Quincy family collection

Item Information

Title:
Quincy family collection
Description:
This small collection of family papers includes two inventories of the Quincy House created by Eliza Susan Quincy as well as an illustrated poetry book and an individual sketch by her. The book includes both images and short passages. It is inscribed to Mary Jane (Miller) Quincy, Eliza Susan’s sister-in-law. The collection includes two pieces of correspondence related to Josiah Quincy III’s involvement with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Also included is a poetry book which probably belonged to Anna Cabot Lowell, a close friend of Eliza Susan (Morton) Quincy, wife of Josiah III and mother of Eliza Susan Quincy; the poetry book is signed on multiple pages "A. C. Lowell." The collection also includes an inventory of the Beacon Hill residence of M. A. De Wolfe Howe, a letter to an unidentified "Edmund" (probably Edmund Quincy) from "Hannah," and a letter from Nelly Custis Lewis (step-daughter of President George Washington) to Eliza Susan (Morton) Quincy.
Date:
1806–1876
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
family papers
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
MS053: Quincy family collection
Subjects:
correspondence
furniture
inventories
poetry
sketches
works of art
Clap, Elisha
Lewis, Nelly Custis, 1779-1852
Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997
Quincy, Eliza Susan, 1798-1884
Quincy, Mary Jane Miller, 1806-1874
Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864
Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882
Howe, M. A. De Wolfe
Lowell, Anna Cabot, d. 1810
Quincy, Eliza Susan Morton, 1773-1850
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Historic New England (Organization)
Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Western Rail-Road Corporation
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Massachusetts > Norfolk (county) > Quincy
Extent:
0.417 linear feet (1 manuscript box; 16 items)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/309079
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Loan, Edmund Quincy, 1939 (192.1939). Loan, Edmund Quincy, possibly 1970 (loan numbers unknown). Gift, Helen Howe Allen, 1977 (1977.8, 1977.15, 1977.24, 1977.25). Collected through fieldwork, 2015.
Identifier:
309079
Call #:
MS053