1851-1904
Guide to the Collection
Representative digitized documents from this collection:
Restrictions on Access
Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below). Black and white microfilm is also available for use in the library, P-767.
摘要
This collection consists of 5个文档 盒子 of volumes and loose items created by 查尔斯·Edward French.
Biographical Sketch
查尔斯·Edward French (1837-1904), son of John Allen French and Lucy Perkins (Spear) 法语, was a Boston broker, hardware merchant, and drug merchant.
Collection Description
This collection consists of the diaries of 查尔斯·Edward 法语, 1851-1904 (with 空白). Entries include French's descriptions of family activities, school attendance at the Adams School in East Boston, work at the hardware store of 乔治H. 灰色和 Company early in his career, his ownership of a hardware store and brokerage firm, work selling drugs including opium, sexual attractions to others, views on local politics and the Civil War, autograph 收集, his father John French's interest in preserving public gardens, his own interest in preserving the Boston Common and other public gardens and cemeteries, and the weather.
Also included in the collection are cash accounts (1858-1861 and 1864-1866), reminiscences of his childhood, poetry, and estate papers (1905-1907).
Acquisition Information
Gift of Charles Stratton 法语, Sep. 1923.
Restrictions on Access
Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below). Black and white microfilm is also available for use in the library, P-767.
Other Formats
The collection is also available as color digital facsimiles and on microfilm, P-787, 6卷.
Detailed Description of the Collection
日记, 2月1.-21年9月. 1851
日记, 9月22日. 1851-31 July 1852
日记, 8月1日. 1852年9月9日. 1855
日记, 9月10日. 1855年4月27日. 1857
日记, 7 May 1857-24 Apr. 1859
日记, 22 May 1859-30 Sep. 1864
日记, 10月1日. 1864 - 11年1月. 1866
日记, 1月12. 1866年10月31日. 1867
日记, 11月1. 1867年3月28日. 1870
日记, 3月29日. 1870年3月31日. 1872
日记, 4月1日. 1872年11月20日. 1874
日记, 11月21日. 1874-1 July 1877
日记, 10 July 1877-23 Mar. 1883
日记, 3月24日. 1883-8 June 1887
日记, 9 June 1887-4 June 1892
日记, 5 June 1892-12 Nov. 1897
日记, 11月13日. 1897-2 July 1901
日记, 3 July 1901-26 Nov. 1904
"Prior diary of early reminiscences/ Early Memories/ Autobiography of 查尔斯·E. 法国从 1837 to 1851 at which latter date my diary was commenced"
"Verses and sentiments composed by C. E. French/ Begun 1887-"
"C. E. F. Poems and sentiments," 1897
"Original Verses/ written by 查尔斯·E. French - ('Cephus')" and cash 账户, 1月5. 1864年1月- 5. 1866
"Excerpts/ Nuggets from the poets - 卷. 2 /开始 妇幼保健, 1894/ selected by C. E. 法国”
There is no apparent vol. 1 of excerpts in this collection.
Cash account book, 1月1. 1858 - 1 1月. 1861
Loose papers relating to the estate of C. E. 法语, 1905-1907
Preferred Citation
查尔斯·Edward French diaries, 质量achusetts Historical Society.
访问条款
This collection is indexed under the following headings in 阿比盖尔,在线 catalog of the 质量achusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.
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Items Removed from the Collection
French's autograph collection was removed from this collection to the 查尔斯·Edward French autograph collection, 1337-1897.