ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL

FRANKLIN TRASK LIBRARY

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Backus Historical Society

An Inventory of Records

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION:

Creator:

Title: Backus Historical Society Records

Date: 1853-1961

Quantity: 1 linear ft.

Location: C.S. Mss. 1984-4

Backus Historical Society--2

·History

The Backus Historical Society was organized March 10, 1853, with a mandate "to collect and to preserve by publication or otherwise materials illustrative of the history of Baptist churches." Early work of the Society revolved around annual meetings at which papers .were presented for discussion and the republication of Isaac Backus' A History of New England, with Particular Reference to the Denomination called Baptists. However, later concerns of the Society revolved around the growing collection of books, pamphlets and manuscripts.

In 1865 the Library was moved to Colby Hall on the campus of Newton Theological Institution, and later moved again to the new Hills Library at Newton. Records of the early 1900s show increasing concern of the members regarding the care and preservation of the library collection. Interest in moving the Library to Boston where the collection would be in proximity to the Congregational Library resulted in negotiations with trustees of the Ford Memorial Building and a move to that site. It became evident that a full-time librarian was needed to properly maintain the Library; so in 1907 the Society and the American Baptist Missionary Union hired Arthur W. Smith as librarian, and shared the expense of his salary.

Largely because of the work of Smith, the New England Baptist Library Association was formed in 1908. The Backus Historical Society, American Baptist Missionary Union, Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society and Boston Baptist Social Union were corporate members which deposited library collections in a single facility, but retained ownership of the material. The Society's Library became known as the Backus Collection of New England Baptist Library.

This arrangement was satisfactory for approximately the next 20 years; and once again the Society's interest focused on discussion of papers presented at meetings. However, the affiliation of Andover Theological Seminary and Newton Theological Institution resulted in discussion of reorganization; and in 1931 the Society voted to move its Library to Andover Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, to establish a collection of Baptist material there. The Library was moved to Cambridge in 1932; and in 1934 the Society voted to separate from New England Baptist Library Association and to affiliate with Newton.

The 1934 vote above was the last record of the Society until a meeting in 1952. The Society's work was revived in the familiar form of annual meetings and the presentation of papers for discussion. The last meeting of record was May 2, 1961; there is no reference to a decision to dissolve the corporation. There is no reference in Society records to the transfer of the Library to Andover Newton Theological School.

Backus Historical Society--3

Scope and Content

The Backus Historical Society Records, 1853-1961, are primarily records of administration and documentation of library accessions. In addition, there is a group of material identified as Collected Papers, although there is no record to verify provenance of these manuscripts. The Isaac Backus Papers (see ANTS register) were owned by the Society; and these Collected Papers were filed with the Backus Papers. When the Backus Papers were cataloged, manuscripts postdating the life of Isaac Backus were removed and placed with the Society's records.

The Collected Papers are arranged chronologically. There are two significant groups of manuscripts filed in this chronology: correspondence of Irah Chase and correspondence of the secretary of Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society (predecessor organization of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts/TABCOM). The remaining manuscripts are primarily letters, autobiographical statements and church historical sketches.

Series 1

Series 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5 5.1 5.2 5.3

Legal

Administration President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Librarian

Ad Hoe Committee

Papers Read to the Society

Library Catalogues Accessions Collected Papers

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Series Description

Box 1 Series 1 Legal

Constitution -- 1853; [1911] Agreement between the Backus Historical Society and the American Baptist Missionary Union, [1907]

Series 2 Administration 2.3 Secretary Minute book, 3/10/1853 - 5/2/1961

includes constitutions and membership lists Membership lists, undated (1); 1907 - 1908 Applications for membership, 1907 List of officers, 1853-1907 Correspondence, no date - 1912

2.4 Treasurer Annual reports, 1859, 1894, 1896-1908, 1955, 1960 Account book, 1893-1912, 1941 (1 entry) Receipts

2.5 Librarian Annual reports, n.d. (Smith), 1859, 1892, 1894-1912

Series 3 3.1

3.2

Series 4

Ad Hoe Committees Committee to negotiate with the Trustees of the Ford

Building Report 10/16/1905

Committee on elargement of funds Report, 1/27/1907

Papers Read to the Society

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1865: Lucius E. Smith, A view of the ecclesiastical laws of New England from the foundation of the colonies to the final separation of church and state

