children.
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Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the papers of various members of the Quick-Garretson Family, spanning the years 1745 to 1904. The bulk of the papers most likely belonged to Abraham Quick, who acted as Executor for the estates of various deceased individuals, both within his family and for others that resided within his native Franklin Township in Somerset County, New Jersey. Most of these papers are documents pertaining to the settlement of the estates of Jacob Bergen, Isaac Brooks, Elbert Dumont, Nicholas Lake, John Van Dyke, and others. Quick’s papers date from about 1750 to 1825. Later papers mostly belong to the Garretson Family, with the bulk of the papers attributed to John Garretson, an attorney who had offices in Jersey City, New Jersey. Also included in the collection are legal records signed by Abraham Blauvelt, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Richard Howell, William Paterson (1745-1806), and Richard Stockton (1764-1828).
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Arrangement
The papers are organized into four series:
Series 1: Legal Records, 1758-1878
Series 2: Real Estate Records, 1763-1867
Series 3: Financial records, 1745-1889
Series 4: Family Papers, 1767-1861
Each series is arranged by type of document and chronologically therein.
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Photocopying of materials is limited and no materials may be photocopied without permission from library staff.
Use Restrictions
Researchers wishing to publish, reproduce, or reprint materials from this collection must obtain permission.
The New Jersey Historical Society complies with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code), which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials.
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Access Points
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The entries below represent persons, organizations, topics, and forms documented in this collection. |
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Subject Names: |
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Bergen, Jacob. |
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Blauvelt, Abraham, 1764-1838. |
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Brooks, Isaac. |
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Dumont, Elbert. |
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Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 1787-1862. |
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Garretson, John M. |
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Howell, Richard, 1754-1802. |
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Lake, Nicholas. |
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Paterson, William, 1745-1806. |
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Quick, Abraham. |
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Quick family. |
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Selleck, George W. |
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Stockton, Richard, 1764-1828. |
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Van Dyke, John. |
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Subject Topics: |
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Tailoring—Patterns. |
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Weaving–Patterns. |
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Subject Places: |
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Franklin (Somerset County, N.J. : Township) |
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Jersey City (N.J.) |
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New Jersey–History–1775-1865. |
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New Jersey–History–1865- |
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Document Types: |
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Bonds (legal records) |
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Cadastral maps. |
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Deeds. |
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Estate records. |
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Financial records. |
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Insurance records. |
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Land surveys. |
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Legal correspondence. |
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Personal correspondence. |
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Visiting cards. |
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Wills. |
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Subject Occupations |
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Farmers–New Jersey. |
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Lawyers–New Jersey. |
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Related Material
For genealogical materials in print on the Quick Family, see:
Quick, Arthur Craig. A Genealogy of the Quick Family in America. South Haven and Palisades Park, Michigan: Arthur C. Quick.
For other genealogical materials on the Quick-Garretson Family, see:
Manuscript Group 1411, Elias Boudinot Stockton Genealogy Collection
For other collections related to the Quick-Garretson Family, see:
Manuscript Group 4, Revolutionary Era Manuscript Collection
Manuscript Group 42, William Paterson Manuscripts
Manuscript Group 368, Stockton Family Papers
Manuscript Group 380, Frelinghuysen Family Papers
Manuscript Group 594, Cortelyou Family Papers
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 338, Quick-Garretson Family Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by Leland B. Garretson in 1933.
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Series Descriptions and Container List
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Series 1: Legal Records, 1758-1878
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Scope and Content:
The legal records contain court orders, subpoenas, affidavits, legal notices, articles of agreement, powers of attorney, wills, quitclaims, and legal correspondence. Of particular interest are two manumission certificates dating from the 1820s. In one of these documents, a “Negro man called Sam,” was to be “manumitted agreeable to law within three months from the date hereof.”
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Title |
Date |
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Court Orders |
1794-1867 |
| 1 |
2 |
Subpoenas |
1786-1797 |
| 1 |
3 |
Affidavits |
1784-1830 |
| 1 |
4 |
Legal Notices |
1814-1842 |
| 1 |
5 |
Legal Notices |
undated |
| 1 |
6 |
Certificates of Manumission |
1822-1829 |
| 1 |
7 |
Articles of Agreement |
1773-1837 |
| 1 |
8 |
Powers of Attorney |
1773-1842 |
| 1 |
9 |
Wills |
1758-1845 |
| 1 |
10 |
Will |
undated |
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11 |
Quitclaims |
1821-1844 |
| 1 |
12 |
Election Certificate |
1878 Nov 5 |
| 1 |
13 |
Legal Correspondence |
1780-1786 |
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Series 2: Real Estate Records, 1763-1867
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Scope and Content:
The real estate records include land deeds, indentures, land surveys and maps, articles of vendue, and an advertisement for the sale of property, which is portrayed as “a Valueable farm Lying along Milstone River…of about one hundred and forty four acres Good for Grass and Grain.”
