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3.   Provenance

4.   Processing note

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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 - M Box List
# of folders/ Volumes Last Name or Title First Name Call Number Dates and further information
1 Macdonald Harriet S. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 MacFarlane William MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 MacLeod Virginia MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Macomb John MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Macomber E.G. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Macomber Jonathan MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Macomber Joseph Ellwood MSS 9001-M Box 1 42 letters. 1830 - 1855.
1 Macomber Miriam G. MSS 9001-M Box 1
1 Maddocks Gary W. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Maguire Charles A. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Maguire Walter J. MSS 9001-M Oversize Presented to Walter J. Maguire Prov. Council No. 67 U.C.T. March 11, 1944
1 Mahoney Cornelius MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Mahy Louisa A. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Maine Herbert E. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Maleham Ann MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Malen John MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Mallery Arlington H. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Man David MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Man Joab MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Man Samuel MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Man Samuel F. MSS 9001-M Box 1
2 Man Thomas  MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Edward MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Gideon MSS 9001-M Oversize Record of Births, Death and Marriages (1755 - 1812). Fragile.
1 Manchester Isaac MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Job MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester John MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Manchester Joseph MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Sadie  MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Silas H. MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Thaddeus MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Thomas (mariner) MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester Thomas (schoolteacher) MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manchester William MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Manchester Manufacturing Company   MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Mann Ariel  MSS 9001-M Box 1
1 Mann Nancy MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manning James  MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manning James  MSS 9001-M Oversize 3 Degrees.
1 Mansfield Henry MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manton Annie Evelyn  MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manton Anstis MSS 9001-M Box 1
1 Manton Daniel MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manton Edward MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manton Edward Sr.  MSS 9001-M Oversize 2 deeds. March 6, 1702 and January 7, 1707
1 Manton Edward Jr. MSS 9001-M Box 1
1 Manton Emily MSS 9001-M Box 1  
1 Manton Jeremiah MSS 9001-M Loose Volume
1 Manton Joseph MSS 9001-M Oversize 2 Bills of Sale. 1810 and 1829 
2 Manton Salma  MSS 9001-M Box 1
1 Manton Shadrach  MSS 9001-M Triple Oversize Deed to Pardon Tillinghast. December 10, 1680.
1 Manton Shadrach  MSS 9001-M Box 2  
  Manton William MSS 9001-M Oversize 1682
5 Manton Scrapbook    MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 March David MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 Marchant Isabel MSS 9001-M Box 2  
2 Marchant Henry  MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 Marchant Moses B. MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 Mariner's Bethel   MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 Market Square Association   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Markland James G. MSS 9001-M Box 2  
2 Marlee Casting Company    MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Marsh Amariah MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 Marshall Benjamin MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 A.A. Mariani Funeral Home   MSS 9001-M Box 2  
1 Martin David MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Martin Edward (Warren) MSS 9001-M Box 3  
2 Martin Henry  MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Martin Henry R. MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Martin John MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Martin Lillian E. MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Martin Ray MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Martin Thomas James MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Martin William MSS 9001-M Oversize  
1 Martindale Isaac MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Marvel John B. MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mary Dexter Fund   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
2 Mashpaug Land Co.    MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mason Aaron  MSS 9001-M Loose Volume Extremely Fragile
1 Mason Addie F.L. MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Daniel MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Edward MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Hannah MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason James Brown MSS 9001-M Box 3  
2 Mason Joseph  MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Marmaduke MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Mary S. MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Noah MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Samuel MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mason Mason & Malbone MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Masonic Order   MSS 9001-M Box 3  
1 Mathewson Andrew MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Benjamin MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Bueklin MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Daniel MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Elizabeth MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Henry MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson James MSS 9001-M Box 4  
2 Mathewson James  MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Jeffrey MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Jeremiah MSS 9001-M Box 4
1 Mathewson John and Sarah MSS 9001-M Oversize 2 deeds. 1772 and 1785
