MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY FAMILY
PAPERS, 1685-1910
MSS 463
Processed by:
Jennifer Hornsby
June 2013
Volume:
23 boxes, 4 oversize folders
12.5 Linear feet
Provenance:
Most of this material was placed on deposit by Lucy and Cornelia Stickney in
1915. Odell & Phippen shipping correspondence (1836), originally donated by
Matthew Adams Stickney in 1876, was removed from the Caleb Smith Papers,
1786-1870 (MSS 194) in 1985. A small portion of materials was given by Harold
Bowditch in 1946. Thirty-nine manuscript items were donated by the Buffalo and
Erie County Historical Society in 1994 (acc # 94032). This material was
originally arranged in three collections as Fam. Mss. 959, 960 and 961.
Conservation:
Letters were removed from acidic scrapbooks where possible and individual
documents were sleeved as needed. The material was placed in acid-free folders.
Copyright:
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted
in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex
Museum.
Processing:
Processing of this collection was funded by a grant from the NHPRC (National
Historical Publications and Records Commission).
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Matthew Adams Stickney was born to Dudley Stickney (1774-1834) and Elizabeth Davis
(1774-1808) on September 23, 1805 in Rowley, Massachusetts. He married twice: the first time on
April 17, 1833 to Mary Elizabeth Smith, who died May 9, 1834; and again on December 25, 1838 to
Lucy Waters, who died February 13, 1847. He had three daughters that survived to adulthood by his
second marriage: Sarah Elizabeth (1839-1895); Lucy Waters (1843-1929); and Cornelia Augusta
(1846-1925). None of his daughters married.
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Stickney was known as a collector. His collections included “ancient furniture,” wedding
rings, family records, Indian relics, and almanacs. He also collected autographs, letters of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence, George Washington, and other men of note of the
Revolutionary period. He was most well-known as a numismatist (a scholar who studies currency,
including coins, tokens, paper money and related objects), and as a collector of coins. A notice in
Dickerman’s United States Treasury Counterfeit Detector Journal, published in February of 1907
stated,
One of the most important sales of coins on record took place in Salem, Massachusetts, on
January 18, when the famous collection of the late Matthew A. Stickney was purchased by
Henry Chapman, Jr., of Philadelphia. The price paid was not given out, but it is the opinion
of Salem coin collectors that the collection could not have been purchased for less than
$15,000. The collection is said to be complete of all the coins of this country, including the
famous 1804 silver dollar. It was owned by Miss Cornelia A. and Miss Lucy W. Stickney,
daughters of the late collector. Matthew A. Stickney, who made the collection, was a grocer
who through influence was enabled to secure perfect coins from the mints from time to time
as they were produced.
Stickney was also widely known as a genealogist. In 1847 he was made a corresponding
member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. In 1869 he published a volume of 526
pages, A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of William and Elizabeth Stickney from 1637 to
1869, containing the genealogy and history of the family. In 1883, a second volume entitled The
Fowler Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich,
Mass.; ten generations, 1590-1882 was published, which traced the lineage of his maternal
grandmother.
His health was described as “never firm” and he found solace in his books and collections.
Matthew Adams Stickney died on August 12, 1894 in Salem.
Dudley Stickney, father of Matthew Adams Stickney, was born to Jedediah Stickney (17391815) and Sarah Stickney (1743-1822) on May 11, 1774 in Rowley, Massachusetts. In 1806 he
moved his family to Hancock County, Maine. He was a lumber merchant based in Belfast Maine,
shipping to Newburyport and Salem, Massachusetts. In 1826 he moved to Hartford, Maine where he
resided until his death on May 20, 1834. In 1797 he married Elizabeth Davis (1774-1808). This
marriage produced two sons, Dudley (1798-1829) and Matthew Adams (1805-1894). He married a
second time in 1811 to Anna Patterson. They had four children: Thomas (1812-1851); Guilford
(1821-1895); Sarah Maria (1823-1893); and Eliza Anna (b. 1829).
