Benjamin B. French
Family
A Register of Its Papers in the Library of
Congress
Prepared by Allan Teichroew Revised
and expanded by Michael Spangler
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Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2000
Contact information:
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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript
Division,
2003
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036
Latest revision: 2008 January
Title: Benjamin B. French Family
Papers
Span Dates: 1778-1940
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1813-1893) ID No.: MSS21550 Creator:
French, Benjamin B.
(Benjamin Brown), 1800-1870
Extent: 6,500
items;
38 containers plus 5 oversize;
17.2 linear feet;
16 microfilm reels
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C. Abstract: New Hampshire
politician, clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and
Commissioner of Public Buildings in Washington, D.C. Journals, personal
correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous papers chiefly relating to family
matters and including commentary on political events and social life in
Washington in the nineteenth century. Other prominent family members
represented in the papers include Francis O. French, banker, and Amos Tuck,
congressman.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Names: French, Benjamin B.
(Benjamin Brown), 1800-1870 Fahnestock, Harris C. (Harris Charles),
1835-1914--Correspondence French,
Daniel Chester, 1850-1931--Correspondence French,
Henry F. (Henry Flagg), 1813-1885--Correspondence Lincoln,
Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln,
Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination McCulloch,
Hugh, 1808-1895--Correspondence Morrill,
Lot M. (Lot Myrick), 1812-1883--Correspondence Pierce,
Franklin, 1804-1869 Richardson, William A. (William Adams),
1821-1896--Correspondence Sherman,
John, 1823-1900--Correspondence United
States. Congress Harvard
College (1780- ) Magnetic
Telegraph Company Phillips
Exeter Academy Rittenhouse Academy French, Francis O.
(Francis Ormond), 1837-1893. Papers of Francis O. French Richardson, William
Merchant, 1774-1838. Papers of William Merchant Richardson Tuck, Amos, 1810-1879.
Papers of Amos Tuck
Subjects: Freemasonry Private schools--New
Hampshire--Exeter Private schools--Washington
(D.C.) Reconstruction Universities and
colleges--Massachusetts--Cambridge Confederate States of
America--History Middle West--Description
and travel New Hampshire--Politics
and government New York (N.Y.)--Social
life and customs Southern
States--History--1865-1877 United
States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United
States--History--1865-1898 United States--Politics
and government--19th century Washington (D.C.)--Social
life and customs
Occupations: Clerks, U.S. House of
Representatives Politicians Public
officials
Provenance: Part I of the papers of the Benjamin B. French Family, including the
papers of Benjamin B. French, New Hampshire politician, clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, and Commissioner of Public Buildings in
Washington, D.C., were given to the Library of Congress by Daniel Chester
French, Henry H. French, Prentiss French, Margaret French Cresson, and S. LeRoy
French between 1922 and 1974. Additional items were obtained by gift and
purchase from various sources from 1924 to 1975. Part II comprises additional
papers of Benjamin B. French and other family members including Francis O.
French, banker, and Amos Tuck, congressman, and were given to the Library by
Peter S. and Katherine P. French between 1991 and 1994. Additional items in
Part II were transferred from the National Archives and Records Administration
in 1985.
Processing History: Part I of the papers of the Benjamin B. French Family was arranged
and described in 1980. Additional material received between 1985 and 1994 was
processed as Part II in 2000. The papers of the Benjamin B. French Family have
been described in
Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, vol. 28,
Oct. 1971, pp. 287-289, and in
Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division,
1991, pp. 12-17.
Transfers: Most prints and photographs have been transferred to the Library's
Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these
papers.
Copyright Status: The donors have dedicated to the public any literary rights which
they may possess in the family papers of Benjamin B. French.
Microfilm: A microfilm edition of Part I of these papers is available on
thirteen reels for purchase from the Library's Photoduplication Service subject
to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) An additional
microfilm edition consisting of only the journals in Part I is also available
on three reels for purchase subject to the same conditions. These microfilm
editions may also be requested on interlibrary loan through the Library's Loan
Division. No more than ten reels may be requested at a time for a loan period
of one month. A copy of an early version of the finding aid for Part I of the
Benjamin B. French Family Papers is available on reel one of the microfilm
edition of Part I.
Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Roman numeral designating the Part followed by colon and
container number, Benjamin B. French Family Papers, Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin B. French
Date |
Event |
1800, Sept. 4 |
Born, Chester, N.H. |
1825 |
Married Elizabeth Richardson (died 1861) |
1828-1830 |
Assistant clerk, New Hampshire state senate |
1831-1833 |
Representative, New Hampshire legislature |
1833 |
Accepted appointment in clerk's department of the United
States House of Representatives
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1845-1847 |
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |
1847-1850 |
President, Magnetic Telegraph Co. |
1853 |
Appointed commissioner of public buildings by President
Franklin Pierce (resigned 1855)
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1857 |
President, Republican Association of Washington, Washington,
D.C.
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1859-1865 |
Grand master of Templars of the United States |
1861 |
Chief marshal of District of Columbia at inauguration of
Abraham Lincoln
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1861-1867 |
Commissioner of public buildings under presidents Abraham
Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
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1862 |
Married Mary Ellen Brady |
1870, Aug. 12 |
Died, Washington, D. C. |
Francis O. French
Date |
Event |
1837, Sept. 12 |
Born, Chester, N. H. |
1857 |
Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
1859 |
LL.B., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
1861 |
Married Ellen Tuck |
1862 |
Appointed deputy naval officer of customs, Boston,
Mass.
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1865 |
Joined banking firm Samuel A. Way & Co., Boston,
Mass.
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1870 |
Joined banking firm Jay Cooke & Co., New York,
N.Y.
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1873 |
Promoted to partner, Jay Cooke & Co. |
1874 |
Member of a group that acquired control of the First
National Bank of New York
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1880 |
Disposed of his interest in First National Bank of New York
and retired
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1888-1893 |
President, Manhattan Trust Co., New York, N.Y. |
1893, Feb. 26 |
Died, Tuxedo Park, N.Y. |
Amos Tuck
Date |
Event |
1810, Aug. 2 |
Born, Parsonsfield, Maine |
1834 |
Married Sarah Nudd (died 1847) |
1835 |
Graduated, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. |
1838 |
Began law practice in Exeter, N.H. |
1842 |
Representative, New Hampshire legislature |
1847 |
Married Catherine Townsend Shephard (died 1876) |
1847-1853 |
Member, United States House of Representatives |
1853-1854 |
Assisted in founding the Republican party |
1860 |
Member, platform committee, Republican party national
convention, Chicago, Ill.
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1861 |
Delegate, Peace Congress, Washington, D.C. |
1861-1865 |
Naval officer of the district of Boston and Charlestown,
Mass.
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1865 |
Resumed law practice |
1879, Dec. 11 |
Died, Exeter, N.H. |
Part I
Part I of the papers of the Benjamin Brown French Family spans the
years 1802-1924, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period
1826-1870. Papers of Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870) comprising Part I are
organized in the following series:
Journals,
Correspondence, and a
Miscellany
consisting of poems and other occasional writings, printed matter, and a
scrapbook of clippings.
Benjamin B. French came to Washington, D.C., in 1833 from his native
New Hampshire. He had already served briefly as clerk and representative in the
New Hampshire state legislature when friends in the state secured him an
appointment in the Clerk's Department of the United States House of
Representatives. He kept this post twelve years, was elected clerk of the house
in 1845, and in 1847 joined Samuel F. B. Morse in the operation of the Magnetic
Telegraph Company. President Franklin Pierce appointed him Commissioner of
Public Buildings in 1853, an office French resigned in 1855 only to be
reappointed by President Lincoln in 1861. French made the acquaintance of
twelve presidents, from Andrew Jackson to Ulysses S. Grant, but it was Lincoln
to whom he was most devoted. One of his duties as Commissioner of Public
Buildings was to attend semiweekly White House receptions and introduce Mrs.
Lincoln to visitors. When Willie Lincoln died on February 20, 1862, French was
called upon to take charge of the funeral arrangements. At Gettysburg he was on
the speaker's stand when Lincoln dedicated the national cemetery in
Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, and in April 1865 he stood by the dying
president's bedside.
