Jane Wigglesworth Grew, Anna Grew Alvord, and Sarah Page Grew Potts investment account book
Scope and Contents
Account book includes the investment accounts for Jane Wigglesworth Grew, Anna G. Alvord, and Sarah P. Potts. All three were in possession of substantial amounts of money and they derived income from notes, rental property, and stock dividends. They invested in a variety of companies, including R. C. McKay & Co., Howe Pierce & Co., Pacific Mills, Pepperell Mills, and Washington Mills. The back of the volume also lists the yearly expenses for Jane and Henry Grew of Boston, Massachusetts.
Dates
- Creation: 1851-1862
Creator
- Grew, Jane Wigglesworth (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information regarding access procedures.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 volume)Biographical / Historical
Jane Wigglesworth was born around 1806 to Thomas and Jane (Norton) Wigglesworth. She married Henry Grew in Boston, Massachusetts in November 1850. Jane died in 1868 as was remembered as a "lady widely known and much beloved; distinguished for many acts of beneficence, discriminating charities, strong friendships, and devotion to the good and true." Anna Grew Alvord and Sarah Page Grew Potts were Jane's sisters-in-law and sisters to Henry Grew.
Some details in the biographical note are from the New England Historical & Geneological Register, 1847-2011 found through Ancestry Library Edition.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Goodspeed's Bookshop, 1958.
Processing Information
Processed: November 2020 By: Baker Library Special Collections Staff
Processing Information
Collection title revised by archivist: Original title: Henry Grew account book
Processing Information
To enhance discoverability, this collection was removed from an artificial collection of records pertaining to estate, real estate, and private management in December 2020.
Creator
- Grew, Jane Wigglesworth (Person)
- Alvord, Anna Grew (Person)
- Potts, Sarah Page Grew (Person)
Subject
- Grew, Henry (Person)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak01270
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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