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James Fowler Simmons papers, 1771-1939

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BOX 1-10 Family Correspondence, 1792-1939
Correspondence between James Fowler Simmons and his son, Walter C. Simmons, and between other family members.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 Between Simmons and Walter C. Simmons (son)
BOX 1 1838-1842
BOX 2 1842-1844
BOX 3 1844-1846
BOX 4 1847-1858
BOX 5 1859-1861
BOX 6 1792-1833
BOX 7 1834-1842
BOX 8 1843-1849
BOX 9 1850-1860
BOX 10 Between other family members, 1861-1939, undated
BOX 11-26 General Correspondence, 1788-1864
Primarily letters received, with some drafts of letters sent.
Arranged chronologically to the month.
BOX 11 1788-1840
BOX 12 1841
BOX 12 Jan.-June
BOX 13 July-Dec.
BOX 14 1842
BOX 15 Jan.-Mar.
BOX 16 Apr.-June
BOX 16 July-Dec.
BOX 17 1843
BOX 17 1844
BOX 17 Jan.-May
BOX 18 June-Dec.
BOX 18 1845
BOX 18 Jan.-Mar.
BOX 19 Apr.-Dec.
BOX 19 1846
BOX 19 Jan.-Apr.
BOX 20 May-Dec.
BOX 20 1847
BOX 21 1848-1857
BOX 22 1858
BOX 23 1859
BOX 23 1860
BOX 23 Jan.-Apr.
BOX 24 May-Dec.
BOX 24 1861
BOX 24 Jan.-Apr.
BOX 25 May-Dec.
BOX 26 1862-1864, undated
BOX 27-47 Financial Papers, 1794-1869
Business correspondence, 1815-1869, consisting primarily of letters sent to and received from James Fowler Simmons and his son, Walter C. Simmons, concerning the cotton manufacturing business; and business papers, 1794-1869, including bills, bills of lading, receipts, invoices, bank notes, and an account book stemming from the cotton manufacturing business.
Arranged chronologically by year within the two groups.
BOX 27 Business correspondence
BOX 27 1815-1830
BOX 28 1832-1842
BOX 29 1843-1844
BOX 30 1844-1846
BOX 31 1847-1848
BOX 32 1849-1850
BOX 33 1851-1869
BOX 34 Business papers
BOX 34 1794-1817
BOX 35 1817-1821
BOX 36 1822-1835
BOX 37 1836-1843
BOX 38 1844
BOX 39 1845
BOX 40 1846
BOX 41 1846-1849
BOX 42-43 1849
BOX 44-45 1850
BOX 46 1851-1859
BOX 47 1860-1869, undated
BOX 48-53 Miscellany, 1771-1909
Calling cards, a journal, legal papers, memo book, notes, drafts of reports, photographs, and speeches.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically by year.
BOX 48 Calling cards
BOX 48 Journal, 1818
BOX 48 Legal papers, 1771-1909
BOX 48 Memorandum book (Davis Simmons), 1798
BOX 49 Notes and drafts of reports
BOX 49 Blackstone Canal, 1823-1849
BOX 49 Cheap postage, 1845
BOX 49 Tariff, export-import, manufacturing
BOX 49 1835-1862
BOX 50 Undated
BOX 51 Miscellaneous material
BOX 51 1818-1880
BOX 51 Undated
BOX 52 Undated
BOX 53 Undated
BOX 53 Photographs
BOX 53 Speeches
BOX 53 1841, July 2, Bank of the United States
BOX 53 1842, Mar. 11, resolutions of Henry Clay
BOX 53 1844, Mar. 27, duties on imports
BOX 53 1845, Feb. 6, uniform rate of postage
BOX 53 1847, Feb. 20, Mexican War
BOX 53 1861, Jan. 16, state of the Union
BOX 53 Cloth samples
BOX 54-58 Printed Matter, 1808-1931
Circulars, handbills, and reports, 1817-1875, and newspapers, 1808-1931.
Arranged by type of material and therein chronologically by year.
BOX 54 Circulars, handbills, and reports
BOX 54 1817-1854
BOX 55 1856-1869
BOX 56 1875, undated
BOX 57 Newspapers
BOX 57 1808-1857
BOX 58 1858-1931, undated

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