Mass. Historical Online Collections

description - Broadside praising Perry for his victory on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Broadside published in Boston and printed by N. Coverly, [1813]. subject - Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819 --Poetry. Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813 --Poetry. Broadsides --1813 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2208

description - This photograph depicts the 2nd Mass. Regiment, mustered into service on 25 May 1861 after training at Camp Andrew in West Roxbury, was the first unit composed entirely of volunteers raised in the state of Massachusetts. J. Parker Whitney (Capt., Co.… subject - United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864) relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2187

description - This letter was written by Wilder Dwight to his mother, Elizabeth A. Dwight, on the field at the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862. Wilder Dwight was a lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, sent to support the forces of… subject - United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864). Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862. Family history --1850-1899. United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Campaigns. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2169

description - Map depicting Massachusetts in 1796. Published by J. Reid, New York subject - Massachusetts --Maps --1796 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2157

description - Oil on canvas portrait Leverett Saltonstall (1783-1845). Oval, head-and-shoulders view. Short blond curly hair, light brown eyes, steel-rimmed eyeglasses. Stiff shirt with high-standing collar, black stock, high-collared black coat. Very dark plain… subject - Saltonstall, Leverett, 1783-1845 --Portraits. Men --Portraits. Portraits relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2155

description - Line engraving frontispiece from the Polyanthos, Oct. 1812. (J. Buckingham: Boston, 1812) depicting the church that became known as the Federal Street Church, in Boston, Mass.. In 1788 state leaders met in the church to debate and decide… subject - Federal-Street Meeting-house (Boston, Mass.) First Presbyterian Church (Boston, Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2141

description - This mezzotint engraved portrait depicts Samuel Adams, 1722-1803. subject - Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2140

description - This map is from The Boston Directory. Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, For John West, No. 75, Cornhill. June 1796 subject - Boston (Mass.) --Maps --1796 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2139

description - Portrait of Elbridge Gerry. Engraving copy by J.B. Longacre, after Vonderlyn. This is the Frontispiece from "The Life of Elbridge Gerry" by James T. Austin. [Boston, Wells and Lilly- Court St. 1828] subject - Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2127

description - Engraving of John Hancock by Thomas Illman and Edward Pilbrow made in the 19th century. subject - Hancock, John, 1737-1793. United States. Declaration of Independence --Signers. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2126

description - Stereoview card depicting Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., before and after the fire of 9-10 November 1872. From the MHS Photo Archives, Stereo Cards collection, Box 1 subject - Buildings --Massachusetts --Boston --Photographs. Boston (Mass.) --Photographs. Stereoscopic views. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2105

description - Whole-plate ambrotype of the home of Thomas Dowse in Central Square, Cambridge, Mass. The photograph was taken in 1857 by J. Stimpson of Brookline, Mass. From the Ambrotype collection; Photo. 2.176L subject - Dowse, Thomas, 1772-1856 --Homes and haunts --Massachusetts --Cambridge --Photographs. Dwellings --Massachusetts --Cambridge --Photographs. Cambridge (Mass.) --Photographs. Ambrotypes. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2088

description - This letter is written from Leverett Saltonstall (1754-1782) to his mother, Mary Cooke Saltonstall Harrod (1723-1804). It is from the Saltonstall family papers. Leverett Saltonstall had apprenticed to become a merchant in Boston but during the… subject - American loyalists. United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --British forces. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2082

description - This letter is written from Mary Cooke Saltonstall Harrod (1723-1804) to her daughter Mary Cooke Badger (1749-1791). Daughter Mary's husband was Rev. Moses Badger, the assistant minister at King subject - American loyalists. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2080

description - This letter is written from Leverett Saltonstall (1754-1782) to his mother, Mary Cooke Saltonstall Harrod (1723-1804). In this letter he describes conditions in Boston during the Siege of Boston. From the Saltonstall family papers. subject - Boston (Mass.) --History --Siege, 1775-1776 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2079

description - Half-plate, hand-colored daguerreotype in brass preserver of the artist Seth Eastman posing on top of Dighton Rock, a famous rock inscribed with petroglyphs outside of Taunton, Mass. The photograph is attributed to Horatio B. King and was probably… subject - Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875 --Photographs. Petroglyphs --Photographs. Dighton Rock (Mass.) --Photographs. Taunton (Mass.) --Photographs. Daguerreotypes. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2076

description - Watercolor drawing by Eliza Susan QuincyCaption on verso reads "View of the Light-house in Boston Harbour. From the House of Josiah Quincy, Esq. Eliza S. Quincy jur. Del. Quincy." From the Eliza S. Quincy Memoir in the Quincy Family Papers, vol. 45,… subject - Quincy, Eliza Susan, 1798-1884. Drawing. Boston Harbor (Mass.) --Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2055

description - In this letter by Adams written on 19 May 1775 from Philadelphia (where the second Continental Congress had convened) to Samuel Purviance, Jr., a man from Maryland who promoted the revolutionary cause, Adams mentions that he had firsthand knowledge… subject - Boston (Mass.) --History --Siege, 1775-1776. Lexington, Battle of, 1775. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1907

description - Photographic portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by Rockwood. Photograph depicts Roosevelt in is Rough Rider uniform during the Spanish-American War. subject - United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st Spanish-American War, 1898 --Photographs relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1889

description - Line engraving depicting a portrait of Mercy Otis Warren, 1728-1814. subject - Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1759