Box 2

1890:

1892:

1895:

1896: 1898:

1920:

Henry S. Burrage, The beginnings of Waterville College, now Colby University, with a sketch of its first president, Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin, D.D. R.J. Adams, History of the Second Baptist Church of Holyoke, Massachusetts Henry M. King, The Baptists and religious liberty in this country

William H. Bowen, Six-Principle Baptists Alvah Hovey, Possessions of the Backus Historical Library Charles H. Watson, Chapin Howard Carpenter, 1835-1887

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Series 5 Library 5.1 Catalogues Catalogue, 1857 Catalogue of pamphlets, 1879

5.2 Accessions Catalogue of Backus manuscripts obtained, 1830 Accession list, 1904-1906

5.3 Collected Papers (see chronology below}

Collected Papers 1806 Dec.

1807 July

1808 [n.d.]*

1809 [n.d.]

1810 [n. d.]

1813 March

April

1815 Feb. Oct.

1816 Nov.

19

21

2

2 12

2

16 11

7

Stephen Gano to Thomas Baldwin; from Providence, RI

Lemuel Burkitt to [Thomas Baldwin]; from (Northampton], NC

Stephen Gano to [Thomas Baldwin]; from Providence, RI

Edmund Botsford, Autobiographical journal

John Leland, Autobiography

Joseph Cornell to President and Trustees of Sturbridge Evangelical Baptist Missionary Society; from Sturbridge M. Person, View of the aborginial Americans M. Person, Brief view of the aboriginal Americans M. Person, British influence

William Batchelder to James Duncan; from W.H. Rowe to Isaac James; from Weymouth, MA

Daniel Sharp to Irah Chase; from Boston

*photocopy--f ragile original not filed in chronological order

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1817 Sept.

1818 July

Aug.

Sept.

1819 [n.d. ]*

March Nov. Dec.

1820 Oct.

1821 March Oct.

Nov. Dec.

1822 Sept.

1823 April

1824 Jan. March Sept.

15

24 25 10

4

22* 15* 14

n.d.

12 29

21 14

22

26

31 10 12*

Leonard Woods to Boston Baptist Association; from Andover, MA

Daniel Sharp to Jonathan Smith; from Boston Thomas Baldwin to Jonathan Smith; from Boston Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States to brethren of the Baptist denomination Samuel Eddy (for Brown University) to David Benedict; from Providence, RI

Sentiments in the prospect of death supposed to

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be near (unknown hand; probably statements of Joseph Grafton) Stephen Gano to Thomas Baldwin; from Providence, RI Pew deed for Daniel Alden--North Baptist Church Lucius Bolles (for Executive Committe of Baptist Education Society) to John Burleigh; from Salem, MA

Elbridge Gale to Lucius Bolles; from Framingham, MA

? to Jonathan Going; from Worcester, MA William Staughton to D.B. Brown; from Philadelphia (I. Chase copy) William Staughton to Irah Chase; from Philadelphia William Staughton to Irah Chase; from Philadelphia

J.M. Winchell to Irah Chase; from Boston, MA

Account of Warren Baptist Association, 9/1821-4/1823

Stephen Gano to E.B. Rogers; from Providence, RI Stepehn Gano to Thomas Baldwin; from Providence, RI Daniel Sharp (for Third Baptist Church, Boston) to Boston Baptist Association

*photocopy--fragile original not filed in chronological order

1825 Feb. Aug. Nov. Dec.

1826 Jan.

1827 n.d.

May

Nov.

Dec.

1828 n. d.

Jan.

Feb ..

