Diary for 1773 to the end of 1774 of Mr. Thomas Newell, Boston

Item Information

Title:
Diary for 1773 to the end of 1774 of Mr. Thomas Newell, Boston
Title (alt.):
Diary of Thomas Newell
Description:
An autograph manuscript diary kept by Thomas Newell, of Boston, between January 1, 1773 and December 22, 1774. Entries for each day document the weather, often with additional details of events from Newell's daily life, or important occurrences in Boston and the colonies. Newell's entry for December 17, 1773, describes the destruction of the East India Company's tea in Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty. Accompanied by a separate booklet of materials taken from the previous binding (fragment of the original cover, notes from former owners, clippings, bookplate, and a letter from former owner M.F. Whittemore to subsequent owner Abram E. Cutter). These materials gathered together and sewn into conservation wrappers.
Creator:
Newell, Thomas, active 18th century
Former owner:
Whittemore, M. F.
Former owner:
Cutter, Abram Edmands, 1822-
Date:
January 1, 1773–December 22, 1774
Format:
Manuscripts
Books
Genre:
Diaries
weather diaries
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Colonial and Revolutionary Boston (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Newell, Thomas, active 18th century
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
82 pages ; 17 x 14 cm + accompanying material
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/zs2626294
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, Massachusetts
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from first page; the words "of Mr. Thomas Newell, Boston" added in a later hand.
Notes (object):
Removed from previous binding and sewn into modern conservation wrappers.
Notes (publications):
Published in: Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 15 (1876-1877): 335.
Identifier:
06_01_016829
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q E.10.5
Barcode:
39999086885801