French's private
journals,
which date from 1803 because of the enclosure of early family manuscripts, were
begun by French in August 1828 and continue intermittently until August 1870.
In addition to commentary on New Hampshire politics during the Jacksonian era,
they contain extended discussion of freemasonry, the Magnetic Telegraph
Company, and the day-to-day life of a man of affairs close to the central
figures of his time. Cabinet officers, Congressmen, military leaders, and
people of the arts and society appear frequently and sometimes on intimate
terms throughout these pages. Included are comments on the presidency of
Franklin Pierce, with whom French had been politically identified prior to his
bolting to the Republican side in the late 1850s, and numerous passages
illuminating French's regard for Lincoln. A hymn by French was sung at the
Gettysburg dedication ceremony, and later he wrote a twelve-page retrospective
of the event. His journals also portray other turning points of the Civil War,
including a graphic description of the reception in the capital to news of the
fall of Richmond. Lincoln's assassination is fully recorded, as are the
acrimonious days following the war. The journals, edited by Donald B. Cole and
John J. McDonough, were published in
Witness to the Young Republic: A Yankee's Journal,
1828-1870 (Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 1989).
Almost all of the items in the
Correspondence series in Part I consists of French's
letters to and from his half brother, Henry Flagg French, a judge in Exeter,
New Hampshire. Much like the journals, they contain accounts of the interior
and exterior lives of nineteenth century Americans who observed much and
recorded what they saw. Benjamin's letters treat religion, politics, art, and
literature and are especially illuminating for their asides about events on the
floor of the House of Representatives or in the halls of Congress. Observing
fisticuffs between two congressmen which ended in cravats being pulled and vest
buttons popped, he attended quietly to his minutetaking, kept his composure,
and in a report to his brother noted that throughout the pandemonium he was
"calm as a summer morning."
The
Miscellany
files include a scrapbook of French's writings and holograph and printed
poems.
Part II
Part II of the Benjamin B. French Family Papers spans the years
1778-1940, with the bulk of the material dating from 1813 to 1893. Benjamin B.
French, Francis Ormond French (1837-1893), and Amos Tuck (1810-1879) are the
principal figures represented. The material is organized in the following
series:
Journals,
Correspondence,
Miscellany, and
Oversize
material.
Journals
of Francis O. French, the older son of Benjamin B. French contain an account of
a youth from a prominent family growing up in the nation's capital in the
mid-nineteenth century. Beginning in 1850 when he was twelve years old, “Frank”
French regularly kept his journals through 1856, a period during which he
attended Mr. Wight's Rittenhouse Academy in Washington and Phillips Exeter
Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and began his studies at Harvard College.
Entries range from jottings on typical, day-to-day neighborhood and student
activities to extended remarks on significant events, such as the deaths of
prominent American political figures and the fire in the United States Capitol
which destroyed the Library of Congress in 1851. Additionally the journals
record the comings and goings of numerous family members who visited the French
family. The first volume of these journals was edited by John J. McDonough and
published as
Growing Up on Capitol Hill: A Young Washingtonian's Journal,
1850-1852 /Francis O. French (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress,
1997). Also included are journals kept by Francis French in 1864 and 1870-1871,
in which he recorded a visit to his dying father in Washington, and fragments
of journals by Benjamin French and Amos Tuck.
The
Correspondence series comprises chiefly the personal
letters of Benjamin B. French, Francis O. French, and Amos Tuck and is
organized largely to reflect the original arrangement of the bound volumes from
which the material was removed. Complementing his papers in Part I, the
correspondence of Benjamin B. French with various family members includes news
and observations similar to those in his journal. In frequent letters to his
son Francis, he interlaces news from home and fatherly advice with observations
and commentary on political figures, government officials, and significant
events. The letters reveal French's growing anxiety as the nation drifted
toward dissolution, tempered by his determined faith that the Union would
prevail. Even though an admirer of Abraham Lincoln, French was still critical
of Lincoln's “shilly shally” during the months leading up to the war. French's
letters to his son Francis in April 1865 provide an important account of events
surrounding Lincoln's death, including French's assertion that John Wilkes
Booth had created an unusual disturbance at Lincoln's second inauguration.