Caleb Smith (1786-1870) was the father of Matthew Adams Stickney’s first wife, Mary
Elizabeth Smith. From 1802-1807 he worked in the store of Deacon James Brown. In 1807 he
formed a partnership with James Brown, and they rented Daniel Rugg’s store. In 1810 he purchased
Rugg’s general store which he owned until he sold it in 1832 to his son-in-law, Matthew Adams
Stickney. Caleb Smith was also involved in shipping; he owned four trading vessels by 1829. He
purchased five more vessels over the next twenty years. From 1832 to 1834 he and his brother John
ran a sugar refinery in Salem. In 1835, he purchased Pickering Dodge Wharf and had it remodeled
into a whale oil refinery. He died in Salem in 1870.
Dudley Stickney, son of Dudley Stickney (1774-1834) and Elizabeth Davis (1774-1808),
was born on November 4, 1798, in Rowley, Massachusetts. He attended Belfast Academy while his
family lived in Hancock County, Maine. He returned to Rowley, Massachusetts to work as a clerk
and assistant in the store of his uncle, Solomon Stickney. He then attended Dummer Academy with
the intention of preparing for college, but poor health forced him to give up the pursuit. When he
recovered his health, he became an instructor at various schools in Essex County. Again failing
health forced him to resign, and he removed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to open a religious book
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store. At the urging of friends he returned to Danvers to resume instruction and was chosen
President of the Danvers Lyceum. He died unmarried on October 30, 1829 at the home of his uncle
in Rowley.
Lucy Waters Stickney, second daughter of Matthew Adams Stickney (1805-1894) and Lucy
Waters (1816-1847), was born in Salem, Massachusetts on February 4, 1843. She assisted her father
in his genealogical research and in 1876 published The Kinsman Family: Genealogical Record of the
Descendants of Robert Kinsman, of Ipswich, Mass. from 1634 to 1875. She died unmarried in Salem
on April 21, 1929.
Cornelia Augusta Stickney, youngest daughter of Matthew Adams Stickney (1805-1894)
and Lucy Waters (1816-1847), was born in Salem, Massachusetts on September 13, 1846. She died
unmarried in Salem on November 12, 1925.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection contains the papers of Matthew Adams Stickney along with papers of his
father Dudley, his brother Dudley, his daughter Lucy, and other family members. The papers consist
mainly of correspondence regarding genealogical research and numismatics. There are also financial
and legal papers, copies of registry and church records, diaries, newspaper clippings, an autograph
collection, a ciphering book, and a grocery store account book. The material has been organized into
four series.
Series I. Matthew Adams Stickney (1805-1894) consists of seven subseries. Subseries A.
Stickney Family Genealogy Correspondence was arranged in two scrapbooks by Matthew Adams
Stickney and his daughters in 1870. The correspondence was arranged alphabetically by
correspondent, the first volume containing A-J, the second J-Z. The volumes are paginated and
contain indices. Also included in the subseries are two scrapbooks created by Stickney and his
daughter in 1873. The material in the third and fourth scrapbooks has not been published since
receipt was after the 1869 publication of the genealogy. The scrapbooks were paginated and contain
indices. The scrapbooks were dismantled, and Stickney’s arrangement was maintained in order to
align with the indices.
Subseries B. Calef Family Genealogy Correspondence was arranged in a scrapbook by
Matthew Adams Stickney. The correspondence and research in this series attempts to trace the
lineage of Robert Calef (circa 1648-1719) who is known for authoring the book More Wonders of
the Invisible World that denounced the Salem witch trials of 1692. In addition to correspondence,
this scrapbook includes transcripts of information collected from city, town and church records, an
autograph collection, and newspaper clippings. Stickney’s original arrangement divided the volume
into sections with a table of contents; there is no pagination. Sections include county records of
Massachusetts; records of Kittery, Maine; records of Exeter, Hampstead, Kensington and Kingston,
New Hampshire; letters received from the Calef family; Massachusetts city, town and church
records; tax lists; autographs; and newspaper notices. The scrapbook was dismantled and original
arrangement was maintained with section dividers. The table of contents can be found in the first
folder of the subseries.
