Scope and content
Marriage certificate (1799) of Benjamin Mitchell and Eunice Barney, signed by members of the Nantucket Quaker Meeting; ten letters (1841-1844) mainly to Eunice from her daughters and other relatives concerning family affairs, a scarlet fever epidemic, a shipwreck off Nantucket, an anti-slavery meeting, and whaling voyage preparations; genealogy; manuscript poetry, and a photograph of Phoebe Clement. Correspondents include George Barney, Jane Barney, Nehemiah and Anna Mitchell Merritt, Oliver Mitchell, Daniel H. Tweedy, and Isaac Vail.
Dates
- 1799-1900.
Creator
- Mitchell family. (Family)
- Barney, Eunice. (Person)
Extent
.1 cubic feet. (.1 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Antislavery movements.
- Barney, George.
- Barney, Jane.
- Clement, Phoebe.
- Epidemics.
- Genealogies.
- Merritt, Anna Mitchell.
- Merritt, Nehemiah.
- Mitchell, Benjamin.
- Mitchell, Eunice Barney.
- Mitchell, Oliver.
- Quaker women.
- Quakers.
- Scarletina.
- Shipwrecks -- Massachusetts -- Nantucket.
- Tweedy, Daniel H.
- Vail, Isaac.
- Whaling.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)