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  • Reminiscences
    • Chronicle of Duxbury (1896)
    • Duxbury at the Turn of the Century
    • Herbert Walker Reminiscences, c. 1939
    • Hon. Gershom B. Weston of Duxbury, Mass
    • Mary Nye Gifford, 1950
    • Mary Nye Gifford, 1952
    • Prohibition in Duxbury
    • The Ladies of Duxbury Hall
    • WWII in Duxbury
  • Collections
    • Baker, Capt. Edward Collection
    • Bittinger Family Collection
    • Bolton Family Collection
    • Bolton, Winston F. Collection
    • Boylston Family Collection
    • Bradford Family Collection
      • The Journal of Gamaliel Bradford
    • Bradford Family Collection II
    • Bradlee and Herrick Family Albums
    • Camp Twin Oaks
    • Chandler Collections
      • Chandler, Frederick A. Collection
    • Cushman Family Collection
    • Delano House Collection
    • Delano, Amasa and Samuel
      • Pilgrim Log
      • Pilgrim Log Transcription
      • The Delano Sealing Expedition
    • Duxbury Days Programs
    • Duxbury Pharmacy Collection
    • Duxbury Tercentenary
    • Ellison Duck Blind
    • Facey, William Collection
    • Frazar Family
    • French-Atlantic Cable Collection
    • Geishecker Photographs
    • Gifford Family Collection
    • Glass, Harry
    • Hall, Parker J.
    • Harrington Family Collection
    • Island Creek Hall Assoc.
    • Keen Family Collection
    • Knapp Family Collections
      • Knapp, Frederick Bradford
      • Knapp, Frederick Bradford II
    • Lewis, J. Manville
    • Log Book Collection
    • Long Point Marine
    • Long, Lilly Harris
    • Maps, Charts and Plans
    • Needham, Robert James Collection
    • Nickerson, Lucy B. Photograph
    • Old Colony Railroad Collection II
    • Partridge Academy Papers
    • Powder Point Bridge
    • Powder Point School for Boys
    • Pugh, Gwladys Dora Photos
    • Seymour, William Collection
    • Simmons-Cushing
    • Smith Family
    • Smith McLauthlin Collection
    • Smith, Jacob
    • Soule Kindred in America
    • Soule, Horace H.
    • Soule, Stephen
    • Sprague, Peleg Papers
    • Walker Collections
    • Watson House Collection
    • Watson-Peterson Collection
    • Weston, G.B. Pamphlet Collection
    • Weston, Simeon Sr. & Jr.
    • White, H. Dennison
    • Wilde Family Collection
    • Williams Family Collection
    • Winsor Collections
      • Georgiana Winsor Sheet Music
      • Winsor Family Collection
      • Winsor, Daniel L.
      • Winsor, Frederick
      • Winsor, Samuel L.
      • Winsor, Susan
    • Young MacDonald Collection
    • SMALL COLLECTIONS
      • Alden Collections
      • Blanchard, Martha (Hammett)
      • Carver, Joshua
      • Consolidated Cape Cod Cranberry Company
      • Cushman, Walter F.
      • Dunham Family
      • Duxbury Alms House
      • Ford’s Store Collection
      • Glass, Capt. Daniel R.
      • Graves, Ruby H.
      • Hall Family
      • Hanks, John
      • Hedge, Elizabeth
      • Helping Hand Rebekah Lodge
      • Horton, James K.
      • Huckins, Eva M.
      • Josselyn Family
      • Josselyn, Ruth
      • Josselyn, Ruth (Hall)
      • Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
      • Metcalf, Margaret
      • Old Colony Railroad
      • Paulding, Emma C.
      • Peterson, Betsey A.
      • Richardson, George P.
      • Ripley Collections
      • Sampson, H. L.
      • Scott, Phillip Capron
      • Sea Fencibles
      • Ship Registers
      • Ships
      • Smith, Charles M.
      • Smith, Erasmus
      • Sons of Temperance Letter
      • Soule, Aurelius
      • Soule, Parker F.
      • Tilden, Sally
      • Turner, Calvin
      • Wadsworth, Dura
      • Watson, Albert M.
      • Webster, William P.
      • Weston Collections
        • Elkanah Weston Papers
        • Weston, Louisa Drew Thomas
        • Weston, William E.
      • Williams, Annie L.
    • UNPROCESSED COLLECTIONS
  • Journals
    • Amherst Alden Journal (1847-1848)
    • Civil War Journal of Laurence Bradford (1863-1864)
    • Duxbury Clam (1943-1946)
      • Duxbury Clam [Dec. 1943]
      • Duxbury Clam, 1944
      • Duxbury Clam, 1945 Issues
      • Duxbury Clam, 1946 Issues
    • Eleanor Stearns Young Diary (1916)
    • Gamaliel Bradford (1784)
    • Journal of the Point School – The First Student Government in America
    • Journals of Lloyd Granville Sampson (1829 and 1835)
      • A Tour of Cape Cod (1829)
      • Journal of Journey to Saratoga Springs from Duxbury (1835)
    • Pocket Diary of Caroline Bradford (1856)
    • Pocket Diary of Lucia Bradford (1886)
    • Pocket Diary of Maria W. Bradford (1864)
    • Adeline Baker Journal (1852-1854)

Reminiscences

There are numerous memoirs and reminiscences of life in Duxbury. Some are manuscripts and some are published accounts. Both are transcribed here.

