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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 - H Box List
Number of folders/ Volumes Last Name or Title First Name Call Number Dates and further information
1 Hadwin Benjamin MSS 9001-H Box 1
1 Hagan John MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hail Aaron MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hail George G. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hale  Nathan MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hale  Robert MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hales Virginia D.  MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hall Alvin H. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hall Charles E. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hall E.D. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hall Fannie I. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hall George C. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hall Joseph F. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
3 Hall William MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hallett Isaac N. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Halliwell Thomas A. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Halvorson Canab MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Halvorson Goodman MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hamilton William MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hamlin Samuel MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hamman William Jr. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hammett Benjamin MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hammett John MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hammond Amos MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hammond Calvin MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hammond H.S MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hammond Hezekiah MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hammond Roland MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hancock John MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hancock John MSS 9001-H Oversize Letter, Jermiah Powell to John Handcock, August 26, 1778
1 Handy Asa MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Handy Daniel A. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Handy Russelll MSS 9001-H Loose Volume
1 Hanna Robert MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Harbach Agnes S. MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Harding Thomas MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hare Family   MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hargill Christopher MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Hargraves Ann MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Harmon John MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Harmony Lodge #9   MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Harness Manufacturer   MSS 9001-H Loose Volume ledger
1 Harrington Dora MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Harrington Thomas A. MSS 9001-H Box 1  
1 Harris  ________ MSS 9001-H Box 2  
2 Harris Andrew  MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Avis L. MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Christopher MSS 9001-H Box 2  
2 Harris Cyrus  MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Edward MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Elisha MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Henry Jr. MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Jonathan MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Harris Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Josiah MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Oliver MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Richard MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Sarah Lockwood MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Seth MSS 9001-H Box 2  
2 Harris Stephen  MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Stephen Mawney MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Susannah MSS 9001-H Box 2  
2 Harris Thomas  MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris Toleration MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris W.F. MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris William MSS 9001-H Loose Volume. Use published edition E83.67H3  
3 Harris William  MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harris William J. MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harrison Peter MSS 9001-H Triple Oversize  
1 Harrison William MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harrop Daniel S. MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Hart Charles MSS 9001-H Box 2
1 Hartshorn Sylvester MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harvey Mathias MSS 9001-H Box 2  
2 Harvey Memorial Committee    MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harwood Edward MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Harwood George S. MSS 9001-H Box 2  
1 Hastings Thomas MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hathaway Amey Ryder MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Havens William MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkings Jemima MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkings William MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkings William Jr. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Amos MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Avis a. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Christopher MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Hawkins David MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Elizabeth MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Esek H. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Hope MSS 9001-H Box 3  
2 Hawkins Isaiah  MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins John MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Luther MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Mary Crawford MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Stephen MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Stephen Jr. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hawkins Thomas M. MSS 9001-H Loose Volume Account book and gossipy journal, 1879-1888.  Hawkins was a manufacturing jewler and son of Pardon S. and Waity Hawkins.  354 pages
1 Hawkins Uriah MSS 9001-H Box 3  
2 Hawkins William  MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Haxton William MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hayes Rutherford B.  MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hayes Wingate MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hayford Daniel MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Haynes Edward MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Haynes Frances MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hayward William MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Anna (Collins) MSS 9001-H Box 3  
2 Hazard Benjamin  MSS 9001-H Box 3  
2 Hazard Carder  MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Charles T. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Dora G. (Sedgwick) MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard E. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Edna May MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Edward MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Edward H. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Eliza R. MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Elizabeth MSS 9001-H Box 3  
1 Hazard Enoch MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Ephraim Jr. MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Esther MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Evan Malbone MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Freeborn MSS 9001-H Box 4  
3 Hazard George  MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard George C. MSS 9001-H Loose Volume Account book dating c.1805-1829 used later as scrapbook.  All account information covered with newspaper clippings of unknown date.
1 Hazard George W. MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Jeffrey MSS 9001-H Box 4  
2 Hazard John  MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Jonathan Easton MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Jonathan J. MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Jonathan Nichols MSS 9001-H Box 4  
3 Hazard Joseph  MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Lodowick MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Mary (Peckham) MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Nathan G. MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Nicholas MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Oliver MSS 9001-H Box 4  
4 Hazard Robert  MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Robertson MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Ruth MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Sarah MSS 9001-H Box 4  
2 Hazard Stanton  MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Susannah MSS 9001-H Box 4  
2 Hazard Thomas  MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Thomas "Virginia Tom" MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Thomas B. "Nailor Tom" MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Thomas J. MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Thomas Jr. "Bedford Tom" MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Thomas, Maj. MSS 9001-H Box 4  
1 Hazard Wilbur MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hazard Willard MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hazard William R. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hazell John H. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Healy George Peter Alexander MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Healy Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Heart Nicholas MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Heathman William A. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hebron Church   MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hedge Frederic H. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Heffernan Stephen MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hellen John Palmer MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Helme William MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Henderson William Henry MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hendley John D. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Henry James MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Henshaw Daniel MSS 9001-H Box 5 Hattie Munroe.Collection.
