Cushman Family Collection

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Capt. David Cushman family, c. 1856

Cushman Family Collection
(1838-1986)
Drew Archival Library
DAL.MSS.035

Collection Overview
Title: Cushman Family Collection
Dates: 1830-1986
Creator: Lura Oakes Cushman
Call Number: DAL.MSS.035
Accession Number: L.94.5
Repository: The Drew Archival Library
Quantity: 13 boxes
Language: English

Administrative Information
Access Restrictions: The Cushman Family Collection is open to researchers. There are no restricted materials in the collection.
Acquisition Information: The Cushman Family Collection was donated to the DRHS in 1994 by Helen Philbrook.
Preferred Form of Citation: DAL.MSS.035, Cushman Family Collection in the Drew Archival Library of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.
Related Collections: Capt. Parker J. Hall Collection, DAL.MSS.082 and the Lura Oakes Cushman Collection, DAL.MSS.105. MSS.082 and MSS.105 were donated at different times, but they are all part of the same family’s papers and were at one time all in the possession of Lura Oakes Cushman in the family’s home on Anchorage Lane. Also related is the ledger of David Cushman, Sr, in DAL.MSS.039.
Finding Aid Prepared by: Carolyn Ravenscroft, 2017

SCOPE & CONTENT:
The Cushman Family Collection spans three generations of the Cushman and Hall families of Duxbury, MA. The bulk of the Collection consists of correspondence to Lucie (Hall) Cushman between 1877-1942 and also to her daughter, Lura Oakes Cushman from 1896 -1986. Lucie was the daughter-in-law of Capt. David Cushman and lived in the Cushman estate on the Blue Fish River in Duxbury. Also included are nine Standard diaries of Lucie (Hall) Cushman from 1883-1891and two belonging to her aunt, Lucie (Ripley) Weston, 1883 and 1893. These diaries give glimpses into the day-to-day lives of women in the late 19th century in Duxbury.  Lura Oakes Cushman’s appointment, address and account books are also included. The Collection contains a substantial amount of ephemera collected by both Lucie and Lura, including calling cards, advertisements and brochures. Of special note is the material Lura Oakes Cushman saved from her participation in the Pilgrim Tercentenary (1921) and her scrapbook of Duxbury invitations, programs, etc., 1915-196

The papers of Capt. David Cushman, Jr. include correspondence from 1838-1842, cargo books (1830-1845), and various accounts, receipts and invoices. There are copies of his log books for the Prospero, King Fisher and Delphos, the originals are not in the possession of the DRHS. The collection also contains the papers of his father, David Cushman, Sr., a blacksmith in Duxbury.

The papers of Horace Sampson, the son-in-law of Capt. David Cushman, includes Civil War correspondence to him from his father, Eden Sampson, and various others; Civil War orders; and pension paperwork. Also included in this series is a photograph of Horace and Mary Cushman, the daughter of Capt. David Cushman.

The papers of Daniel Sampson, the step-son of Capt. David Cushman, includes seven letters by Eugene Sampson between 1849-1852. These letters are particularly interesting both for their humor and descriptions of life in Boston for a young man in the 1840s. This series also contains a copy of his father’s (Capt.. Daniel Sampson) journal.

There are series for other members of the Cushman/Hall family, including Lucie (Hall) Cushman’s brothers, Samuel J. Hall, George P. Hall and Parker J. Hall.

BIOGRAPHICS SKETCHES

Lucie (Hall) Cushman (1865-1946) was the daughter of George Harvey Hall and Ardelia (Ripley) Hall. Her father was the keeper of the Gurnet Lighthouse. Lucie was born in Marshfield Hill, MA and raised in Duxbury. She married her cousin, Walter Fosdick Cushman, the son of Capt. David Cushman, Jr. and Mary (Alden) Cushman, in 1893. The couple had one child, Lura Oakes Cushman. Lucie had an extensive knowledge of the maritime history of Duxbury and transcribed the customs records of Plymouth which are part of the Collection. Her husband, Walter F. Cushman (1852-1915), was born in Duxbury and was a first cousin to Lucie’s mother, Ardelia Ripley. He was employed as a mechanic and boat builder. He lived his entire life in at the Cushman estate on Anchorage Lane.

Lura Oakes Cushman (1894-1988) was the daughter of Walter F. Cushman and Lucie Hall. A direct descendant of John Alden, Lura O. Cushman was born in Duxbury in 1894. She attended public schools in and graduated from Partridge Academy, Duxbury’s High School. During the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims (Pilgrim Tercentenary) she was part of the Pageant in Plymouth in 1921. From 1921-1922 she studied for her teaching degree at Framingham Teacher’s College and began a career in teaching home economics and cooking, including at Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery in Boston, MA, Framingham State College and Simmons College. In 1948 she studied Child Psychology at Boston University and subsequently went to work for the Household Nursing Association. During her retirement years, Lura Cushman traveled extensively around the world, her goal was to visit all the ports that her grandfather, Capt. David Cushman, Jr. had been. She was also active in the First Parish Church, the Alden Kindred and the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society. Lura Cushman inherited and lived in her family’s home until her death in 1988 at the age of 94. Her estate was donated to the Wildlands Trust, a land conservation organization. She is buried in Mayflower Cemetery.

