COLLECTION GUIDES

1721-1938

Guide to the Collection

Restrictions on Access

The original autographs in this collection have been removed to Special Collections. Photocopies are available for use by researchers.


Collection Summary

Abstract

This collection consists of autographs collected primarily by William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr., and includes autographs of British and American statesmen, literary figures, and artists.

Collection Description

This autograph collection was compiled primarily by William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. and includes autographs of British and American statesmen, literary figures, and artists. Among the individuals represented are Henry Adams, Neville Chamberlain, Grover Cleveland, Richard Henry Dana, Charles W. Eliot, Horace Gray, Henry Cabot Lodge, Richard Olney, Francis Parkman, John Singer Sargent, Benjamin F. Thomas, Frederic Tudor, and many others. Many of the letters were written to Joseph Chamberlain, William C. Endicott, Sr., and William C. Endicott, Jr. The collection also contains a small number of photocopies of autographs, the originals of which are not included.

Acquisition Information

This collection was removed from the Endicott family papers. The Endicott family papers were a gift of William C. Endicott, Jr., 1916, 1922; Louise T. Endicott, 1940; and Benjamin W. Thoron and Walter M. Whitehill, 1958, 1981.

Restrictions on Access

The original autographs in this collection have been removed to Special Collections. Photocopies are available for use by researchers.

Detailed Description of the Collection

I. Autograph letters, 1773-1938

Arranged alphabetically.

This series consists mostly of autograph letters, but also contains a small number of signatures only.

NOTE: The original autographs in this series have been removed to Special Collections. This list reflects the arrangement of the photocopies to be used in the Reading Room.

Box 1Folder 1

Abercorn, Duke of

3 June 1902

Box 1Folder 1

Adams, Brooks (1848-1927)

24 Oct. 1874

18 Dec. 1912

Box 1Folder 1

Adams, Charles Francis

23 Jan. 1934

24 Jan. 1934

Box 1Folder 1

Adams, Henry (1838-1918)

Sunday, undated

Monday, undated

Tuesday, undated

Box 1Folder 1

Adams, John Quincy (1833-1894)

2 Nov. 1866

17 May 1875

8 Apr. 1876

[188-]

Box 1Folder 1

Adams, Louisa Catherine (1775-1852)

Verses, undated

Box 1Folder 1

Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873)

Cutslip autograph, 1855

Box 1Folder 1

Alverstone, Lord

1 June 1902

Box 1Folder 1

Amberley

6 Dec. 1867

Box 1Folder 1

Argyll, Duke of

Fragment, [1877]

17 June 1896

5 July 1896

Box 1Folder 1

Asquith, Herbert Henry (1852-1928)

7 Aug. 1894

Box 1Folder 1

Astor, John Jacob

9 May 1816

Box 1Folder 2

Balfour, Arthur James

Undated

Thursday, undated

Friday, undated

28 June 1887

3 Dec. 1890

10 Sep. 1891

Box 1Folder 2

Bancroft, George (1800-1891)

26 Feb. 1841

3 Oct. 1863

Box 1Folder 2

Bancroft, S. B.

5 June 1897

Box 1Folder 2

Bayard, Richard Henry

1 Apr. 1839

Box 1Folder 2

Bayard, Thomas Francis (1828-1898)

26 Apr. 1893

Three envelopes with signature

Box 1Folder 3

Benton, Thomas Hart

6 May 1850

Box 1Folder 3

Beurnonville, G.

25 Aug. 1797

Box 1Folder 3

Biddle, Nicholas

12 July 1823

Box 1Folder 3

Bismarck, H.

16 May [no year]

27 Nov. 1890

Box 1Folder 3

Blackie, John Stuart

Signature on printed item, undated

Box 1Folder 3

Blaine, James Gillespie (1830-1893)

29 Mar. 1888 (manuscript copy)

Box 1Folder 3

Bodine, Mr.

18 Dec. 1880

Box 1Folder 3

Bonaparte, Caroline

Saturday, undated

Box 1Folder 3

Bradley, G. G.

