Guide to the Joseph Peace Hazard papers, circa 2039-200 BCE, 1822-1892
(bulk 1839-1890)
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
Published in 2024
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Joseph Peace Hazard papers |
| Date range: |
circa 2039-200 BCE, 1822-1892, (bulk 1839-1890) |
| Creator: |
Hazard, Joseph Peace |
| Extent: |
3.62 cubic feet
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| Abstract: |
Papers of a textile manufacturer, traveler, and spiritualist from Rhode Island. |
| Language of materials: |
English, French, German, Polish, Spanish, Italian |
| Repository: |
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
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| Collection number: |
MSS-0090 |
Scope & content
The collection contains correspondence, personal papers, photographs, and artifacts relating to Joseph Peace Hazard and his interests. The correspondence mostly contains letters Hazard sent his brother and sisters while traveling in Europe and South America. The correspondence also includes letters with mediums Mary Hull and Dinah Sherman, and Luther Colby (editor of the spiritual publication “Banner of Light”), which document Hazard’s interest in spiritualism. The collection also includes Hazard’s personal papers, such as his power of attorney, lists of securities and income tax statements, as well as his writings, which include Hazard family biographical sketches, recollections on séances and seeing the spirits of Theodore Parker and Robert Burns, a notebook chronicling Hazard’s encounters with the supernatural, and notes concerning the construction of “The Castle” in Narragansett and the “Memorial Tower” at Tower Hill. Photographs in the collection primarily consist of images of the grave of Jane Anne Terrill Gibson (relative of Mary Peace, Hazard’s mother) in Washfield, England. The collection also includes artifacts and objects, which consist of foliage taken from Lord Byron’s estate and grave, and cuneiform tablets Hazard purchased on his travels.
Access Points
Subject Names
Subject Topics
Geographical Names
Document Types
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence; 1839-1892
- Subseries 1a: Outgoing correspondence; 1858-1892
- Subseries 1b: Incoming correspondence; circa 1839-1890
- Subseries 1c: Travel letters series one; 1856-1860
- Subseries 1d: Travel letters series two; 1866-1868
- Series 2: Personal papers and writings; circa 1822-1891
- Series 3: Photographs; circa 1860-1880
- Series 4: Artifacts and objects; circa 2039-200 BCE, 1857-1860
Biographical/Historical Note
The sixth child of Rowland Hazard and Mary Peace Hazard, Joseph Hazard was born February 17, 1807 in Burlington, New Jersey. The family relocated to Bristol, Pennsylvania, and Hazard attended the Westtown School, a Quaker institution, from 1816-1820, and again from 1822-1824. Hazard then moved to Peace Dale , Rhode Island, and became involved in the family textile mill, which was owned by his brothers, Rowland G. and Isaac P. Hazard. Hazard became a partner of R.G. Hazard and Co. (later renamed Peace Dale Manufacturing Company) in 1828. He also built an addition to the mill in 1835, as well as an axe factory.