Captain David Cushman, Jr. (1807-1878) was the son of David Cushman, Sr. (1775-1857) and Betsy Thomas. He was born in Duxbury, MA where his father was a blacksmith on St. George St. As a young man he went away to sea and became a successful captain for Ezra Weston and others. His voyages took him across the Atlantic and also in Asia. In he married the widow, Mary (Alden) Sampson. Mary was a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. She was born in the Alden House. Her first husband, Capt. Daniel Sampson, died at sea. When Capt. Cushman married Mary (Alden) Sampson, he also took in her son, Daniel Sampson, Jr. (1835-1893). Capt. David Cushman and his wife had five children, only two of whom survived to adulthood – Walter F. Cushman and Mary Cushman. Walter F. married Lucie Hall; Mary married Horace Sampson.

SERIES LIST:
Series I – Correspondence (1877-1988)
Series II – Lura O. Cushman Account, Appointment and Address Books (1954-1984)
Series III – Education (c. 1874-1929)
Series IV – Pilgrim Tercentenary (1921)
Series V – Legal and Financial (1865-1965)
Series VI – Lura O. Cushman Travel (c. 1959-1979)
Series VII – Diaries (1883-1893)
Series VIII – Ephemera (c. 1893-1988)
Series IX – Parker J. Hall (1894-1930)
Series X – George P. Hall (c. 1870-1938)
Series XI – Samuel Hall (1906-1945)
Series XII – Daniel Sampson, Jr. (c. 1838-1852)
Series XIII – Horace Sampson (1855-1931)
Series XIV – Capt. David Cushman, Jr. (1838-1843)
Series XV – David Cushman, Sr.
Series XVII – Post Cards (c. 1900-xxx)
Series XVIII – Photographs (c. 1850-1986)

SERIES I – Correspondence (1877-1986)

Series I contains correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman and her daughter, Lura Oakes Cushman.

BOX 1 
Folder 1 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1877-1878
Folder 2 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1893-1894
Folder 3 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1895
Folder 4 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1896
Folder 5 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1897
Folder 6 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1898-1899
Folder 7 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1900-1904
Folder 8 – – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1905
Folder 9 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1905-1906
Folder 10 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1907-1914
Folder 11 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1915
Folder 12 – Sympathy letters, Death of Walter Cushman, 1915
Folder 13 – Sympathy letters, Death of Walter Cushman, 1915
Folder 14 – Sympathy letters, Death of Walter Cushman, 1915
Folder 15 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1916-1917
Folder 16 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1919-1920
Folder 17 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1921
Folder 18 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1922
Folder 19 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1923
Folder 20 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1924-1927
Folder 21 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1928-1929
Folder 22 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1930-1942

BOX 2 
Folder 23 – Correspondence Eben Ellison to Lucie H. Cushman, 1926
Folder 24 – Correspondence to Lucie Hall Cushman, n.d.
Folder 25 – Correspondence Lura O. Cushman to Lucie H. Cushman, 1905-1913
Folder 26 – Correspondence Lura O. Cushman to Lucie H. Cushman, 1916
Folder 27 – Correspondence Lura O. Cushman to Lucie H. Cushman, 1917-1921
Folder 28 – Correspondence Lura O. Cushman to Lucie H. Cushman, 1922
Folder 29 – Correspondence Lura O. Cushman to Lucie H. Cushman, 1923-1927
Folder 30 – Correspondence Lura O. Cushman to Lucie H. Cushman, n.d.
Folder 31 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1896-1925
Folder 32 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, Death of Lucie Hall Cushman, 1946
Folder 33 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1949-1950
Folder 34 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1950-1959
Folder 35 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, sale of land, 1954-1960
Folder 36 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1960-1964
Folder 37 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1965
Folder 38 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1966
Folder 39 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1967
Folder 40 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1968-1969
Folder 41 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1970
Folder 42 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1971
Folder 43 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1972-1973.

BOX 3 
Folder 44 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1974
Folder 45 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1975-1979
Folder 46 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1980
Folder 47 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1981
Folder 48 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1982
Folder 49 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, 1983-1986
Folder 50 – Correspondence to Lura O. Cushman, n.d.
Folder 51 – Correspondence from Lura O. Cushman, 1927-1941
Folder 52 – Greeting cards to Lucie Hall Cushman
Folder 53 – Greeting cards to Lura O. Cushman
Folder 54 –Holiday greeting cards to Lura O. Cushman, 1931-1946
Folder 55 – Holiday cards from Lura O. Cushman, n.d.
Folder 56 – Invitations, 1853-1920
Folder 57 –
Sophia G. (Parker) Burr (London, England) July c. 1890
Sophia G. (Parker) Burr [London, England] c. 1890
Henry W. Delano (East Boston, MA) to Cephas Cushman, Oct. 30, 1859
“Amicus” (Duxbury, MA) to “Honored Friend,” Feb. 4, 1851 re: Temperance