16 Apr. 1893

25 Apr. 1893

Box 1Folder 3

Bright, John (1811-1889)

6 Sep. 1887

Box 1Folder 3

Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

9 May 1888

18 May 1888

Box 1Folder 3

Brownson, Orestes Augustus

Cutslip autograph, undated

Box 1Folder 3

Burnand, F. C.

14 Mar. 1884

Box 1Folder 3

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893)

21 Apr. 1872

Box 1Folder 4

C., H. C. (initials only)

15 Sep. 1887

Box 1Folder 4

Cadogan, Lord

3 Dec. 1899

Box 1Folder 4

Calhoun, John Caldwell

24 Nov. 1828

Box 1Folder 4

Cameron, William

Thursday, undated

1 Oct. 1930

Box 1Folder 4

Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881)

16 July 1877

Box 1Folder 4

Cass, Lewis (1782-1866)

25 Dec. 1823

17 May 1833

Box 1Folder 4

Chadwick, George Whitefield (1854-1961)

Musical notation, undated

Box 1Folder 5

Chamberlain, A. Neville

9 Apr. 1888

Box 1Folder 5-6

Chamberlain, Austen

31 Oct. 1887 (manuscript extract)

11 Mar. 1888

6 Nov. 1890

16 Nov. 1896

1 Nov. 1906

20 July 1914

18 Oct. 1925 (typed copy)

20 Dec. 1925

17 Nov. 1928

14 July 1931

24 July 1931

25 July 1931 (telegram)

23 Sep. 1931

14 Nov. 1931

13 July 1932

8 Feb. 1933

4 June 1934

2 Feb. 1935

6 Sep. 1935

Box 1Folder 7

Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914)

Jan. 24 [no year]

27 Feb. 1888

6 Oct. 1888

15 Oct. 1888

16 Mar. 1902

3 Feb. 1905

22 Oct. 1905

Box 1Folder 8

Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940)

23 Nov. 1896?

7 Apr. 1897

30 Aug. 1897

7 May 1900

5 Apr. 1928

12 Nov. 1931

17 Aug. 1932

8 Dec. 1937

16 Jan. 1938

25 Dec. 1938

Box 1Folder 9

Chase, Salmon Portland

6 July 1852

Box 1Folder 9

Cheves, Langdon

13 Feb. 1815

Box 1Folder 9

Choate, Rufus

8 June 1830

1 July 1859

Box 1Folder 9

Churchill, Clementine S.

18 Dec. 1931

Box 1Folder 9

Churchill, Randolph

30 Sep. 1887

Box 1Folder 9

Churchill, Winston

21 Jan. 1905

26 Jan. 1905

Box 1Folder 9

Churchill, Winston S.

22 Dec. 1931

Box 1Folder 9

Clay, Cassius Marcellus

28 Aug. 1860

Box 1Folder 9

Clay, Henry (1777-1852)

30 May 1818

Box 1Folder 9

Clayton, John Middleton

10 July 1844

Box 1Folder 10

Cleveland, Frances Folsom (1864-1947)

Thursday, undated

Box 1Folder 10-12

Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)

7 Aug. 1885

22 Dec. 1885

28 May 1886

13 Oct. 1886

14 Oct. 1886

22 Oct. 1886

28 Oct. 1886

4 Nov. 1886

5 Nov. 1886

17 Nov. 1886

20 Dec. 1886

18 Jan. 1887

2 Feb. 1887

7 Feb. 1887

18 Apr. 1887

20 May 1887

22 July 1887

15 Sep. 1887

25 Oct. 1887

13 Dec. 1887

7 Apr. 1888

20 Apr. 1888

6 Aug. 1888 (letterpress copy)

30 Oct. 1888

9 Dec. 1888

19 Dec. 1888

25 Jan. 1889

16 Feb. 1889

18 Feb. 1889

23 Feb. 1889

4 May 1891

3 Nov. 1891

30 May 1892

Box 1Folder 12

Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth (1846-1918)

