1842-1902, undated
GUSN-179621
Series XVIII. Papers of Eliza Adams Little (1861-1959), 1842-1902, undated, includes letters received between 1842-1892, letters sent in 1892 (and some undated) and receipts dated 1888-1902. See also: calling card (#22.313). The series is arranged in two subseries according to material type.
correspondence
receipts (financial records)
3 folders
Paper finding aid available in Library and Archives
MS016
Little family papers
1986
MS016.18
Bequest
Newbury (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Little, Eliza (Adams), 1803-1900 (Correspondent)
correspondence
receipts (financial records)
First Church (Newbury, Mass.)
Subgroup
Eliza Adams Little was the only daughter of Edward Henry and Catherine Adams Little. She was born in 1861 and died in 1959. She was active in the First Church in Newbury, and was the initiator and co-editor of the history of the church prepared for its tercentenary in 1935. She stayed at the farm and helped raise her nieces Katherine Rebecca Little (1886-1907), Margaret Bradley Little (1888-1967), Frances Eliza Little (1890-1917), and Amelia Worth Little (1892-1986) and her nephew Albert Noyes Little (1894-1976).
This subgroup is arranged as follows:1. Correspondence, 1842-1892, undated2. Financial, 1888-1902
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