SERIES II – Lura O. Cushman Account, Appointment & Address Books (1915-1984)

BOX 4 
Folder 1 – Account Books, 1966-1967
Folder 2 – Account Books, 1969-1970
Folder 3 – Appointment calendars, 1954, 1966-1968
Folder 4 – Appointment calendars, 1969-1971
Folder 5 – Appointment calendars, 1972-1974
Folder 6 – Appointment calendars, 1975-1978
Folder 8 – Christmas gift and card lists, 1926-1984
Folder 9 – various notes

BOX 10
Folder 7 – Address books
Folder 10 – Scrapbook., 1915-1916

SERIES III – Education (c. 1880-1929)

BOX 8
Folder 1 – Lucie Hall Cushman schoolwork, c. 1880-1882
Folder 2– Lucie Hall Cushman schoolwork, c. 1880-1882

BOX 5 

Folder 3 – Rewards of Merit ,Walter Cushman. c.1863
Folder 4 – Fanny Farmer School of Cookery. c. 1920s
Folder 5 – Powder Point School for Boys Catalog, 1915-1917
Folder 6 -Powder Horn, Commencement number, 1917
Folder 7 – State Normal Schools
Folder 8 – History of the Campfire Girls
Folder 9 – Rewards of Merit, Lucie Hall Cushman, 1874-1877

SERIES IV – Pilgrim Tercentenary (1921)

BOX 5
Folder 1 – 8 – Pilgrim Tercentenary, 1921

SERIES V – LEGAL and FINANCIAL

BOX 5 
Folder 1 –Walter Cushman Receipts, 1889-1914
Folder 2 – Fire Insurance Policy, 1922
Folder 3 – Lura Cushman’s Will, 1981
Folder 4 – Bequest of Edwin S. Martin, 1958
Folder 5 – Purchase of Howard House, 1911
Folder 6 – Misc. family accounts, 1879-1905
Folder 7 – Cemetery plot, 1905-1965
Folder 8- Estate of Joseph O. Hall, 1909

Folder 9 –
Duxbury highway document, 1835
James Brady, Application for arrears of pay, 1865

BOX 8
Folder 9
Letter of Admin for estate of Joseph Soule Cushman, 1796
Handwritten will of Mrs. Henry Hall, 1937

SERIES VI – Lura O. Cushman Travel

BOX 5 
Folder 1 – Trip to Canada, 1955
Folder 2 – Trip to England, 1979
Folder 3 – Misc. travel

SERIES VII – Lucie Hall Cushman and Lucy Ripley Weston Diaries

BOX 9

  1. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1883
  2. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1884
  3. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1885
  4. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1886
  5. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1887
  6. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1888
  7. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1889
  8. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1890
  9. Lucie Hall Cushman, The Standard Diary, 1891
  10. Lucie Hall Cushman, Address Book, 1892
  11. Lucie Ripley Weston, The Standard Diary, 1883
  12. Lucie Ripley Weston, The Standard Diary, 1893
  13. Single page of Lucy Ripley Weston diary 1882

SERIES VIII – Ephemera (1893-1988)

BOX 5  Folder 1 – Ephemera (c. 1893-1910)

  1. Grand Concert Odd Fellows Hall program, 1893
  2. Memorial service notice for Capt. Silas Pope, 1894
  3. Card, Prayer of a Child, c. 1885
  4. Standard Fertilizer Co. in Duxbury, c. 1900
  5. 2 advertisements for Dr. Radcliffe’s Great Remedy, c. 1890
  6. Calendar page, May 1909, with image of windmill, 1909
  7. Calendar page, December 1909, with image of grave of Myles Standish, 1909
  8. Wooden business card, Massachusetts Boot & Shoe Co, c. 1910

Folder 2 – Ephemera (1913-1921)

  1. Alden Kindred 17th reunion, 1917
  2. Alden Kindred 18th reunion (2 copies), 1918
  3. Songs of Soldiers and Sailors, 1918
  4. Ye Quaint Inscriptions on Burial Hill of Old Plymouth, c. 1920
  5. Hymns for ‘Pilgrim Progress’ c. 1921
  6. The Caravan is Coming” WEIU brochure, 1921
  7. Plymouth Electric Light, Co. brochure on clothes washer
  8. Order brochure for California Perfume Company

Folder 3 Ephemera, 1894

  • Mass Mutual illustrated calendar, 1894

Folder 4 Ephemera (c.1920-1950)

  1. Mountain View Farm brochure, c.1920
  2. “Funny Stories about the Ford”, c. 1920
  3. “The Profile and how it was saved,” 1920
  4. Bosak’s Horke Vino Horoscope brochure, c 1930
  5. The influence of the Zodiac upon Character-Destiny and Marriage pamphlet, c.1930
  6. Getting the most out of life, talks by Dr. William Stidger, brochure, 1937
  7. Poem, 1937
  8. Copy of letter, 1937
  9. Praycer, c.1937
  10. Business cards
  11. Advertisement for movie, “Guilty of Treason”
  12. Order book for California Perfume Co.
  13. Steamer Longfellow advertisement

