Belle Meade Plantation was a prosperous 5,400-acre thoroughbred horse farm in the mid 1800's.
The Nichols collection includes letters from his mother, daughters, and sisters, one of whom worked as a missionary in Turkey in the mid-nineteenth century. Comprises the papers of Mary Reed, widow and executrix for the estate of Isaac Reed. Belle Meade Plantation was a prosperous 5,400-acre thoroughbred horse farm in the mid 1800's.
Petersburg, Russia, as well as guardian accounts for Sarah Sewall's children. Contains stories and drawings made by a young girl at the end of the nineteenth century. Includes letters from Phoebe Hanaford, regarding book publications.
Two account books for a dry goods store in Hampden, Maine, owned by Sarah Curtis between 1862 and 1866. Labor records of nineteenth-century Connecticut textile manufacturer include employment records for women workers. Diary used by a schoolgirl in the early twentieth century. Papers of Hannah Smith, executrix of her husband's 1796 estate.