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Charles Wilson Brown collection of Brown and Wilson family papers (Ms.97.3)
Brown University Library
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
Inventory
Series 1. Correspondence, 1846-1938
Box 1, Folder 1-2
A. Letters from Lanta Wilson Smith
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Fernald, O.H.
Contents Note: Note. Attached is typed genealogical information by Fernald about Rev. William J.
Wilson and Rev. O. H. Fernald.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Thomas, Flora Bowles
Contents Note: Autograph letter signed on the death of Rev. Wm. J. Wilson.
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1899 Apr
6 |
B. Letters to Lanta Wilson Smith
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Gordon
Contents Note: Autograph letter signed. Letter: Attleboro Springs, Attleboro, MA, J.I.
Bartholomew, Superintendent.
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1938? Mar
19 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Thomas, Flora Bowles
Contents Note: Autograph letter signed.
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1898 Dec
26 |
C. Letters to and from others
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Brown, Abbie Ellen Wilson (Mrs. H. W. Brown) to Flora Bowles
Thomas
Contents Note: Autograph letter signed. Includes envelope addressed to Master John Wesley Thomas,
August 12, 1901, annotated.
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1901 Aug
11 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Hedding, Elijah, Bishop.
Contents Note: Certificate of recommendation for William J. Wilson, Frankfort, ME.
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1850 Jun
30 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Tibou?, David Howards? to Mrs. C. H. Smith.
Contents Note: Typed letter signed. Letterhead: United States Naval Home, Philadelphia, PA.
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1909 Mar
26 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Waugh, Beverly, Bishop.
Contents Note: Certificate of recommendation for William J. Wilson, Hallowell, ME.
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1846 Jul
5 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Wilson, William Jones to Sister Packard
Contents Note: Autograph letter signed
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undated |
Series 2. Manuscripts, 1896-1907
Box 1, Folder 3-4
A. Poems by Lanta Wilson Smith
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Bar Harbor, ME; Harmony, ME; Bucksport, ME
Contents Note: Includes annotation: "To sister Abbie Ellen Wilson."
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1896? Apr 17 and May 17 and Mar 9 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Eastine, ME
Contents Note: Includes "Flora First Grandchild." Annotated.
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Jul 19 |
B. Autobiography
| Box 1, Codex 1 |
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William Jones (1818-1899). Autobiography
Contents Note: Autograph manuscript. The original of this autobiography was partly burned. The
manuscript was later recopied, and edited by his daughter Lanta Wilson Smith (Mrs.
Charles Harley Smith), who also made additions to this copy. The manuscript includes
mounted clippings and photographs. Dates noted in the manuscript are from 1896 to
1907.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Brown, Henry Wheaton (b. 1846). Autobiography
162
pages
Contents Note: Typed manuscript. Chapter headings include: Army Experience, Business Career,
Literary Efforts (which contains many poems), and Ministerial Labors, among
others.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Johnson, Henry W. to Brown, Henry Wheaton, letter
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1916 Feb 18 |
Series 3. Printed items, 1849-1895
Box 1, Folder 5
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Exhibition broadside
Contents Note: Poster for Sunday School exhibition at Lord's Hall. Annotated: "probably Ellsworth,
ME, 1849."
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Dec 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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First Parish (Unitarian) in Hingham, MA
Contents Note: Small placard with information and photographs of the church.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Hingham Shipwrights (Ship Church) drawing
Contents Note: Tear sheet from magazine. Annotation explains that Rev. and Mrs. Wm. J. Wilson, their
daughter Abbie and husband Rev. Henry W. Brown were buried in this cemetery.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Stoughton, MA
Contents Note: Clipping
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Smith, Lanta Wilson, "Our Broken Walls"
Contents Note: Poem. Tear-sheet from a church pamphlet
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Wilson, Rev. and Mrs. Golden Anniversary announcement card and invitation to
reception.
Contents Note: Two cards and envelope (annotated)
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1877 Jul 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Wilson, Mrs. Sedelia Follett, "Temperance Song"
Contents Note: Poem. Newspaper clipping, Springfield.
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Oct 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Wilson, Rev. William Jones
Contents Note: Tear-sheet of a list of names and the dates and places where the person held a
parish. Annotated.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Yankon College Conservatory Choral Union. Program for "Daniel, or the
Captivity and Restoration"
Contents Note: Broadside.
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1895 Feb 26 |
Series 4. Newspaper clippings, 1894-1967
Box 1, Folder 6
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Prescott G. Golden Wedding anniversary
article
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Bowles, Flora S. and Arthur R. Thomas. Wedding annoucnement
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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"Hinghams's Historic Meeting House." Article on Ship Church, New York
Times
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1967 May 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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"Milestone in the Bay State." Article on Ship Church, Hingham Meeting House,
[New York Times?]
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1956 Jul 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Thomas, Mr. [?] Obituary
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Jun 25 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Thompson, Rev. J.S. Obituary written by H.W. Brown
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1894 Apr 12, Apr
18 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Wilson, Sedelia Follett. Obituary written by H.W. Brown
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1904 Dec 7 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Wilson, Williams Jones. "A Ministerial Family."
Contents Note: Article on Rev. Wilson and Sedelia Follett Wilson's Golden Wedding anniversary.
Phenix, RI.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Wilson, William Jones. Two obituaries
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1899 Mar 29 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Miscellaneous clippings
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undated |
Series 5. Photographs, 1868-1897
Box 1, Folder 7
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Church, Belfast, ME
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Glimpse of Church, Belfast, ME
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Northport Campground, ME
Contents Note: Four photographs.
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1897 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Tibou?, David Howards?
Contents Note: Signed
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Wilson, Mrs. Sedelia Follett
Contents Note: C.W. Lucas, photographer. Brodhead, Wis.
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1870? |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Wilson, William Jones
Contents Note: Two photographs, one is an enlargement of the other. Burlington, Wis.
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1868? |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Wilson, Rev. and Mrs. William Jones?
Contents Note: Two printed copies of a photograph.
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undated |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Woman with child. Unidentified
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undated |
Series 6. Miscellaneous, 1902, undated
Box 1, Folder 8
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Envelope. "C. H. Warren, General Passenger agent" printed on it.
Contents Note: Annotated: "Nov. 21. 1902, The 100th birthday of Jacob Sleeper."
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1902 Nov 21 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Handwritten note
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undated |