11 July 1885

Box 1Folder 13

Coolidge, Jeff

17 Jan. 1934

Box 1Folder 13

Crawford, William Harris

23 June 1817

30 June 1823

Box 1Folder 13

Crittenden, John Jordan (1787-1863)

12 Mar. 1849

Box 1Folder 13

Crowninshield, Jacob

20 Nov. 1796

Box 1Folder 13

Crowninshield, John

[1813]

Box 1Folder 13

Curtis, Benjamin Robbins

1 July 1858

Box 1Folder 13

Cushing, Harvey

10 Aug. 1927

15 Aug. 1927

Box 1Folder 14

Dallas, George Mifflin (1792-1864)

10 Oct. 1847

Box 1Folder 14

Dana, Richard Henry (1815-1882)

21 Oct. 1854

3 Nov. 1854

28 May 1858

1861

23 July 1861

5 Aug. 1861

19 Aug. 1861

1 Nov. 1861

26 Nov. 1861

Dec. 1861

22 Jan. 1862

17 Dec. 1862

30 Dec. 1862

26 Jan. 1863

19 Sep. 1863

Box 1Folder 15

Decatur, Stephen (1779-1820)

8 Feb. 1816

Box 1Folder 15

De Kay, Charles (1848-1935)

7 Feb. 1917

Box 1Folder 15

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

18 June 1848

Box 1Folder 15

Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir (1843-1911)

Undated

17 Oct. 1887

Box 1Folder 15

Dix, John Adams (1798-1879)

7 Feb. 1861

Box 1Folder 15

Douglas, Stephen Arnold? (1813-1861)

19 Jan. 1846

Box 1Folder 15

Dow, George Francis

13 Oct. 1917

Box 1Folder 15

Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquis of (1826-1902)

8 May 1895

Box 1Folder 16

Edward VII

23 Feb. 1902

Box 1Folder 16

Edwards, Clarence R.

6 Mar. 1929

Box 1Folder 16-17

Eliot, Charles William (1834-1926)

28 Apr. 1877

30 Apr. 1877

3 May 1882

30 Nov. 1882 (with typescript copy)

6 May 1884 (with typescript copy)

18 June 1884 (with typescript copy)

18 June 1884 (signature on election notice, with typescript copy)

17 Apr. 1885

21 Apr. 1885

8 May 1885

17 June 1885

19 Nov. 1885

5 Dec. 1885

14 Dec. 1885

16 Feb. 1886

14 Apr. 1886

16 June 1886

6 Sep. 1886

17 Sep. 1886

7 Nov. 1886

19 Nov. 1886

15 Dec. 1886

9 Jan. 1887

27 Jan. 1887

24 Jan. 1888

9 Feb. 1888

4 Apr. 1888

2 Aug. 1888

23 Sep. 1895 (with typescript copy)

28 Oct. 1916

Box 1Folder 18

Endicott, William Crowninshield (1860-1936)

23 July 1907

25 July 1931 (letter fragment)

12 autographs

Calling card

Box 1Folder 18

Eustis, William (1753-1825)

30 Sep. 1823

Box 1Folder 18

Everett, Edward (1794-1865)

9 Dec. 1828

21 Oct. 1853

Box 1Folder 18

Everett, William

6 May 1894

6 May 1894 (different from above)

Box 1Folder 19

Farrand, Max

Tuesday, undated

Friday, undated

10 Mar. 1928

14 Apr. 1928

1 May 1928

Box 1Folder 19

Felton, Cornelius Conway (1807-1862)

4 Oct. 1854

Box 1Folder 19

Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-1869)

15 Oct. 1852

Box 1Folder 19

Field, Cyrus West (1819-1892)

Cutslip autograph, undated

Box 1Folder 19

Fiske, John (1842-1901)

16 Mar. 1876

Box 1Folder 19

Forbes, William Cameron

22 Jan. 1934

Box 1Folder 19

French, Amos Tuck

6 June 1934

Box 1Folder 19

Fuller, Alvan Tufts

Engraved invitation, undated

Box 1Folder 19

Fuller, Melville W.