However, citing his lack of competence in business, Hazard abandoned his factories around 1845 and began to devote his time to travel, the study of spiritualism, and the construction of his home, “The Castle,” and “Druid’s Dream House,” both of which were in Narragansett, Rhode Island, as well as “Memorial Tower” at Tower Hill in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Joseph Peace Hazard died in Peace Dale on January 18, 1892.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
The collection is open for research. |
| Use of the materials: |
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Alternate form: |
Select items from this collection have been digitized and are available in DigitalCommons@RIC. |
| Preferred citation: |
Joseph Peace Hazard papers, MSS-0090, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College. |
| Contact information: |
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
The collection was given to Rhode Island College in 1968 by Martha Bacon Ballinger, with the consent of her husband, Ronald B. Ballinger, as well as her sister, Helen Bacon Westlake, and Helen’s husband, J.T. Westlake. |
| Processing information: |
After the collection arrived in 1968, Rhode Island College Professor Norman Smith conducted preliminary sorting of the collection. The processing of the papers and the preparation of the original finding aid was funded by a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant. The initial finding aid was prepared by Norene Rickson, library assistant in RIC Special Collections, with the assistance of Michael Kohl, Assistant Librarian in Special Collections. At this time, photographs were removed from their original locations and added to the other photograph files. Books were also removed from the collection and added to various book collections in Special Collections. In 2023, the finding aid was converted to current archival standards by Veronica L. Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Rhode Island College. At this time, the papers of Rowland Hazard, Joseph Peace Hazard, Thomas Rutherford Bacon, Caroline Hazard, Helen Hazard Bacon, and Leonard Bacon were removed from the Nathaniel Terry Bacon papers and made into their own separate collections to better reflect the various creators and their materials. Items in this were also reboxed into archival boxes and items foldered and the photographs and objects that were collection by Joseph Peace Hazard were added back to this collection. Additional publications were removed from this collection and added to the Special Collections Book Collections. |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Veronica L. Denison. |
| Encoding: |
This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2024 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: |
“Joseph P. Hazard, Record of Watch Ringing:” Journal by Hazard detailing instances of watch ringing which he believed to be communication with a spiritual was transcribed and a facsimile available in Special Collections Reading Room: SP COLL BF1277 .H39 2018 RIColl. Rhode Island College Special Collections contains additional collections relating to the Bacon and Hazard families:
Leonard Bacon letters, MSS-0107;Leonard Bacon papers, MSS-0094,Rowland Hazard papers, MSS-0089;Nathaniel Terry Bacon papers;Thomas Rutherford Bacon papers, MSS-0091;Caroline Hazard papers, MSS-0092; Hazard family letters, MSS-0055;and the
Helen Hazard Bacon papers, MSS-0093. The Peace Dale Library at South Kingstown Public Library also has materials relating to Joseph Peace Hazard. The Rhode Island Historical Society holds the
Joseph Peace Hazard papers, MSS 483 sg13;Bacon Family Papers, MSS 483
as well as the Rowland and Mary Peace Hazard papers, MSS 483 sg4. And the University of Rhode Island holds the
Rowland Hazard papers (son of Rowland Gibson Hazard), Mss. Gr. 6;
the Rowland Gibson Hazard papers, Mss. Gr. 9;
and the Caroline Hazard papers, Mss. Gr. 7.
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| Separated material: |
This collection was separated from the Nathaniel Terry Bacon papers (MSS-0005) and made into its own collection in 2023. Contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections for further information. |
| Location/Existence of copies: |
Select items from this collection have been digitized and are available in DigitalCommons@RIC. |
Inventory
Series 1. Correspondence, 1839-1892
1.82 cubic feet
This series has been arranged into four separate subseries: outgoing correspondence, incoming correspondence, travel letters series one, and travel letters series two. The incoming and outgoing correspondence includes letters with mediums and spiritualists, as well as with family members chronicling events affecting the Hazard family. The travel letters were written by Joseph Peace Hazard while traveling in Europe and South America. These letters were numbered by Hazard and detail the social and economic conditions of the places he visited and provide descriptions of the architecture and geography of the areas.
Series 1. Subseries 1a. Outgoing correspondence, 1858-1892
0.25 cubic feet
This subseries contains copies of correspondence Joseph Peace Hazard sent. Arranged chronologically.
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1858-1866, 1874 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1882, 1885-1888 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1889 January-September |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1889 October-December |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1890 January-April |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1890 May-December |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1891 January-March |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1891 April -June |
| Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Outgoing correspondence
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1891 July-September |
| Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Outgoing correspondence: Parts of letters, most discuss European travels
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circa 1880-1892 |
Series 1. Subseries 1b. Incoming correspondence, circa 1839-1890
0.52 cubic feet
This subseries contains letters sent to Joseph Peace Hazard. It includes correspondence with multiple family members, as well as with mediums Mary Hull and Dinah Sherman, Luther Colby (editor of the spiritual publication “Banner of Light”), spiritualist Theodore Parker, philosopher Robert Dale Owen, and poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Arranged alphabetically.