March

18 22 10 10

27

17

31

20

21 5

Stephen Gano to Thomas Baldwin; from Providence, RI Daniel Sharp to Irah Chase; from Boston David Wright to Jonathan Going; from Westfield, MA E.C. Dyer (for the Board) to Baptist Education Society of the Young Men of Boston Thomas Rand to Jonathan Going; from Ware Factory Village, MA

Stephen Gano to daughter Eliza; from Providence, RI

David James to Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts Salmon Ensign to Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society; from Northampton, MA Extract of letter from Randolph, Pa (I. Chase description) William Spencer to Daniel Sharp; from Oxford, MA Peter Chase to Daniel Sharp; from Hinesburgh, VT

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Assessors of the town of Worcester to the Board of Overseers of the Centre School District in Worcester

7* Ebenezer Poole, Jr. (for Gloucester Baptist Church and Society) to Daniel Sharp; from Gloucester, MA

23 Eliab Going to Daniel Sharp; from Rushford 2 William Bruce (for Committee of Superintendence) to

Daniel Sharp; from Bruceville 7 Jacob Hatch to Daniel Sharp; from Dexter, ME

11 Holland Turner to Lucius Bolles; from Rouses's Point, NY

12 Samuel Glover to Daniel Sharp; from Boston 13 Peter Chase to Daniel Sharp; from Hinesburgh, VT 21 Jacob Hatch to Daniel Sharp; from Dexter, ME

6 William Spencer to Daniel Sharp; from Cincinnati, OH 15 Squier Abbott to Daniel Sharp; from Henrietta, OH 31 John Haynes to Lucius Bolles; from Norway, NY

*photocopy--f ragile original not filed in chronological order

1828 May

June July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1829 Jan.

Feb. April

May

June

July

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(continued) 11 Whitman Metcalf to Daniel Sharp; from Sardinia, NY 14 [Irah Chase] to Lincoln and Edmands; from Newton, MA 15 Peter Chase to Daniel Sharp; from Hinesburgh, VT 19 Joshua Eveleth to Jonathan Going; from Southbridge,

19 20 26

26

29 9 6

12 28 12

1

15 16

24

30

10

29

26 29

4 3

10 2

23 2

12 1 8 8

MA Elijah Foster to Jonathan Going; from Amesbury, MA Peter Chase to Daniel Sharp; from Hinesburgh, VT Dunstable (NH) Baptist Church to Directors of Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society Ebenezer Poole, Jr. (for Glouscester Baptist Church) to Board of Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society William Spencer to Daniel Sharp; from Oxford, MA [Joseph Grafton] to E.W. Freeman Asa Bingham to Amos Bingham; from Camillus, NY John Peak to Daniel Sharp; from Lynn, MA J.L. Holman to Daniel Sharp; from Aurora, IN Holland Turner to Daniel Sharp; from Rouses Point, NY Williston Baptist Church, Certificate regarding ministry of P. Chase Peter Chase to Daniel Sharp; from Boston Simeon Crowell to Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society; from South Yarmouth, MA Henry J. Hall to William Leverett; from Greenfield, IA [Benjamin] Willard to Board of Massachusetts Baptist Convention; from Northampton, MA Winthrop Poole (for Gloucester Baptist Church and Society) to trustees of Board of Massachusetts Domestic Missions Simeon Crowell to Daniel Sharp; from South Yarmouth, MA

Eliab Going to Daniel Sharp; from Rushford Benjamin Oviatt to Ensign Lincoln; from Smithport Thomas Rand to Jonathan Going; from New Salem, MA John Spalding to trustees of Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society; from Franklin, MA Jonathan Blake to Ensign Lincoln; from Randolph, MA Eliab Going to Daniel Sharp; from --Peter Chase to Daniel Sharp; from Williston, VT The objects of Williston Academy (letter to editor of Spectator) Peter Chase to Howard Malcom; from Williston, VT John Peak to Daniel Sharp; from South Reading, MA B.F. Edwards to Heman Lincoln; from Edwardsville, IL Thomas Marshall to C.P. Grosvenor; from Petersham, MA

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Box 3 1829 (continued) Oct. 2 Asa Averill to Howard Malcom; from Woodsville, NH?

21 Ezra Going to Jonathan Going; from Wayne Nov. 2 John Spalding to Howard Malcom; from Franklin, MA Dec. 8 Jonathan Blake to Daniel Sharp; from Randolph, MA

1830 Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July Aug.

Sept.

