The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur,
Delaware 19735
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OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Parkman, Samuel,
1816-1854.
Title: Bills and papers
Dates: 1848-1864
Call No.: Col. 707
Acc. No.: 03x98; 06x81
Quantity: 76 items
Location: 34 J 4
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Samuel Parkman, a physician, was a resident of
Boston, Massachusetts. He was born in
1816, the son of Mary Bromfield Mason and Samuel Henry Parkman, a
merchant. He attended Harvard
University. In 1849, he married Mary
Eliot Dwight (1821-1879), the daughter of Mary Harrison Eliot and Edmund
Dwight. Dr. and Mrs. Parkman lived on
Tremont Street, and they had two children, Henry (1850-1924; married Frances
Parker) and Ellen Twistleton (1853-1930; married William W. Vaughan). Dr. Parkman died in December 1854, after
contracting typhoid fever from one of his patients. Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman died on December 8,
1879, while living at 16 Brimmer Street.
Edmund Dwight (1780-1849) was a merchant in
Boston. He married Mary Harrison Eliot
(1788-1846), and they had ten children.
Their daughter Mary Eliot Dwight married Dr. Samuel Parkman. In 1839, their daughter Anna Cabot Lowell
Dwight (1818-1880) married Charles Henry Mills (1813-1872). In 1850, their daughter Sophia (1823-1879)
married John Wells (who became a judge).
In 1852, their daughter Ellen (1828-1862) married the Honorable Edward
Turner Boyd Twistleton of Great Britain.
In 1857, their daughter Elizabeth (1830-1901) married James Eliot
Cabot. The other children were Samuel
Eliot (1810-1831), Henry (born and died 1812), Charles Eliot (1814-1825),
Catherine (1816-1835), and Edmund (1824-1900; he married Ellen Coolidge in
January 1855).
Edward Turner Boyd Twistleton was a son of Anna Ashe
(1771-1860) and Thomas James Twistleton (1770-1824), who was archdeacon of
Columbo (in Ceylon, where the Rev. Twistleton died). Edward was born in Ceylon in 1809, and died
in France in 1874. Edward was a
barrister, and he served as a Poor Law Commissioner. Thomas James Twistleton was a son of the 13th
Baron Saye and Sele.
Footnotes to the biographical statement: Dr. Samuel
Parkman was the nephew of George Parkman, who was murdered by Harvard professor
John W. Webster in 1849, a notorious case in the annals of Cambridge. Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman had a first cousin
also named Mary Eliot Dwight (1817-1890).
The older cousin was the daughter of the Reverend Henry Dwight of Utica,
New York. She married Henry Lathrop
Young (1818-1900), and among her children was William H. Young. Letters to William Young’s wife Martha Innis
Young are found in Col. 810 at this repository.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Series I is collection of documents, mostly bills,
the largest single part of which are bills sent to Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Parkman
of Boston. However, the collection also
contains bills, calling cards, and trade cards relating to other people, mostly
members of the Dwight family (Mrs. Parkman’s maiden name was Dwight). The Parkmans bought gloves, fabrics, picture
frames, an umbrella, articles of clothing (mostly masculine), silverware, boots
and shoes, and other personal items. As
well, there is a certificate of membership for Dr. Parkman in the Boston Young
Men’s Christian Union; a note in German (which mentions the Hon. Edward Twistleton);
a bill to Mrs. Parkman for her stay in a hotel in Florence, Italy, in 1864; and
a bill addressed to P. M. Parkman for duty on porcelain imported from
China. Also included is a calling card
for Mrs. and Miss Parkman.
Series I also includes some bills to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Mills of Boston, Miss Dwight of Boston, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. E.
