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Box 7

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Meeting Papers, 1804-1863

 Sub-Series — Box: 7, Folder: 70
Scope and Contents

Letters addressed to New England Quarterly Meeting by George Churchman, 1804, Extract "On Spiritual Silence" from the journal of Jesse Kersey, copied for Abel Collins by Job Munroe, 1817. Minutes and correspondence from South Kingstown Monthly Meeting, and Hopkinton Preperative Meeting (these papers are primarily associated with Abel F. Collins)

Dates: 1804-1863

Poems and Essays

 Sub-Series — Box: 7, Folder: 71
Scope and Contents

Some copied and some original poems, including several by Francis W. Collins, one by Electa J. Collins, a sewn volume entitled "Rosy the Wreath" compiled by Clarkson Collins, an anonymous poem "On the death of A.M. Collins," and several signed "Rustic Bard" in the handwriting of Francis W. Collins

Album of photographs

 Sub-Series — Box: 7, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents

Album belonged to Francis Wendell Collins, and depicted members of the Collins family (as identified in 1954 by Francis Winfield Collins): Electa J. and Abel F., Ruth H. and Job S., Clarkson T. and Chalkley C., Francis Wendell and Alice V., and A. Chalkley Collins, as well as many other unidentified photographs.

Miscellaneous

 Sub-Series — Box: 7, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents

Clippings, wedding invitations, birth announcements, an index to biblical passages, unidentified photographs, and a ribbon

Receipts, 1795-1875, n.d.

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 64
Scope and Contents

Reciepts of Isaac, Abel, Mary A., and Amos Collins, and others.

Dates: 1795-1875, n.d.

Correspondence regarding school and teaching, 1867-1881

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 66
Scope and Contents

Primarily associated with Francis W. Collins, including job offers and his teaching certificate.

Dates: 1867-1881