| Box 1, Folder 11 |
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A: Includes letters from Anthorp family
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1856-1874 |
| Box 1, Folder 12 |
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B
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1857-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Ca-Cn: [Note: Map from one letter removed and added to oversize]
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circa 1839-1890 |
| Oversize Folder 1, Item 1 |
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Plot map of Narragansett from letter in 1/13
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circa 1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Co: Includes letters from Luther Colby, editor of the spiritual publication “Banner of Light”
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1862-1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 |
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D-Hay
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1859-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Hazard family members, including Hazard, including Anna Hazard, Barclay Hazard
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1881-1886 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Hazard family members, including Mary Hazard, Eliza Hazard, and Elizabeth
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1857-1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Hazard family members, including George Hazard, Gertrude Hazard, Hortense Hazard, and L.F Hazard
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1863-1866 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Hazard family members, including Isaac P. Hazard
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1859-1864 |
| Box 1, Folder 20 |
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Hazard family members, including Margaret Hazard, Mary Hazard, Rowland G. Hazard (brother), Rowland G. Hazard (nephew), Rowland R. Hazard (cousin)
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1857-1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 |
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He-I: Includes Mary Hull, M.J. Hooker, R.J. Hull, Larry Hunter
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1858-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 |
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J-K: Includes Wash. Jackman, Diana Kearny, Henry Kiddle, Stephen Knowles, Herbert Knowles
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1858-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 |
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L: Includes John Lane, Joseph Leidy, Leodegar Lipp (Kinsky), Henry Little
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1862-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 24 |
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Letters from various correspondents
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1856-1889 |
| Box 1, Folder 25 |
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M-O: Includes J. Newton Marshall, Anna Peace Mason, Agatha Mayor, Robert Dale Owen, Walter Mudford
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1860-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 26 |
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Pa: Includes Ruth Paine, Charlie (Charley) Parker, Theodore Parker, Kneeland Partelow
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1855-1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 27 |
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Pe: Includes Anna Peace, George Peace, Joseph Hazard Peace, Francis Peckham, HB Perry
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1859-1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 28 |
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Ph-Q: Includes W.P. Phelon from Hermetic Publishing Co., Nathaniel Pierce, Mary Powell, W.W. Preston, Abby Quincy, Elizabeth Quincy
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1859-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 29 |
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R: Includes P.P. Randolph, Mariann Reece, Helen Reese, Nellie Reese, Laura Robinson, and Edmund Rodman
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1856-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 30 |
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Sa-Sl: Includes Eric von Schoneberg, Henry Seybert, Dinah Sherman, J. Herbert Shedd
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1858-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 31 |
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Sm-Sz: Includes Charlotte Smith, R.D. Smith, Hazard Stevens
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circa 1860-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 32 |
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Ta: Sourindra Mohun Tagore, Bessie Taylor, John J. Taylor
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1889-1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 33 |
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Th: Includes Timothy Thornhill
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1857, 1888-1889 |
| Box 1, Folder 34 |
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Vernon: Including Joseph Peace Vernon, S.B. Vernon, Rebecca Peace Vernon
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1857-1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 35 |
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William Vernon, J.W. Vose of Aquidneck Bank
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1860-1865, 1888-1890 |
| Box 1, Folder 36 |
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Wakefield, George Wales, Annie Ward, W.A. Warner, John Greenleaf Whittier, Mary P. Williams
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1859-1889 |
Series 1. Subseries 1c. Travel letters series one, 1856-1860
0.75 cubic feet
The correspondence in this subseries was written by Joseph Peace Hazard to his siblings while traveling in Europe. The letters were numbered by Hazard when he wrote them. Included with some of the letters are flora and fauna which Hazard collected and sent with the letters. The subseries is arranged chronologically.
