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2.   Scope and content

3.   Provenance

4.   Processing note

5.   Inventory

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Miscellaneous Manuscripts

Small, mostly uncataloged collections arranged by personal name.

Records and personal papers, 1640s - present

Size: 142 linear feet

Catalog number: MSS 9001

Processed by: Rick Stattler, Kristina Piecyk, and Desiree Kenny 1995-1996

Partially restricted

 

 

 

 

 

©Rhode Island Historical Society

Manuscripts Division

Historical Note:

 The earliest system for dealing with miscellaneous manuscripts was pasting them into scrapbooks. Two large series were compiled: Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts and Rhode Island Manuscripts, totaling 28 volumes. The creation of scrapbooks ended around 1940. Single items and small collections arriving after 1940 have generally been arranged alphabetically. In addition, some larger collections have been broken up and distributed by name. Until 1994, there was no formal "collection" of these small files; they were shelved individually in loose folders, and interfiled with much larger collections.

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Scope and content:

 The Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection includes these loose files compiled since 1940. The contents vary widely, and could typically include: a single deed; a small collection of family correspondence; an account book; a military commission; a diary; a handful of shipping receipts. None of these small collections contain much more than a hundred items, or a couple of large volumes. The dates span from the seventeenth century to the present, though the bulk are probably from about 1750 to 1900.

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Provenance:

The items comprising this collection are from hundreds, probably thousands, of different accessions. A few general comments can be made. The bulk of these items were probably donated after 1940. Small accessions from before that date tended to be placed in scrapbooks under the heading of Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts. However, some of the earlier collections were broken up at a later date and dispersed by name throughout this collection, mostly during the early 1980s. This occurred with many family collections; another example is a collection of Barrington historical papers that were broken up at that time.

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Inventory (Arranged Alphabetically):