Twistleton of London, and other miscellaneous bills. The bills to Mr. and Mrs. Mills are for
fabric, a mantilla, table linens, and for the making of shirts, nightgowns,
drawers, and chemises. Miss Dwight
purchased table linens, a collar, a cap, a lace cape, edging, a secretary,
blankets, and fabric. (Miss Dwight was
undoubtedly Mary Eliot Dwight, and she was purchasing items for her new home
with Dr. Parkman.) The Twistletons
purchased table and bed linens (some noted as being for servants’ use) in
London, and porcelain in Paris. A note
to Mrs. Twistleton from the office of the Court Journal requests a description
of the dress she plans to wear to a “drawing room” (an appearance at court).
The miscellaneous items in Series I include undated
hotel bills (with no name attached to them); a note about prices of furniture
available from Miles & Edwards and from Gillow; calling cards and trade
cards, many from Paris; price lists from companies in Paris that rented linens
and tablewares; a form letter about liveries for servants; a blank sheet of
embossed paper; a few miscellaneous bills; and a letter in French.
The second series, accession 06x81, includes house
construction bills sent to Mrs. Mary Dwight Parkman, 1858-1864. The bills relate to the construction of a
house at 106 Bolyston Street, Boston, for Mary E. Parkman, in 1858. She purchased the lot from the Boston Water
Power Co. Her attorney was Henry Lee,
Jr. The architects were Edward C. Cabot
and F. H. Jackson. The builders were
Robert T. Bourn (sometimes spelled Bourne) and William Leavitt. Bills from the stone mason are also
found. One bill from Bourn & Leavitt
detailed the charges for extra work or changes made to the original agreement. After 1859, Bourn & Leavitt submitted
several more bills for additional work done, including the building of a shed
and various repairs. Two tax bills are
included, one for state and local and the other for federal taxes. A note from F. H. Jackson assures Mrs. Parkman’s
attorney that a small crack in the façade was no cause for alarm.
ORGANIZATION
The items are divided into two series, by accession
number. The documents in accession 03x98
(Series I) are divided by the family to
which they relate, with the miscellaneous items at the end. Accession 06x81 forms Series II; this series
was formerly Col. 793 at this repository.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English, with one document in
German, and several in French.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Accession 03x98: purchased from Peter L. Masi.
Accession 06x81: purchased from Charles B. Wood III,
Inc. (These materials were originally a
separate collection, Col. 793, but the
two collections were joined in 2020.)
RELATED
MATERIAL
The library of the Harvard University School of
Medicine holds a collection of letters to and from Dr. Samuel Parkman.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Dwight family.
Twistleton
family.
Topics:
Gillow & Co.
Boston Young
Men’s Christian Union.
Boots – Prices.
China trade
porcelain.
Clothing and
dress – Repairs.
Courts and
courtiers.
Domestics -
Great Britain.
Furniture -
Great Britain - Prices.
Hotels - Prices.
Household linens
- Prices - 19th century.
Livery.
Men’s clothing.
Porcelain -
Prices - 19th century.
Sewing.
Shoes - Prices.
Silverware -
Prices.
Voyages and
travels.
Bills of sale.
Calling
cards.
Trade
cards.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 J
4
Series I: bills
and papers
All accession
numbers in this series begin with 03x98.
Folder 1:
Parkman family
.1 calling card for Mrs. S. Parkman and
Miss Parkman, with the address 3 Rutland Gate handwritten on it
.2 to Dr. Parkman, from John P. Rice,
Boston, Jan. 17, 1849: for kid and lined gloves, linen bosom shirt, muslin
cravats, lisle something gloves, with credit given for a returned cravat;
Printed billhead:
importer of European goods, and dealer in every variety of furnishing articles
.3 to Mrs. S. Parkman, Jr., from Geo. W.
Warren & Co., May 16, 1849, for foulard;
Printed billhead:
foreign and domestic dry goods
.4 to Mrs. Parkman, from Paton & Co.,
New York, June 16, 1849, for chintz;
Printed billhead:
curtain material, furniture coverings, damask table linen, diapers, sheetings,
blankets, quilts, linen, flannels, &c.