20 June 1890

1 June 1891

21 June 1891

7 Oct. 1897

Box 1Folder 20

Gage, Thomas (1721-1787)

16 May 1773

Box 1Folder 20

Gales & Seaton

3 Mar. 1821

Box 1Folder 20

Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849)

4 July 1816

Box 1Folder 20

George III (1738-1820)

26 Jan. 1795

Box 1Folder 20

George, [David Lloyd] (1863-1945)

6 June 1896

Box 1Folder 20

Giles, William Branch (1762-1830)

12 Apr. 1811

Box 1Folder 20

Gladstone, William Ewart

25 May 1877

6 Feb. 1893

Box 1Folder 20

Godwin, Parke (1816-1904)

29 Apr. [no year]

Box 1Folder 20

Goschen, George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount (1831-1907)

21 Sep. [no year]

21 Nov. 1902

Box 1Folder 21

Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)

17 Oct. 1877

Box 1Folder 21

Granville

19 Feb. 1877

Box 1Folder 21-22

Gray, Horace (1828-1902)

Mon. evening, undated

7 Mar. [no year]

24 Aug. [no year]

5 Oct. [no year]

13 Oct. [no year]

11 Nov. [no year]

19 Nov. [no year]

25 Aug. 1852

22 Sep. 1852

23 Jan. 1853

30 Jan. 1853

4 Feb. 1854

10 Feb. 1854

30 July 1855

9 Feb. 1856

15 Nov. 1856

14 Nov. 1857

15 Nov. 1858

6 Apr. 1860

22 Feb. 1865

22 Nov. 1869

17 Feb. 1873

27 Feb. 1873

5 Mar. 1873?

18 June 1873

22 July 1873

28 Aug. 1873

15 Feb. 1874

17 Feb. 1874

19 Feb. 1874

2 Mar. 1874

14 Dec. 1874

19 Jan. 1875

28 Jan. 1875

13 Apr. 1875

3 May 1875

7 June 1875

13 Nov. 1875

24 Nov. 1875

13 Dec. 1875

13 Jan. 1876

21 June 1891

23 June 1891

Box 1Folder 22

Guild, Curtis E.

18 Feb. [no year]

Box 1Folder 23

Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)

19 Dec. 1876

Box 1Folder 23

Harcourt, William Vernon, Sir (Historicus) (1827-1904)

12 Mar. 1888

Box 1Folder 23

Harper, Robert Goodloe (1765-1825)

4 Feb. 1808

28 Feb. 1808

Box 1Folder 23

Harrison, Benjamin

5 Mar. 1889

Box 1Folder 23

Harrison, Frederic

19 Feb. 1877

Box 1Folder 23

Hartington

10 Mar. 1888

27 June 1889

31 Oct. 1889

Box 1Folder 23

Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)

9 Oct. [185-]

Box 1Folder 23

Hay, John Milton (1838-1905)

Invitation acceptance, undated

25 May [no year]

26 Nov. [no year]

15 Feb. 1876

10 July 1901

Box 1Folder 23

Hayne, Robert Young (1791-1839)

22 Mar. 1824

Box 1Folder 23

Herschell, Farrar (1837-1899)

23 May [no year]

29 Sep. [no year]

Box 1Folder 24

Hicks-Beach, Michael, Sir

12 Mar. 1887

Box 1Folder 24

Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood (1816-1895)

22 Apr. 1872

26 Apr. 1872

4 May 1872

31 May 1872

Box 1Folder 24

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)

18 Feb. [no year]

4 Jan. 1892

5 Jan. 1892

Box 1Folder 24

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935)

13 Jan. 1871

29 Apr. 1876

6 Sep. 1879

12 Mar. 1885

29 Nov. 1889

Box 1Folder 24

Homans, Robert?

