Harriette Merrifield Forbes Papers, 1860-1950

Harriette Merrifield Forbes Papers, 1860-1950

(Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2009), 3569 page(s)

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Harriette Merrifield Forbes (1856-1951), Worcester author and historian, was the widow of Judge William Trowbridge Forbes (1850-1931) and the mother of novelist Esther Forbes (1891-1967). A capable researcher, she wrote New England Diaries, 1602-1800: A Descriptive Catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals (Topsfield, Massachusetts: The Perkins Press, 1923), and Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them (Boston: The Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin, 1927).

This collection reflects the work of Harriette Merrifield Forbes as an historian of early New England. It includes correspondence, 1887; 1901-1950, written to Forbes about early New England diaries, gravestones, gravestone cutters, and genealogies. There are historical notes on Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont probate records, New England houses, gravestones and gravestone cutters John Stevens, Matthew Griswold, William Mumford, Joseph Lamson, Nathaniel Lamson, and others.

Field of Interest
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Letter
Duration
0 sec
Format
Text
Page Count
3569
Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Alexander Street
Place Published / Released
Alexandria, VA
Subject
Letters and Diaries, History, Daily Life, Personal papers, Historical research and historiography

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