1 Mathewson John MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson John (Providence) MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Jonathan MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Joseph  MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson Joseph R. MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mathewson Paris MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mathewson William MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Matthews Jeremiah  MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mauger George MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mauran Martha MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Maury John  MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Maury Orendates MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mawney John MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Mawney Peter MSS 9001-M Box 4
1 Mawney Samuel Ayrault MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Maxey Jonathan MSS 9001-M Oversize Deed of Division Between Jonathan Maxey, Susanna Maxey and Hart Hopkins. 1802
1 Maxfield David MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Maxon Ann, M. MSS 9001-M Box 4  
2 Maxon Jesse  MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Maxon Paul MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 Maxwell James MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 May Betsey MSS 9001-M Box 4  
2 May Jesse MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 May Ruth M. MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 May William MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 McAuslan William A. MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 McClosky Frederick MSS 9001-M Box 4  
4 McCrillis Eloise B. (Mrs. Arthur M.)  MSS 9001-M Box 4  
1 McDonald John MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McGee Jack (John) MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McGrath Peter MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McLaughlin John MSS 9001-M Box 5  
2 McMahon Joseph Edward  MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 McMahon Sisters  (Anna & Eva) MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McMillan Mary MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McNamara Grace E. (Jaques) MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McNeil William Gibbs MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McNiff James MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McShane  Clara L. MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 McSparran Hannah G. MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 McVickar William M. MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Meader Frank H. MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Meader Josephine R. MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Meat Lewis MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mechanics Ferry Boat Co.   MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Medbury John MSS 9001-M Box 5
1 Medbury John MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Medbury Nathaniel MSS 9001-M Oversize Deed. 1801  
1 Medicine, Wickford    MSS 9001-M Loose Volume (physician)
1 Meharg John H.  MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
2 Meharg John H.  MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Memorial Chapel Young People's Society   MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Merchants Credit Company   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Merchants Insurance Co.   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mercury   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Merriam C.B. MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Merrill Paul MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Merry Samuel MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Meshanticut (Warwick) Proprieters   MSS 9001-M Box 5  
2 Messer Asa  MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Messer Daniel MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Messer Deborah MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Messer Nathaniel MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Messinger Shirley Canfield MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Metcalf Edwin C. MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Metcalf Henry B. MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Metcalf Joel MSS 9001-M Box 5
1 Metcalf Joel & Michael MSS 9001-M Box 5  
1 Metcalf Joseph H.  MSS 9001-M Oversize Adjutant of the 14th Regiment of the Infantry of Maine Volunteers. 1862
1 Metcalf Joseph H. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Metcalf Louis Herbert MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Metcalf Stephen O. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Metchear James E. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Methodist Deacon's Assoc.   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
2 Methodist Episcopal   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Methuen Mass.   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Metis (steamer)   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mexican War    MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Middleton Annie E. (DeWolf) MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Migliori Erminio MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Miles  H.A. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Military Club   MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Millard Augustus G. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Millard John MSS 9001-M Box 6  
2 Millard Nathaniel  MSS 9001-M Box 6 (2 fol, same person?)
1 Millard Russell MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Millard Samuel MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Millard Squire  MSS 9001-M Oversize Deed. 1810.
1 Millard Squire MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Miller Nathan MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Miller Nathan MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Miller Nathan B. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
2 Miller Nelson  MSS 9001-M Loose Volume
1 Miller Pardon  MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Miller Pardon MSS 9001-M Oversize Fire Insurance Policy. 1825 - 1831 
1 Miller Phillip MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Miller Rebeckah MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Miller Stephen MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
2 Miller William Jones MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Milliken Warren L. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Mills Alonzo A.S. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Mills James MSS 9001-M Oversize Deed. 1804.
1 Miner George L. MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Minerva   MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Minor F.W. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Minor Joseph  MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Minor Thomas MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Minturn S.  MSS 9001-M Oversize Phrenology Exam, circa 1850
2 Miss Abbott's School Alumni Assoc.   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Miss Balch's Academy   MSS 9001-M Box 6
1 Mitchell Alexander MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mitchell Edward R. MSS 9001-M Oversize Deed. 18[5]9.