French's correspondence also includes a miscellaneous group of incoming letters
relating primarily to his Masonic activities.
The personal letters of Francis O. French also constitute a
significant portion of the
Correspondence series. Francis French trained as a
lawyer at Harvard and after the Civil War established a successful career in
international finance. In 1870 he joined Jay Cooke & Co., survived its
collapse in 1873, and joined a group with controlling interest in the First
National Bank of New York. In 1880 he sold his interest in First National and,
in failing health, traveled extensively in his final years. His correspondence
offers less striking commentary than his father, but provides insight into the
life of a prosperous American family of the late nineteenth century and
includes letters received from prominent men in finance and government as well
as family members. Correspondents include Harris C. Fahnestock (banker), Daniel
Chester French (a cousin), and secretaries of the treasury Lot M. Morrill, Hugh
McCulloch, William A. Richardson (a cousin), and John Sherman.
The
Correspondence also contains family correspondence of
Amos Tuck, whose daughter Ellen married Francis French in 1861. An inhabitant
of New Hampshire, Tuck studied law, served as a representative in Congress from
1847 to 1853, and was involved in the founding of the Republican party in
1853-1854. His letters to family members include commentary on politics, his
travels in the Midwest in the 1851, and the devastation of the South after the
Civil War. There are also a few personal letters of William Merchant
Richardson, father of Benjamin B. French's first wife and a chief justice of
the New Hampshire Superior Court. The Correspondence series contains a small
number of photocopies of original letters, invitations, and related documents
from prominent figures received by Benjamin B. and Francis O. French but not
included among these papers.
Among the speeches and writings in the
Miscellany series is Benjamin B. French's
memoir of his early years as a clerk in the House of Representatives and a
Fourth of July speech prepared by William Merchant Richardson in 1808
discussing Thomas Jefferson and the Embargo Act. Other items among the
Miscellany include biographical material, certificates, a commonplace book,
memorials, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.
The collection is arranged in two parts composed of seven series:
Container |
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BOX I:1-4 REEL 1-3
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Bound volumes of private journals kept by Benjamin B. French.
Entries begin in 1828, with earlier material consisting of family items
enclosed by Amos Tuck French.
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Arranged in approximate chronological order. |
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BOX I:5-13 REEL 4-12
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Bound volumes of letters between Benjamin B. French and his half
brother, Henry Flagg French. Arranged in three categories: original
correspondence, typewritten transcripts by Amos Tuck French, and an abridged
published edition of Benjamin French's journals and letters edited by Amos Tuck
French.
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The letters are in chronological order and include correspondence
with other family members.
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BOX I:14 REEL 12-13
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Handwritten or printed poems by Benjamin B. French and other
occasional writings, miscellaneous printed matter, and a scrapbook of
clippings.
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Arranged by type of material. |
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BOX II:1-2 not filmed
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Bound volumes of private journals kept by Benjamin B. French,
Francis O. French, and Amos Tuck.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of creator and chronologically
therein.
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BOX II:2-20
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Letters sent and received chiefly by Benjamin B. French, Francis
O. French, and Amos Tuck.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of person and chronologically
thereunder. Correspondence of Benjamin B. French is additionally grouped into
family and miscellaneous correspondence.
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BOX II:21-24 not filmed
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Autograph book, biographical material, certificates, clippings,
commonplace book, memorabilia, school records, scrapbooks, and speeches and
writings.
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein
alphabetically by name of creator.
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BOX II:OV 1-5 not filmed
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Certificates, a letter, child's cut-out toys, scrapbook, and a
draft of a memoir.
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Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and
folders from which the items were removed.
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Microfilm shelf no. 18,483. Containers I:1-4 also available on
microfilm shelf no. 15,260.
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BOX I:1-4 REEL 1-3
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Part I: Journals,
1803-1870
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Bound volumes of private journals kept by Benjamin B. French.
Entries begin in 1828, with earlier material consisting of family items
enclosed by Amos Tuck French.
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Arranged in approximate chronological order. |
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BOX I:1 REEL 1
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1803-1845, July |
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(4 vols.)
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BOX I:2 REEL 1
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1845, July-1858, Feb.