| Box 1, Folder 37 |
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No. 1
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1856 July 10 |
| Box 1, Folder 38 |
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No. 2
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1856 July 7 |
| Box 1, Folder 39 |
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No. 3
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1856 July 27 |
| Box 1, Folder 40 |
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No. 4
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1856 August 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 41 |
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No. 5
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1856 August 11 |
| Box 1, Folder 42 |
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No. 6
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1856 August 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 43 |
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No. 7
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1856 September 15 |
| Box 1, Folder 44 |
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No. 9
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1856 October 24 |
| Box 1, Folder 45 |
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No. 10
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1856 November 14 |
| Box 1, Folder 46 |
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No. 11
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1856 December 12 |
| Box 1, Folder 47 |
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No. 12
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1857 January 3 |
| Box 1, Folder 48 |
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No. 13
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1857 January 19 |
| Box 1, Folder 49 |
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No. 14
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1857 February 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 50 |
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No. 15
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1857 March 5 |
| Box 1, Folder 51 |
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No. 16
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1857 March 20 |
| Box 1, Folder 52 |
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No. 17
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1857 April 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 53 |
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No. 18
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1857 May 17 |
| Box 2, Folder 1 |
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No. 19
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1857 June 11 |
| Box 2, Folder 2 |
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No. 20
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1857 June 27 |
| Box 2, Folder 3 |
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No. 21
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1857 August 8 |
| Box 2, Folder 4 |
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No. 22
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1857 September 10 |
| Box 2, Folder 5 |
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No. 23
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1857 October 14 |
| Box 2, Folder 6 |
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No. 24
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1857 December 1 |
| Box 2, Folder 7 |
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No. 25
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1858 January 7 |
| Box 2, Folder 8 |
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No. 26
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1858 February 22 |
| Box 2, Folder 9 |
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No. 27
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1858 April 15 |
| Box 2, Folder 10 |
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No. 28
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1858 May 10 |
| Box 2, Folder 11 |
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No. 29
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1858 August 2 |
| Box 2, Folder 12 |
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No. 30
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1858 October 14 |
| Box 2, Folder 13 |
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No. 31
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1858 November 14 |
| Box 2, Folder 14 |
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No. 32
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1858 December 24 |
| Box 2, Folder 15 |
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No. 33
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1859 February 1 |
| Box 2, Folder 16 |
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No. 34
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1859 February 29 |
| Box 2, Folder 17 |
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No. 35
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1859 March 24 |
| Box 2, Folder 18 |
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No. 36
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1859 April 8 |
| Box 2, Folder 19 |
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No. 37
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1859 May 29 |
| Box 2, Folder 20 |
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No. 38
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1859 July 16 |
| Box 2, Folder 21 |
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No. 39
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1859 August 27 |
| Box 2, Folder 22 |
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No. 40
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1859 October 11 |
| Box 2, Folder 23 |
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No. 41
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1859 November 6 |
| Box 2, Folder 24 |
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No. 42
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1860 February 7 |
| Box 2, Folder 25 |
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No. 43
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1860 March 4 |
| Box 2, Folder 26 |
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No. 44
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1860 May 13 |
Series 1. Subseries 1d. Travel letters series two, 1866-1868
0.3 cubic feet
The correspondence in this subseries was written by Joseph Peace Hazard to his siblings while traveling in Europe and South America. The letters were numbered by Hazard when he wrote them. Included with some of the letters are flora and fauna which Hazard collected and sent with the letters. The subseries is arranged chronologically.