1 Mitchell Henry MSS 9001-M Box 6
1 Mitchell James MSS 9001-M Oversize Deed. 1727.
1 Mitchell John B. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Mitchell Samuel MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Moffitt William O. MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Molly (sloop)   MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Monday Jonathan MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Money Joseph MSS 9001-M Oversize
1 Money Joseph MSS 9001-M Box 6
1 Monk John  MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Monk John MSS 9001-M Triple Oversize Contract with Napoleon Bower for construction of a thriple decker in Woonsocket, 1909, 2001.30.1
1 Monroe Ephram MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Monroe Thomas MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Monthly Temperance Visitor   MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Moon John MSS 9001-M Box 6
3 Mooney John  MSS 9001-M Box 6  
1 Mooney John MSS 9001-M Oversize 3 items misc.19th c , 1965.51.2.1-
2 J & W Moore Co.    MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 J & W Moore Co.    MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Moore Benjamin B. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moore David MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Moore David C. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moore Isaac S. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moore John MSS 9001-M Box 7
1 Moore John F. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moore Mary MSS 9001-M Oversize Will. 1865.
1 Moore Mary S. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moore Nathan MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moors Thomas M. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
3 Moran Madeleine F.  MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Morrill David C. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Morris Owen MSS 9001-M Oversize Rising Sun (sloop), 1760.
2 Morris William MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Morse A.C. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Morse Helen Ruth  MSS 9001-M Oversize Certificates, 1928 - 1934. #2002.112.1 - 4
1 Morse Jacob MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Morse Mary MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moses Nicholas MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Mosher William Henry MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moss Jesse L. MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Moulton Sullivan MSS 9001-M Oversize (Providence Merchant) Deed to Amos Maine Atwell et all. 1808
1 Mount Hope Bank   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mount Hope Manuf. Co.   MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Mowat George MSS 9001-M Box 7  
1 Mowry Amasa MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Ananias MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Benjamin P. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Charles F. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Dan MSS 9001-M Box 8  
3 Mowry Daniel MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mowry Daniel D. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Daniel (Smithfield) MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry David MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Elisha MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mowry Elisha MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Elizabeth MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Enos MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Erastus R. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Esek MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Ezekiel MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Gideon MSS 9001-M Box 8  
2 Mowry Henry  MSS 9001-M Box 8  
2 Mowry Jeremiah  MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Job MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Joseph  MSS 9001-M Oversize Deed from Daniel Mowry of Smithfield. May 04, 1807
1 Mowry Capt.  Joseph  MSS 9001-M Oversize Smithfield/ Providence Deeds. 1725, 1733, 1768
1 Mowry Luke MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry M.H. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Nathaniel MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Richard Jr. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry S.B. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Susannah MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Sylvester MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Uriah MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Urana MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Waity MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Waterman MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Welcome MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mowry Family Scrapbook   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mozart Society   MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Muenscher William MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Benjamin B. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Caleb C. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford George MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford George A. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Henry MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford James MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Jonathan MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Lewis MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Paul MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Richard  MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Samuel MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Mumford Stephen MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  
1 Mumford William MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  Benjamin (Providence) MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  Benjamin (Bristol) MSS 9001-M Oversize Indenture. 1719
1 Munro  Bennet J. MSS 9001-M Box 8
1 Munro  Ephraim MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro(e)  George (of Bristol 1741 - 1825) MSS 9001-M Oversize Yetmercy Howland, George (ship), Lilly (sloop), Two Brothers (sloop), brig, Mt. Hope
1 Munro  George  MSS 9001-M Box 8
2 Munro  George II  MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  Joseph MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  Nathan MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  Sarah MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  Simeon MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  William MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munro  William P. MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Munslow Alice Elizabeth MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Murphy  Robert Cushman MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Music (The Rhode Island March)   MSS 9001-M Box 8  
1 Myatt  James A. MSS 9001-M Loose Volume  

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