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(2 vols.)
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REEL 2
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1858, Mar.-1861, Jan. |
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BOX I:3 REEL 2
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1861, Jan.-1865, Dec.
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(2 vols.)
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BOX I:4 REEL 3
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1866, Jan.-1870, Aug.
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(2 vols.)
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BOX I:5-13 REEL 4-12
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Part I: Correspondence,
1826-1924
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Bound volumes of letters between Benjamin B. French and his half
brother, Henry Flagg French. Arranged in three categories: original
correspondence, typewritten transcripts by Amos Tuck French, and an abridged
published edition of Benjamin French's journals and letters edited by Amos Tuck
French.
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The letters are in chronological order and include correspondence
with other family members.
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BOX I:5 REEL 4
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Originals |
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To Henry Flagg French (half
brother)
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1826, Feb. 19-1850, Nov. 29
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(2 vols.)
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BOX I:6 REEL 5
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1851, Jan. 22-1862, Oct. 1
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REEL 6
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1862, Oct. 12-1870, Aug. 15
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BOX I:7 REEL 6
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From Henry Flagg
French
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1833, Nov. 22-1851, Apr.
20
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BOX I:8 REEL 7
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1851, May 10-1858, Oct.
3
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BOX I:9 REEL 7
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1858, Oct. 13-1870, Apr.
6
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BOX I:10 REEL 8
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To Henry Flagg
French
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1826-1849 |
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(2 vols.)
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BOX I:11 REEL 9
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1850-1858 |
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REEL 10
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1859-1870 |
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BOX I:12 REEL 10
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From Henry Flagg
French
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1833-1844 |
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REEL 11
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1845-1855 |
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BOX I:13 REEL 12
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1856-1914 |
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Published |
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French, Amos Tuck, editor,
From the Diary and Correspondence of Benjamin Brown
French (New York: privately printed, 1904), with inscription and tipped
in letter by the editor, 1924
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BOX I:14 REEL 12-13
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Part I: Miscellany,
1802-1977,
n.d.
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Handwritten or printed poems by Benjamin B. French and other
occasional writings, miscellaneous printed matter, and a scrapbook of
clippings.
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Arranged by type of material. |
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BOX I:14 REEL 12
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Poems and other occasional
writings
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Friends and family, 1841-1870,
n.d.
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Masonic, 1858-1870,
n.d.
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New Hampshire, 1849-1858,
n.d.
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REEL 13
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People and politics, 1835-1870,
n.d.
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Special events,
1861-1869
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Printed matter,
1802-1877
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Scrapbook, 1834-1870 |
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BOX II:1-2 not filmed
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Part II: Journals,
1837-1879
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Bound volumes of private journals kept by Benjamin B. French,
Francis O. French, and Amos Tuck.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of creator and chronologically
therein.
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BOX II:1
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French, Benjamin B. |
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1837, May |
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French, Francis O. |
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1850, Jan.-1854, July
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(2 vols.)
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1854, Aug.-1856,
Feb.
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1864, Jan.-May |
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1870, Aug.-1871,
Jan.
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BOX II:2
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Tuck, Amos |
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1879, May-July |
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BOX II:2-20
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Part II: Correspondence,
1778-1940,
n.d.
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Letters sent and received chiefly by Benjamin B. French, Francis
O. French, and Amos Tuck.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of person and chronologically
thereunder. Correspondence of Benjamin B. French is additionally grouped into
family and miscellaneous correspondence.
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BOX II:2
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French, Benjamin B. |
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Family |
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Brown, Mary (grandmother),
1818-1838, n.d.
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(11 folders)
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French, Elizabeth R.
(wife),
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1822-1836 |
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(5 folders)
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BOX II:3
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1837-1860, n.d.
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(13 folders)
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French, Francis
O. (son)
See also Containers II:11-12, French, Benjamin
B.
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1845-1852 |
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(3 folders)
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1853 |
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Jan.-May |
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(2
folders)
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BOX II:4
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June-Dec. |
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(2
folders)
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1854-1859 |
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(19 folders)
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BOX II:5
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1860-1868 |
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(20 folders)
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BOX II:6
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1869-1870, n.d.
