Swett-Tracy Family Papers and Photographs

John Swett

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Correspondence and papers 1850-1919

Scope and Contents

Professional and personal correspondence (mostly with wife Mary); poetry; writings; business records; Swett Vineyards records; publishing contracts; memorial materials.

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Loose pages from disbound John Swett clippings scrapbook 1867-1871

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Day Book from Swett family farm/vineyards 1850-1907

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Copy of The Western Journal of Education (November 1912) containing a tribute to John Swett 1912

Mary Louise (Tracy) Swett

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Correspondence 1851-1919

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from daughter Helen Swett, Emma Taussey, assorted members of the Tracy family, Mary Donnelly, and Clara Howe.

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Correspondence 1897-1917

Scope and Contents

Assorted correspondence (incoming)

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Calling cards approximately 1870-1915

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Manuscript (Notes, Life of F.P. Tracy) by Mary Louise Tracy undated

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Public School Trustee Certificate 1897

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American Book Company payments to Estate of Mary Swett 1927-1930

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Diplomas and certificates 1859-1898

Helen Swett

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Correspondence 1892-1912

Professional Subject files

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Adoption Proceedings - legislation/correspondence 1937

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Alameda County Housing Council for Girls and Women 1927-1937

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American Red Cross 1912-1920

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Anti-Narcotic Magazine 1926

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Alameda County Birth Control League and Mothers' Health Clinic 1927-1936

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Business Women's Herald: Official Publication of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Oakland, Calif. 1930-1938

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California Cooperative Council 1935-1937

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Community Chest of Oakland approximately 1930

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Contra Costa County Social Services Department (Pauper Act) 1935

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Cooperatives--assorted files 1935-1937

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Cooperatives--assorted files approximately 1935

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East Bay Housewives' League 1914-1937

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East Bay Residents with Organization and Social Affiliations list approximately 1935

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Legislature, California--Department of Institutions 1934

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Library Council; Citizens' Library Council of California; Library Committee of Oakland 1935

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Liquor control 1924-1935

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The New Republic--No. 80 (Unemployment) 1914

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The Peoples Foundation 1935

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Public Welfare League--assorted files 1914-1937

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Public Welfare League--assorted files 1914-1937

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Resettlement Administration--Work in the Southwest 1937

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Upton Sinclair Committee for Governor 1934-1937

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Social Agencies--assorted pamphlets and other materials approximately 1930-1937

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United States government pamphlets approximately 1930-1938

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Notes, lectures, membership cards 1919-1937

Frank Swett 1880-1959

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Correspondence 1880-1949

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Contra Costa County Horticultural Inspector tags approximately 1910

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Certificate from the University of California 1890

Lucretia Berry 1880-1899

Biographical / Historical

Mother of John Swett.

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Correspondence 1880-1899

Ebenezer Swett approximately 1843

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Inventory of estate and speech on immigration approximately 1843

Frederick Palmer (F. P.) Tracy 1830-1857

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F. P. Tracy journal 1836-1839

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Correspondence between F.P and Emily Tracy 1839-1849

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Emily Tracy--Correspondence and other materials approximately 1840-1890

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F.P. Tracy assorted correspondence and business records 1840-1880

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F.P. Tracy assorted correspondence and business records 1840-1880

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F. P. Tracy's Oregon Project (includes Daniel Webster correspondence) 1839-1846

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F. P. Tracy letter to parents from Dudley, Massachusetts 1836

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Correspondence from Cyrus M. Tracy to brother 1853-1854

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Massachusetts and California Company correspondence to F. P. Tracy 1849-1851

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F. P. Tracy assorted correspondence and other materials 1849-1860

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Letter from J.G. Whittier to F. P. Tracy 1841

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Assorted letters to F. P. Tracy 1841-1842

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F. P. Tracy, letter of introduction 1846

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Physician's advice to F. P. Tracy 1846

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F. P. Tracy letter from Reverend Stanton 1846

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Letter from Prague to F. P. Tracy (name of author indecipherable) 1846-11-18

