Pearson family
Family
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bromfield family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 599
Overview:
Correspondence, legal documents, business and other papers relating to the Bromfield family of Boston and collateral families. The papers relate primarily to Henry Bromfield (1727-1820), his descendants and their families. There is also material relating to Richard Clarke (1711-1795), a Boston merchant who was involved in the pre-Revolutionary difficulties about the tax on tea.
Dates:
1682-1914
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Bromfield family papers
Benjamin Pearson family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1427
Overview:
The papers consist of family letters, poetry, and other writings by and about the Pearson family of England and Darby, Pennsylvania. Most of the letters are written to Benjamin Pearson from relatives in England.
Dates:
1726-1818
Pierson family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1037
Overview:
Three women, two of the nineteenth century, are represented in the Pierson family papers. There are two notebooks kept by two sisters: Margaret H. Pierson, with notes on her reading at Vassar College, and Louise R. Pierson with a notebook on a sewing course at the Pratt Institute. Also a diary (1926) on a trip to Europe kept by Laura Pierson, probably a cousin.
Dates:
1876-1926
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Pierson family papers
Seward family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1254
Overview:
Correspondence, legal papers, deeds, estate inventories and pencil portraits relating to the Seward family of Killingworth and Guilford, Connecticut. Also figuring in the collection are the Buell, Pierson, Smith and Steevens families.
Dates:
1729-1768
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Seward family papers