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Box 2

 Container

Contains 36 Results:

To Benjamin Bennett Briggs from George Gregg Briggs, 1882-01-04

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1882-01-04

To Irene B. Ward from Caroline Briggs, 1883 - 1910

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Two letters and a wedding invitation. The wedding invitation is addressed to "S. L. Ward & wife" and is accompanied by a clipping from Harper's Weekly announcing the wedding of Sophia Crane (Caroline Briggs's daughter) to H. H. Ristine.

Dates: 1883 - 1910

Empty envelopes addressed to Mr. S. Paull Ward, Edward D. Young, Irene B. Ward, Annie Y. Ward, and Annie M. Wade, 1883 - 1951

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1883 - 1951

To Irene B. Ward [unsigned, but probably from Louisa M. Crane Johnson], 1887-02-27

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1887-02-27

To Irene B. Ward from Loretta [surname illegible], 1887-07-11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1887-07-11

To Irene B. Ward from Maria Briggs Haskell, 1895-07-11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1895-07-11

To Irene B. Ward from Julia A. Clark, 1901-12-24

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1901-12-24

Passport of Benjamin Bennett Briggs, 1865-04-14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1865-04-14

Legal records sent to Mrs. S. L. Ward from Ristine & Ristine Attorneys, 1863 - 1875

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Includes indentures, deeds, and correspondence relating to legal issues for various Briggs family members.

Dates: 1863 - 1875

Warranty Deed from Sarah A. Hurlburt to Edward D. Young, 1890-10-08

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 19
Scope and Content From the Collection: This small collection of family papers centers around Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs (1827-1893) whose 1849 diary chronicles his account of moving from Ohio to California by covered wagon. Briggs was the great-great-grandfather of the collection's donor, Dr. Chester Ward. In addition to the diary, the collection includes a small account book/diary from 1862--also kept by Briggs--as well as a number of letters to and from family members and photographs of family members across multiple...
Dates: 1890-10-08