31 Peter Chase to Howard Malcom; from Newton, MA

7 9

20 4

10

17 4 6 7

7 8

26 15

24 26

1 17

9 11

18 30

23 2 3 3 4

13 25

9

Thomas Marshall to Howard Malcom; from Petersham, MA William Sedgwick to Howard Malcom; from Zanesville, OH Samuel Wait to Howard Malcom; from Newbern, NC Seth Ewer to Howard Malcom; from Attleboro, MA John T. Moses to Howard Malcom; from Exeter, NH (incomplete) Hubbel Loomis to Lucius Bolles; from East Dudley, MA John T. Moses to Daniel Sharp; from Exeter, NH Seth Ewer to Jonathan Going; from Taunton, MA Isaac Kimball to Jonathan Going; from Wallingford, CT Solomon Peck to Howard Malcom; from Amherst, MA B.L. Chambers to R.M. Johnson; from Georgetown, KY John Spalding to Howard Malcom; from Franklin, MA William Sedgwick to Howard Malcom; from Zanesville, OH Samuel Wait to Howard Malcom; from Newbern, NC Ezra Going to Jonathan Going; from Buckland, MA Stephen Pillsbury to Howard Malcom; from Hebron, NH E.W. Freeman to Jonathan Going; from Lowell, MA [Joseph Grafton] to ?; from Newton, MA William Sedgwick to Howard Malcom; from Zanesville, OH Charles Train to Jonathan Going; from Framingham, MA Elias Megregory to Jonathan Going; from North Leverett, MA ? to Jonathan Going; from Newton, MA J. Greene to Jonathan Going; from Sturbridge, MA Samuel Wait to Howard Malcom; from Newbern, NC D. Wright to Jonathan Going; from Cummington, MA Hanover Baptist Society to Jonathan Going; from Hanover, MA B.F. Remington to Jonathan Going; from Savoy, MA [Benjamin] Willard to Jonathan Going; from Northampton, MA Certificate regarding completion of course of study at Newton Theological Institution for Jeremiah Hall

Dec.

1831 March

April

May

June July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct. Nov.

Dec.

8

(continued) 18 J_ Greene to Jonathan Going; from Leicester, MA 22 Gideon B. Perry to Jonathan Going; from New Bedford,

MA 7 William Hubbard to Jonathan Going; from Middleboro,

MA 11 Horace Hunt to Jonathan Going; from New Salem, MA 27 Quincy Hersy to Jonathan Going; from Hingham, MA 31 William Sedgwick to William Leverett; from --

12 12

17 1

11 20

26

27 9 6

7

9 17

27 22

23

5 6

11 7 6

16 24 26

28

B.F. Remington to Jonathan Going; from Leyden, MA Nicholas Branch to Jonathan Going; from Springfield, MA John Booth to Howard Malcom; from Troy, MI Hubbell Loomis to William Leverett; from Kaskaskia, IL Joseph R. John to Heman Lincoln; from Troy, OH Board of Managers of Rhode Island Baptist Convention, Request to Massachusetts Domestic Missionary Society for financial aid Elisha Andrews to Board of Trustees of Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society; from Boston, MA Elisha Andrews to Heman Lincoln; from Boston, MA [Joseph Grafton] to ?; from Newton, MA Whitman Metcalf to Board of Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts; from Sardinia, NY Franklinsville (NY), Farmersville (NY) and Freedom (NY) Baptist churches to Massachusetts Horne Missionary Board John Booth to William Leverett; from Troy, MI Jonathan Blake to Secretary of Massachusetts Baptist Convention; from Sardinia, OH Peter Chase to William Leverett; from Franklin, MA Hubbel Loomis (et al.) for Corresponding Committee of the Union Meeting of Baptists in Illinois to William Leverett; from Kaskaskia, IL Hubbel Loomis to William Leverett; from Kaskaskia, IL Joseph R. John to William Leverett; from Troy, OH Leland Howard, Certificate regarding church membership of Sewall S. Cutting, Windsor, VT M. Fairfield to Lucius Bolles; from Troy, OH H.J. Hall to William Leverett; from Cornwall, VT Watertown Baptist Church to Trustees of Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society John Booth to William Leverett; from Troy, MI H.J. Hall to William Leverett; from Cornwall, VT William Sedgwick to William Leverett; from Zanesville, OH Willard Kimball to Heman Lincoln; from East Bethel, VT

1832 Feb.

March

April

May

Box 4 June

July

Sept.

