Scope and content
Collection comprises estate papers dealing with Massachusetts properties, mainly in Boston, including a copy of the will of William Brown Callendar (1864), deeds, examining records, leases, other legal documents, rough sketches of property and household bills; are mainly related to bequests that William Brown made to his daughter Mary, the wife of William Joseph Callendar and mother of William Brown Callendar, and thence from Brown or Callendar to various children and grandchildren, including members of the Capen, Stearns, and Vinton families. Material primarily concerns Berkshire, Hampshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts.
Dates
- 1787-1874.
Creator
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Bibliographic References
- Accounts (estate settlement).
- Administration of estates.
- Berkshire County (Mass.)
- Boston (Mass.)
- Brown, William.
- Callendar, Mary Brown.
- Callendar, William Joseph.
- Capen family.
- Deeds.
- Estates (Law) -- Massachusetts.
- Hampshire County (Mass.)
- Insurance policies.
- Leases.
- Norfolk County (Mass.)
- Real property
- Stearns family.
- Suffolk County (Mass.)
- Title examinations.
- Vinton family.
- 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
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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