Overview
Letters, legal documents, and other papers of the Howe family of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Dates
- Creation: 1662-1839 (inclusive), 1694-1797 (bulk).
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Consists of 35 documents and letters concerning property rights and inheritance, family births and deaths, taxes, court cases, and other legal matters. Includes petitions, contracts, permits, deeds, court summonses and warrants, receipts, town tax records, military orders, genealogies, and a death book.
Biographical / Historical
The How family, later the Howe family, lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The original homestead was in Ipswich, Mass.
Arrangement
Organized into two series:
- I. Letters
- II. Documents
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*75M-56. Given in memory of Lawrence Howe '07 by Anna Shippen Delafield, Fisher Howe, David Leavitt Howe, Lawrence Howe, and Richard Warren Howe, 175 Chestnut Street, Winnetka, Illinois 60093; received: 1975 February.
General note
Please see the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LXV, 1911 October, pages 356-366, a portion of which is linked to below, for further information about item 34.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LXV, 1911 October
- Title
- Howe family. Howe family additional papers, 1662-1839: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00612
Repository Details
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