American Antiquarian Society Manuscript Collections NAME OF COLLECTION: LOCATION(S): Salisbury Family, Papers, 1674-1916 Mss. boxes "S" Octavo vols. "S" Folio vols. "S" Oversize vols. "S" SIZE OF COLLECTION: sixty-seven manuscript boxes; seventy-six octavo volumes; twenty-three folio volumes; one oversize volume (549 p.) SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON COLLECTION: See accompanying sheet(s) for additional information. SOURCE OF COLLECTION: Bequest of Stephen Salisbury III, 1906 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION: Nicholas Salisbury (1694-1748), the son of John Salisbury ( - ), who came from England and settled in Boston, Mass., was born on 20 August 1694. Nicholas was a merchant in Boston. He married, on 1 October 1724, Martha Saunders (1704-1792). They had eleven children, six of whom were alive when Nicholas died: Rebecca (1731–1811), who married Daniel Waldo (1724–1808) in 1757; Josiah (1734–1761); Samuel (1739–1818), who married Elizabeth Sewall (1750–1789) and then Abigail Snow in 1812; Elizabeth (1744–1798), who married Samuel Barrett (1738–1798); Sarah (1745–1828), who married Dr. Benjamin Green (1738-1824) in 1779; Stephen (1746–1829), who married Elizabeth Tuckerman (1768–1851) in 1797. Samuel Salisbury I (1739-1818), the son of Nicholas and Martha Saunders Salisbury, was an importer and merchant in Boston and was deacon of Boston's Old South Church for twenty-four years. He married Elizabeth Sewall (1750-1789) and after her death, he married Abigail Snow ( - ). Stephen Salisbury I (1746-1829), the son of Nicholas and Martha Saunders Salisbury, was born in Boston on 25 September 1746. He was in partnership with his brother, Samuel, importing hardware and merchandise from England and the West Indies. In 1767, Stephen came to Worcester, Mass. to establish a branch store that thrived due to his ability to cater to individuals as well as to other merchants. Stephen made Worcester his permanent home when in 1771 he purchased the farm adjacent to his store and built a large house there. He married, on 31 January 1797, Elizabeth Tuckerman (1768-1851), the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Tuckerman of Boston. They had one son, Stephen II. In politics Stephen I was a Whig and served on several committees during the American Revolution. Stephen Salisbury II (1798-1884), the son of Stephen and Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury, was born in Worcester on 8 March 1798. After attending local grammar schools and the Leicester Academy in Leicester, Mass., Stephen was graduated from Harvard College with honors in 1817. He studied law in the office of Samuel M'Gregore Burnside (1783-1850) and was admitted to the Worcester bar but chose instead a career in business and became one of the most influential local businessmen of his time. He was the treasurer of the Blackstone Canal Company and became president of the Worcester Bank in 1845, as well as a director and president of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad. Stephen built the factory known as Court Mills with buildings on Prescott Street, Union Street, and Grove Street, as well as numerous shops and houses in the Lincoln Square area of Worcester. He was a selectman and an alderman for Worcester and served as a state representative and senator. He was a member and served as a councilor and president of the American Antiquarian Society. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and served as a founder, benefactor, and the first president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In 1875, he was awarded the doctor of laws degree from Harvard and was named an overseer of that college. He married, on 7 November 1833, Rebekah Scott Dean (1812-1843), of Charlestown, N.H. They had one son, Stephen III. Stephen II married, in 1850, Nancy Hoard Lincoln (1820- 1852), the widow of Captain George Lincoln. He married, in 1855, Mary Grosvenor Bangs (1800-1864), the widow of Edward Dillingham Bangs (1790-1838). Stephen Salisbury II died, on 24 August 1884, in Worcester. Stephen Salisbury III (1835-1905), the son of Stephen and Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury, was born in Worcester on 31 March 1835. He attended various public and private schools. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1856 and continued his studies abroad in Berlin and Paris. Returning home in 1858, he entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1861. In 1862, he made the first of two visits to Central America to study the ruins of the Mayan Indians. Stephen had a wide range of business interests, serving as a trustee of the State Mutual Life Assurance Company, as a director and president of the Worcester National Bank, as a trustee and president of Worcester County Institution for Savings, and as a director of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company as well as of the Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad. He was active in local politics and served as a state senator, 1893-1895, becoming chairman of several committees. Stephen supported numerous charitable and educational institutions and donated large sums of money to, among others, the Worcester Lyceum, Natural History Society, Worcester County