Massachusetts -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Howland-Kirby Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-067
Abstract
Howland and Kirby families were Quakers of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, Mass. The collection contains primarily transcripts and photocopies of their papers. Of particular interest are dairies of Weston Howland, Jr., with notes on the arrival of whaling ships in New Bedford and details of a controversy over the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge; those of Abby S., and Rachel, which describe a trip taken by Abby to New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. (1888) and women preaching at Friends...
Dates:
circa 1790-circa 1973