Folder 5 – Ephemera – Suffrage
Folder 6 – Ephemera – First Parish Church

BOX 6  Folder 7 – Ephemera (c. 1950-1973)

  1. Landing card for SS Australis, 1976
  2. Index card with recipe for “Open House” punch, c. 1970
  3. Massachusetts migratory game bird regulations, 1968
  4. Facts about M.S.F.M., 1973
  5. Daniel Webster birthplace, 1942
  6. Mass Dept of Health questionnaire, c. 1950
  7. Annual meeting itinerary for Home Economics Assoc., 1959
  8. Mary Hemenway Alumnae Assoc., 1960
  9. Household Nursing Assoc. committee, 1960
  10. Household Nursing Assoc. brochure, c. 1960
  11. Lura O. Cushman bookplate
  12. World’s Fair program, 1964
  13. Brockton Taunton Gas Company card, c. 1950

Folder 8 – Catalog of the Cushman auction, 1988
Folder 9 – Newspaper clippings

BOX 10
Ephemera –Calling Cards & Business Cards

SERIES VIII – Parker J. Hall (brother of Lucie Hall Cushman)
Note: Related – The Parker Hall Collection, DAL.MSS.082

BOX 6  Folder 1 – Parker Hall Trial (1894-1895)  Items in this folder relate to the murder Parker Hall was charged with and acquitted.

  1. Parker Hall (City Point, NY) to Mrs. George Hall (Duxbury, MA), July 24, 1894
  2. Elisha W. Hall (Marshfield, MA) to William J. Wright (Duxbury, MA), Sept. 23, 1894
  3. Parker Hall (City Point Court House, NY) to Frederick B. Knapp (Duxbury, MA), Oct. 9, 1894
  4. Ellmore Chandler (Boston, MA) to Parker Hall (Duxbury, MA), Oct. 18, 1894
  5. H. Reamy (Cohasset, MA) to Parker Hall, Oct. 20, 1894
  6. George E. Cushman (Kingston, MA) to Frederick B. Knapp (Duxbury, MA), Oct. 27, 1894
  7. Frank C. Hall (Rockland, MA) to William J. Wright (Duxbury, MA), [Oct] 28, [1894]
  8. Jacob Fromme (New York, NY) to William J. Wright (Duxbury, M A), Dec. 11, 1894
  9. Jacob Fromme (New York, NY) to Frederick B. Knapp (Duxbury, MA), Jan. 7, 1895

Folder 2 – Correspondence to Parker Hall, 1931-1942
Folder 3 – Correspondence to Katherine Boyle Hall, 1894-1909
Folder 4 – Correspondence to Katherine Boyel Hall, 1910-19
Folder 5 – Legal Documents

  1. Seaman Certificate of American Citizenship, 1918
  2. Envelope, Seaman’s Friend Society
  3. License to Navigate Waters of US, c. 1900
  4. Loan Note, 1917
  5. Loan Note, 1918

Folder 6 – Town of Duxbury, Tax receipts (1895-1917), 23 items
Folder 7 – Misc bills/receipts (1894-1922), 16 items
Folder 8 – Insurance receipts (1896-1909), 42 items
Folder 9 – Insurance documents (1897-1925), 23 items, 6 items
Folder 10- Ephemera, c. 1890-1930
Folder 11 – Books

  1. A Father’s Lesson and other stories, inscribed “Parker Hall from his teacher, E. Spring,” 1872
  2. Sketches of Tone Poets, inscribed “Ardelia Thomas for Katherine Boyle,” 1888

BOX 8 Folder 12- Bills of Sale (1888-1912)

  1. Bill of Sale, Schooner “Addie J.” 1888
  2. Bill of Sale, Schooner “Addie J.” 1888
  3. Bill of Sale, Schooner, “Addie J.” 1892
  4. Bill of Sale, Schooner, “Angler” 1894
  5. Bill of Sale, Schooner “Angler” 1899
  6. Bill of Sale, Schooner “George R. Smith,” 1912
  7. Mortgage of Schooner “George R. Smith” 1912

SERIES IX – George P. Hall

George P. Hall (1854-1938) was the son of George H. Hall, the keeper of Gurnet Lighthouse, and Ardelia Ripley. As a young man he moved to Idaho where he engaged in the cattle business. In 1906 he married Gertrude Burnell. Eventually, he sold his ranch near Snake River Canyon and moved to the South Slope in Emmett, Idaho.

