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Jarves, James Jackson, 1818-1888

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James Jackson Jarves collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 301
Abstract:

Consists of family correspondence, general correspondence, diaries, and memorabilia of the Jarves family. Major family correspondents are James Jackson Jarves, his first wife, Elizabeth Russell Swain Jarves, his son Horatio Deming Jarves, and his second wife Isabel Heyden Jarves. Collection also contains working files of Francis Steegmuller, author of The Two Lives of James Jackson Jarves, 1951.

Dates: 1838-1954
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > James Jackson Jarves collection

Benajah Ticknor papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 495
Abstract:

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

Dates: 1818-1852
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Benajah Ticknor papers