1833 April June

Dec.

1837 n.d.

1839 Feb.

2 7

20

21 25

28

7 13

15

29

9 15 26

29

5

11 9

12

30

[1859] Sept. 20

[18611 n.d.

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Micaiah Fairfield to William Leverett; from Troy, OH Lucas Austin to Jonathan Going; from Holland, MI Willard Kimball to William Leverett; from East Bethel, VT Appleton Morse to Abial Fisher; from Princeton, MA Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard Baptist Church to Secretary of Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Convention (also includes 5/13/1832 and 5/15/1832 documents) Gloucester First Baptist Church to Board of Massachusetts Baptist Convention New Bedford First Baptist Church to Abial Fisher Holmes Hole Baptist Church to Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Convention (with 3/25/1832 document and filed in that chronology) Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard Baptist Church to Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Convention (with 3/25/1832 document and filed in that chronology) Elisha Andrews to William Leverett; from Hinsdale, MA

[Joseph Grafton], Autobiographical statement Levi Pierce to Abial Fisher; from Middleboro, MA Benjamin Willard to Abial Fisher; from Northampton, MA (includes 10/25/1832 postscript) Luther Hunt to Board of Massachusetts Baptist Convention; from New Salem, MA Eliab Going to William Leverett; from Rushford

Joseph Grafton to John Stanford; from Newton, MA Joseph Grafton, Autobiographical statement Summons for Zattu? Pickens to appear before Isaac Stearns, justice of the peace Plymouth County Isabella M. Snow to [J. Grafton]; from Millbury, MA

History of Baptist church in Belchertown, MA (date is last dated entry)

History of Baptist church of Wilbraham and Monson, MA (date is last dated entry)

Letter of recommendation for Horatio Lilley

Annual letter of Boston First Baptist Mariners Church to Boston North Association

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THE BACKUS COLLECTION CORRESPONDEi'TCE

ALLEN, LOIS (BACKUS), l760-l853 A56ll6 l776 Dll Canterbury, Con.'l. A.L.S. Is.aac B?...ckus

Susanna (Mason) Baek.us lp.

A56ll7 l778 Je9 " " " 2p ..

A56ll8 1780 Ol5 " " " lp.

·A56ll9 l7tl3 Aptl " II " lp.

A56120 lJ.86 Mr7 " II . " lp.

"" A56l2l 178tl Nl7 Brooklyn, Conn. ,' It If lp.

A56122 1789 Mr26 " " " lp.

A56123 1791 S20 !I " ff lp.

A56124 1793 F2 " II ff 2p.

A56125 1793 Ag27 " II " lp.

A56126 1796 Mr29 II " " lp.

A56127 180l Ap7 Canterbury, Conn. II Isaac Backus 2p.

A56l2tl 1803 Ap3 " " ft 2p.

A56l29 1805 s26 II f! .. 2p.

A56130 i805 s26 II II Susanna Backus - _lp •

. A56l3l 1815 D6 If II Simon Backus lp.

A56132 18l8 Jl3 " II .. 2p.

A56l33 18l9 Sl9 " .. " ·· 1p.

. A56134 182l Mr30 .. ... ft 2p.

A56135 1821 s4 II 11 rt 2p.

·A56136 l823 Ja31 If II 11 lp.

,;;., A56l37 l827 Ag24 .. " " 2p •

.. BACKUS, ANPREW, 1790-l88o

\56138 [l-2J 18l5 Je8-9 Catskill, N.Y. A.L.S. Simon Backus

L. copy

A56149 [l-2J l815 Jl16 " A.L.S. Ebenezer Backus

L. copy

THE BAC"lillS COLLECTION CORRESPONDENCE

A56l39 1815 OB Chenango, N.Y. L. draft Simon Backus 2p.

A56l40 l8l6 FlO " A.L.S. tl 3p.

A56l4l [l-2] 1816 My7 " A.L.S. ..

L. draft

A56147 1816 Je9 " L. copy Joseph Alden lp.

A56l48 1816 Jl " " Samuel Whittemore 1p. ~-

"' 'A56146 1816 Jll4 " . " Morgan Nelson 2p.

