Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1728-1903
GUSN-175479
Series XIII. Papers of Catherine Adams Little, (1823-1923), 1728-1903, includes letters received in the 1890s, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, and a letter from Ebenezer Adams (1853). Financial materials include household receipts (1900). Legal materials include a deed of division (Abraham Adams, 1728), a plot plan (estate of Daniel Adams 1728), and probate (designation of Catherine as guardian of Daniel and Eliza 1878). The series is arranged in three subseries according to material type.
housebooks
correspondence
receipts (financial records)
deeds
site plans
financial records
legal documents
10 folders
Paper finding aid available in Library and Archives
MS016
Little family papers
1986
MS016.13
Bequest
Little, Catherine Adams, 1823-1923 (Recipient)
correspondence
receipts (financial records)
deeds
site plans
financial records
legal documents
Subgroup
Born in 1823, Catherine Adams Little married Edward Henry Little on March 21, 1850. She outlived her husband by nearly 50 years and died in 1923 at the age of 99. Remembered as a person of strong character by many who knew her, Catherine Little was the cornerstone of the extended family that occupied and visited the house in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
This subgroup is arranged in the following series:1. Correspondence, 1853, 1890s-19032. Financial records, 19003. Legal papers, 1728, 1843, 1878
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
