MS283 Marshall-Pinkham-Farrier Family Papers, Folder 21 Seth Pinkham, Item 12 Letter Book

MS283 Marshall-Pinkham-Farrier Family Papers, Folder 21 Seth Pinkham, Item 12 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, 48 p. (numbered 110-163) p. 110–136 [132–135 missing]: addressed to William Mitchell Esqr., Ship Henry Astor, at Sea, “Off Shore” Lat 55 S Long 124 W, 10 August 1842 p. 137–140: [Extract of a letter], at Sea, addressed to A. M., 20 August 1842 p. 141–154: [Extract of a letter], at Sea, addressed