A56l42 '.Cl-2] 1816 827 " A.L.S. Simon Backus

;- ., . L. copy

A56143 1817 Ja6 Newark, Ohio L. copy II 2p.

A56144 [l-2J 1817 Je8 Chenango, N.Y. A.L.S. II

L. copy

,,56145 1819 My22 Columbus, Ohio A.L.S. tl 2p.

BACKUS, EBENEZER, 1792-1815 A56l50 1813 My3l Middleboro, Mass. A.L.S. Andrew Backus lp.

BACKUS, ELIZABETH (TRACY), 1698-1769 A56l5l 1752 Je6 · Norwich, Conn. A .. L.S. Isaac BagJtys lp.

A56l52 1753 MrB " II " 2p.

· A56l53 1753 Myl8 " " " lp.

A56154 l 753 .Jl5 " " " 2p.

A56155 1753 Sl " " " lp.

A56156 1753 N23 " 11 " lp.

A56157 1754 Mr20 11 " If lp.

A56l58 l754 Jel5 " " tl lp.

•156159 1755 ca.Mr8 " " " lp.

A5616o 1755 Sl9-22 " " .. 2p.

A56161 1755 D2 11 " 11 lp. ~,-

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THE BAC'i<IJS COLLECTION COP.RESPmIDENCE

A56l62 l757Mr6 Nor.dch, Conn. A.L.S. Isaac Backus lp.

A56l63 ·l757 Mr24 " " " lp.

A56l64 1.758 Ja26 " " " lp.

A56l65 l758 My 28-Sl9 II " " lp.

A56l66 l758 Ag22 11 11 " lp.

A56l67 l758 030 ~-

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"*' . A56l68 1759 Ap6-20 II " .. .. 2p.

A561.69 l759 Jel6 II " " lp •.

A56170 1760 Je16 If It " lp.

A56l71 l762 Ap27 It 11 " lp.

A56l72 l765 031. II tr " lp.

A56l73 1766 Sl-5 II " " lp.

A56l74 1.767 Jal.9-F3 II 11 It 2p.

A5bl.75 1767 Myl8 " " " lp.

BACKUS, HCENRYJ T., 1809-1877 A55687 1837 016 Detroit, Mich. A.L.S. Dorothy c. Backus . ·3p.

BACKUS, ISAAC, l724-1806 h. 1797 A21335 [l788 Ja Mass.J L. copy Mr. Butler 2p.

A56176 1789 Mrl8 Richmond, Va. A.L.S. Susanna {Mason) Backus 2p.

A56177 1791 Ag30 Middleboro, Mass. A.L.S. John Rippon 24p.

A2l336 1805 Jal9 " II Friend 8p.

A2l337 l806 Fl3 " " Brother 3p.

BAC'"n:uS, ISAAC, 1754-l8l4 A561.89 l787 Ag26 Canterbury, Conn. A.L.S. Simon Backus lp.

A56l90 l793 Fl " " " lp.

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TF..E BACKUS COLLECTION COR."qESPONDENCE

A56l78 l796 Ag25 Canterbury, Conn. A.L.S. Isaac and Susanna (Mason) Backus lp.

A56l80 l797 Ja22 II " " lp.

A56l81 1798 My22 " " " lp.

A56182 1799 Agl4 n n " lp.

A56l83 1800 Jll8 II II " lp.

A56l84 lt\OO 030 "'

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A56l85 l80l Ap7 " II Isaac Backus lp.

A56186 1801 014 " " ff lp.

A56187 1802 Agl8 .. n " lp.

A56191 1802 Agl8 II " Simon Backus lp.

A56188 1803 S29 It .. Isaac Backus lp.

'l.56192 1806 Dl3 n " Simon Backus 3p.

A56193 1807 SlO .. .. .. lp.

A56l94 1809 Apl8 11 .. " lp.

A56l95 1809 Ap20 n " " lp.

A56196 1810 029 .. .. " lp.

A56197 18ll F26 n II " lp.

A56198 18ll Dl8 II " n lp.

A56199 18l4 Ja3l " It " 2p.

BACKUS, JOSEPH, 1667-l740 A56200 17l7 Mr20 Wethersf'ield, Conn. A.L.S. Samuel Backus lp.