Agricultural Society, the Music Hall Association, the Memorial Hospital, St. Vincent Hospital, the Peabody Museum at Harvard, the Massachusetts Historical Society, Worcester City Hospital, Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Worcester Art Museum. The organization to which he was most attached was the American Antiquarian Society of which he became a member in 1863 and for which he served as a councilor and president from 1887 until his death. He wrote several articles on Central American archaeology and other subjects that were published in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. He never married and died, in Worcester, on 16 November 1905. This extensive collection concerns the Salisbury family whose members lived in Boston and Worcester, Mass., during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Important family figures represented in the collection are Nicholas Salisbury, his wife Martha Saunders Salisbury, and their two sons Samuel I and Stephen I; Stephen I's wife Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury and their son Stephen II; Stephen II's wife Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury and their son Stephen III, Stephen II's second wife Nancy Hoard Lincoln Salisbury, and Stephen II's third wife Mary Grosvenor Bangs Salisbury. There is also substantial material from members of the extended family, including Daniel Waldo (1724-1808), Samuel Barrett (1738-1798), and Benjamin Greene (1715-1776), brothers-in-law of Samuel Salisbury I and Stephen Salisbury I; Edward Tuckerman II (1775-1843), George Washington Tuckerman (1775?-1837), and Gustavus Tuckerman I (1785-1860), brothers of Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury; Waldo Flint (1794-1879) and his wife Catharine Dean Flint (1802-1869), sister of Rebekah Scott Dean Salisbury; and, Georgianna DeVillers Lincoln (1840- 1861), daughter of Nancy Hoard Lincoln Salisbury. The papers of Nicholas and Martha Saunders Salisbury include deeds, wills, powers of attorney, and business papers. There are also two receipt books, 1725-1784, and account book, 1753-1773, and a 1793 inventory of the estate of Martha Saunders Salisbury. The papers of Samuel Salisbury I include deeds, powers of attorney, indentures, and other legal documents. There are also bills, receipts, and business correspondence between him and his customers and wholesalers in England. There is considerable business and family correspondence with his brother Stephen Salisbury I which offers extensive political, financial, religious, and social commentary. Business and family correspondence with his brothers-in-law, the merchants Daniel Waldo, Samuel Barrett, and Benjamin Greene, is also included. There are also two journals, 1769- 1775, which Samuel I kept while on a tour of England. The papers of Stephen Salisbury I include powers of attorney, indentures, deeds (including the deed for the Salisbury farm from John Hancock), and other legal documents. The business papers include orders, receipts, and requests for loans from customers. There is also correspondence to wholesalers in England and other merchants and manufacturers in America. There is extensive correspondence with his brother Samuel I, including requests for goods, money, advice, and information, as well as family correspondence and commentary on political and social developments before, during, and after the American Revolution. There is business and family correspondence with his brothers-in-law, the merchants Daniel Waldo, Samuel Barrett, Benjamin Greene, and Edward Tuckerman II. There is also business correspondence with Josiah Salisbury II (1781-1826) and Cleveland and Fling Company who managed Stephen I's investments. Family correspondence includes that with his wife Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury and with her brothers Henry Harris Tuckerman (1783-1860), George Washington Tuckerman, and Gustavus Tuckerman I. Correspondence with his son Stephen Salisbury II especially concerned Stephen II's education at Leicester Academy, and at Harvard College. Furthermore, there are ledgers, account books, and inventory books dated 1757-1814 for Samuel I's and Stephen I's Boston and Worcester stores; Stephen I's farm account books, 1797-1829, bank books for 1812-1829, legal notes for the years 1798-1805, and estate account books, 1827-1831; and plans, sketches, and accounts for the Worcester store, farm, and mansion. The papers of Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury include correspondence with her husband Stephen I and with her son Stephen II as well as with her brothers Edward Tuckerman II, George Washington Tuckerman, the Reverend Joseph Tuckerman (1778-1840), Henry Harris Tuckerman, and Gustavus Tuckerman, and their wives. In addition, there is correspondence to the Reverend Charles Augustus Goodrich (1790-1862) requesting his dismissal from the Old South Church of Worcester. There are also household account books, 1828-1851, diaries for the years 1837-1839 and 1841-1849, and a record of Stephen II's correspondence from Europe, 1841-1849. The papers of Stephen Salisbury II include legal, business, financial, family, personal, and philanthropic correspondence. There are numerous receipts, bills, and orders for goods.