Bond family.
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bond Family letters, 1866-1872, 1866-1872
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
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Collection:
William Cranch Bond family collection, 1845-1872 and undated
Sub-Series Identifier: HUG 1225 and HUG 1226, HUG 1225.10
Scope and Content:
This collection holds papers relating to the work and life of the William Cranch Bond family of Massachusetts. It includes several later family chronicles written by Elizabeth L. Bond.
William Cranch Bond family collection, 1845-1872 and undated
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUG 1225 and HUG 1226
Overview:
This collection holds papers relating to the work and life of the William Cranch Bond family of Massachusetts, including several family chronicles written by Elizabeth L. Bond. William Cranch Bond (1789-1859), son of a clockmaker, was the proprietor of Willliam Bond & Son, makers of scientific instruments, particularly chronometers. Both William Cranch Bond and his son George Phillips Bond were directors of the Harvard College Observatory and held the title Phillips Professor of...
William Bond & Son records and Bond family papers, 1724-1931 (inclusive), 1769-1923 (bulk)
Collection Identifier: hsi00001Overview:
This collection consists of personal papers of clock maker and astronomer William Cranch Bond (1789-1859) and his family, the records of the company William Bond & Son, of Boston, Massachusetts, some records of the Harvard College Observatory, papers of J. Morton Clinch, photographs, printed material, and medals and watches, dated from 1724 to 1931.