20 Jan. [no year]

Box 1Folder 24

Houghton, Lord

6 Apr. 1882

Box 1Folder 24

Howard, John Eager (1752-1827)

20 Oct. 1814

Box 1Folder 24

Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)

11 Apr. [no year]

Box 1Folder 24

Howe, M. A. de Wolfe

11 June 1932

16 June 1932

Box 1Folder 24

Howe, Samuel Gridley (1801-1876)

Saturday evening, undated

Box 1Folder 24

Hülsemann, Chevalier

10 Oct. 1854

Box 2Folder 1

Irving, Henry

27 Mar. 1889

26 June 1897

Box 2Folder 1

James, Henry (1818-1882)

30 Jan. [no year] (letter fragment)

11 Apr. [no year]

5 Dec. 1881

Box 2Folder 1

James, Henry (1879-1947)

11 Jan. 1924?

17 Jan. 1924

Box 2Folder 1

James, Henry, Sir

Cutslip autograph, undated

Tuesday, undated

15 July 1886

Box 2Folder 1

Jenkins, Edward

29 July 1878

Box 2Folder 1

Jevons, W. Stanley

5 Oct. 1881

Box 2Folder 1

Johnson, Reverdy (1796-1876)

15 Jan. 1840

Box 2Folder 1

Jowett, Benjamin (1849-1909)

18 Apr. 1877

Box 2Folder 1

King, Rufus (1755-1827)

20 Aug. 1816

Box 2Folder 2

Lamar, Lucius Q. C.

2 Mar. 188-

Box 2Folder 2

Lamont, Daniel Scott (1851-1905)

12 Mar. [no year]

Box 2Folder 2

Lee, Henry

29 Nov. 1884

Box 2Folder 2

Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)

26 Apr. 1790

Box 2Folder 2

Lincoln, Levi (1782-1868)

31 Dec. 1836

Box 2Folder 2

Lind, Jenny

Jan. 1852

Box 2Folder 2

Livingston, Edward (1764-1836)

29 July 1833

Box 2Folder 2

Lockwood, Frank

18 Sep. 1891

11 Oct. 1891

Box 2Folder 2-3

Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924)

31 Jan. 1887

1 May 1887

19 May 1887

28 Jan. 1893

2 Nov. 1894

4 July 1896

2 Jan. 1898

24 Jan. 1899

1 May 1899

7 May 1900

15 Aug. 1903

21 Dec. 1907

27 Dec. 1907

25 Aug. 1909

11 Nov. 1909

14 Jan. 1910

5 Jan. 1911

26 Feb. 1912

31 Mar. 1912

24 Apr. 1916

8 Apr. 1917

12 May 1917

16 Nov. 1917

23 Jan. 1918

23 Jan. 1918 (different from above)

21 May 1920

15 Jan. 1921

21 Mar. 1921

28 Mar. 1921

20 May 1921

29 June 1921

10 Jan. 1922

11 Dec. 1923

31 Dec. 1923

Box 2Folder 3

Lodge, Oliver

30 Dec. 1908

Box 2Folder 3

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)

23 June 1852

21 Nov. 1872

Box 2Folder 3

Lowell, J.

14 May 1891

Box 2Folder 3

Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)

11 Feb. 1890

18 Feb. 1890

23 June 1895

Box 2Folder 4

McLean, John (1785-1861)

20 Dec. 1814

Box 2Folder 4

Manning, Daniel

Cutslip autograph, undated

Box 2Folder 4

Marshall, [John] (1755-1835)

27 Feb. 1826

[3 Mar. 1821]; see Gales & Seaton

Box 2Folder 4

Meyer, George von Lengerke (1858-1918)

14 July 1909

Box 2Folder 4

Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800)

24 Aug. 1790

Box 2Folder 4

Millais, John E., Sir

21 May 1889

Feb. 1890

25 Feb. 1896

Box 2Folder 4

Minot, [Francis]

18 Feb. 1882

Box 2Folder 4

Monroe, James

23 May 1813 (signature on passport)

Box 2Folder 4

[Morley], John

22 July 1894

Box 2Folder 4

Murdoch, Harold

21 Mar. 1927

Box 2Folder 4

Napier, Francis (1819-1898)

1 July 1858

Box 2Folder 4

Northbrook

11 Nov. 1880

Box 2Folder 4

Norton, Charles Eliot (1827-1908)

18 Nov. 1858

21 Jan. 1861

Box 2Folder 5

O'Connell, William (1859-1944)

18 Feb. 1929

Box 2Folder 5

O'Hagan, Thomas (1812-1885)

5 June 1879

Box 2Folder 5

Olney, Agnes P.