.5 to Dr. Parkman, from Arnaud &
Coombs, Boston, July 23, 1849: for picture frame, oval top frame, and picture
glass;
Printed billhead:
looking glass, portrait and picture frames
.6 to Dr. Parkman from John H. Rogers,
Dept.-Dec. 1849, for repairing boots and a pair of buck moccasins
.7 to Dr. Parkman, from George W. Heard,
Boston, Jan. 14, 1850: for shirts, pair of braces, buttons, driving gloves,
silk gloves, and for altering shirts and putting new bosoms to shirts;
Printed billhead: dealer
in every variety of gentlemen’s furnishing goods, such as ready made linen,
gloves, hosiery, scarfs and cravats, &c, &c
.8 note: Adalbert Alexander Dieffenbach
promises to pay Dr. Parkman $10.75 as soon as possible, Boston, March 18, 1850
.9 to Dr. Parkman from E. H. Wade, April
4, 1850, for an umbrella
.10 to Dr. Parkman from L.A. Huntington,
Boston, July 1, 1850, for ribbed doe pants, cashmere vest, green frock coat,
white drill pants, buff and figured vests, dress pants; and for repairing
clothing: adding new sleeve lining to black dress coat, putting new seat to a
pair of pants, and repairing sack coat and mixed frock coat;
Printed billhead:
merchant tailor
.11 to Dr. Parkman from Newell Harding,
Boston, Oct. 26, 1850, for silver table and dessert spoons, butter ladles,
sugar sifter, and threaded dessert forks, plus engraving them
.12 to Dr. Parkman, from Arnaud & Coombs,
Boston, Nov. 7, 1850: for picture frames, and setting glass in miniature;
Printed billhead:
looking glass, portrait and picture frames
.13 to Dr. Parkman from Newell Harding,
Boston, Nov. 25, 1850, for engraved table spoons, threaded table and dessert
forks, engraved salt spoons, sugar tongs, and knife rests
.14 to Dr. Parkman, from George W. Heard,
Boston, Jan. 27, 1851: for kid, silk, and driving gloves; and a cravat and
cravat pad;
Printed billhead: dealer
in every variety of gentlemen’s furnishing goods, such as ready made linen,
gloves, hosiery, scarfs and cravats, &c, &c.
.15 to Dr. Parkman from John C. Chaffin,
Boston, March 1, 1851, for a Grenadine silk cravat;
Printed billhead:
importer of gloves, hosiery, cravats, braces, &c., and dealer in every
variety of gentlemen’s furnishing articles
.16 to Dr. Parkman from Enoch Train &
Co., Boston, April 7, 1851, for one chaldron cannel coat;
Printed form
.17 to Dr. Parkman, from George W. Heard,
Boston, July 5, 1851: for cravats, bathing cap,
driving and kid gloves, braces, glove stretchers, Jonville[?] scarf;
Printed billhead: dealer
in every variety of gentlemen’s furnishing goods, such as ready made linen,
gloves, hosiery, scarfs and cravats, &c, &c.
.18 “charges on 1 case china ware [illegible]
ship “Reindeer” from Canton and forwarded to Boston for account and risk of P.
M. Parkman, Esq.”
With charges for duty,
Custom House fees, cartage to Boston boat, freight from Canton, New York, March
31, 1853, W. A. Sa[illegible];
This record notes the
mark on the case as S.H. Parkman; P.M. Parkman paid on April 1, 1953 [although
the year looks like it could read 1800]
.19 to Dr. Parkman from I. M. Rice, Boston,
July 1, 1853, for boots, gaiters, French shoes, low cut calf shoes, and for
repairs;
Printed billhead:
ladies’ and gentlemen’s boots, shoes, and slippers, [etc.]; firm named altered
from Brett & Rice to I. M. Rice
.20 to Dr. Parkman, from George W. Heard,
Boston, Aug. 26, 1853: for cravat pad, Jonville[?] scarf, gloves, vests, hose,
shirts, etc.;
Printed billhead: dealer
in every variety of gentlemen’s furnishing goods, such as ready made linen,
gloves, hosiery, scarfs and cravats, &c, &c.