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

MSS 9001 - G Box List
# of folders/ Volumes Last Name or Title First Name Call Number Dates and further information
1 Gage Sarah MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gale Harriet Swan MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gallagher  Ralph A. MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gallop  William MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gallup  Albert S. MSS 9001-G Oversize Certificate, 1854
3 Gallup  Albert S.  MSS 9001-G Box 1
1 Gannet Stanley MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
2 Gano Stephen  MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardiner Family    MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Abbey Brown MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Abby Sandford MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Abigail MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Adelia A. MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Avis MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Benjamin MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Brayton MSS 9001-G Box 1  
2 Gardner/Gardiner Caleb  MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Caleb, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 1  
2 Gardner/Gardiner David MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Edward MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Elisha MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Elisha R. MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Elizabeth MSS 9001-G Box 1  
2 Gardner/Gardiner Ezekiel  MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Francis MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Frederick MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Henry MSS 9001-G Box 1  
1 Gardner/Gardiner James A. MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Gardner/Gardiner James L. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner John L. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Malbone MSS 9001-G Box 2  
2 Gardner/Gardiner Mary  MSS 9001-G Box 2  
2 Gardner/Gardiner Nicholas  MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Nicholas Jr. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Paris MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Peleg MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Richard MSS 9001-G Box 2  
2 Gardner/Gardiner Robert  MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Ruth MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Samuel MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Samuel F. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Sandford MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Seraphine A. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gardner/Gardiner Susan C. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
2 Gardner/Gardiner Sylvester  MSS 9001-G Box 2  
2 Gardner/Gardiner William  MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Garrardi John MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Garzia John, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gaspee Fire and Marine   MSS 9001-G Box 2  
2 Gates Clifford M.  MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Gavett William MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gavit Ezekiel MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gavitt Benajah MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gay Abner MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gay Charles P. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gazda Engineering   MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 General Greene Memorial Association   MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 General Greene Memorial Fund   MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 General Hamilton (ship)   MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 General Hawes (schooner)   MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 George (schooner)   MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 George Street School Proprietors   MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 George William (bark)    MSS 9001-G Oversize  
1 Gessner William G. Sr. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbons Lillian C. MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbs Amey Crawford MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbs George MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbs Israel MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbs James MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbs Mary MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbs Robert MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gibbs William Channing MSS 9001-G Box 2  
1 Gifford Peleg MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gilbert Josiah MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gilligan Arthur E. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gillmore George W. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Girard Barbara T. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
4 Gladding B.H. & Co.  MSS 9001-G Box 3  
2 Gladding  Benjamin MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  George MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  Henry F. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  John MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  John, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  Jonathan MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  Kinsley C.  MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  Mary T. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
3 Gladding  Nathaniel  MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Gladding  W.E. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Glance Henry MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Globe Bank    MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Gloucester Elephant   MSS 9001-G Box 3  
2 Gloucester Turnpike Co.    MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Goddard Joseph D. MSS 9001-G Box 3  
1 Godfrey Christopher MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Godfrey Joshua MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Godfrey Richard MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Goff Abner MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Goff Nathan B. MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Goodman Samuel MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Goodwin Adam MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Goodwin Daniel, Rev. MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Goodwin Owen MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Goodwin William B. MSS 9001-G RESTRICTED RESTRICTED UNTIL 2022 
1 Gordan  Ann Merice  MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Gorham  Benjamin MSS 9001-G Box 4 USE MICROFILM E445 .R4, part 2, reel 12
2 Gorham  Isaac  MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Gorham & Ward   MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Gormley Michael MSS 9001-G Box 4  
6 Gorton Benjamin  MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Gorton Benjamin Earle MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Gorton Edward MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Gorton Hezekiah MSS 9001-G Box 4  
5 Gorton John  MSS 9001-G Box 4  
1 Gorton Mary  MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gorton Newport MSS 9001-G Box 5  
3 Gorton Samuel  MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gorton Sarah MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gorton-Greene Family   MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gould Alice (Chase) MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gould Benjamin MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gould Daniel MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gould Henry MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gould Jonathan MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gould Thomas B. & Family MSS 9001-G Box 5  
2 Gourard Fauvel  MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Gowdy James A. MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Grafton Charles MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Graham Manufacturing Co.   MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Graham Manufacturing Co.   MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Granger James N. MSS 9001-G Box 5  
1 Grant Mary M. MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Grant Temperance MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Grant Club   MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Graves James MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Graves Joseph MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Graves Zephaniah MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Gray Robert, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Gray Thomas MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Gray William MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Great Britain - Parlaiment   MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Great Storm of 1815   MSS 9001-G Box 6  
3 Green Arnold  MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Green Gideon MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Green Thomas MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene A. (wife of ?) MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Abby P.  MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Abby S. (Casey) MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Abraham MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Albert Collins of Scituate MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Ann MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Anne #16 MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Anthony Holden #1448 MSS 9001-G Box 6 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Augustus MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Barbara (Low) MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Benjamin #1200 MSS 9001-G Box 6 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Benjamin of East Greenwich MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Benjamin of New London MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Benjamin of Warwick MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Benjamin of Warwick MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Benjamin Robinson MSS 9001-G Box 6  