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(3 folders)
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Miscellany |
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1800-1836
See also
Oversize |
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(18 folders)
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BOX II:7
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1837-1843 |
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(17 folders)
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BOX II:8
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1844-1870 |
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(15 folders)
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Miscellaneous |
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1824-1858 |
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(3 folders)
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1859 |
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Jan.-Apr. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX II:9
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May-Dec. |
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(4 folders)
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1860-1870 |
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(11 folders)
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BOX II:10
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French, Francis O. |
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French, Amos T.
(son)
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1873, 1883-1891 |
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(14 folders)
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BOX II:11
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1892-1893 |
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(5 folders)
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French, Benjamin
B. (father), Elizabeth R. (mother), and Mary E. (stepmother)
See also Containers II:3-6, French, Francis
O.
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1845-1861 |
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(15 folders)
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BOX II:12
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1862-1890, n.d. |
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(16 folders)
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BOX II:13
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French, Ellen T.
(wife)
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1853-1884 |
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(13 folders)
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BOX II:14
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1885-1890 |
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(16 folders)
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BOX II:15
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1891-1893 |
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(6 folders)
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Miscellany |
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1844-1869 |
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(9 folders)
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BOX II:16
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1870-1880 |
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(14 folders)
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BOX II:17
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1881-1892 |
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(15 folders)
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BOX II:18
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1893 |
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(8 folders)
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Miscellaneous photocopies,
1778-1940, n.d.
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(6 folders)
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Richardson, William Merchant, and
family, 1813-1820
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(2 folders)
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BOX II:19
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Tuck, Amos, and
family
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1845-1870 |
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(19 folders)
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BOX II:20
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1871-1902, n.d. |
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(21 folders)
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BOX II:21-24 not filmed
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Part II: Miscellany,
1787-1938,
n.d.
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Autograph book, biographical material, certificates, clippings,
commonplace book, memorabilia, school records, scrapbooks, and speeches and
writings.
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein
alphabetically by name of creator.
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BOX II:21
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Autograph book, 1850 |
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Biographical material,
n.d.
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Certificates and
awards
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French,
Benjamin B., 1819-1870
See also Oversize
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French, Francis O.,
1862-1878
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Child's cut-out toys, 1840s
See Oversize
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Clippings, 1902-1909 |
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Commonplace book, Sarah M.
Richardson, 1824-1827
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Genealogy, n.d. |
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Hair, locks of, 1855-1893, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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Memorabilia, 1787-1895, n.d.
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(3 folders)
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Memorials and
obituaries
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French, Francis O.,
1893
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Tuck, Amos, 1879 |
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Music copy book, Benjamin B.
French, 1819-1825, 1856
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BOX II:22
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School and university file,
Francis O. French, 1848-1859
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(2 folders)
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Scrapbooks |
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French, Francis O. |
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1843-1893
See Oversize
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Ca. 1850-1892 |
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BOX II:23
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1866-1893 |
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Tuck, Amos,
1833-1938
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BOX II:24
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Speeches and writings |
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French, Benjamin
B., 1845-1868, n.d.
See also Oversize
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(4 folders)
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French, Francis O., 1857,
n.d.
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Richardson, William Merchant,
1797-1818, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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Tuck, Amos, 1861-1875, n.d.
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(3 folders)
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Visiting cards, 1852-1853, 1866,
n.d.
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BOX II:OV 1-5 not filmed
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Part II: Oversize,
1819-1893
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Certificates, a letter, child's cut-out toys, scrapbook, and a
draft of a memoir.
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Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and
folders from which the items were removed.
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BOX II:OV 1
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Correspondence |
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Family |
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Miscellany, 1836
(Container II:6)
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BOX II:OV 2
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Miscellany |
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Certificates and
awards
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French,
Benjamin B., 1819-1870
(Container II:21)
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BOX II:OV 3
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Child's cut-out
toys, 1840s (Container II:21)
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BOX II:OV 4
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Scrapbooks |
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French,
Francis O., 1843-1893 (Container II:22)
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BOX II:OV 5
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Speeches and
writings
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French,
Benjamin B., 1856
(Container II:24)
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