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Date |
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14 |
Land Deeds |
1763-1867 |
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Deed |
1856 Mar 20 |
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Indenture |
1818 Mar 1 |
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Land Surveys and Maps |
undated |
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Articles of Vendue |
1773-1779 |
| 1 |
19 |
Articles of Vendue |
1780-1787 |
| 1 |
20 |
Articles of Vendue |
1790-1797 |
| 1 |
21 |
Articles of Vendue |
1800 Mar 11 |
| 1 |
22 |
Articles of Vendue |
1812-1814 |
| 1 |
23 |
Articles of Vendue |
1821-1826 |
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24 |
Articles of Vendue |
1837 Oct 12 |
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Articles of Vendue |
1842 |
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Articles of Vendueundated |
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Real Estate Advertisement |
1804 Feb 6 |
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Series 3: Financial Records, 1745-1889
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Scope and Content:
This series is further divided into four subseries: account ledgers and statements, bills and receipts, records of debt, and other financial records. Each subseries is separated by type of document; within each type of document, the items are arranged chronologically.
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Subseries A: Account Ledgers and Statements, 1765-1889
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Scope and Content:
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| This subseries includes various account ledger books and statements produced in order to ascertain the net worth of the estates of various individuals, as well as to record the cash flow during the settlement of these individuals’ estates. |
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Account Ledgers |
1778-1804 |
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Account Ledgers |
1822-1836 |
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Account Ledgers |
1838-1866 |
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4 |
Account Statements |
1765-1789 |
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5 |
Account Statements |
1790-1799 |
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6 |
Account Statements |
1806-1819 |
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7 |
Account Statements |
1821-1857 |
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8 |
Account Statements |
1884-1889 |
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9 |
Account Statements |
undated |
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10 |
Account Statements (Unidentified) |
undated |
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Subseries B: Bills and Receipts, 1765-1787
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Scope and Content:
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| These financial records contain invoices, payment orders, and receipts that belonged to the Quick-Garretson Family. The bulk of these documents were produced in relation to the settlement of the estates of family members and other individuals. |
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Title |
Date |
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11 |
Invoices |
1779-1836 |
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12 |
Payment Orders |
1774-1836 |
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13 |
Receipt Books |
1837-1867 |
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14 |
Receipts |
1765-1789 |
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15 |
Receipts |
1790-1799 |
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16 |
Receipts |
1800-1809 |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
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Receipts |
1810-1814 |
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2 |
Receipts |
1815-1819 |
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3 |
Receipts |
1820-1822 |
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Receipts |
1822-1829 |
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5 |
Receipts |
1831-1839 |
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6 |
Receipts |
1840-1848 |
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7 |
Receipts1856-1866 |
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8 |
Receiptsundated |
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Subseries C: Records of Debt,1745-1867
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Scope and Content:
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| Included in these records are instruments of debt, more specifically, bonds and promissory notes. |
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9 |
Bonds |
1745-1792 |
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10 |
Bonds |
1801-1867 |
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11 |
Promissory Notes |
1766-1819 |
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12 |
Promissory Notes |
1820-1865 |
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Subseries D: Other Financial Records, 1819-1843
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Scope and Content:
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| These records contain insurance policy records, daybooks, memorandum books, and an undated United States Bond Certificate. |
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Date |
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Insurance Records |
1838-1841 |
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Daybook |
1819-1831 |
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Memorandum Books |
1819-1843 |
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Memorandum Books |
undated |
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United States Bond Certificate |
undated |
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Series 4: Family Papers, 1767-1861
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Scope and Content:
Correspondence, certificates, recipes, and poems are included in this series. The papers also contain newspaper clippings, from publications such as Harper’s Weekly, the Journal of the American Temperance Union, and the New York Herald. These clippings date from 1860 to 1865, and mostly pertain to the issue of southern secession, and, subsequently, the Civil War. These papers also contain notes, which include what were possibly dockets for some of the legal records in this collection. The remainder of the notes in this series contains calculations of figures, which were possibly used in the creation of the account statements included in the financial records of this collection. Of interest in this series are three pages of written sewing or weaving patterns, including a herringbone and diamond pattern. The calling card of George W. Selleck completes the collection.
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Date |
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6 |
Correspondence |
1767-1886 |
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7 |
Correspondence |
undated |
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8 |
Military Service Certificate |
1830 Dec 3 |
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9 |
Phi Delta Phi Fraternity Certificate |
1904 Jan 9 |
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10 |
Harper’s Weekly Clipping |
1859 Dec 24 |
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11 |
Newspaper Clippings |
1860-1861 |
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12 |
Newspaper Clippings |
[ca. 1861-1865] |
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13 |
Notes |
undated |
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14 |
Sewing or Weaving Patterns |
undated |
| 4 |
15 |
Recipes |
undated |
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16 |
Poems |
undated |
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17 |
Visiting Card |
undated |
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