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Caleb Cushing papers, circa 1785-1906

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BOX 376-385 Miscellany, circa 1814-1879
Biographical material, notebooks, daybooks, commissions, prints and photographs, literary enterprise, inventories and lists of books, publications, memoranda, notes, and printed extracts.
BOX 376-381 Personal, circa 1814-1879
Biographical material including a portion of C. M. Fuess's manuscript, notebooks, daybooks, commissions, prints and photographs, literary enterprise, inventories and lists of books, publications, memoranda, and notes.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 376 Account book
Adams, John Quincy, autographs
Appointment and award certificates, 1823-1874, undated See Oversize
Biographical
Partial corrected manuscript by C. M. Fuess
Clippings and obituary notices
(3 folders)
BOX 377 Books
Bills
Catalog of Chinese library
Memoranda and lists
(4 folders)
Books and papers, inventory
(2 folders)
BOX 378 Church affairs
Commissions, citations, licenses, membership certificates See also Container 42, General Correspondence, and Oversize
Congressional Globe, references to Cushing
Daybooks, 1821-1839, 1849-1850
(9 vols. in 2 folders)
Docket notebook, Court of Common Pleas, 1822-1824
Early law partnership
Early legal notes, chiefly from William Blackstone, Blackstone's Commentaries
Fee book
Furniture and other effects
BOX 379 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Miscellany
Notebooks
Algebra and geometry, 1814-1815
Everett, Edward [?], "Lectures on the History and Antiquities of the Civil Law," 1820-1821
General topics
Languages
Legal
(2 folders)
Inventories
Itineraries, 1829-1830
BOX 380 Map, District of Columbia and Virginia
Massachusetts legislature, 1825-1826
Memoranda books, 1827-1837
(7 vols.)
Prints and photographs
Personal
Lists and bills
Property in Newburyport, Mass.
(3 folders)
BOX 381 Publications, literary enterprise, memoranda, and drafts
(6 folders)
Ships owned by Cushing and others, lists
Miscellany
BOX 382-385 General, circa 1816-1878
Principally memoranda, notes and extracts in Cushing's hand.
Arranged chronologically. An undated memoranda file contains documents concerning Madrid, Spain, and Washington, D.C.
BOX 382 Chronological file, circa 1816-1878
(6 folders)
BOX 383 Memoranda, Madrid, Spain, and Washington, D.C., undated
(8 folders)
BOX 384 (10 folders)
BOX 385 (10 folders)
BOX 386-392 Financial File, 1805-1878
Bills, receipts, accounts, bank books, vouchers, memoranda of expenses, and related material including some financial correspondence.
Arranged in approximate chronological order with the remainder grouped by type of material.
BOX 386 Bills and receipts
Miscellany
1805-1836
(6 folders)
BOX 387 1835-1857
(8 folders)
BOX 388 1856-1872
(8 folders)
BOX 389 1865-1878
(10 folders)
BOX 390 Food and utilities
Johnson, Nicholas, estate, 1826-1827
Prescott, Oliver, estate, 1827-1829
Undated
Cancelled checks, 1867-1875
(4 folders)
BOX 391 Account books
(14 vols. in 2 folders)
Accounts settled, L. T. Cowie, 1872-1874
Accounts, statutes, and commissions, 1866-1868
Small loans, 1823-1844
(3 folders)
Bank books and deposit slips, 1826-1835
BOX 392 Receipt book, 1822-1826
Vouchers, miscellaneous business matters, 1827-1828
Fee bills due, U.S. Supreme Court, 1857-1863
Memoranda of expenses and charges, 1861-1865
Charges against Treasury Department for services, 1867-1868
Private accounts, notes held by Cushing, 1867-1874
Insurance policies, 1867-1874
BOX 393-419 Printed Matter, circa 1820-1878
Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, magazines, and articles, some of which are annotated by Cushing and others that concern him.
Arranged in two groups as Newspaper Clippings and as Pamphlets, Magazines, and Articles. Two containers of the newspaper clippings are marked "personal" by Cushing.
BOX 393-417 Newspaper clippings, circa 1820-1878
BOX 418-419 Pamphlets, magazines, and articles
BOX 420 Addition, 1841-1853
Two items of correspondence.
BOX 420 Correspondence, 1841-1853
BOX OV 1-OV 4 Oversize, 1823-1874
Treaty, watercolor and ink sketches, maps, legal documents, and certificates of appointment, commission, citation, and membership.
Arranged according the series, container, and folder from which the documents were removed.
Microfilm edition available of the treaty of Wang Hiya (Wanghsia), 1844. Shelf no. 21,859.
BOX OV 1 Special Commissions File
1843-1845, China mission
Treaty of Wang Hiya, Chinese copy on silk (Container 164)
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 21859
BOX OV 2 Watercolor and ink sketches by George R. West (Container 164)
BOX OV 3 1865-1870, British and American Joint Commission, Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies' Claims
Maps (Container 175)
Legal File
Abel Stearns v. United States, exhibits (Container 306)
De Haro v. United States, exhibits (Container 307)
BOX OV 4 Miscellany
Personal
Appointment and award certificates, 1823-1874, undated (Container 376)
Commissions, citations, licenses, and membership certificates, 1823-1874, undated (Container 378)

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