Subseries C. Fowler Family Genealogy Correspondence was arranged in a scrapbook by
Matthew Adams Stickney. The scrapbook is paginated and contains an index. The scrapbook was
dismantled, and Stickney’s arrangement was maintained in order to align with the index.
Subseries D. “Numismatics, Currency, Almanacs, Genealogy, etc.” Correspondence
include the aforementioned topics listed by Stickney at the front of the three volumes created to hold
the correspondence regarding his coin and almanac collections and interests in numismatics and
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genealogy. Of note is correspondence with William E. Dubois at the Assay Department of the
United States Mint and James Pollock, Director of the Mint [filed under U. S. Mint]. The volumes
are organized alphabetically by last name of correspondent. The volumes contain continuous
pagination and separate indices. The scrapbooks were dismantled, and Stickney’s arrangement was
maintained in order to align with the indices.
Subseries E. General Correspondence includes a volume that was not indexed or
paginated. It contained correspondence dated predominately after 1884 along with loose letters that
were found throughout the collection. These letters continue to address Matthew Adams Stickney’s
hobbies, but also include correspondence with family members. The scrapbook was dismantled, and
these letters have been arranged chronologically.
Subseries F. Record of Correspondence Sent includes five volumes of letter books. Some
of the volumes were purchased by Matthew Adams Stickney. The following inscription can be
found in Volume I after a list of books consulted in the research of the Stickney family genealogy
“in 1860 of the Commercial Bank to preserve them from being sold to the paper manufacturers, and
in this their Cash Book, my daughters for greater convenience and safety, have recopied on its blank
leaves, such letters as I have in former years sent, and of which I have retained copies.” The
inscription also provides an overview of what is included in the various volumes, mainly
correspondence sent by Matthew Adams Stickney. The remaining pages of Volume I are filled with
letters sent from Matthew Adams Stickney and his daughters dating from 1846 to 1865, as well as a
general index of all letters sent or received is included on pages 230-277.
Two of the letter books contain records of the Social Insurance Company, a marine insurance
company in Salem. Volume II contains the account book of the Social Insurance Company from
1809 to 1810. It also contains some letters pasted into the volume, copies of letter received by
Stickney from 1864 to 1866, and an index of letters sent and received for 1865 to 1869 that can be
found on pages 266-293. Volume II also includes copies of records pertaining to the genealogies of
the following families: Leaver, Boynton, Carleton, Jewett, Davis, Bridges, Barker, Swan, Trumbull,
Gage, Waters, Gerrish, Scales, Morse, Palmer, Burpee, Platts, Blodget, Goodridge, Shillaber,
Wilkins and newspaper notices about Stickney family members.
Volume III had contained part of Matthew Adams Stickney’s autograph collection, which
was removed from the volume prior to the processing of this collection in 2013. The volume
contains copies of letters sent from 1867 to 1874, an index of letters sent and received in 1870, and
an index of letters sent from 1871 to 1873.
Volume IV contains a copy of the act establishing the Social Insurance Company in 1808. It
also includes minutes from Stockholder and Director meetings from 1809 to 1842, and legal meeting
minutes from 1809 to 1813. Copies of records from registries, town, church and court records in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire are also included, along with notes on the cost of publication,
dates circulars were sent, and orders placed for the Fowler and Stickney published genealogies.
Volume V, referred to by Matthew Adams Stickney as “Quarto Volume” contains copies of
records of Rowley, Massachusetts pertaining to Stickney family members, and correspondence sent
over a period of two decades from 1846 to 1868 as well as an index (noted by the Stickneys as a
duplication of that in Volume I).