1 Greene Caleb #310 MSS 9001-G Box 6 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Caleb Jr. #734 MSS 9001-G Box 6 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Catherine #883 (2) MSS 9001-G Box 7 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)) m. Christopher
1 Greene Catherine (Ward)  MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Catherine Celia (Larned) MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Catherine, wed. John MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Charles C. #1870 MSS 9001-G Box 7 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Charles W. MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Christopher MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Christopher MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Greene Christopher Jr. #884 MSS 9001-G Box 7 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Christopher N. #1847 (2) MSS 9001-G Box 7 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Christopher Washington #670 MSS 9001-G Box 7 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Clarke MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Clarke S. MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Dutee MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Edgar MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Elihu MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Elisha MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Elizabeth MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Elizabeth G. MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Emily MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Emily (Kelly) MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Ezekiel MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Fernando MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Fleet MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Fones, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 7  
1 Greene Francis V. MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Franklin MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene George F. MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Greene George L. MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene George Washington MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Godfrey MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Hannah MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Hazard MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Henry MSS 9001-G Box 8  
2 Greene Henry Lehre  MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Henry W. #1848 MSS 9001-G Box 8 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene James m. Anne MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene James m. Rebeccah MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene James m. Sarah MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Jeremiah MSS 9001-G Box 8  
3 Greene Job  MSS 9001-G Box 8  
4 Greene John  MSS 9001-G Box 8  
2 Greene John & Co.  MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene John Holden MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene John W. MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene John Ward #890 MSS 9001-G Box 8 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene John Waterman MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene John Wickes descendants #2381 MSS 9001-G Box 8 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
2 Greene Joshua  MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Katherine MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Katherine (Littlefield) MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Katherine (Ray) MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Laura (Tyler) MSS 9001-G Box 8  
1 Greene Lawton MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Lewis #1449 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Lloyd MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Lodowick MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Lydia MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Mary MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Mary (Rhodes) MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Mary Almira MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Nancy Holden MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Nathaniel #1142? MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Nathaniel #141 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Nathaniel #887 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Nathaniel & Co. MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Nathaniel of East Greenwich MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Nathaniel R. MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Nathaniel, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 9  
3 Greene Perry  MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Perry & Taylor, Thomas MSS 9001-G Box 9  
2 Greene Phillip  MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Ray C. MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Rhodes MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Richard #184 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Richard #203 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Richard #35 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Richard #35? MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Richard #3527 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Richard #447 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Robert Wickes, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Rowland #1174 MSS 9001-G Box 9 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Rufus MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Russell MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Russell MSS 9001-G Box 9  
1 Greene Samuel MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Samuel #1777 MSS 9001-G Box 10 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Samuel of Coventry MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Samuel of Johnston MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Samuel Ward #709 MSS 9001-G Box 10 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Sarah P. MSS 9001-G Box 10  
2 Greene Sarah R. (Bowen)  MSS 9001-G Box 10  (wife of Adelbert K. of Greene, not in GORI)
1 Greene Scott MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Simon Ray MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Stephen MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Susan MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Susan B. MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Greene Thomas #1201 MSS 9001-G Box 10 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Thomas #511 MSS 9001-G Box 10 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Thomas descendants MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Thomas Holden #1444 MSS 9001-G Box 10 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene Thomas Lippitt, Capt. MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Thomas R. MSS 9001-G Box 10  
2 Greene Thomas W.  MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Thomas Wickes MSS 9001-G Box 10  
1 Greene Wanton MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene Welcome Arnold MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene William #253 MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene William A. #1425? MSS 9001-G Box 11 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene William A. of Johnston MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene William Brenton #1880 MSS 9001-G Box 11 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene William Henry #2505 MSS 9001-G Box 11 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene William Jr. MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene William Maxwell #1871 MSS 9001-G Box 11 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene William P. MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene William Perry #892 MSS 9001-G Box 11 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene William Ray #1563 MSS 9001-G Box 11 (# is number assigned in Greenes of Rhode Island)
1 Greene & Langford   MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene Academy   MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene Academy   MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Greene Academy   MSS 9001-G Oversize 1899
1 Greene family genealogical notes   MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene family history   MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greene family wills   MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Greene miscellany   MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greeneville Meeting House   MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greenlease Hannah MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greenman Silas MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greenville Fire Engine Company    MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greenwood  J. MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Greenwood John MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Griffin Stephen A., Dr. MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Griffin Stephen F. MSS 9001-G Box 11  
2 Griffin T.J.  MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Griffith John MSS 9001-G Box 11  
2 Griswold Alexander V.  MSS 9001-G Box 11  
1 Griswold Alexander V.  MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
3 Grocers and Producers Bank    MSS 9001-G Box 12  
1 Grocers and Producers Bank    MSS 9001-G Loose Volume  
1 Gross Carl R., Dr. MSS 9001-G Box 12  
2 Grosvenor Rosa Anna (Mason)  MSS 9001-G Box 12  
1 Guerrick Nathaniel MSS 9001-G Box 12  
1 Guild George W. MSS 9001-G Box 12  

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