17 Sep. [no year]

Box 2Folder 5-6

Olney, Richard (1835-1917)

2 Mar. [no year]

24 Mar. [no year]

27 Apr. [no year]

18 May [no year]

5 Aug. [no year]

13 Aug. [no year]

14 Sep. [no year]

19 Sep. [no year]

24 Sep. [no year]

14 Nov. [no year]

1 Feb. 1861

8 Feb. 1861

22 Sep. 1873

19 July 1880

8 May 1884

14 Sep. 1884

3 Feb. 1885

9 Mar. 1885

11 Apr. 1885

2 May 1885

29 June 1885

6 Aug. 1885

12 Aug. 1885

15 Sep. 1885

27 May 1886

25 June 1886

22 Sep. 1886

25 Jan. 1887

8 Mar. 1887

12 Apr. 1887

10 Sep. 1887

20 Sep. 1888

6 May 1909

Box 2Folder 7

Palfrey, John Gorham (1796-1881)

15 Sep. 1853

Box 2Folder 7

Parkman, Francis (1823-1893)

23 Mar. [no year]

30 Nov. 1869

14 June 1875

7 June 1878

27 Aug. 1879

9 May 1884

13 Oct. 1885

29 Jan. 1886

6 Jan. 1887

20 Jan. 1887

Box 2Folder 7

Paulding, James Kirke (1778-1860)

24 Apr. 1836

Box 2Folder 8

Pepper contract, in Arabic?

Undated, cataloged under "Arabic"

Box 2Folder 8

Peterborough

15 Mar. 1877

Box 2Folder 8

Peters, Richard (1744-1828)

23 Aug. 1790

Box 2Folder 8

Pinckney, Charles (1757-1824)

15 Apr. 1820

Box 2Folder 8

Pinckney, William (1764-1822)

23 Jan. 1815

Box 2Folder 8

Plimsoll, Samuel

7 Feb. 1882

Box 2Folder 8

Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851)

19 Mar. 1824

Box 2Folder 8

Polk, James K. (1795-1849)

21 Dec. 1826

Box 2Folder 8

Porter, James D.

Cutslip autograph, with other names, undated

Box 2Folder 8

Quincy, Josiah

[188-] (manuscript copy)

Box 2Folder 9

Radford, William

Cutslip autograph, with other names, undated

Box 2Folder 9

Randall-MacIver, David (1873-1945)

6 Aug. 1932?

Box 2Folder 9

Randolph, John (1773-1833)

26 Mar. 1820

Box 2Folder 9

Reay, Lord

17 Dec. 1884

Box 2Folder 9

Rhodes, C. J.

25 Apr. 1898

Box 2Folder 9

Rhodes, James Ford

30 Mar. [no year]

Box 2Folder 9

Rives, William Cabell (1793-1868)

16 Apr. 1859

Box 2Folder 9

Roberts, Lord

27 Feb. [no year] (facsimile)

27 Feb. [no year] (facsimile, different from above)

26 Jan. 1897

Box 2Folder 9

Rodney, Caesar

Autograph, undated

Box 2Folder 10

Roosevelt, Theodore

18 Feb. 1888

22 Feb. [1888]

16 May 1898

25 June 1900

20 Sep. 1901

10 Nov. 1904

26 Jan. 1907

10 Mar. 1909

28 Nov. 1911

29 Aug. 1918

Box 2Folder 10

Rosebery, Lord

7 Apr. 1879

26 Nov. 1881

25 May 1897

Box 2Folder 10

Rothschild, Ferdinand, Baron

30 Dec. 1886

Box 2Folder 10

Rush, Richard (1780-1859)

20 Jan. 1817

Box 2Folder 11

Salisbury

30 June 1890

23 Aug. 1895

Box 2Folder 11

Saltonstall, Richard M.

