The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Stickney family                        

Title:               Papers,

Dates:             1846-1911

Call No.:         Col. 516

Acc. No.:         78x224.1-.10

Quantity:        10 items

Location:        4 D 2

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Nathaniel Stickney was a carpenter from Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the mid 19th century.  He was in business with Sumner Shepard until 1848.  Other members of the Stickney family, including Moses, Frederick, Katherine, and Helen, were apparent heirs to Nathaniel's estate.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This small collection contains items related to the estate of Nathaniel Stickney, 1846-1911.  Documents include mortgages, bonds, letters, a release of mortgage, and a list of tools.  The list of tools records saws, planes, gauges, framing chisels, mortising chisels, squares, a hatchet, etc.  Several documents relate to the transfer of land and estate property.              

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The items are in chronological order.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from N. D. Scotti.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Decedents' estates.

            Tools.

            Mortgages.

            Letters.

            Receipts (Acknowledgments).

            Deeds.

            Carpenters.

 

Authors:

            Stickney, Nathaniel.

            Stickney, Moses.

            Stickney, Frederick.

            Stickney, Katharine.

            Stickney, Helen.

            Shepherd, Sumner.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 4 D 2

 

.1       Receipted bill, Francis Winn to N. N. Stickney, for balance due on division of tools, etc., Cambridge, [Massachusetts], August 15, 1846.

.2       Mortgage, Nathaniel A. [or N.] Stickney, house carpenter, to Moses Stickney of Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine, assigning "goods, wares, and affects," Cambridge, Massachusetts], September 28, 1846.

          The following goods are specified: couch, carpets, chairs, tables, secretary, stoves, bedsteads and bedding, looking glasses, cracking glass, silver ware, timepiece.

          Witnessed by Lucius R. Paige, city clerk, and recorded in the Cambridge Registry of Mortgages on Sept. 30, 1846

.3a     Bond, Sumner P. Shepherd to pay Nathaniel N. Stickney, carpenter (formerly co­partner) for purchase of one undivided half of lot of land and carpenter shop, Cambridge [Massachusetts], April 20, 1848. 

The lot was located at the intersection of Bow Street and Mount Auburn Street in Old Cambridge; it had been purchased by Stickney and his partner Francis Winn through Augustine Heard, trustee of Elizabeth Newell, wife of Samuel Newell. 

.3b     List of tools, including planes, saws, bits, molding tools, chisels, a square, etc.  Paper bears address of Sumner P. Shepherd, Cambridge, Mass.

.3c     Note, "The Deed from Shepherd to Stickney I have mislaid but recorded July 16 [or 14], 1877."

.4       Receipt, Francis Winn to N. N. Stickney in settlement of all demands, Cambridge [Massachusetts], January 1, 1849.

.5       Bond, Moses Stickney, yeoman of Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine, to Nathaniel N. Stickney, carpenter, Cambridge [Massachu­setts], June 4, 1849.  Refers to lot mentioned in .3a, above.

.6       Quit-claim deed, Mary D. Brown of Belmont, widow, and Elizabeth L. Fuller of Cambridge, widow, to Nathaniel N. Stickney of Cambridge, lumber dealer, for property on Bow and Mount Auburn Streets, Cambridge [Massachusetts], December 4, 1863.

.7       Release of mortgage, Moses Stickney of Bridgton, Maine, to Helen M. Stickney (wife of Nathaniel N. Stickney), for "land with the buildings thereon," located on Bow Street, Cambridge [Massachusetts], March 29, 1878.

.8       Letter, Milbrey Green to Mr. Daly, re addresses of members of the Newell family, March 6 [1903?].

.9       Receipted bill, Stickney Estate from Augustine J. Daly and Francis J. Carney

for professional services rendered in the equity suit of Frederick N. Stickney et al against the heirs of Elizabeth Newell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 31, 1903.

 

Bound with seven-page itemized account.

.10       Discharge of mortgage, Florence S. Green and Katherine K. Stickney to Alfred

P. Green and Leslie S. Rogers, Executors of the will of Milbrey Green, Boston Massachusetts, June 1, 1911.