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