BOX 6 

Folder 1 – Correspondence

  1. George P. Hall (Marshfield, MA) to Fannie Hall (Bridgewater, MA), March c. 1870
  2. George P. Hall to Ardelia Ripley Hall (Duxbury, MA), Nov. 30, 1878
  3. George P. Hall (Boise City, ID) to Parker J. Hall, Aug. 2, 1879
  4. George P. Hall (Fayette, ID) to Ardelia Ripley Hall (Gurnet, Plymouth, MA), Aug. 13, 1884
  5. E. Townsend, MD to George P. Hall (Letha, ID), Feb. 18, 1935

Folder 2 – Correspondence George P. Hall to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1880-1838

Folder 3 – Death of George P. Hall

  1. Typed transcription of letters from Lucy E. Kefauver and Mr. Lamb (1938)
  2. Copy of Typed transcription of letters from Lucy E. Kefauver and Mr. Lamb (1938)
  3. Typed transcription of letter from J. R. Lamb with note from Ardelia Ripley (1938)
  4. Ardelia Ripley to Parker J. Hall (1938)
  5. Note from Parker J. Hall, Lucie Hall Cushman, L. Oakes Cushman and Samuel H. Hall (1938)
  6. Note to the editor (1938)

SERIES X Samuel Hall

BOX 6 

Folder 1 – Correspondence from Samuel Hall to Lucie Hall Cushman, 1924-1945
Folder 1 – Correspondence form Samuel Hall to Parker J. Hall, 1906
Folder 2 – Newspaper clippings
Folder 3 – postcards of Hall’s Chariot and running races, Abington, MA

SERIES XII– Daniel Sampson, Jr. (son of Mary (Alden) Sampson Cushman and Capt. Daniel Sampson

BOX 7
Folder 1 Daniel Sampson Correspondence

  1. Mary (Alden) Sampson Cushman (Duxbury, MA) to Daniel Sampson, Apr. 10, n.d.
  2. Edward Winsor (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Nov. 15, 1852
  3. Lloyd Granville Sampson (Hampton Roads, VA) to Daniel Sampson (Boston, MA), Mar. 4, 1887

Folder 2 Eugene Sampson to Daniel Sampson

  1. Eugene Sampson (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Jun. 7, 1849
  2. Eugene Sampson (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Sept. 28, 1849
  3. Eugene Sampson (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Nov. 9, 1849
  4. Eugene Sampson (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Feb. 5, 1850
  5. Eugene Sampson (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Mar. 24, 1850
  6. Eugene Sampson (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Jun. 21, 1850
  7. Eugene Sampson (Boston, MA) to Daniel Sampson (Duxbury, MA), Nov. 12, 1852
  8. Sprague and Soule business card

Folder 3- Seaman Certificate for Daniel Sampson, 1854
Folder 4- Marriage certificate for Daniel Sampson and Ada Gifford, 1872
Folder 5 – Receipts of Daniel Sampson
Folder 6 – Phrenology chart of Daniel Sampson, 1864

BOX 8 –
Folder 9 – Daniel Sampson, Sr., Orders for loading ships, 1831-1832 COPY
Folder 10 – Daniel Sampson, Sr. Invoices, 1831-1832 COPY
Folder 11 – Daniel Sampson, Sr. Journal, 1833 COPY
Folder 12 – Daniel Sampson, Jr, Steamship Jenkins, COPY

BOX 9 – Account book of Daniel Sampson (also used by Lura O. Cushman)

SERIES XIII – Horace Sampson

BOX 7
Folder 1 – Correspondence, Eden Sampson to Horace Sampson, 1860-1865
Folder 2 – Correspondence, Sabra to Horace Sampson, 1863
Folder 3 – Correspondence, Ettie L.S. to Horace Sampson, 1864-1865
Folder 4 – Correspondence, Others to Horace Sampson, 1862-1864
Folder 5 – Horace Sampson, envelopes, c. 1862-1865
Folder 6 – Correspondence to Appleton Padakin and “Sydney”, c. 1864
Folder 7 – Civil War documents
Folder 8 – Pension Documents
Folder 9 – C. S. Goodspeed to Mary C. Sampson, 1931
Folder 10 – Horace Sampson, miscellaneous
Folder 11 – Bible belonging to Horace Sampson, 1855
Folder 12 – Items from Eden Sampson’s bible
Folder 13 – Photograph of Mary Cushman and Horace Sampson

SERIES XIV – Capt. David Cushman, Jr.

BOX 8  Folder 1 Correspondence to David Cushman, Jr. aboard the Plato (1838)

  1. John Brown & Co (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Boston, MA), Aug. 2, 1838
  2. John Brown & Co (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Duxbury, MA), Jun. 12, 1838
  3. John Brown & Co (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Boston, MA), Jun. 14, 1838

Folder 2 Correspondence to David Cushman aboard the Roscius (1839-1840)

  1. R. Fosdick (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman, May 21, 1839
  2. Schofield (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman, June 1, 1839
  3. Russell and [?] (Manila) to Capt. Cushman (China), March 28, 1840
  4. Lewis Shenck (Canton) to Capt. Cushman, Dec. 18, 1839
  5. Ryan (Canton) to Capt. Cushman, Dec. 23, 1839
  6. Matheson & Co (Macao) to Capt. Cushman, Feb. 5, 1840
  7. Ryan (Canton) to Capt. Cushman, Feb. 12, 1840
  8. Matheson & Co (Macao) to Capt. Cushman, Mar. 11, 1840
  9. W. Hubbell (Canton) to Capt. Cushman, May 1, 1840
  10. Thomas MacMicking to Capt. Cushman, n.d.
  11. Murray to Capt. Cushman, n.d.