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Letter from the Massachusetts Abolition Society (regarding the financial condition of the Society) 1848

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Massachusetts and California Company correspondence and "Basis of Agreement" to F. P. Tracy 1849

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F. P. Tracy, miscellaneous letters and documents

Scope and Contents

1853 letter from "B. Pike" of Salem, Massachusetts; invitation to dine at the home of Senator Seward; 1849 letter from David Dudley Field' an 1835 certification from John McKinstry to Mr. Tracy that some "Universalists" from Southbridge in Worcester County kept "spirituous liquour" in a chest in an old house not far from the meeting house; a recommendation for Mr. Cummings sent to F.P. Tracy from Daniel Webster in 1849.

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Handwritten copies of letters from Dr. E. H. Robbins to Mr. Speaker Robert Charles Winthrop (1849); Mr. Josiah Hayden's letter to Robert Charles Winthrop (1849); Henry B. Stanton's letter to John Van Buren (1849); and John Van Buren's letter to Col. Benton enclosing Mr. Stanton's letter (1849) 1849

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Letter of attorney of Francisco Guerrero appointing F. P. Tracy and Robert Ridley as his attorneys 1851

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Letters from F. P. Tracy to Daughter Mary Louise Tracy 1851-1860

Scope and Contents

One letter is partly in Spanish.

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F. P. Tracy, oath of Notary Public 1850-1852

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Letter from H. B. Stanton to F. P. Tracy 1852

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Letter from F. P. Tracy to Franklin Pierce on California politics and a mass meeting in San Francisco and other matters 1852-08-14

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Correspondence of George William Curtis to F. P. Tracy 1852-1857

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Letters from F. P. Tracy to William M. Gwin and Colonel Johnson regarding the Pacific Railroad 1853

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Indenture between Harvey S. Brown and F. P. Tracy for land in San Francisco and deed from Joaquin Carrillo to Francis A. Fabens and Frederick P. Tracy 1852 1857

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Letter from F. P. Tracy to John Greenleaf Whittier regarding death of Senator David Broderick in a duel September 17, 1859

Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten letter and typed transcription

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Letters from Leland Stanford to F. P. Tracy regarding Republican politics in California just before the election of 1860 August 6, 1859 April 19, 1860

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Letter to F. P. Tracy regarding stolen overcoat incident 1850

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F.P. Tracy Day Book (Massachusetts Abolition Society) 1842-1843

Scope and Contents

Financial records.

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Hand-drawn political cartoon entitled "A Slaveholders argument" (drawn by E.D. Tracy, Nassau County, Florida Territory, Summer of 1844) 1844

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Letter from Horace Greeley to John Greenleaf Whittier regarding F. P. Tracy as contributer to publication January 22, 1846

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F. P. Tracy's State Department credentials (for Paris) signed by James Buchanan 1846

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Invitations to F. P. Tracy in Paris 1847

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Authorization for F. P. Tracy to carry US government "Dispatches" to San Francisco 1849

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Power of attorney (Augustin Bernal to F. P. Tracy); letter of attorney (Domingo Feliz to F. P. Tracy) 1851

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Deed of Land (Rinaldo R. Taylor to William H. Hayden) 1850-05-14

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F. P. Tracy--Notary Public oath 1853

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F. P. Tracy--materials relating to his masonic activities 1848-1864

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Letter written by F. P. Tracy on behalf of his son, William, to "Aunt Taylor" 1854

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F. P. Tracy Republican State Convention advertisement 1858

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F. P. Tracy assorted letters and business records 1849-1859

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Mechanics Institute shares (F. P. Tracy) 1858-1859

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Property lease (J. H. Pierdy to F. P. Tracy) for land in Alameda) 1858

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F. P. Tracy speeches and sermons approximately 1840-1859

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Inventory of F. P. Tracy's property 1860

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Materials on the 1860 Republication National Convention 1860

Scope and Contents

F. P. Tracy was a California delegate to the Republican Convention. Includes: dinner menu for the Complimentary Banquet to the California Delegates to the Republican Convention at the Adams House, Chicago, Illinois, May 18th 1860 (includes some handwritten notes from Frank Swett); a note from A.A. Sargent requesting Tracy's presence at a speech at a Republican ratificaion meeting; a handwritten copy of a letter from F. P. Tracy to Abraham Lincoln (August 10, 1860) and a response acknowledging receipt by Lincoln's private secretary, John G. Nicolay; a fragment of a letter by F. P. Tracy. Includes some photographic copies in print and negative form. Negatives separated for cold storage.