Subseries G. Personal Papers contain a remaining portion of autographs he collected (a
substantial number were removed from his collection and auctioned off by his daughters in 1907,
others were removed in 1989) his ciphering book, receipts, a journal, loose notes about people’s
death dates, calling cards, lecture cards, membership cards, wedding invitations, and an account
book from his general store. This series also contains three volumes titled “Recollections and
Journal of Matthew A. Stickney.” Volume 1 of this series contains copies of letters from Stickney’s
Aunt Molly dating from 1840 to 1850; diary entries from his father, Dudley Stickney Sr. dating from
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1790 to 1792; diary entries from his brother, Dudley Stickney Jr. dating from 1816 to 1819; diary
entries from his half-brother, Thomas Stickney dating from 1820 to 1842; two hand drawn maps;
and the beginning of Stickney’s recollections of his early childhood through the 1860s. Volume 2
contains his recollections and journal entries from 1865 to 1875, and volume 3 are those dating from
1876 to 1893.
Series II. Lucy Waters Stickney (1843-1929) is organized into two subseries. Subseries
A. Personal Papers contains merit awards, a journal and copy books maintained by Lucy and her
sister Sarah Elizabeth Stickney. Subseries B. Kinsman Family Genealogy Correspondence
contains both correspondence and records from England and America, and Lucy’s notes on the
information collected about the Kinsman family.
Series III. Family Papers include documents collected by Matthew Adams Stickney that he
originally organized into two volumes and is broken down into two subseries. Volume I contained
letters from Dudley Stickney (1774-1834); letters of Solomon Stickney; autographs; wedding
invitations; lecture cards; calling cards; Matthew Adams Stickney’s ciphering book; the pocket book
of Samuel Spofford; and a farmer’s journal of planting. Volume II contained the papers of Dudley
Stickney (1798-1829); compositions of Mary E. Smith; papers of Mary [Molly] Stickney; papers
pertaining to the settlement of John Waters' estate; and a journal and correspondence of Matthew
Adams Stickney. The ciphering book, calling cards, lecture cards and wedding invitations were
moved to Series I. Matthew Adams Stickney Subseries G. Personal Papers. Subseries A. Immediate
Family contains some letters written by his father Dudley, papers of his brother Dudley, his first
wife Mary Elizabeth Smith, and his daughter Cornelia Augusta. These papers are arranged
chronologically by family member. Subseries B. Extended Family includes correspondence of
Stickney’s uncles Solomon and Thomas, aunt Molly, father-in-law Caleb Smith, and father-in-law
John Waters.
Series IV. Collected Papers consists of two subseries. Subseries A. Legal and Financial
include papers Stickney collected of Salem businessmen. They range in date from 1690 to 1899 and
are arranged chronologically. Subseries B. Individuals and Organizations include papers of a
particular person or organization that were numerous enough to pull out of the chronological
organization or were already bundled together by Stickney.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RELATED COLLECTIONS
C. F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the valuable private library of the late M. A. Stickney, together with
other small consignments, including town histories and genealogies, early American
almanacs from 1667 to 1700…: to be sold by auction Nov. 25-27, 1907. Boston: s.n., 1907.
C. F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of autograph collection of Matthew A. Stickney, of Salem: auction sale
December 18-19, 1907. Boston: s.n., 1907.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Memorial Biographies of The New England
Historic Genealogical Society, Volume IX. Boston: F. H. Gilson, 1908.
Stickney, Lucy W. The Kinsman family: genealogical record of the descendants of Robert Kinsman,
of Ipswich, Mass. from 1634 to 1875. Boston: A. Mudge & Son, 1876.
Stickney, Matthew Adams. A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of William and Elizabeth
Stickney from 1637 to 1869. Salem: Essex Institute Press, 1869.
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Stickney, Matthew Adams. Fowler family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Philip and
Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass.: Ten generations: 1590-1882. Salem, Mass.: Salem Press,
1883.