1 Herendeen ______ MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herendeen Esther MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herendeen Hezekiah  MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herendeen Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herlitz Louisa Lippitt MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hernden Benjamin MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herndon William Jr. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herreshoff Louise C. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herreshoff Norman MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herreshoff Family   MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herreshoff Manufacturing Company   MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
2 Herrick George L.  MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Herrick R.T. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hewes Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hewes William MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hicks Eliza MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hicks Ephraim MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Hicks Samuel MSS 9001-H  Oversize Quaker Marriage Certificate, to Mary Mumford, 1734
1 Hidden Henry A. MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Higginbotham Charles MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 Higginbottom Thomas MSS 9001-H Box 5
1 Higgins Richard MSS 9001-H Box 5  
1 High School Loyal League   MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Higinbotham Mary MSS 9001-H Box 6  
2 Hill David W.  MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hill Hiram MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Hill Jonathan MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hill William MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hillard Isaac MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hillman Andrew Charles MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hines Stephen MSS 9001-H Box 6  
2 Hines William  MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hines, Arnold & Co.   MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hines, Arnold & Co.   MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
2 Hitchcock Daniel  MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Hix Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hoag Comfort MSS 9001-H Box 6  
2 Hoag Meader MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hobbs Clara May (Tanner) MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hodges A.O. MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hodgkins William H. MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hodgson Alexander MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Hofstra Alma J. MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holbrook Albert MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holbrook-Sweet Family   MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holcomb Alonzo Barton MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Ann G. MSS 9001-H Box 6  
3 Holden Anthony  MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Bethiah MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Christopher MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden David W.  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holden Fred A. MSS 9001-H Box 6  
2 Holden John  MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Levi H. MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Naomi Potter MSS 9001-H Box 6  
2 Holden Randall  MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Rose MSS 9001-H Box 6  
1 Holden Susannah MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holden Thomas MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holden Wate MSS 9001-H Box 7  
2 Holden William  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
2 Holden Z.W. & Co. MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Holden & Greene    MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holden Family   MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holden vs. Thurber   MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
2 Holloway Daniel  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holmes Ebenezer MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holmes Jabez MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holmes Oliver Wendell MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holmes Silas MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Holroyd J. MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Home for Aged Women   MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hoockey William MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hooper Robert MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hope Chapter of Rhode Island   MSS 9001-H Box 7  see Embroiderers Guild of America
1 Hope Gold Company   MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hope Iron Works   MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hope Rubber Company   MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hope Worsted Company   MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Hopkins Benjamin MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Daniel MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins David MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Ezebadee MSS 9001-H Box 7  
2 Hopkins Jacob  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins John MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins John Burroughs  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Jonathan MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Hopkins Joshua MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Layton MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Noah MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Noyes MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Pardon MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Ruth  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Samuel MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Samuel H. MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Stephen MSS 9001-H Box 7  
2 Hopkins Thomas  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
4 Hopkins William  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hopkins Zebedee Jr. MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hoppin Augustus MSS 9001-H Box 7  
2 Hoppin Benjamin  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
2 Hoppin Benjamin  MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Hoppin Francis Laurens Vinton MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hoppin Louise Clare (Vinton) MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hoppin Thomas Coles MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hoppin Washington  MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hoppin William Jones MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Horn Amy MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Horr Abner MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Horsmore Gaasamiah MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Horton Charles S. MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Horton Nathan MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Horton S. MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Hoskins Charles C. MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 House James A. MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Houses in Providence 1779   MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Howard Alice S. MSS 9001-H Box 7  
2 Howard Daniel MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Howard Ezra Williams MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Howard James MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Howard John MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Howard Mr. _____ MSS 9001-H Box 7  
1 Howard Peter MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Howard Peter  MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Howard Phebe MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Howard William A. MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
2 Howard Building    MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Howe Julia Ward MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Howell Luke MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Howells William D.  MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Howland Benjamin MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Howland Daniel MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Howland Jabez MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Howland Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Howland Thomas  MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Hoxie Mary MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hoxie Sarah MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Hoxie Thomas  MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hoyle Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hubbard Ezra J. MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hubbard Thomas or Joseph MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hudson Henry J. MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Huling Elizabeth MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Huling Mary Kenyon MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hull  John  MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Hull  Joseph  MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hull James MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hull Teddeman MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hull Brothers   MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Humphrey Josiah MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Humphrey Mary E. MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Humphrey William MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Humphreys William MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Alvoah MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Arnold MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Benjamin MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Daniel MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Marinda F. MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Mary Ann MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Peter MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Seth MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunt Stephen W. MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunter Henry  MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Hunter Mary J. MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Hunter William MSS 9001-H Box 8  
1 Huntington Frederick MSS 9001-H Box 8  
3 Huntington Gertrude MSS 9001-H Box 8  
2 Huntington Joseph  MSS 9001-H Loose Volume  
1 Huntington Nancy MSS 9001-H Box 8  

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