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Finding Aids

  • Reminiscences
    • Chronicle of Duxbury (1896)
    • Duxbury at the Turn of the Century
    • Herbert Walker Reminiscences, c. 1939
    • Hon. Gershom B. Weston of Duxbury, Mass
    • Mary Nye Gifford, 1950
    • Mary Nye Gifford, 1952
    • Prohibition in Duxbury
    • The Ladies of Duxbury Hall
    • WWII in Duxbury
  • Collections
    • Baker, Capt. Edward Collection
    • Bittinger Family Collection
    • Bolton Family Collection
    • Bolton, Winston F. Collection
    • Boylston Family Collection
    • Bradford Family Collection
      • The Journal of Gamaliel Bradford
    • Bradford Family Collection II
    • Bradlee and Herrick Family Albums
    • Camp Twin Oaks
    • Chandler Collections
      • Chandler, Frederick A. Collection
    • Cushman Family Collection
    • Delano House Collection
    • Delano, Amasa and Samuel
      • Pilgrim Log
      • Pilgrim Log Transcription
      • The Delano Sealing Expedition
    • Duxbury Days Programs
    • Duxbury Pharmacy Collection
    • Duxbury Tercentenary
    • Ellison Duck Blind
    • Facey, William Collection
    • Frazar Family
    • French-Atlantic Cable Collection
    • Geishecker Photographs
    • Gifford Family Collection
    • Glass, Harry
    • Hall, Parker J.
    • Harrington Family Collection
    • Island Creek Hall Assoc.
    • Keen Family Collection
    • Knapp Family Collections
      • Knapp, Frederick Bradford
      • Knapp, Frederick Bradford II
    • Lewis, J. Manville
    • Log Book Collection
    • Long Point Marine
    • Long, Lilly Harris
    • Maps, Charts and Plans
    • Needham, Robert James Collection
    • Nickerson, Lucy B. Photograph
    • Old Colony Railroad Collection II
    • Partridge Academy Papers
    • Powder Point Bridge
    • Powder Point School for Boys
    • Pugh, Gwladys Dora Photos
    • Seymour, William Collection
    • Simmons-Cushing
    • Smith Family
    • Smith McLauthlin Collection
    • Smith, Jacob
    • Soule Kindred in America
    • Soule, Horace H.
    • Soule, Stephen
    • Sprague, Peleg Papers
    • Walker Collections
    • Watson House Collection
    • Watson-Peterson Collection
    • Weston, G.B. Pamphlet Collection
    • Weston, Simeon Sr. & Jr.
    • White, H. Dennison
    • Wilde Family Collection
    • Williams Family Collection
    • Winsor Collections
      • Georgiana Winsor Sheet Music
      • Winsor Family Collection
      • Winsor, Daniel L.
      • Winsor, Frederick
      • Winsor, Samuel L.
      • Winsor, Susan
    • Young MacDonald Collection
    • SMALL COLLECTIONS
      • Alden Collections
      • Blanchard, Martha (Hammett)
      • Carver, Joshua
      • Consolidated Cape Cod Cranberry Company
      • Cushman, Walter F.
      • Dunham Family
      • Duxbury Alms House
      • Ford’s Store Collection
      • Glass, Capt. Daniel R.
      • Graves, Ruby H.
      • Hall Family
      • Hanks, John
      • Hedge, Elizabeth
      • Helping Hand Rebekah Lodge
      • Horton, James K.
      • Huckins, Eva M.
      • Josselyn Family
      • Josselyn, Ruth
      • Josselyn, Ruth (Hall)
      • Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
      • Metcalf, Margaret
      • Old Colony Railroad
      • Paulding, Emma C.
      • Peterson, Betsey A.
      • Richardson, George P.
      • Ripley Collections
      • Sampson, H. L.
      • Scott, Phillip Capron
      • Sea Fencibles
      • Ship Registers
      • Ships
      • Smith, Charles M.
      • Smith, Erasmus
      • Sons of Temperance Letter
      • Soule, Aurelius
      • Soule, Parker F.
      • Tilden, Sally
      • Turner, Calvin
      • Wadsworth, Dura
      • Watson, Albert M.
      • Webster, William P.
      • Weston Collections
        • Elkanah Weston Papers
        • Weston, Louisa Drew Thomas
        • Weston, William E.
      • Williams, Annie L.
    • UNPROCESSED COLLECTIONS
  • Amherst Alden Journal (1847-1848)
  • Civil War Journal of Laurence Bradford (1863-1864)
  • Duxbury Clam (1943-1946)
  • Eleanor Stearns Young Diary (1916)
  • Gamaliel Bradford (1784)
  • Journal of the Point School – The First Student Government in America
  • Journals of Lloyd Granville Sampson (1829 and 1835)
  • Pocket Diary of Caroline Bradford (1856)
  • Pocket Diary of Lucia Bradford (1886)
  • Pocket Diary of Maria W. Bradford (1864)
  • Adeline Baker Journal (1852-1854)
  • Duxbury Clam [Dec. 1943]
  • Duxbury Clam, 1944
  • Duxbury Clam, 1945 Issues
  • Duxbury Clam, 1946 Issues
  • A Tour of Cape Cod (1829)
  • Journal of Journey to Saratoga Springs from Duxbury (1835)

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