Lucy Waters Stickney Diary, 1899, DIA 180
Dudley and Thomas Stickney Diary, 1790-1842, DIA 179
Caleb Smith Papers, 1789-1877, MSS 194
Social Insurance Company Records, 1803-1842, MSS 138
MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY FAMILY
PAPERS, 1685-1910
SERIES LIST
SERIES I. Matthew Adams Stickney (1805-1894)
A. Stickney Family Genealogy Correspondence
B. Calef Family Genealogy Correspondence
C. Fowler Family Genealogy Correspondence
D. “Numismatics, Currency, Almanacs, Genealogy, etc.” Correspondence
E. General Correspondence
F. Record of Correspondence Sent
G. Personal Papers
SERIES II. Lucy Waters Stickney (1843-1929)
A. Personal Papers
B. Kinsman Family Genealogy Correspondence
SERIES III. Family Papers
A. Immediate Family
B. Extended Family
SERIES IV. Collected Papers
A. Legal and Financial
B. Individuals and Organizations
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CONTENTS LIST
SERIES I. Matthew Adams Stickney (1805-1894)
A. Stickney Family Genealogy Correspondence
Box
Folder
Contents
Date
1
1
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. I, A-J
pages 1-72
1860-1869
Stickney genealogy by the children of William Stickney
and Sarah Tucker
1844
22(OS) 3
1
2
3
4
5
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. I, A-J
pages 73-133
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. I, A-J
pages 134-199
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. I, A-J
pages 200-283
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. I, A-J
pages 284-369
1862-1869
1864-1869
1858-1869
1852-1855,
1863-1869
22(OS) 3
Stickney genealogies by John Stickney and J.C. Stickney
1844, 1863
1
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. I, A-J
pages 370-452 and index to the volume
1855-1869
2
6
1
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. II, J-Z
pages 1-60
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. II, J-Z
pages 61-147
1860-1869
22(OS) 3
Letter and genealogical chart from Lyman Stickney
1864
2
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. II, J-Z
pages 148-220
1841, 1863-1869
Genealogy of Daniel Stickney of Concord,
New Hampshire
undated
2
3
22(OS) 3
2
4
5
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. II, J-Z
pages 221-299
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. II, J-Z
pages 300-387
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1862-1869
1846-1847,
1863-1869
1846-1869
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A. Stickney Family Genealogy Correspondence (continued)
Box
Folder
Contents
2
6
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. II, J-Z
pages 388-480
Correspondence received prior to 1870, Vol. II, J-Z
pages 481-541 and index to the volume
7
3
1
2
3
Date
Correspondence received from 1870-1873 and 1884
Vol. III, pages 1-71
Correspondence received from 1870-1873 and 1884
Vol. III, pages 72-140
Correspondence received from 1870-1873 and 1884
Vol. III, pages 141-219
22(OS) 3
Genealogical chart of William Ames by Ellis Ames
Obituary of Therese S. Dewey
3
Correspondence received from 1870-1873 and 1884
Vol. III, pages 220-295
4
5
6
4
1
2
3
4
5
22(OS)7
Correspondence received from 1870-1873 and 1884
Vol. III, pages 296-328 and index to the volume
Correspondence received 1874-1879, Vol. IV,
pages 1-67
Correspondence received 1874-1879, Vol. IV,
pages 68-151
Correspondence received 1874-1879, Vol. IV,
pages 152-205
Correspondence received 1874-1879, Vol. IV,
pages 206-259
Correspondence received 1874-1879, Vol. IV,
pages 260-347
Correspondence received 1874-1879, Vol. IV,
pages 348-392 and index to the volume
Line of descent from John Heald of Concord, MA and
line of descent from Hugh Drury of Boston, MA
1847-1869
1847-1867
1870-1873
1870-1873
1851, 18701873, 1878
undated
1873
1801, 1843, 1863,
1869-1873
1853, 1866, 18701873, 1884
1874-1879
1874-1879
1874-1879
1874-1884
1880-1882
1880-1884
1880
B. Calef Family Genealogy Correspondence
4
6
Correspondence regarding Calef family genealogy
1872-1889
5
1
Correspondence regarding Calef family genealogy