16 Nov. 1918

Box 2Folder 11-12

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925)

Calling card, undated

Undated

Thursday, undated

Friday, undated

Friday, undated (different from above)

Sunday, undated

Wed. 8th, undated

Tues. 12th, undated

1903?

1903

11 Mar. 1903

30 Mar. 1903

2 Aug. [1906] (with typescript copy)

13 Mar. [1907]

25 Apr. [1907]

[28 Apr. 1907]

[29 Apr. 1907]

7 May 1907 (telegram)

[1915]

[1915] (different from above)

9 Apr. 1915

12 June 1916

18 Feb. 1918

27 Mar. 1920

3 Mar. 1921

21 Mar. 1921

20 Apr. 1921

11 July 1923 (true copy, typescript)

[1924]

2 Jan. 1924

12 Jan. 1924

13 Jan. [1924]

3 May 1924

29 May 1924

9 Aug. 1924 (typescript copy)

Box 2Folder 13

Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)

2 Jan. 1843

Box 2Folder 13

Seddon, Richard John (1845-1906)

Cutslip autograph, undated

10 June 1902 (telegram)

16 June 1902

Box 2Folder 13

Sewall, David (1735-1825)

18 July 1791

Box 2Folder 13

Seymour, Horatio (1810-1886)

11 Sep. 1871

Box 2Folder 13

Shaw, Lemuel (1781-1861)

14 July 1855

Box 2Folder 13

Shaw, Lemuel (1828-1884)

26 Jan. 1863

14 Mar. 1863

8 Apr. 1863

Box 2Folder 13

Sheridan, P. H.

Cutslip autograph, undated

Box 2Folder 13

Southard, Louis Carver

14 July 1903

Box 2Folder 13

Sparks, Jared (1789-1866)

Friday morning, undated

25 Nov. 1851

Box 2Folder 13

Spencer, John Canfield (1788-1855)

12 Jan. 1818

Box 2Folder 13

Storey, Moorfield (1845-1929)

3 Sep. 1877

Box 2Folder 13

Story, Joseph

27 June 1818

20 Jan. 1845

Box 2Folder 13

Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron (1820-1914)

29 June 1900

Box 2Folder 13

Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)

10 June 1845

10 July 1845

Box 2Folder 14

Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864)

28 Jan. 1825

Box 2Folder 14

Taylor, Bayard (1825-1878)

14 May 1875

Box 2Folder 14

Thomas, Benjamin Franklin (1813-1878)

10 Oct. 1861

23 Feb. 1865

7 Apr. 1865

4 Jan. 1868

22 Apr. 1869

13 May 1869

12 July 1875

11 Feb. 1876

Box 2Folder 14

Thomson, Elihu

18 Apr. 1924

Box 2Folder 14

Trevelyan, Charles Edward (1807-1886)

21 July 1877

Box 2Folder 14

Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809)

8 June 1783

Box 2Folder 15

Tudor, Frederic (1783-1864)

18 June 1855

10 Aug. 1855

13 Aug. 1855

10 Sep. 1855

13 Sep. 1855

8 Oct. 1855

22 Oct. 1855

22 Oct. 1855 (different from above)

27 Oct. 1855

5 Nov. 1855

Box 2Folder 16

Upshur, Abel Parker (1791-1844)

[30 Mar. 1842]

Box 2Folder 16

Van Buren, John (1810-1866)

1 July 1857

Box 2Folder 16

Victoria, Queen

5 June 1838 (signature on official document)

28 Mar. 1886

Box 2Folder 16

Villiers, Charles Pelham (1802-1898)

2 Dec. 1883

Box 2Folder 16

Vilmorin, Maurice Lévêque de (b. 1849)

9 June 1913

Box 2Folder 17

Waite, Morrison Remick (1816-1888)

