Box 1
Contains 22 Results:
Preaching Book, 1768-1777 Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1Identifier: HUG 1411[Letter from Thankful Smith to Mary Dunster], [ca. 1767] Digital
Handwritten one-page undated letter from Thankful Smith to Mary Dunster of Harwick, Mass. The letter is witnessed by Judith Smith, Elisha Parker, and Caleb Gannett. The short letter is playful and provides cryptic details about Smith's life. Though the letter is closed, "I remain your dutiful Parent," the author appears to be Thankful Smith writing to her sister Mary Dunster.
[Letter from Caleb Gannett to Edward Wigglesworth], 1775 May 2 Digital
[Receipt for certificates of funded debt], 1791 January 28 Digital
Printed Commissioner's Office receipt form acknowledging three certificates of funded debt received by Caleb Gannett from Nathaniel Appleton, Commissioner of Loans in the State of Massachusetts. The receipt, No. 712, is signed by Gannett and dated January 28, 1791.
[Receipt issued for interest on stock], 1792 February 2 Digital
Printed Commissioner's Office receipt form acknowledging the disbursement of money to Caleb Gannett from Nathaniel Appleton, Commissioner of Loans in the State of Massachusetts, for interest on stock in the funds of the United States. The receipt, No. 484, is signed by Gannett and dated February 2, 1792.
Subscription for John Wadsworth Monument,, 1801 October 10 Digital
Handwritten document acknowledging the receipt of money by Caleb Gannett from a subscription drive to erect a monument for Harvard tutor John Wadsworth who died in 1777 and was buried in the Cambridge burying ground. The document is signed by fourteen individuals and lists their contributions.
[Deed between William Porter and Oliver Hildrith], 1808 March 31 Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7Identifier: HUG 1411Printed land deed between grantor William Porter, a brick-layer, and grantee Oliver Hildrith, a cordwainer, for a lot of land on Winsor street in Cambridge.
Copy of Caleb Gannett's will, 1817 December 16 Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8Identifier: HUG 1411Handwritten copy of the will of Caleb Gannett.
[Court appointment to inventory the Gannett estate], 1818 April 29 Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9Identifier: HUG 1411A one-page printed Middlesex County Court of Probate form appointing and authorizing William Hilliard, James P. Chaplin, and Royal Morse to inventory of the estate of Caleb Gannett.
An inventory of all of the estate of Caleb Gannett late of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, deceased, appraised upon oath by us the subscribers, duly appointed to that service by the Hon. James Prescott Esq. Judge of Probate & wills, in said county of Middlesex, viz., 1818 May 21 Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10Identifier: HUG 1411Eight-page handwritten inventory and appraisal of Caleb Gannett's real estate and personal estate by William Hilliard, James R. Chaplin, and Royal Morse with an attached certification of the Middlesex County Court of Probate signed May 26, 1818.
List of furniture, [1818] Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11Identifier: HUG 1411Long paper notebook with a handwritten draft of the inventory of Gannett's furniture.
List of books, [1818] Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12Identifier: HUG 1411Ten-page handwritten list of books presumably from Gannett's personal library. Some books have prices listed in pencil.
Sales at auction of property of the late Caleb Gannett Esq. of Cambridge, 1818 Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13Identifier: HUG 1411Eleven-page handwritten list of items sold from the estate of Caleb Gannett, dated May 29, 1818. Items are arranged by house location (such as "in the kitchen") and entries consist of the item name, the purchaser, and the price. The list includes a substantial section of "books in Office sold June 3, 1818." The verso of the last page includes the note: "Account of Sales at auction of the personal estate of C. Gannett- copied from auctioneer's book."
First Account of Administration on C. Gannett's Estate & Papers relating to the same, [1818] Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14Identifier: HUG 1411, HUG 1411 Box 1, Folder 14Long paper notebook with a handwritten inventory of Gannett's estate arranged by house location with price estimates. The inventory appears to correspond with the "Sales at auction" document. The verso of the last page contains the note: "Inventory of Personal Estate (copy)."
The Account of Thomas B. Gannett Executor of the last will & testament of Caleb Gannett late of Cambridge Esqr. deceased, 1819 February Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15Identifier: HUG 1411Four-page handwritten account statement of the estate of Caleb Gannett with the note on the verso: "This account of administration was rendered the Judge, but was declared by him to be incorrect-- Feb 1819."
Account of articles included in auction sales--not inventoried, [1820 February] Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16Identifier: HUG 1411One-page handwritten list of items sold at auction but not appraised.
Papers relating to the first account of adminis'n, [1820 February] Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17Identifier: HUG 1411Five loose pages of handwritten lists of personal property and calculations.
Minutes explaining difference between first act. rendered Judge and charges to that date entered on Estate Book, 1820 February Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18Identifier: HUG 1411Two pages with calculations and notes relating to the differences between the Estate Book and the account rendered by the Judge of Probate.
The first account of Thomas B. Gannett Executor of the last will & testament of Caleb Gannett late of Cambridge Esq. deceased, 1820 February Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19Identifier: HUG 1411Four-page handwritten account statement with the note on the verso: "Thomas B. Gannett's first account as executor to C. Gannett February 1820 copy."
The first account of Thomas B. Gannett Executor of the last will & testament of Caleb Gannett late of Cambridge Esq. deceased, [1820] Digital
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20Identifier: HUG 1411One-page handwritten accounting document with the note on the verso: "changes of from which items in 1st account of administration are formed." The document is undated.
An Epitaph, undated Digital
One-page handwritten epitaph to Caleb Gannett beginning" Here lies within the circumference of this turf, the segment of Caleb Gannett a man of acute parts..." A handwritten note at the bottom of the document reads: "Written by a classmate of Judge Davis when in College, & when C.G. was particular tutor. - Given to me by Mr. White, June 22, 1847."
Lines in remembrance of Mr. Gannett--a tribute sincere, but unworthy of his character, undated Digital
One-page handwritten remembrance written by "B. Kent," beginning "Hark, tis a voice on high--'Come to thy rest..."