1.   Historical note

2.   Scope and content

3.   Provenance

4.   Processing note

5.   Inventory

6.   Subjects


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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 - D Box List
# of folders/ Volumes Last Name or Title First Name Call Number Dates and further information
1 Daggett Daniel MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
5 Daggett Israel MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Daggett Jacob MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Daggett John S. MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Daggett Joseph MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Daggett Simeon MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Daggett Sydney MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Daggett Thomas G. & Son MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Daggett William MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Daggett Family    MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dailey Colonel C.F. MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dailey Daniel MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dailey L.F. MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dale Richard MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Daly David MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Daly David MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Damon Louise MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dana Nathaniel C. MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dancing   MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Daniels David MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Darling Freelove MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Darling George Whitson MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dart Thomas MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dary Frank A. and Alice MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dauchy Marie Lefferts MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Daughters of Liberty, State Council of Rhode Island   MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis Aaron MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis George M. MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis Ichabod MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis John MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis Joseph C. MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Davis Lizzie MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis Peter MSS 9001-D Box 1  
2 Davis Robert  MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis Seth MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis Sturges MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis William  MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Davis & Greene   MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Daw John MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dawley Ann MSS 9001-D Box 1  
2 Dawley John C.  MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dawley Joseph E. MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dawley Mary M. MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Dawley Nathan MSS 9001-D Box 1  
3 Day Frank L.  MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Day Leonard MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Day Mrs. James W. MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Day Nathaniel MSS 9001-D Box 1  
1 Deane Seth MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Debates of the Virginia Convention   MSS 9001-D Box 2 6/2/1780 
1 Deblois  Gilbert MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Deblois  Stephen MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 DeCiantis Brothers Dairy   MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Delabarre Edmund B. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Delafaye   MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Della Valle Rosalia MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Denis Caroline B. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Denison Charles H. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
2 Dennis James  MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Dennis John MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dennis Mrs. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dennis William MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Denton Albert C. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Devereaux Nathaniel MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Devereaux Robert W. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Devol Jonathan MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 DeWolf Louise Henry MSS 9001-D Box 2  
3 DeWolf Mary J. (Merchant)  MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Alice MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Anthony MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter C.J. & Co.  MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Dexter Christopher MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Daniel B. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Daniel S. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter David MSS 9001-D Box 2  
2 Dexter Edward  MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Esek MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Eunice MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Gregory MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Henry H. MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Henry Harris MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter James MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter Jeremiah MSS 9001-D Box 2  
1 Dexter John MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
5 Dexter John  MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dexter John Singer MSS 9001-D Oversize Commission, 1791
1 Dexter Lewis MSS 9001-D Box 3  
3 Dexter Stephen  MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dexter Vincent H. MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dexter William  MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dexter William and Lewis MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dexter Donation   MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dexter Family   MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Diary - New Hampshire, 1843   MSS 9001-D Box 3 1843
1 Dickey Robert MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dickinson John MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Diggs William Dudley MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dillenbeck George E. MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dimond F. MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dixon Ann Mumford MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dixon Ralph E. MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dockery John MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dockray John B. MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dockray John B. MSS 9001-D Triple Oversize Will
1 Dodge Joshua MSS 9001-D Box 3  
1 Dods George  MSS 9001-D Oversize  
3 Dods George  MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dods George G. MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dods Rosannah MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dodshone Francis MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dolliver Mary MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Donnison Jonathan MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dorr Lydia MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dorr Rebellion   MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dorrance John MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dorrance John K. MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dorrance Samuel MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dorsey Maria MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Douglas Charles MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dow Samuel MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Downer Silas MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Doyle Patrick M. MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Doyle Thomas MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Doyle Thomas A.  MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Dring Azariah MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dring Thomas MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Dring Thomas MSS 9001-D Box 4 account book
1 Dring Family Bible   MSS 9001-D Box 4  
1 Drowne Benjamin MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Drowne Benjamin F. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
2 Drowne Frederick E.  MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Drowne Henry B. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Drowne Jonathan MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Drowne S. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Drowne Sarah MSS 9001-D Box 5  
4 Drowne Solomon  MSS 9001-D Box 5  
2 Drowne William  MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Duck Pond Fuel Association   MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dudley Charles MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dudley William MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Duke of Marlborough (snow)   MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dun & Bradstreet   MSS 9001-D Loose Volume  
1 Dunbar George MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dunbar Robert MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dunbar Runnels MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Duncan Alexander MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Duncan Family   MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dunnell Jacob MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dunphy Thomas MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Durfee Benjamin MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Durfee Charles A. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Durfee Darius MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Durfee Elisha A. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Durfee James MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Durfee Nathaniel B. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Durfee William P. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dwight Gamaliel L. MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dwight Margarethe Carrington MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyer Anthony MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyer Elisha MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyer Elisha III MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyer Mary MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyer Olney MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyer Rufus MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyer Thomas MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyre Edward MSS 9001-D Box 5  
1 Dyre William MSS 9001-D Box 5  

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