1871-1885
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B. Calef Family Genealogy Correspondence (continued)
Box
Folder
Contents
5
2
3
4
Correspondence regarding Calef family genealogy
1871-1889
Correspondence regarding Calef family genealogy
1871-1890
City, town and church records, autographs, and newspaper
clippings related to the Calef family genealogy
1685, 1738, 17561768, 1775-1779,
1783-1794, 1806
1871-1873
22(OS)4
5
5
22(OS)4
Genealogical records of David Poor (b.1745) and
John Poor (b.1770)
Ellias Haskett Derby/Samuel Hewes
account
Date
undated
undated
City, town and church records, autographs, and newspaper
clippings related to the Calef genealogy
1759-1769, 17991800, 1808-1813,
1830, 1856, 1860,
1874-1889
Appointment of John Waters (d. 1851) to Lieutenant
Annual return of the Company of Foot commanded by
John Waters (d. 1851)
1808
1812
C. Fowler Family Genealogy Correspondence
5
6
6
1
22(OS) 5
6
2
3
4
5
6
Correspondence regarding Fowler family genealogy,
Vol. I, pages 1-61
Correspondence regarding Fowler family genealogy,
Vol. I, pages 62-152
Fowler genealogical chart by J.W. Fowler of
South Newbury, New Hampshire
Correspondence regarding Fowler family genealogy,
Vol. I, pages 153-250
Correspondence regarding Fowler family genealogy,
Vol. I, pages 251-351
Correspondence regarding Fowler family genealogy,
Vol. I, pages 352-436
Correspondence regarding Fowler family genealogy,
Vol. I, pages 437-498
Correspondence regarding Fowler family genealogy,
Vol. I, pages 499-531 and index to the volume
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1873-1883
1876-1893
undated [circa 1882]
1760, 1795, 1806,
1821-1825, 1830,
1873-1883
1879-1883
1880-1883
1884
1884
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D. “Numismatics, Currency, Almanacs, Genealogy, etc.” Correspondence
Box
Folder
Contents
7
1
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. I, A-C,
index to the volume and pages 1-57
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. I, A-C,
pages 58-136
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. I, A-C,
pages 137-207
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. I, A-C,
pages 208-273
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. I, A-C,
pages 274-334
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. I, A-C,
pages 335-360
2
3
4
5
6
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
1
2
Date
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. II, D-P,
index to the volume and pages 361-419
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. II, D-P,
pages 420-470
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. II, D-P,
pages 471-525
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. II, D-P,
pages 526-581
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. II, D-P,
pages 582-635
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. II, D-P,
pages 636-672
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. III, Q-W,
index to the volume and pages 673-738
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. III, Q-W,
pages 739-785
1844-1870
1850-1872
1852-1869
1852-1858
1858-1872
1851-1870
1841-1872
1844-1868
1847-1869
1837, 1844-1870
1849-1872
1846-1872
1837-1872
1843-1870
22(OS)6
Tableau des Papiers Monnoies
undated
9
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. III, Q-W,
pages 786-842
1843-1872
Tabular statement of the amount of coinage at the
U.S. Mint
Letter from W.E. Dubois of the U.S. Mint
undated [circa 1841]
1852
3
22(OS)6
9
4
5
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Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. III, Q-W,
pages 843-900
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. III, Q-W,
pages 901-937 and unnumbered pages
1846-1872
1859-1872
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D. “Numismatics, Currency, Almanacs, Genealogy, etc.” Correspondence (continued)
Box
Folder
Contents
Date
9
6
Correspondence received pre 1872, Vol. III, Q-W,
pages 938-962 and unnumbered pages