| Box 2, Folder 27 |
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No. 1
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1866 November 28 |
| Box 2, Folder 28 |
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No. 2
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1866 November 30 |
| Box 2, Folder 29, |
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No. 3
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1866 December 10 |
| Box 2, Folder 30 |
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No. 4
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1866 December 25 |
| Box 2, Folder 31 |
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No. 5
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1867 January 3 |
| Box 2, Folder 32 |
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No. 6
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1867 January 21 |
| Box 2, Folder 33 |
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No. 7
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1867 March 3 |
| Box 2, Folder 34 |
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No. 8
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1867 March 28 |
| Box 2, Folder 35 |
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No. 9
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1867 April 17 |
| Box 2, Folder 36 |
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No. 10
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1867 April 27 |
| Box 2, Folder 37 |
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No. 11
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1867 May 20 |
| Box 2, Folder 38 |
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No. 12
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1867 June 7 |
| Box 2, Folder 39 |
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No. 13
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1867 June 14 |
| Box 2, Folder 40 |
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No. 14
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1867 June 29 |
| Box 2, Folder 41 |
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No. 15 (includes list of trip costs)
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1867 July 25 |
| Box 2, Folder 42 |
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No. 16
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1867 August 10 |
| Box 2, Folder 43 |
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No. 16 1/2
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1867 September 10 |
| Box 2, Folder 44 |
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No. 17
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1867 September 11 |
| Box 2, Folder 45 |
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No. 18
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1867 October 20 |
| Box 2, Folder 46 |
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No. 19
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1867 November 1 |
| Box 2, Folder 47 |
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No. 20
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1868 April 6 |
| Box 2, Folder 48 |
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No. 21
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1868 July 16 |
| Box 2, Folder 49 |
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No. 22
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1868 July 28 |
| Box 2, Folder 50 |
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No. 23
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1868 August 13 |
| Box 2, Folder 51 |
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Unnumbered letters
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1867-1868 |
Series 2. Personal papers and writings, circa 1822-1891
1.25 cubic feet
This series contains the papers and writings of Joseph Peace Hazard. Included are biographical and historical sketches relating to Boston, Narragansett, Newport, Theodore Parker (minister and transcendentalist), as well members of Hazard’s family. Also included are his recollections on séances and seeing the spirits of Theodore Parker and Robert Burns; a notebook chronicling Hazard’s encounters with the supernatural; notes concerning the construction of “The Castle” in Narragansett and the “Memorial Tower” at Tower Hill; leaflets, fliers, and poems relating to spiritualism, religion, organizations, and businesses; bills, invoices, and receipts for household, travel, and other expenses; and pressed flowers, plants, and seeds Hazard collected.
| Box 2, Folder 52 |
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Power of Attorney; Cash legacies
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1885-1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 53 |
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Security lists and income statements
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1885-1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 54 |
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Autobiographical materials
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undated, 1889-1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 55 |
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Family biographical information
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undated, 1889-1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 56 |
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Biographical sketches and recollections
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undated, 1889-1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 57 |
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Historical sketches and recollections on Rhode Island
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undated, 1885-1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 58 |
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Poem
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1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 59 |
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Spiritualism: Séance recollections; accounts of seeing the spirits of Theodore Parker, Robert Burns, and others; history of spiritualism and mediums; predictions; account of seeing Abdulmejid in Constantinople
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circa 1875-1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 60 |
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The De Lancey School (formerly Henry Hobart Brown’s School), Philadelphia, 1888-1889
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1888 |
| Box 2, Folder 61 |
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Chicago High Schools Public Graduation Exercises
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1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 1 |
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How to Try Remarkable Experiments at Home
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 2 |
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Banner of Light
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1860 March 15 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 3 |
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It Can Be Found Here, A Hymn Paraphrased by J.W. Lane
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1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 4 |
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The Egyptian Portico
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circa 1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 5 |
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Rules and Regulations of the Bridport Working Men’s Mutual Improvement Association
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1867 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 6 |
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Losses and Savings on Cotton
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1886 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 7 |
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South Carolina Agriculture, The State in its Relations to Agriculture
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circa 1886 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 8 |
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The Twin Oak at Peacedale, RI
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circa 1880 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 9 |
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Joseph Gabrielli letter
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 10 |
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A Needed Warning on Overgrown Military, George Washington
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1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 11 |
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"Solemn Truths" and "Glad Tidings" (poems)
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 12 |
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Narragansett Pier Railroad and Connections, Summer Arrangement
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1888 June 25 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 13 |
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Woman’s National University and School of Useful and Ornamental Arts membership ticket
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circa 1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 14 |
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Woman’s National Industrial League, "To The Women of America"
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circa 1891 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 15 |
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"The Sunlight of Our Household" (poem)
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 16 |
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Bread Cast Upon the Waters, No. 8, Who is to Blame?