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Garnier Tracy--Civil War letter and conduct report 1861

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Materials relating to F. P. Tracy's estate 1860-1861

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Assorted property deeds 1852-1869

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Autographs approximately 1800-1850

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Printed page with "Compliments of Ralph Keeler" approximately 1850

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Collection of wax seals

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F. P. Tracy handwritten autobiography approximately 1830-1860

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F. P. Tracy handwritten will (drafted in Connecticut) undated

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Notes-Life of F. P. Tracy [as a circuit preacher] approximately 1835

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Agreement between F. P. Tracy and the Mission Delores Railroad Company for the construction of a railroad in San Francisco 1859

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Handwritten draft obituary of F. P. Tracy and Letters Testamentary for F. P. Tracy's will 1860-1861

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Fragment (possibly autobiographical) regarding time in Paris during the Revolutions of 1848 1848

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Contributors to monument to F. P. Tracy (including Leland Stanford) and news items 1865-1912

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Two letters to Sam Williams, editor of San Francisco Bulletin (one from Sam Bowles and the other from John Godfrey Saxe) 1869

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Letter from Bret Harte to Sam Williams, editor of San Francisco Bulletin December 9, 1875

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Frederick Douglass letter to Abigail Bush June 12, 1885

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Document with notarized signature of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo 1862

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Discharge document for Wallace More (from 105th Regiment, Illinois Infantry) 1865

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"An Adventure in the Army" approximately 1861-1865

Scope and Contents

Handwritten account by a solder of an incident near Morganza, Louisiana during the Civil War. The incident appears to be an ambush of a rebel encampment. There is no author noted on the document and no date. The document was filed with F.P. Tracy's papers.

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F. P. Tracy handwritten notes on European history approximately 1850

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F. P. Tracy disbound scrapbook of "Old Autographs and Letters" 1838-1848

Scope and Contents

Letters of: George Washington Lafayette (1848); George William Curtis (1854); Gregory Yale (1860); Henry Brewster Stanton (1858); Charles Francis Adams (1848); the U.S. House Committee on Foriegn Affairs (regarding Oregon) (1838); Daniel Tracy (1708); John P. Hale (1848); Benjamin Perley Poore (1846); Senator Isaac Hill (1834); and others. Also includes some cut autographs.

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Scrapbook of F. P. Tracy's Letters from Europe 1848 (Press Correspondence) 1848

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings of letters written by F. P. Tracy as foriegn correspondent for a Norwich, Connecticut newspaper while in Europe during the Revolutions of 1848

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F. P. Tracy's diplomas and certificates 1854-1860

Emily (Stone) Tracy 1838-1888

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Letters from F. P. Tracy to Emily Tracy approximately 1839-1859

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Assorted Tracy family correspondence (mostly to and from Emily Tracy) approximately 1840-1880

Scope and Contents

Some letters are fragments.

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Fragment of letter from F. P. Tracy about coming to California regarding his being in and her coming to California 1849

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Letter from a Stone family member (name undecipherable) to Emily Tracy January 29, 1838

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Letters to Emily Tracy upon the occasion of F. P. Tracy's death 1860-1861

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Diary 1877

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Diary 1879-1881

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Diary, fragments 1884-1888

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Clippings scrapbook approximately 1840-1880

Emilie Tracy Y. Parkhurst undated

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Memory of Emily Tracy Y. Parkhurst by Agnes Manning undated

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Issue of The American Home Journal (June 1890) containing an article by Emilie Swett on John Swett 1890