1852-1886
E. General Correspondence
10
1
Correspondence
2
Correspondence
undated [circa 1845],
1859-1863, 1868
1883-1885
Circular requesting subscriptions to fix the Stickney
Church in Lincolnshire, England
1884
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
1886
1887
1888-1889
1890-1892
22(OS)8
Among the Scotch-Irish… by Leonard Morrison
1891
10
Correspondence
1893-1894
Circular announcing historical and genealogical
books for sale
1893
22(OS)8
Cadet Armory circular
1893
11
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence received from family members
1908-1909
undated
1804-1873
Letter from Dudley Stickney (1798-1829) to
Matthew Adams Stickney
1825
Correspondence received from daughters
Letters written by Matthew Adams Stickney
1863-1883
1847-1849
22(OS)8
10
3
4
5
6
7
22(OS)7
1
2
3
22(OS)2
11
4
5
F. Record of Correspondence Sent
12
Vol. I
Vol. II
Letter Book containing a list of books consulted for the
Stickney family genealogy and letters written
Social Insurance Company accounts
Letters and records regarding the genealogies of various
Essex County families and newspaper clippings about
Stickneys
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1809-1810
1864-1869
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F. Record of Correspondence Sent (continued)
Box
Folder
Contents
13
Vol. III
Letter Book containing copies of letters sent and an index
of letters sent and received
1867-1874
Vol. IV
Social Insurance Company records
1808-1842
Copies of town, court and church records for MA and NH
also includes notes for published Fowler and Stickney
genealogies
1868-1885
Vol. V
“Quarto Volume” includes copies of Rowley records and
letters sent and an index
14
Date
1846-1868
G. Personal Papers
15
1
2
3
4
Autographs collected
Autographs collected
Ciphering book
Receipts
1731-1832
1750-1852
undated [circa 1815]
1820-1894
16
Vol. VI
Stickney General Store Account Book
1839-1845
15
5
6
7
8
9
Membership acknowledgements
Lecture cards
Journal and notes on deceased
Wedding invitations
Calling cards
1843-1894
1848-1890
1853, undated
1893-1909
undated
23
1
2
Diary volume 1, “copied 1862”
Letter requesting member biographical information for
New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1881
[copy] from diary volume 1
Loose items from diary volume 1
Diary volume 2, 1865-1875
Loose items from diary volume 2
Diary volume 3, 1884-1894
Loose items from diary volume 3
undated
3
4
5
Vol. VII
6
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
1891, undated
SERIES II. Lucy Waters Stickney (1843-1929)
A. Personal Papers
15
10
11
12
Page 12
Merit awards
Lucy Waters Stickney (1843-1929) and
Sarah Elizabeth Stickney (1839-1895) copy books
Journal
undated [circa 1831]
1854, undated
1866
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13
14
Correspondence
Correspondence
1858-1876
1879-1910, undated
17
1
Teacher’s lesson book and teaching techniques
1876
B. Kinsman Family Genealogy Correspondence
17
2
Letters and records, Vol. I, English
1868-1875
Flat file
Pedigree of Kynesman, Kinnesman, and Kinsman
Kinsman Genealogy, 1337-1868
undated
undated
17
Letters and records, Vol. I, American
Letters and records, Vol. I, American,
and index to the volume
Letters and records, Vol. II
Letters and records, Vol. II
1868-1875
3
4
5
6
1868-1875
1868-1875
1868-1875
SERIES III. Family Papers
A. Immediate Family
17
7
8
9
Dudley Stickney (1774-1834): letters
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): testimonials
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): correspondence
1807-1815
1815-1829
1815-1825, undated
22(OS)2
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): letter to John P. Cleaveland 1823
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): letter from David Peabody 1825
18
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): correspondence
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): correspondence
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): journal