.21 membership notice: Dr. S. Parkman is a
member of the Young Men’s Christian Union, Boston, April 19, 1854;
Printed form
.22 to Dr. Parkman from Israel M. Rice,
Boston, July 1, 1854, for boots, gaiters, shoes;
Printed billhead: importer
of French boots and shoes, and Bordeaux calf-skins – manufacturer to order of
gentlemen’s fine boots, shoes, gaiters, and toilet slippers;
.23 to Mrs. Dr. S. Parkman, from Sam’l T.
Crosby, Boston, July 1, 1854 [full year from back]: for repairing buttons,
silver rattle, jewelry, pearl ring; with credit given for old silver, and for
exchange of a cuff pin;
Printed billhead: fine
English and French watches, gold chains, clocks, music boxes, fancy goods,
plated and Britannia wares; manufacturer of sterling silver ware and fine
jewelry
.24 note from Friederich Thomae, Frankfort,
Sept. 17, 1863, mentioning Frau Parkman from America, and the address of Edward
Twistleton, 3 Rutland Gate, Hyde Park, London;
Endorsed on back:
Thomae’s receipt for trunk in London, Sept. 1863
.25 to Mme Parkman from A La Couronne
D’Italie, Florence, for stay from May 20-26, 1864, including charges for meals,
a lamp, coffee, lodging, etc.; the bill is in French;
Printed billhead: Hotel
et Pension, [etc.];
Endorsed on back: a week
in Florence coming up from Rome in May 1864, after 5 months, 69 years ago, 1933
Folder 2: Mills, Dwight, and Twistleton families
[In 1839, Charles
Henry Mills (1813-1872) married Anna Cabot Lowell Dwight (1818-1880), a sister
of Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman.]
[In 1852, Mary
Eliot Dwight Parkman’s sister Ellen Dwight (1828-1862) married the Hon. Edward
T. B. Twistleton of Great Britain.]
.26 to Chas. H. Mills, from Benj. & E.
Jacobs & Co., Boston, July 21, 1848; for yards of linen and cotton;
Printed billhead: family
linen and housekeeping establishment, [also lawn handkerchiefs, flannels,
blankets, and quilts, etc.]
.27 bill for making 6 shirts at 75 cents
each; endorsed on back: Miss Hovey, Sep. 25th 1848
.28 to Mrs. Mills from A. M. Baxter, Boston,
Oct. 5, 1848, for making nine chemises and for sewing cotton [thread]; payment
received by Elizabeth J. Baxter
.29 to Mrs. Mills, from Alex. T. Stewart
& Co., New York, Jan. 31, 1848 or 1849 [both dates appear]: for a mantilla;
Printed billhead
.30 to Mrs. Mills from E. J. Baxter, Boston,
March 10, 1849, for making six nightgowns and for sewing cotton [thread];
payment received by A. M. Baxter
.31 to Mrs. Mills from Harriet Appleton,
March 12, 1849: for linen and cotton bed sheets, pillowcases, bolster cases,
table cloths, napkins, overlay, and buttons
.32 to Mrs. Mills from R. F. Hovey, Jan. 16,
18 [on back], for making pairs of drawers, and for 2 spools of cotton
.33 to Miss Dwight from C. C. Holbrook,
Oct.-Nov. 1848, for edging and linen something,
.34 to Miss Dwight from Paton & Co., New
York, 1849, for damask cloths, napkins, overlay, chintz, etc.
Printed billhead:
curtain material, furniture coverings, damask table linen, diapers, sheetings,
blankets, quilts, linen, flannels, &c.
