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An autograph manuscript diary kept by Thomas Newell, of Boston, between January 1, 1773 and December 22, 1774. Entries for each day document the weather, often with additional details of events from Newell's daily life, or important occurrences in Boston and the colonies. Newell's entry for December 17, 1773, describes the destruction of the East India Company's tea in Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty. Accompanied by a separate booklet of materials taken from the previous binding (fragment of the original cover, notes from former owners, clippings, bookplate, and a letter from former owner M.F. Whittemore to subsequent owner Abram E. Cutter). These materials gathered together and sewn into conservation wrappers.
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zs2626294
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Diary for 1773 to the end of 1774 of Mr. Thomas Newell, Boston
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zs2626294
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title
Diary for 1773 to the end of 1774 of Mr. Thomas Newell, Boston
description
An autograph manuscript diary kept by Thomas Newell, of Boston, between January 1, 1773 and December 22, 1774. Entries for each day document the weather, often with additional details of events from Newell's daily life, or important occurrences in Boston and the colonies. Newell's entry for December 17, 1773, describes the destruction of the East India Company's tea in Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty. Accompanied by a separate booklet of materials taken from the previous binding (fragment of the original cover, notes from former owners, clippings, bookplate, and a letter from former owner M.F. Whittemore to subsequent owner Abram E. Cutter). These materials gathered together and sewn into conservation wrappers.
date
["January 1, 1773–December 22, 1774"]
year
1773
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016829
creators
Newell, Thomas, active 18th century
Whittemore, M. F.
Cutter, Abram Edmands, 1822-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Selections from the Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department
Colonial and Revolutionary Boston Collection
subjects
Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Newell, Thomas, active 18th century
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Manuscripts
Books
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Diaries
weather diaries
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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82 pages ; 17 x 14 cm + accompanying material
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no
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sf268508b
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Title from first page; the words "of Mr. Thomas Newell, Boston" added in a later hand.
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Boston, Massachusetts
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zs2626294
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document
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1
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photo
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