1850s - 1860s ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS AND EPHEMERA BY AND TO A MASSACHUSETTS MATRIARCH AND MOTHER IN LAW OF THE NOTED DR. HENRY BLANCHARD

On offer is a modest archive of manuscript letters and ephemera handwritten by or related to Clarissa Foster (later Farmer) of Billerica Massachusetts who was the noted Dr. Henry Blanchard's mother-in law and the mother of Sarah Blanchard. ***WITH RECENT NEWLY UNCOVERED LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS. The heart of the group are three [3] autograph letters signed [ALS] dated 1853, 1858 and 1860, from Clarissa to her granddaughter Rebecca, to Mrs. Faulkner and her daughter Sarah [wife of Dr. Henry Blanchard]. ***Newly uncovered letters and documents added to the original archive include: a letter by Jno. Farmer; a letter by Rachel French to Jeremiah French; Four [4] letters by Clarissa Farmer and two [2] receipts.*** Other items include: an envelope containing dried flowers from Foster Farmers' grave - Clarissa's husband; receipts for feathers, sugar tongs, china, looking glass, silver and buttons; 3 signed documents which are covenants of belief of the Christ Church in Billerica, Massachusetts, which Clarissa has annotated on the 1809 version and signed the two 1815 versions; a 3-1/4 page inventory of the estate of Timothy Foster, dated 1815 [Clarissa's father?]; the will of Dr. Ladoc Howe, copied and signed by Clarissa [Foster] Farmer, 2.5 pgs., approx. 9.5 x 7.75 inches; and a one [1] page ALS from Charles Roundy of Salem, Mass, 1837, asking for Sarah to visit. [Charles Roundy is listed as a very successful ship captain in "The Old Time Ships of Salem"]. Overall G+.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, BILLERICA, DR. HENRY BLANCHARD, CLARISSA FARMER, BLANCHARD, BILLERICA, NEOPONSET, MASSACHUSETTS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, HANDWRITTEN, HAND WRITTEN, AUTOGRAPH, AUTOGRAPHS, SIGNED, LETTERS, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPT, MANUSCRIPTS, WRITERS, WRITER, AUTHOR, HOLOGRAPH, PERSONAL, AMERICANA, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, HECHO, VITELA,