.35 to Miss Dwight from Daniell & Co.,
Boston, Jan. 23, 1849, for Waltham cotton;
Printed billhead: silks,
linens, shawls, alepines, quilts, blankets, cottons, flannels, house-keeping
articles, and mourning goods;
Endorsed on back:
“unbleached cotton for 18 pillow cases”
.36 to Mrs. Dwight, 228 Irving House, from
Thomas Shepherd, New York, Jan. 31, 1849, for collar, cap, lace cape
Printed billhead
.37 to Miss Dwight from Levi Ruggles, Boston,
Feb. 10, 1849, for secretary;
With note: Please pay the
above, S. Parkman, James R. Mills & Co.
.38 to Miss Dwight, from Benj. & E.
Jacobs & Co., Boston, Feb. 20, 1849; for yards of damask, brown cloth,
doilies, plaid something, blankets, bird’s eye diaper;
Printed billhead: linen
goods and housekeeping articles, [also lawn handkerchiefs, flannels, blankets,
and quilts, etc.]
.39 to Miss M. Dwight, from Mrs. Sarah A.
Savels, Feb. 22, 1849, for cutting and making three French night-dresses, plus
three night-dresses with yokes, and sewing cotton
.40 to Miss Dwight, from J. Danforth,
Manchester, March 9, 1849, for 6 rose top chairs in plush and 6 plan stuffed
French chairs;
[the bill was originally
addressed to Dr. S. Parkman, but his name was crossed out and Miss Dwight was
substituted]
.41 to Miss Mary Dwight, from Lawson &
Harrington, Boston, March 16, 1849, for yards of fringe and bordering, and
pounds of hair;
Printed billhead:
upholsterers, manufacturers and importers of fashionable furniture, upholstery
goods and trimmings; … mattresses and bedding, window shades …, shades, wire
screens, &c. painted to order….
.42 to Miss Dwight, from Chas. A. Bandouine,
Boston, April 11, 1848, for spring and thin mattresses, and for boxing them;
[the bill was originally
addressed to Dr. S. Parkman, but his name was crossed out and Miss Dwight was
substituted]
.43 to Miss Dwight from Paton & Co., New
York, June 1, 1849, for yards of shade chintz;
Printed billhead:
curtain material, furniture coverings, damask table linen, diapers, sheetings,
blankets, quilts, linen, flannels, &c.
.44 to Miss Dwight, from Sarah W. Davis, May
7, 1849, for washing[?]
.45 to the Honble E. Twistleton, from John
Wilson & Sons, London, Dec. 2, 1854, for pillowcases (some for servants),
bolster cases, tablecloths (some for servants) and napkins, pastry and fish
napkins, Wellington huckaback, twilled dusters, etc.
Printed billhead
.46 to Madame Twistleton, from Maison Toy,
Paris, March 1855, endorsed on back as “estimate of dinner service,” two lists,
one headed “service de table filet …” and the other headed “service de
dessert”;
Printed billhead: depot
special de porcelains anglaises, [with lists of articles available, including
French porcelain and crystal]
.47 printed form letter to the Hon. Mrs.
Twistleton, from Court Journal Office, no date, requesting that she send the
publication a description of the costume she plans to wear at the Drawing Room
of Thursday next;
Printed letter, with
seal of Great Britain
Folder 3: miscellaneous documents
.48 bill from Marsh, Bell Hotel, Gloucester,
no date; with a British revenue stamp
.49 bill from Beaufort Arms, Tintern Abbey,
no date, for bread and cheese, cold meat, and ale
.50 bill from The George, Glastonbury, no
date, for dinners, bread, and milk
.51 bill from John Archer, Foley Arms Hotel,
Malvern, June 9, no year, for bed and sitting rooms, servants board,
attendance, luncheons, ale, etc.
.52 bill from Royal Hotel, Clevedon[?], June
5-6, for teas, lights, breakfast, luncheons, ale, attendance, etc.