Folder 3 Correspondence to David Cushman aboard the Undine (April – July 1842)

  1. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), April 29, 1842
  2. Ezra Weston, Jr. (White Sulphur Springs, VA), May 4, 1842
  3. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), May 5, 1842
  4. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), May 8, 1842
  5. Knowles (Ship Minerva, Charleston, SC), May 24, 1842
  6. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), May 31, 1842
  7. Palmer (Richmond, VA), June 8, 1842
  8. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), May 10, 1842
  9. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), June 14, 1842
  10. Alden B. Weston (White Sulpher Springs, VA), June 20, 1842
  11. Robert Leslie (Petersburg, VA), July 6, 1842
  12. Lacoste (Norfolk, VA), July 9, 1842
  13. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), July 16, 1842

Folder 4 Correspondence to David Cushman aboard the Undine (Aug – Dec. 1842)

  1. John Avery [?] (London, England) to Capt. Cushman (Portsmouth, England) Aug. 13, 1842
  2. [?] to Capt. Cushman (Flussingen), Aug. 20, 1842
  3. Schipman (Ship Croker, Ghent) to Capt. Cushman, Aug. 21, 1842
  4. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA), to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC) Nov. 2, 1842
  5. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC) Nov. 16, 1842
  6. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), Nov. 29, 1842
  7. Schofield (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), Dec. 3, 1842
  8. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), Dec. 10, 1842
  9. Coker Miller & Co (Savannah, GA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), Dec. 14, 1842

Folder 5 Correspondence to David Cushman aboard Undine (Apr – May, 1843)

  1. Christopher Proctor (City Point, VA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), Apr. 8. 1843
  2. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), Apr. 23, 1843
  3. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), May, 6, 1843
  4. Palmer (Richmond, VA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), May 7, 1843
  5. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), May 9, 1843
  6. Weston & Sons (Boston, MA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), May 17, 1843
  7. Palmer (Richmond, VA) to Capt. Cushman (Charleston, SC), May 20, 1843

Folder 6 David Cushman Correspondence

  1. B. Fosdick (Boston, MA) to David Cushman (Duxbury, MA0, Dec. 3. 1840
  2. Boston Marine Society (Boston, MA) to David Cushman (Duxbury, MA), Jun. 1. 1842
  3. Schoefield (Boston, MA) to David Cushman (Duxbury, MA), Aug. 9, 1843

Folder 7 Hebe (1831)
Folder 8 Plato (1838)
Folder 9 Roscuis (1839-1840)
Folder 10 Cymosure (1841)
Folder 11 – David Cushman Bills & Receipts, c.1805-1845
Folder 12 – David Cushman Account Book, 1841-1862
Folder 13 – David Cushman Accounts, 1856-1878 COPY
Folder 14 – Log of Prospero , 1851-1853 COPY
Folder 15 – Log of King Fisher 1860 COPY
Folder 16 – David Cushman invoices, 1861-1898 COPY
Folder 17 – Log of Delphos 1857 COPY
Folder 18 – NOTE, items in this folder were part of the Cushman Collection in the King Caesar House.

  1. Constitution and Laws of the Boston Marine Society, 1842
  2. Calling Card of Mrs. Mary Alden (mother-in-law of David Cushman, Jr.)

BOX xx – Cargo Books (1830-1845)

  1. Smyrna 1830
  2. Lagoda, 1833
  3. Hellsport, 1834
  4. Roscius, 1837
  5. Rio, Daniel Webster, Linton
  6. Expenses, 1839-1840
  7. Roscius, 1843 & Undine 1845

 

SERIES XV – David Cushman, Sr.

BOX 11 Folder 1 Legal Documents, 1789-1821

  1. Indenture of Bela Gardiner, 1815
  2. Indenture of Lewis Cobb, 1821, Found in Brown Leather Wallet
  3. Order for collection of taxes, 1789, Found in Brown Leather Wallet
  4. Lease between David Cushman., Sr. and David Vaughn, 1811, Found in Red Leather Wallet
  5. Payment to Estate of Joseph Drew, 1808, Found in Red Leather Wallet

Folder 2 Deeds (1821-1832)

  1. Deed, land in Duxbury to David Cushman, Sr., 1830, Found in Brown Leather Wallet
  2. Deed, land in Duxbury to David Cushman, Sr., 1832, Found in Brown Leather Wallet
  3. Plan of land in Marshfield, John Ford Surveyor, 1832, Found in Brown Leather Wallet
  4. Deed, land on Powder Point, Duxbury to David Cushman, Sr., 1795, Found in Red Leather Wallet

Folder 3 –Bills/Receipts from wallet (1818-1839)
Folder 4 – Bills/Receipts (1796-1814)
Folder 5 – Bills/Receipts (1815-1818)
Folder 6 – Bills/Receipts (1819-1820)
Folder 7 – Bills/Receipts (1821-1822)
Folder 8 – Bills/Receipts (1823-1824)
Folder 9 – Bills/Receipts (1825-1826)
Folder 10 – Bills/Receipts (1827-1832)
Folder 11 – Bills/ Receipts, n.d.
Folder 12 – Miscellaneous