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 17 |
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Bread Cast Upon the Waters, No. 1, Your Dying Hour
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 18 |
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"A Query and its Answer" by Belle Bush (poem)
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 19 |
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Book Club Meeting toasts
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1860 |
| Box 2, Folder 62, Item 20 |
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A New Year’s Greeting by J. Hudson Taylor
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1889 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 1 |
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American Peace Society to Joseph Peace Hazard
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1891 March 24 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 2 |
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"In regard to the subject of religion"
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1889 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Items 3-6 |
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Mr. Gladstone and the South, Southerners Insisting that they do Sympathize with the Cause of the Home Rule
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1886 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 7 |
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American Peace Society, Endorsement by Distinguished Men
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 8 |
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Union Party of Rhode Island platform
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 9 |
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Newport Reading Room invitation
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1889 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 10 |
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Newport Reading Room funding request
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1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 11 |
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Propositions to alter the Constitution of the Newport Reading Room
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undated |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 12 |
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Biographical sketch of Robert Owen
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circa 1857 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Item 13 |
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Oliver H. Perry recognition
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1883 |
| Box 2, Folder 63, Items 14-15 |
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Contributions to erect a state statue to the memory of commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
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1883 |
| Box 2 |
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The London Central Subway Railway; Underground Railway Communication in Great Cities (Automatic Ventilating Superficial Subway System) by Colonel Rowland R. Hazard
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circa 1888-1889 |
| Oversize Folder 1, Item 6 |
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Narragansett Times
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1855 October 13 |
| Oversize Folder 1, Items 7-8 |
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Narragansett Times
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1887 July 15 |
| Box 2, Folder 65 |
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The National Bank of Commerce, Providence, RI
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1890 |
| Box 2, Folder 66 |
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Rhode Island Central Bank. Letter to Stockholders
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1852 February |
| Box 3, Folder 1 |
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Schoolbook: Questions with Hazard’s written answers
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circa 1822-1830 |
| Oversize Folder 1, Item 5 |
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The Spiritual Age newspaper
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1858 June 26 |
| Box 3, Folder 2 |
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Advertisements, business cards, programs
French; German; Dutch; English; Italian
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circa 1857-1880 |
| Box 3, Folder 3 |
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Bills, receipts, and tickets/ticket stubs
French; German; Dutch; English; Italian
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circa 1857-1891 |
| Box 3, Folder 4 |
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Bills, receipts, invoices
Polish; German; English; Spanish; Italian
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circa 1857-1890 |
| Box 3, Folder 5-7 |
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Calling cards
General Note: Arranged alphabetically by folder
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circa 1850-1891 |
| Box 3, Folders 8 |
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Newspaper clippings and notes
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undated, 1887-1891 |
| Oversize Folder 1, Item 4 |
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The Providence Daily Journal
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1888 January 7 |
| Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Fragments of letters and notes
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circa 1857-1890 |
| Box 3, Folder 10 |
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Fragments of letters and notes
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undated, 1888-1891 |
| Box 3, Folder 11 |
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R.E. [W.E.] Gladstone’s letter of Oct. 29ths, 1886
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1857-1891 |
| Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Hotel bills
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undated, 1857-1882 |
| Box 3, Folder 13 |
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Hotel bills
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undated, 1857-1858 |
| Box 3, Folder 14 |
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Hotel bills
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undated, 1859 |
| Box 3, Folder 15 |
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Hotel bills
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undated, 1857-1860 |
| Box 4, Folder 1 |
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Hotel bills
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undated, 1857-1860 |
| Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Letters of introduction on behalf of Joseph Peace Hazard
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1856-1857 |
| Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Maps and travel brochures
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circa 1857-1860 |
| Box 4, Folder 4 |
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Notes on “The Castle” and Memorial Tower, South Kingstown, Rhode Island
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circa 1882-1890 |
| Box 4, Folder 5 |
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Notes on the Banshee, religion, land around Tower Hill Road and the sea side, plans, illness, supplies, Union League House membership, deed for The Castle; Drawings
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circa 1858-1890 |
| Box 4, Folder 6 |
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Pressed plants, leaves, and feathers
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circa 1857-1891 |
| Box 4, Folder 7 |
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Pressed plants, flowers, and leaves (most taken from “The Home and Grave of Lord Byron”)
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circa 1859-1860 |
| Box 4, Folder 8 |
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Pressed flowers and plants
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circa 1857-1865 |
| Box 4, Folder 9 |
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Pressed flowers, plants, and leaves
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circa 1857-1860 |
| Box 4, Folder 10 |
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Leather bound notebook, mostly blank
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1884 |
| Box 4, Folder 11 |
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“Joseph P. Hazard, Record of Watch Ringing:” Journal by Hazard detailing instances of watch ringing which he believed to be communication with a spiritual world
General Note: Journal transcribed and facsimile available in Special Collections Reading Room: SP COLL BF1277 .H39 2018 RIColl.