.53 the name Honble. Mrs. G. Murray Smith
written on stationery of Gumley Hall, Market Harborough
.54 “pieces of furniture, March 1855”: lists
furniture and prices:
from Miles &
Edwards: washstands, birch wardrobe with looking glass, toilet table and glass,
stand for portfolios, towel stand, chintzes;
from Gillows:
washstand, b.w. &c [birch wardrobe, &c], t.t. & glass [toilet
table], small and large sofas, plain round table
.55 printed calling card: Madame Mazzuchi
Allard, 57 Corso Re Umberto; with Turin added in ink
.56 calling card (hand-written): Mme de
Callias, 18, rue Montolivet, Fbg St. Honoré;
On verso: Madame
Eseallier[?], 83, rue Note Dame des Champs
.57 printed trade card: Mmme Clinard, robes
et confections, Rue St. Honoré 414
.58 printed trade card: Daux-Bryard, loueur
de voitures de remises, [etc.], Paris
.59 printed calling card: Dr. Ed. Fredet,
professeur hon.real Ecole de Medicine de Clermont, Vic-Consul d’Espagne, Royat;
with his addressed added in ink
.60 printed trade card: Mlles Lepinier, modes
& coiffures, … Paris
.61 printed trade card: Vve Leroy,
confections, dentelles, robes unies et brodeer, commission
.62 printed calling card: G. A. Mazzuchi
.63 printed trade card: Meroni Antonia,
manifattura de merletti a fuselli, [etc.], Cantu, Lombardia; illustrated with
medals won at various exhibitions, 1881-1893;
On back: calculations
and Hotel Royal
.64 printed trade card: Mme Reichling,
couturiere en robes
.65 printed trade card: Rene, importer and
esginer of high glass millinery, … Boston, New York, Newport
.66 top part of printed billhead or
lettersheet: Spanish Depot, wholesale & retail lace &outfitting
warehouse, … [address in London]
.67 blank embossed note paper
.68 advertisement: Maison Armandias, linge,
argenterie, services de table, [Paris], with price lists of linens for one and
two weeks [presumably for renting or washing said linen], and prices of
“couverts” for a month;
printed
.69-.70 advertisement: Maison Pillon Pillot
& Coumbus, services de table, bals & soirées [Paris], with price lists
of linens for one, two, or four weeks [presumably for renting or washing said
linen], and prices of “argenterie” for a month;
printed
.71 printed letter from H. & G. Fletcher,
London, no date: enclosing estimate for livery for servants [unfortunately, the
estimate is no longer with this letter]
.72 advertisement: John Wilson & Sons,
London: list of goods available (table linens, handkerchiefs, towels, dusters,
carpet covers, bed tickens, quilts, long cloths, window muslins, etc., etc.,
etc.; also goods for charities (blankets, rugs, Welch flannels, etc.);
Printed;
Endorsed on back:
Wilson’s list of stock
.73 bill to unknown person from E. Hooper,
endorsed on back: Marblehead week, Dec. 10th, 1848; for making two
caps, six flannel petticoatds, saddlers silk and sewing silk; with note: “The
Money may be sent to Dr. Hoopers,44 Summer Street, directed to Miss Hooper.”
.74 receipt: Edna Little received money from
Alvan Dodge for Nathaniel Little, Newbury, Sept. 23, 1853
.75 on one side: notes about 2 dozen large, 2
dozen small, 2 pairs of two other things;
On other side: “estimate of Ellen
Coolidge’s cutlery, Thornhill, Nov. ’54, London”
[Ellen Coolidge married
Edmund Dwight (1824-1900) in January 1855.]
.76 letter, to Madame, from Pagani, Paris,
March 22, 1855: letter is in French
Series II: Mrs. Parkman’s house construction bills
All accession numbers in this series begin with
06x81.
This series was formerly Col. 793 at this
repository. The two collections were
joined in 2020.