Oversized Drawer – Deed, salt marsh in Duxbury to David Cushman, Sr., 1821, Found in Brown Leather Wallet

Bible belonging to David Cushman, Sr. with Family Record Page, 1806 – in Conservation Room

 

SERIES XVI – Transcriptions

BOX 7  Folder 1 Vessels built in Duxbury, transcribed by LHC, c. 1900

Folder 2

  1. Notes by Gershom Bradford, III, 1947
  2. Notes and logs, transcribed by LOC, 1946

Folder 3 – list of books in Cushman library by Helen Philbrick, c. 1990

SERIES XVII – Postcards – postcard box

            Real Photo Postcards:

  1. Cushman House with Lura Cushman and unidentified girl
  2. Sally (Cushman) Ripley
  3. Partridge Academy, Duxbury, MA, c. 1910
  4. Morton V. Bonney’s Rest Haven
  5. Martha Sabin’s House, Chestnut Hill, MA
  6. Unidentified House (not Duxbury)
  7. House, Marshfield, MA
  8. Schooner Carrie and the Bucksport, ME ferry
  9. Parker Hall, the Lone Skipper, Vinalhaven
  10. Waterfront, Sandypoint, ME
  11. Easter School, 1925
  12. Unidentified girl (possibly Lura Cushman)
  13. Nonquit, MA, 1923

SERIES XVIII – Photographs

BOX 10 – Cased Photographs, tintypes, carte de visite and cabinet cards

  1. Captain David Cushman, Photographer: Unknown, Ambrotype, 6th plate, No cover
  1. Captain David Cushman, Photographer: Unknown, Daguerreotype, quarter-plate, Cover detached
  1. Captain David Cushman, Photographer: Unknown, Daguerreotype, quarter-plate, Cover detatched
  1. David Cushman, Sr., Photographer: Unknown, Daguerreotype, quarter plate, Cover detached
  1. David Cushman, Sr., Photographer: Unknown, Daguerreotype, quarter plate. Cover attached
  1. Cushman Family, Photographer: Unknown, Daguerreotype, half plate, Cover missing
  1. Lucy T. (Ripley) Weston, Photographer: C. H. Rogers, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Lucy T. (Ripley) Weston, Photographer: C. H. Rogers, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Samuel Ripley, Photographer: M. Chandler, Marshfield, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Samuel Ripley, Photographer: M. Chandler, Marshfield, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Sally Cushman Ripley, Photographer: B. Whiting, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Sally Cushman Ripley, Photographer: B. Whiting, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Lura Hall, Photographer: Skinner, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Walter F. Cushman, c. 1862, Photographer: M. Chandler, Marshfield, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Walter F. Cushman, c. 1882, Photographer: J. H. Williams, South Scituate, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Elisha Cushman, Photographer: B. Whiting, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Elisha Cushman, Photographer: B. Whiting, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. David Cushman, Photographer: B. Whiting, Plymouth, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Mary (Cushman) Sampson, Photographer: W. B. Hawkes, East Boston, Carte de visite
  1. Lucy Sawin (Pool) Hall, Photographer: Samson, Portland, ME, Carte de visite
  1. Jonathan Oldham Hall, Photographer: W. L. Clark & Co, Boston, Carte de visite
  1. Hambleton Smith, Photographer: A. Marshall, Boston, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Mary Crocker (teacher), Photographer: E. C. Betts, Bridgeport, CT, Carte de visite
  1. Unknown young woman with curls, Photographer: Strout, Woburn, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Unknown woman with curls, Photographer: Strout, Woburn, MA, Carte de visite
  1. “Mother”, Photographer: H. E. Strout, Woburn, MA, Carte de visite
  1. Myles Standish Monument, Photographer: Unknown, Carte de visite
  1. Lizzie Devereux, Photographer: Goodwin Studios, Providence, RI, 1” x 2”
  1. Parker J. Hall, Photographer: W. M. Smith, Provincetown, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Parker J. Hall, Photographer: W. M. Smith, Provincetown, MA, Cabinet Card, Copy of #29
  1. Parker J. Hall, Photographer: Davis & Dow, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Parker J. Hall, Photographer: Davis & Dow, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card, Copy of #31
  1. Parker J. Hall, Photographer: Davis & Dow, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card, Copy of #31
  1. Parker J. Hall, Photographer: T. P. Smith, Brockton, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Lura (Hall) Hall, Photographer: Davis & Dow, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card, “For Walter, a merry Xmas from Lura”
  1. Lura (Hall) Hall, Photographer: Davis & Dow, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Ardelia (Ripley) Hall, Photographer: Holloway, Newport, RI, Cabinet Card
  1. Ardelia (Ripley) Hall, Photographer: Holloway, Newport, RI, Cabinet Card, Alternate pose of #36
  1. Ardelia (Ripley) Hall, Photographer: Holloway, Newport, RI, Cabinet Card, Copy of #37
  1. George Harvey Hall, Photographer: George H. VanNorman, Waltham, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. George Harvey Hall, Photographer: George H. VanNorman, Waltham, MA, Cabinet Card, Copy of #40
  1. Frank Hall, Photographer: L. A. Frageau, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Frank Hall, Photographer: Donnelly, New Haven, CT, Cabinet Card
  1. Frank Hall, age 18, Photographer: Davis & Dorr, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Frank Hall, age 18, Photographer: Davis & Dorr, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card, Copy of #44
  1. Fannie Hall (1890), Photographer: C. R. Savage, Salt Lake City, UT, Cabinet Card
  1. Fannie Hall (1890), Photographer: C. R. Savage, Salt Lake City, UT, Cabinet Card, Copy of #46
  1. Sarah Weatherbee Hall, Photographer: Conly, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Elisha Warren Hall, Photographer: Litchfield, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Lucie Hall, age 16, Photographer: Brooks, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Lucie Hall, age 16, Photographer: Brooks, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card, Copy of 50
  1. Lucie Hall, Photographer: Davis & Dorr, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Lucie Hall, Photographer: Brooks, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card, Copy of #52
  1. Alice J. Perry (1895), Photographer: Worcester, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Emmie Oakman, Photographer: W. G. E. Freeman, Rockland, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Nettie Hitchcock, Photographer: Forshew, Hudson, NY, Cabinet Card
  1. Flora Hall Martin, Photographer: Litchfield, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Young girl, surname Staples (1887), Photographer: Cook, Portsmouth, NH, Cabinet Card
  1. Margie Tutherly (1887), Photographer: Cook, Portsmouth, NH, Cabinet Card
  1. Unidentified woman, Photographer: L.A. Frageau, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. James Watson, Photographer: Douglas, Kingston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Unidentified woman with book, Photographer: Warren’s Portraits, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Jarius Kendall, D.D. age 86, Photographer: Unknown
  1. Brig Emily F. Sheldon (1885), Photographer: W. M. Smith, Provincetown, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Ship Carrie Wyman ashore at Herring Cove (1885), Photographer: W. M. Smith, Provincetown, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Unidentified vessel aground (1887), Photographer: G. H. Nickerson, Provincetown, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Unidentified bay, Photographer: Unknown, Cabinet Card
  1. Vessel, Robert P. King, Photographer: S. A. Putnam, Hyannis, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Provincetown Town Hall, Photographer: W. M. Smith, Provincetown, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Sally (Cushman) Ripley, Photographer: L. A. Frageau, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Lizzie Hall Hood, Photographer: Beckford, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Winthrop Hall, Photographer: Notman, Boston, MA, Cabinet Card
  1. Vessel Carrie Wyman taken at Henry Cove, Photographer: W. M. Smith, Cabinet Card

