Newport Historical Society, Manuscripts and Archives Collection Inventory Please note these collections are largely unprocessed. The data presented here is to aid scholar and researcher access, while formal processing is underway. For processed collections, visit the Manuscripts and Archives Collection on the NHS Online Catalog at http://j.mp/nhsarchives, or locate our finding aids on RIAMCO, Rhode Island Archives and Manuscripts Collections Online, at http://j.mp/nhsriamco. For more information about the items here or to make an appointment, please contact NHS. 440: Series Note
245: Title Statement
035: Local System Control Number
691: Local Subject 691: Local Subject Added Entry - Date Added Entry - Date
100: Main Entry - Personal Name
110: Main Entry - Corporate Name
300: Physical Description
Letter from Corliss F. Randolph to Susan Braley Franklin regarding the Maxon House, Feb. 26, 1945
1945
Randolph, Corliss F.
Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society
typescript
Address to members and deputies of assembly concerning grievance of Town of New Shoreham, 16991700
1699
1700
Letter to Miss Elilzabeth Ludlow, Newport, December 1, nd
Page 148 of 220
500: General Note
541: Immediate Source of Acquisition
600: Subject Added Entry - 610: Subject Added Personal Name (1) Entry - Corporate Name (1)
650: Subject Lookup (1)
Franklin, Susan Braley
Letters
700: Added Entry - Personal Name (1)
Rathbone, Thomas
ms
Mott, Nathaniel
Read, Catherine
ms
Ludlow, Elizabeth
Commission Certificate - promotion to Second Lieutenant in the 1st Brigade of the Rhode Island Militia, 1863
1863
Read, Howard
ms
Signed by James Smith, Governor of Rhode Island
Smith, James
Promotion of Second Lieutenat in the 1st Brigade of the Rhode Island Militia certificate, 1863
1863
Read, Howard
ms
Signed by James Smith, Governour of RI
Smith, James
Certificate of promotion to Second Lieutenant in the 1st Brigade of the Rhode Island Militia. 1863
1863
Read, Howard
ms
Signed by James Smith, Governor of RI
Smith, James
Bond Estate of John Read, 1734
1734
Read, John
ms
Estate, 1846 Administration of Captain John Read, May 4, 1840, Inventory, May 11, 1840
1846 1840
Read, John Read, John
ms ms
Concerns an estate settlement whereby Remington would be appointed administrator, Dec. 15, 1837
1837
Read, Oliver
ms
Streets of Newport, Homeowners, 1810-1820 Newport Mercury 1877, 1878, 1880 Column Washington and Bridge Streets, April 30, 1881
1810
Read, Oliver
ms
Certificate of contents of Sloop "Dolphin" for Mississippi, flag of truce, Jan 14, 1758
1758
Read, William
ms
Receipt for framing and glazing 12 prints, 1774 Signature
1774
Reak, Charles Reak, Charles
ms ms
Ship "Reaper" of Newport, David Evans of Freetown, MA, builder for self, Stephen Bowen and George Bowen, 1826
1826
Reaper
ms
Evans, David; Bowen, Stephen; Bowen, George
Sloop "Recrute", Henry Taggart, Master, 1743 Sloop "Recrute", Henry Taggart, master, Barbados account of sales, 1743-1744
1743 1743
Recrute Recrute
ms ms
Taggart, Henry Taggart, Henry
John Townsend's bill for mehogany bedsted with cornish fluted post, etc. July 23, 1774 Caleb Gardner to make a suit of crimson silk bed and window curtains.
1774
Redwood
mss
Townsend, John; Gardner, Caleb
Redwood letters Papers
Redwood Redwood family
ms 15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Letters
Redwood, Abraham
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5 " ms box
Letters Business records
1881
1744
Read, Elizabeth, Honeyman, J.
Wills Remington, P.P.
Dolphin
Collection of signatures of cabinet makers, goldsmiths and artists of Newport.
Genealogy
Disbound Letter Books: 644 (1723-1740); 645 (17401749); 646 (1749-1756); 647 (1756-1773)
1723
1773
Redwood, Abraham
15-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 5" box
Document related to ship, 1731-1733
1731
1733
Redwood, Abraham
ms
Abraham & Jonah is a ship. Abraham Redwood is the owner. Francis Pope is the captain.
Shipping records
Pope, Francis; Abraham & Jonah
Lease for land in Antigua, 1732 Lease for farm in Antigua, 1735 Mortgage, 1731 Letters concerning the plantation in Antigua, 1755-1789 Xerox of will Accounts and correspondence
1732 1735 1731 1755
Redwood, Abraham Redwood, Abraham Redwood, Abraham Redwood, Abraham Redwood, Abraham Redwood, Abraham
ms ms ms ms ms ms
Formerly PR1 Formerly PR1
Antigua--Land evidence Antigua--Land evidence
Nugent, Walter Tomlinson, John
1789
106 pieces
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Last updated: 4/12/2012