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): receipts
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): receipts
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): Young Men’s Bethel Union
and Young Men’s Union Prayer Meeting records
1
2
3
4
5
6
1826-1828
1828-1829
1818-1820
1821-1842
1827-1829
undated [circa 1820s]
21
1
2
3
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): Danvers Lyceum lectures undated
Maps drawn by scholars of Dudley Stickney (1798-1829) undated [circa 1827]
Maps drawn by scholars of Dudley Stickney (1798-1829) undated [circa 1827]
18
7
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): biography by the
Danvers Lyceum
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Mary E. Smith (1810-1834): correspondence and
compositions
1828-1832
Dudley Stickney (1798-1829): letter to Mary E. Smith
(1810-1834)
Mary E. Smith (1810-1834): letter from Jane Nichols
1829
1829
undated [circa 1859]
22(OS)2
18
9
Cornelia Augusta Stickney (1846-1925): lesson book
19
1
Cornelia Augusta Stickney (1846-1925): commonplace book
1873-1874
B. Extended Family
19
2
3
22(OS)1
Deeds and legal papers
Deeds and legal papers
Quit claim deed
Bill of sale
Indenture agreement
1705-1805
1806-1843
1830
1834
1836
19
Pocket book of Samuel Spofford
Farmer’s [planting] journal
Solomon Stickney (1778-1836): letters to Thomas
Stickney (1772-1846)
1719
1790
4
5
6
22(OS)1
19
Solomon Stickney (1778-1836) ): letters to Thomas
Stickney (1772-1846)
1808
1808
7
8
9
Solomon Stickney (1778-1836): letters received
Caleb Smith (1786-1870): letters and receipts
Molly [Mary] Stickney (1769-1859): letters received
10
Molly [Mary] Stickney (1769-1859): letters written
regarding the Stickney family history
Molly [Mary] Stickney (1769-1859): genealogical record
of the Stickney family
Stickney Papers Vol. I collected by Matthew Adams
Stickney, including a memorandum book
1825-1875
22(OS)1
“Plan for altering my barn”
undated
19
13
John Waters (d. 1851): estate settlement
1865-1867
14
Stickney Papers Vol. II collected by Matthew Adams
Stickney
1873
11
12
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1817-1824
1808-1831
1824, 1835,
1850-1851
1839-1850
1840
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A. Legal and Financial
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Date
19
15
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
1690
20
1
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
1713-1779
Land indenture between Jeremiah Gatchel Sr. and
Jeremiah Gatchel Jr.
1713
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
1780-1799
1800-1815
Flat file
Lists of subscribers in an insurance company, Salem
1809
20
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
1816-1825
1826-1845
22(OS)9
List of inmates of the Salem Alms house
Share no.127 in the N.H. Iron Factory Co.
Sheet music for “The Messenger Bird”
1832
1835
undated [circa1841]
20
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
Miscellaneous receipts and legal papers
1846-1899
undated
Flat file
20
2
3
4
5
6
7
B. Individuals and Organizations
20
8
9
Miles Ward: receipts
Benjamin Pickman and Benjamin Pickman: receipts
1724-1774
1727-1829
22(OS)9
Mr. Miles Ward’s account with Benjamin Pickman
1752
20
10
11
Thorndike Proctor: receipts
Receipts of weights and measures
1757-1773
1757-1831
21
4
5
Bills and receipts, Salem, Massachusetts
Windsor County, Vermont deeds and warrants
1761-1833
1785-1836
20
12
Essex Turnpike
1806-1848
21
6
Essex Fire and Marine Insurance Co. shares and policy
1807-1809, 1827
20
13
Essex Bank
1808-1815
21
7
The Social Insurance Company policies of assurance
1810-1811
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Date
21
8
Letters from John Fenno to Nathan Robinson,
Dudley L. Pickering and Capt. Noah Emery Jr.
Salem Turnpike and Chelsea Bridge Corp.
Odell and Phippen correspondence
Merchant Bank
1811-1812
1814-1842
1830-1845
1832-1833
Attachment on the estate of Thomas Blaney of
Marblehead
1833
9
10
11
Flat file
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