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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
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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.
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.
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.
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
| Number of folders/ Volumes | Last Name or Title | First Name | Call Number | Dates and further information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labor Book, Newport | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Ladd | Caleb | MSS 9001-L Oversize | 1813 |
| 1 | Ladd | Caleb (Gen.) | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Laden | Nicholas | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lades | John Dexter | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Ladies Volunteer Relief Association | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | ||
| 1 | Lafayette | Marquis de | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Laha | Isaac | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lakewood Post Office (Warwick) | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | ||
| 2 | Lamb | Henry A. | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Lambert | Daniel J. Jr. | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Lane | William | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Langdon-Kelly | Margaret | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Langford | Holden | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Langley | John Sinkens | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Langley | Lee | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Newport contract; 1789 |
| 1 | Langley | William | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 2 | Lanman | James | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | 2 folders, one of them duplicate copies |
| 1 | Lanphear | Elisha | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lapham | Jonathan | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Contract, 1782 |
| 1 | Lapham | Thomas | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | LaPiana | Alfred | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larchar | John | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larchar | John | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Larchar | William | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Larchar & Hatch | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Larkin | Martha S. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larned | Asa | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larned | Elizabeth I. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larned | Henry | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Return of A Brigade; 1781 - 1788 |
| 1 | Larned | Horace | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larned | John S. | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Satement of Account with Henry Larned, 1812 - 1813 |
| 1 | Larned | John | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larned | Morris | MSS 9001-L Oversize | 1817 - 1818 |
| 1 | Larned | Russell M. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Larned | William | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Latham | Henry S. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Latham | Jabez | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Latham | Mary O. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Latham | Mehitable | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Latham Family Papers | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | ||
| 1 | Law | Charles | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawlor | Daniel C. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawlor | Lawrence | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Lawrence | Freelove | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawrence | John | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawrence | Jonathan | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawrence | Joseph | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawrence | William Beach | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawton | Abial | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 2 | Lawton | George | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 2 | Lawton | Isaac | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawton | John N. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawton | Rebeccah | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawton | Robert Jr. | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawton | Thomas | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Lawyer's Fee Book | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Lay | Abigail | MSS 9001-L Box 1 | |
| 1 | Leach | Thomas | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 2 | Lear | Susan | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Learned | George A. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 2 | Learned | Horace | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Ledyard | David | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Lee | Peter | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Lee | R.L. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Lee | William | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | LeFavour | Helen H. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 2 | Legal Forms N.D. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | ||
| 1 | Leith | (Mrs.) Royal W. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leland | Jesse | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | Abraham | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Bristol, 1830 |
| 1 | Leonard | Charles H. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | Charles M | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | Ezra | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | Frank | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | John | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | Samuel | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | Welcome | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard | William F. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Leonard Family | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | ||
| 1 | LeToon | Thomas W. | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | LeToon | Thomas | MSS 9001-L Oversize | vs. Schooner Tribone, 1836 - 1837 |
| 1 | Letson | John | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Letts | Ira Lloyd | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Levalley | Alice | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Levalley | Anna | MSS 9001-L Box 2 | |
| 1 | Levalley | Cromwell | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Levalley | John Jr. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Levalley | Peter | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Levalley | Stephen | MSS 9001-L Oversize | 1835 |
| 1 | Levalley | William | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Levalley | William F. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | A. M. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Amos | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Eleazar | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Elijah | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Hannah E. | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Lewis | Isaac | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | Deed, 1715 to David Isaac, transferred to Isaac Lewis |
| 1 | Lewis | Isaac | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Deed-South Kingston Husbandman, Son of Elisha, brother of Isaac.1730 |
| 1 | Lewis | John | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Joseph H. | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Lewis | Mary | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Mary M. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Prime | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lewis | Nathaniel | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Libraudi | Gabriel | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lighthouse, Newport-Goat Island | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Agreement; 1823, 3 photostats, and 2 typeset pages | |
| 1 | Lighthouse, Sandy Point Light | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | ||
| 1 | Lillibridge | Henry R. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lincoln | Amasa | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lincoln | Baylies | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lincoln Packing Company | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | ||
| 1 | Linde | Hermann | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lindell | George A. | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Certificate of Appreciation. May 4, 1869 |
| 1 | Lindell | George A. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | Letters, 1864 - 1865, # 1979.74.1- 5 |
| 1 | Lindol, Harry C. & Co. | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Linzey | Benjamin | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lippitt | Ceasar | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lippitt | Jeremiah | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lippitt | Moses (of Coventry) | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lippitt | Moses (of Warwick) | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Lippitt | William | MSS 9001-L Oversize | 1741, 1844 |
| 1 | Lippitt & Phenix Sabbath | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Little | Amos | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Little | Charles C. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Little | Ephraim | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Little | Mary (Sloop) | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Little | Sophia | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Livingstone | Oscar R. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | Llufrio | Bartholomew W. | MSS 9001-L Box 3 | |
| 1 | A.D. Lockwood & Co. | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Lockwood | Avis | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lockwood | Elizabeth | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lockwood | Moses | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lockwood | Nathaniel | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lockwood | Phebe Waterman | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lockwood | Sarah | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 2 | Locust Grove Cemetery | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | ||
| 1 | Long | Ezekial | MSS 9001-L Oversize | |
| 1 | Longfellow | Henry Wadsworth | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | 1730 |
| 1 | Lonsdale | John F. | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Loomis | Lebbeus | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Loone | L.J. | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lopez | Moses & Jacob | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lord | Haynes | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Lord | Warren & Evans | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Loucher | John | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Walter Scott (ship). 1833 |
| 1 | Louisana Purchase Expo. | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | ||
| 1 | Louschek | Charles | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lovenberg | Charles | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Lovett | Julia D'Wolf | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lovett | Whipple | MSS 9001-L Oversize | 1802. Cumberland, Physician |
| 7 | Low | Anthony | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Anthony | MSS 9001-L Loose Volume | |
| 1 | Low | Benjamin | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Elizabeth | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Frances | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Hannah | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Hooker | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 2 | Low | James | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 2 | Low | John | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | John | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Contracts. November 11, 1687 and August 9 1693 |
| 1 | Low | John Jr. | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Joseph H. | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Samuel | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Sarah | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 2 | Low | Stephen | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Low | Timothy | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lowden | Mary V. | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lowe | Edwin | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Lowell | John | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Ludlam | Mary | MSS 9001-L Oversize | February [14] 1729 |
| 1 | Ludlow | Frances M. | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Lawsuit Re: Newport Land. 1820 |
| 1 | Luther | Benjamin | MSS 9001-L Box 4 | |
| 1 | Luther | Daniel B. | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | David | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Ezra | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | George H. | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Hannah | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Harriet | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Henry | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Henry H. | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | James andMary | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Lina? | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Martin | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Minor and Almira | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Nancy | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Nathaniel | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Rebeccah (Sheldon) | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Luther | Seneca | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Lydia (sloop) | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Lyndon | Josias | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Lynx (schooner) | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | ||
| 1 | Lyon | John B. | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Lyon | John J. | MSS 9001-L Oversize | Contract. April 1, 1826 |
| 1 | Lyon | John J. | MSS 9001-L Box 5 | |
| 1 | Lyon | Samuel | MSS 9001-L Box 5 |