Genealogical research on the Tracy and Swett families, documents relating to colonial Connecticut, and assorted other materials 1698-1920

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Governor John Winthrop of Connecticut, one letter to Constable of Plainfield and one letter to the sheriff of the county of New London or his Deputy directing action against persons injuring a crop of grain on lands they claimed July 1701

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Census of Mohican Indians at New London, Connecticut 1754-1755

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Commission from Connecticut Governor Tallcott to Solomon Tracy appointing Tracy Cornet of the Troop and other Tracy family papers from the 18th century 1698-1787

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Mary Louise Tracy's letter describing F. P. Tracy's geneaology and life's work 1861

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F. P. Tracy's genealogical research 1845-1897

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Tracy genealogy--early account approximately 1750-1800

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F. P. Tracy--Town records of Norwich, Connecticut approximately 1844

Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy made by F. P. Tracy of the Town Records of Norwich from 1681-approximately 1726.

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Book--Copy of "Graphic Illustrations, with Historical and Descriptive Accounts, of Toddington, Gloucestershire, The Seat of Lord Sudeley" 1840

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Tracy family genealogical materials (in large volume) approximately 1839-1855

Scope and Contents

Volume created by F. P. Tracy containing glued documents and correspondence regarding Tracy family genealogy and pedigree

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Genealogical Tables of the family of Tracy and its allied branches by F. P. Tracy (2 volumes) 1856

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Swett family genealogy 1789-1842

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Genealogies of the French family, the Sage family, and the Lane family undated

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Family recipes approximately 1880-1920

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Family postcards approximately 1890-1920

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Assorted printed materials approximately 1890-1920

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Copies of the Sierra Educational News 1911-1913

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Published picture book on Santa Barbara undated

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Assorted newspapers: The American (January 14, 1899); American Home Journal (June 1890); The National Intelligencer (February 8, 1825) 1825-1899

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Assorted newspapers: The Boston Gazette (11/15/1743 and 9/6/1743; 10/30/1744 and 05/29/1744; 9/14/1742; 03/12/1770) 1742-1744 1770

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Assorted newspapers: Herald of Cooperation newspaper 1932-1934

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Assorted newspapers: Point Richmond Progress newspaper 1935-02-15

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Assorted newspapers: The People's Advocate 1842-1843

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Assorted newspapers: The Free Soil Pioneer 1848-07-22

Scope and Contents

Published by the Norwich Free Soil League. Editor, F. P. Tracy.

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Tracy family genealogical charts undated

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Diary of an unidentified author approximately 1885

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Notecards with drawings (biology/zoology) by unidentified author approximately 1860-1890

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Assorted teaching notes (creating by either John Swett or Mary Swett) approximately 1850-1890

Photographs

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Emily Tracy photo album approximately 1870-1890

Scope and Contents

Portraits of Tracy family members.

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Swett family photo album approximately 1870-1890

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John Swett photographs 1850-1910

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John Swett and students at San Francisco's Rincon School 1855

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Mary Louisa Tracy Swett approximately 1860-1910

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Lucretia (French) Swett Berry approximately 1884

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John French Swett approximately 1885-1894

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Helen Swett approximately 1880-1937

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Helen Swett on Sierra Club outing to Mt. Williamson 1903

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Outdoor portrait of Swetts, Parkhursts, Uphams, and Muirs (in Martinez) 1893

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Print of outdoor portrait of Parkhursts and Swetts approximately 1910

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Frederick Bourne Tracy approximately 1900

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Frederick Palmer Tracy oil portrait (unframed) undated

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Miriam Coleman and Myrta Wallace Swett 1899

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Ada Kellam approximately 1910

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August Drahms approximately 1900

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Mrs. G.E.P. Forbes approximately 1890

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Louisa May Alcott 1882

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Assorted other photos (family, friends, scenery) 1870-1910

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Boys on Glorietta Swim Team 1905

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Assorted places (including the Swimming Club, Alahambra Valley on Upham's Farm) approximately 1900-1910