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Massachusetts -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William H. Burgess and Harriet Dunbar Burgess Collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116022180845]
Identifier: 003-02-03
Scope and Contents This collection documents the lives of William H. Burgess, a seaman and whaler, and his wife Harriet Dunbar Burgess. William Burgess’s life is predominantly captured through the text in his whaling journal/ commonplace book, which documents a whaling voyage on the Polar Star (leaving from the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts), and also includes verse, vocabulary words, and other tidbits from his life and interests. The collection also includes a printed book, purchased by William Burgess...
Dates: circa 1850-1862

Daniel Berkeley Updike Autograph Collection

 File
Identifier: 005-02-01
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of miscellaneous items collected by Daniel Berkeley Updike, chiefly letters and documents relating to American history, many of which specifically relate to the federal period and New England history. Included are autograph letters of many notable individuals and political and military figures.

Dates: 1639-1940