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1887-1891 |
| Box 4, Folder 12 |
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“Some of the Historical, Economical and Social Results of War and Peace on the American Continent” by Levi K. Joslin. A paper presented to the Universal Peace Conference
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1890 |
| Oversize Folder 1, Item 2 |
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Diagram of Joseph Peace Hazard tombstone presumably created by Hazard
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undated |
Series 3. Images, circa 1860-1890
0.12 cubic feet
This series contains photographs and sketches of members of the Hazard family, friends, and the grave of Jane Anne Terrill Gibson (relative of Mary Peace) at St. Mary the Virgin Church in Washfield, England.
| Box 4, Folder 13, Item 1 |
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Thomas R. Hazard
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circa 1860-1886 |
| Box 4, Folder 14, Item 2 |
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“Mrs. Watson and her Page. The Page being Wyatt Taylor, son of John J. Taylor”
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1890 |
| Box 4, Folder 15, Item 3 |
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Bessie Taylor, Stamford, Connecticut
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1888 August |
| Box 4, Folder 16, Items 4-10 |
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St. Mary the Virgin Church, Washfield, England interior and exterior images
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circa 1860-1880 |
| Oversize Folder 1, Item 3 |
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Joseph P. Hazard
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circa 1890 |
Series 4. Artifacts and objects, circa 2039-200 BCE, 1857-1860
0.43 cubic feet
This series contains items likely collected by Hazard during his travels. It includes seeds, foliage taken from Lord Byron’s estate and grave, stones/gems, a bronze spearhead, a figurine, bronze spearhead, and cuneiform tablets.
| Object Box 1, Tray 1, Column 2a |
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Clay statue/figurine head, possible from Archaic period
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circa 600-200 BCE |
| Box 5, Item 1 |
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Piece of oak branch/tree labelled “Byron oak,” likely taken from Lord Byron’s estate or gravesite
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undated |
| Object Box 1, Tray 2, Column 2 |
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Bronze spearhead
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circa 800-200 BCE |
| Box 5, Item 2 |
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“Jasper, Rome, found on Pincian Hill while walking with Theodore Parker, Feb 4th, 1860”
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undated, 1860 |
| Box 5, Item 3 |
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Stone from Switzerland, July 1, 1860
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undated, 1860 |
| Box 5, Item 4 |
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“Spanish Charcoal”
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undated |
| Box 5, Item 5 |
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“Crucible clay such as cast steel… 1857”
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undated, 1857 |
| Box 5, Item 6 |
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“Seed of Honeysuckle from Valhalla [?], July 1860”
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undated, 1860 |
| Box 5, Item 7 |
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Undescribed stones/gem
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undated |
| Box 5, Item 8 |
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“Seeds of Scarlet Elder… July 1857”
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undated, 1857 |
| Object Box 1, Tray 1, Column 1a-b |
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A Sumerian archival text about the delivery of cows from Puzrish Dagan (Drehem), Iraq, dated to the sixth year of King Amar-Suen (2039 BCE); A so-called “messenger text,” likewise in Sumerian, listing deliveries of foodstuffs to “messengers.” Most likely from Umma, Iraq, and dated to the fifth year of King Shu-Sin (2031 BCE)
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circa 2039-2031 BCE |
| Box 6 |
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Fragment of an Assyro-Babylonian monumental inscription of the Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE). Most likely from Calah (Nimrud)
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circa 883-859 BCE |
| Object Box 1, Tray 1, Column 1c |
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Promissory note in Neo-Babylonian about silver to be returned with interest, from Babylon, dated to the fourth year of Darius I (518 BCE)
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518 BCE |
| Box 4, Folder 14 |
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Cards from boxes that the tablets came in at time of donation which provide further information
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undated |