BACKUS, SIMON, l 766-1833 A5620l l8l5 Agl4 µ_iddleboro, Mass. A.L.S. Andrew Backus 2p.

A56202 l8l5 029 .. II .. 2p.

_56203 lol6 F6 " II II 2p.

A56204 l8l6 Je23-27 n II II 2p.

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THE BACKUS COLLECTION CORRESPONDENCE

A56205 l8l6 020 Middleboro, Mass. A.L.S. .Andrew Backus lp.

A56206 l8l8 Ag23 " " " 2p.

A56207 l8l9 Ja29 II ~ " 2p.

A56208 l8l9 Jl30-Agl4 II " " 2p.

A56209 l820 Sl8 " " " 2p.

A562l0 f8;;'.o F28 " " " '3p.

A56211 1821 F26 " tr " 2p. ., .

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A56213 1823 Ap12 II " " 2p.

A562l4 1823 D8 II " " . 2p.

A562l5 1824 Jl31 " " II 2p.

BACKUS, WILLIAM W. , 1803-lt\92 A556t18 ·cca.lt152 Norwich, Conn. J L. dra:l't Frederic Denison lp.

·nEAN, EUNICE, 1797-A562l6 1816 Ob Grafton, Mass. A.L.S. Simon Backus lp.

DEAN, EUNICE (BACKUS), 1755-lt\15 A56217 179tl Myl3 Grafton, Mass. A.L.S. Simon [and Hannah

(Alden)J Backus lp.

A56240 1806 Ap27-Ag31 " " Isaac, Simon [and ..

Hannah ;(AJ.den)J Backus 2p.

A562ltl lt\06 05 " n Simon [and Hannah (Alden) Jilackus 2p.

A56219 1806 N23 " " It 2p.

A56220 lt\06 N30 " " " .,,.3p.

!\56221 1807 Ja25 " " " 2p.

A56222 lt\07 Mr"jl n It It .. 2p.

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A56223 ltl07 826 Graf'ton, Mass A.L.S. Simon [and Hannah (Alden)J Backus 2p.

A56224 Hl07 Nl2 n n n lp.

A56225 ltlOCJ MrCJ .. .. .. 2p.

A56226 ltJOCJ JelO n n .. lp.

A56227 ltlOCJ Nb n n n 2p.

.. A56228 · .. l&P9 Ag27 " " " 2p.

·. A56229 ltl09 825 " " 1f -, ' 2p.

A56230 li:llO Fil " .,. " 2p.

A56231 1810 Stl " " " lp. ~' .; -

A56232 1811 Nl7 " " n 2p. '.

A56233 1812 N28 " .. n 3p.

ti.56235 1813 N9 " " , " 2p.

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A56236 1814 Jel4 " " n 2p.

A56237 1814 030 " " n· 2p •

A5623tl ltll5 Jal6 " " n . '2p. ·: ,:,

A56239 ltll5 Jel3 .. " n 2p.

JAt"lES' JOSIAH L. ·• A5624l 1835 09 Dillon, Ill. A.L.S. Andrew Backus lp.

LATHAM, WILLIAM, lCJ03-lCJCJ3 A56255 [lCJ-J [n.p.J A.N.S. Joseph Backus lp.

-M.J\SON, SUSANNA

A56242 1750 030 Reho both, Mass. A.L.S. Susanna (Mason} Backus 2:p.

A56243 l75tl Ap26 " .. Isaac [and Sus~a (Masen)J Backus lp.

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THE BACKUS COLLECTION : CORRESPONDEl!CE

NELSON, HANNAH {BACKUS), 1750-1027 Canterbury, Conn. A.L.S. [Isaac and] Susanna

E{Mason)J Backus

SHERBURNE, ANDREW ·Freedonia, N.Y.

Augusta, N.Y.

[STEVENSJ, EUNICE Middleboro, !A.ass.

WILLIAMS, MARY Taunton, !A.ass.

A.L.S. Andrew Backus

A.L.S. ..

{BACKUS), 1796-1866 A.L.S.

A.L.S.

Andrew Backus

[Bathsheba (King) Backus]

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