Box 15

  1. Oversized portraits of Lura O. Cushman, formerly stored in the “Cushman Room” of KCH.
  1. Lura O. Cushman in Native American costume, mounted on gray board
  2. Professional portrait of Lura O. Cushman seated in window wearing fur cape and satin dress., Champlain Studios

Box 14

Album, Photograph

Belonged to the Ripley/Cushman family. Brown leather cover with metal clasp meant for holding carte de visite sized photographs.

Pages:

  1. Small painting of purple flowers
  2. Samuel Ripley
  3. Unidentified man holding top hat, wearing overcoat
  4. Theodore Porter
  5. Unidentified woman
  6. Sarah Cushman
  7. “Grandpa” Levi Sampson
  8. Ella Chandler
  9. Unidentified man with moustache and watch chain
  10. William Simmons
  11. “ & Wife”
  12. Hattie Simmons
  13. Unidentified man standing with folded arms
  14. Swift
  15. Ned Sampson
  16. Tintype of unidentified woman
  17. Unidentified man in Civil War uniform
  18. Unidentified woman (possibly Mary Bryant?)
  19. “Sampson”
  20. Unidentified woman in dark dress and watch on chain
  21. Unidentified man, bald with beard
  22. Unidentified man, sitting, hand colored cloth on table
  23. Unidentified man
  24. Mary S. (Kent) Cushman
  25. “Uncle” Elisha Cushman
  26. Unidentified tintype of woman
  27. Lewis Peterson, tintype
  28. Alice Moore, age 17
  29. George V. Lauman, Poughkeepsie NY Military Academy
  30. Blank page, missing photo of Sarah MacFarland

Box 15

Oversized portraits of Lura O. Cushman, formerly stored in the “Cushman Room” of KCH.

Lura O. Cushman in Native American costume, mounted on gray board

Professional portrait of Lura O. Cushman seated in window wearing fur cape and satin dress, Champlain Studios

  1. Lucy T. (Ripley) Weston, Photographer: Unknown, Tintype
  1. Unknown man with beard, Photographer: Unknown, Tintype
  1. Unknown young girl, Photographer: Unknown, Tintype