MS283 Marshall-Pinkham-Farrier Family Papers, Folder 21 Seth Pinkham, Item 10 Letter Book

MS283 Marshall-Pinkham-Farrier Family Papers, Folder 21 Seth Pinkham, Item 10 Letter Book

Author: Pinkham family.

Year: 1842

The Marshall family of Nantucket, Mass., included teacher Helen Marshall (1851–1939); her father, whaling captain Joseph Marshall (1811–1879); and his second wife and Helen’s mother, Malvina Pinkham Marshall (1820–1885). The Pinkham family of Nantucket, Mass., included whaling captain Seth Pinkham (1786–1844), his wife Mary Brown (1791–1874), and their seven children including Malvina Pinkham Marshall. Helen Locke, a granddaughter of Seth and Mary Brown Pinkham, married Robert Edward Farrier of New Rochelle, N.Y., in April 1892 and they had six children. The collection contains correspondence, calling cards, land records, wills, newspaper clippings, photographs, poetry, plays, and genealogical notes of the Marshall, Pinkham, Locke, and Farrier families. Also included are books and manuscript volumes owned by Helen Marshall and a graduate proposal about Helen Marshall. Hand-sewn letter book, 37 p. Ship H. Astor, at Sea, off the Island of Juanfernandes [Juan Fernandez], addressed to Seth Pinkham, Jr., my dear child, 4 March 1842. Materials in this collection were digitized with support from Connie and Tom Cigarran.