Acquisition: |
Apparently, the records of William Earle & Co. were broken up and widely dispersed at a very early point. Portions of the records have been arriving at R.I.H.S.L. in a slow but steady stream since at least 1956. The bulk of the account books are labeled in a way that indicates they were housed in the old R.I.H.S. Cabinet Building, and thus were probably donated before 1944. That major accession has not been identified. Here are a few of the accessions that have been:#1948.17.1, Anonymous gift,Civil War imprisonment of W.L. Bowers; #1956.23.88-89, Paul Nicholson bequest, Two receipt books, 1857-1878; #1962.37.2.1-16, Susie (Sherman) Scott estate William Earle papers (whaling, etc.)1834-1868; #1974.64.1-, Nino Scotti purchase, Three boxes of records, 1830-1850; #1976.137.3.1-, William Longo purchase, 55 items: account books, receipts, ladings, etc., 1832-1876; #1977.93.2.1-, Mrs. Thomas Johnston gift, William Earle accounts with Mrs. E.G. Chandler, 1852-1877; #1985.69.7-8, Seaport Autographs purchase Two letters, 1837, 1838; #1985.93, Robinson O. Bellin gift, Letter received by Bowers, 1837; #1997.17.1-31, Ruth Crosby purchase 31 letters dated 1831-1832 (inherited from Crosby's brother's estate circa 1984); #1999.1.1.1-34, Charles Apfelbaum purchase, 34 letters and receipts dated 1832-1840; #2000.85.1-7, Paper Trails purchase, 7 letters from neice Helen Roth, 1874; #2001.23.2 Rick Stattler gift, Receipt from Burr & Smith, 1850; #2002.32.1.1-2, Cherry Bamberg gift, Two Tilley letters, 1839 and 1844; #2002.50.1-11, Cherry Bamberg gift, 11 receipts, 1837-1838, 1849, 1857, undated; #2004.83, Cherry Bamberg gift, J. Sachet letter, 1833. |