29 June 1887

Box 2Folder 17

Walpole, Robert, Sir

Cutslip autograph, undated

Box 2Folder 17

Walsh, David Ignatius (1872-1947)

12 May 1915

Box 2Folder 17

Washington, George (1732-1799)

Song written by a seaman in tribute, undated

Engraved invitation, 179-

Box 2Folder 17

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)

Wednesday, undated

18 Nov. 1839

Box 2Folder 17

Westminster

6 Mar. 1877

Box 2Folder 17

White, Henry

14 Nov. 1916

Box 2Folder 17

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)

14 Sep. 1878 (typescript copy)

Box 2Folder 17

Wilson, Henry (1812-1875)

13 Mar. 1861

Box 2Folder 18

Winston, Madge K. J.

[1888]

Box 2Folder 18

Winthrop, Clara Bowdoin

5 Jan. [no year]

15 Feb. [no year]

Box 2Folder 18

Winthrop, Grenville Lindall

8 Jan. 1935

Box 2Folder 18

Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-1894)

24 Sep. 1864

20 June 1872

1 July 1872

6 Mar. 1873

21 May 1873

2 Nov. 1875

Box 2Folder 18

Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833)

19 Apr. 1797

Box 2Folder 18

Wolcott, Roger

2 July 1936

Box 2Folder 18

Wolseley, Garnet Wolseley, Viscount (1833-1913)

Greenwich Park, 1888

Isle of Wight, 1888

War Office, 1888

11 Aug. 1888

31 Oct. 1888

Box 2Folder 19

Twelve illegible items

II. Photocopies, 1721-1937

Arranged alphabetically.

This series contains only photocopies of autographs. The originals of these items are not included in this collection.

Box 3Folder 1

Adams, Samuel

16 Nov. 1778

Box 3Folder 2

Ames, Fisher

6 Apr. 1793

Box 3Folder 3

Arnold, Benedict

14 May 1776

Box 3Folder 4

Biddle, Nicholas

28 Jan. 1836

7 June 1838

Box 3Folder 5

Bloomfield, Robert

22 Aug. 1817

Box 3Folder 6

Carter, Samuel

10 Nov. 1721

Box 3Folder 7

Chamberlain, Neville

26 Sep. 1937

Box 3Folder 8

Clay, Henry

1 Feb. 1845

Box 3Folder 9

Dearborn, Henry

20 Aug. 1806

Box 3Folder 10

Decatur, Stephen (1779-1820)

2 Oct. 1798

Box 3Folder 11

Decatur, Susan

17 Feb. 1815

Box 3Folder 12

DeLancey, James

19 Feb. 1754

Box 3Folder 13

Fulton, Robert

18 Sep. 1811

Box 3Folder 14

Gage, Thomas (1721-1787)

18 Sep. 1759

Box 3Folder 15

Gates, Horatio

31 July 1760

Box 3Folder 16

Heath, William (1737-1814)

6 Feb. 1778

Box 3Folder 17

Irving, Henry

16 June 1894

Box 3Folder 18

Kosciuszko, Thaddeus

1 Dec. 1812

Box 3Folder 19

Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)

11 June 1777

Box 3Folder 20

Putnam, Israel (1718-1790)

5 Jan. 1777

Box 3Folder 21

Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804)

15 Oct. 1780

Box 3Folder 22

Scott, Walter, Sir (1771-1832)

[24] Sep. 1810

Box 3Folder 23

Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)

31 Oct. 1812

Box 3Folder 24

Stark, John (1728-1822)

27 Oct. 1768

Preferred Citation

Endicott family autograph collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914.
Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.
Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882.
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926.
Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1826-1900.
Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1860-1936.
Gray, Horace, 1828-1902.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.
Olney, Richard, 1835-1917.
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, 1813-1878.
Tudor, Frederic, 1783-1864.

Subjects:

Authors, American--Autographs.
Autographs--Collections.
Statesmen--Great Britain--Autographs.
Statesmen--United States--Autographs.