The Lee family papers, 1535-1957
(Microfilm)

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"The Lee family papers, 1535-1957, consist of twenty archival boxes of loose manuscripts, one oversize folder and 164 volumes of business records, letterbooks, personal journals and scrapbooks. The collection consists chiefly of the personal papers of Henry Lee (1782- 1860), a prosperous India merchant and free trade economist and publicist; his wife, Mary Jackson Lee (1783-1860); and their son, Henry Lee Jr. (1817-1898), a banker, theatrical entrepreneur and political reformer who served as military aide-de-camp to Massachusetts Civil War Governor John Albion Andrew ... Some of the well-known Lee correspondents are Albert Gallatin, John C. Calhoun, Robert Y. Hayne, Abbott Lawrence, Charles Frances Adams Jr., John A. Andrew, E.L. Godkin, George Frisbie Hoar, Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble and Henry Cabot Lodge"--Introduction, p. [7]. The two last boxes include various pamphlets about Harvard affairs, the Massachusetts militia, the tariff and sea trade, and other Lee family causes and interests.

"The bound volumes, numbered 1-164 and arranged alphabetically according to author or owner, are primarily account books, blotters, cash books, ledgers, letterbooks, memorandum books and waste books of various family business firms ... their contents provide considerable information on mercantile business practices in the world, 1760-1860, as well as on the China, India, European, South American and West Indian trades"--Introduction, p. [8].

Microfilm made of manuscript collection (ca.60,000 leaves in 20 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 164 volumes) by Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; the film is part of the series "A Massachusetts Historical Society microfilm publication.".