Folder 4:
06x81.1 receipt: Henry Lee, Jr., attorney for
Mrs. M. E. Parkman, paid William Minor, Jr., for services in examination of
records and deed of land on Boylston Street purchased from Boston Water Power
Co., and for examination of title and deed of back wall adjoining that land,
purchased from Lafayette Burnham; and for registering deed from Burnham; June
11-July 9, 1858
06x81.2 receipt: Mr. Lee, attorney for Mrs.
Parkman, paid Jesse Boynton for piles, labor of workers, and for machine
hoisting stone, July 23, 1858; approved by F. H. Jackson
06x81.3 receipt: Henry Lee, Jr., attorney for
Mary E. Parkman, paid Luther L. White, for recording deed from Boston Water
Power Co., Aug. 20, 1858
06x81.4 articles of agreement between Mrs.
Mary E. Parkman and Messrs Bourn & Leavitt, builders, Sept. 6, 1858: this
contract names F. H. Jackson as the architect; the contract specifies when
payments are due (after second floor laid, after fourth floor laid, after
building is plastered, etc.); Mrs. Parkman, Robert T. Bourn, and William
Leavitt all signed the document;
Printed form
06x81.5 short note from F. H. Jackson, architect,
to Henry Lee, Jr., agent for Mrs. Mary E. Parkman, Sept. 6, 1858: Bourn and
Leavitt have completed second floor and are entitled to a payment
06x81.6a survey of cellar stone laid by Layward
& Lothrop, signed by William Sparrell, surveyor, Boston, Sept. 6, 1858;
endorsed on back: Mrs. Parkman’s house; this is attached to acc. 06x81.6b
06x81.6b receipt: Layward & Lothrop were
paid by Bourn & Leavitt for excavation work, mason’s work, and for block
stones, Sept. 23, 1858; approved by F. H. Jackson, Nov. 15, 1858; acc. 06x81.6a
is attached to this
06x81.7 receipt: Bourn & Leavitt were
paid by Henry Lee, Jr., for wok on Mrs. Parkman’s house, Boston, Sept. 7, 1858;
Printed form, with
decorative border, from C.K. Darling [stationer]
06x81.8 wrapper, on which is written Bourn
& Leavitt’s receipts for payments on house, 1858, Sept. 7, 1.000 [$1000]
06x81.9 receipt: Edw. C. Cabot was paid by
Mr. H. Lee, Jr., for commission on Mrs. Parkman’s house, Boston, Sept. 17, 1858
06x81.10 short note, F. H. Jackson, architect,
Boston, Sept. 16, 1858, to Henry Lee, Jr., agent for Mrs. M. B.[sic] Parkman:
fourth floor completed and Bourn & Leavitt entitled to a payment;
On back: endorsed with
above information
.06x81.11 receipt: Bourn & Leavitt were paid
by Henry Lee, Jr., for wok on Mrs. Parkman’s house, Boston, Sept. 18, 1858;
Printed form, from Chas.
K. Darling, stationer
06x81.12 letter from W. J. White[illegible],
Boston Water Power Office, September 28m 1858, to Henry Lee, Jr.: responding to
his complaint that lots similar to Mrs. Parkman’s were sold at a lesser price;
she paid the rate prevailing at the time of her purchase
06x81.13 letter from F. H. Jackson, no date, to
Henry Lee, Jr.: the cracks arise from settling of arch stone [includes sketch
of this] and are no cause for alarm; a new face brick will be placed over door and the other will be easily
remedied
06x81.14 receipt: E. C. Cabot, Boston, Oct. 1,
1858, was paid by Mrs. Parkman for drawing and specifications of the house
06x81.15 short note, F. H. Jackson, architect,
Boston, Oct. 19, 1858, to Henry Lee, Jr: roof completed and Bourn & Leavitt
entitled to a payment;
On back: receipt: Bourn
& Leavitt acknowledge they received payment for Mrs. Parkman’s house
06x81.16 receipt: E. C. Cabot, Boston, Nov.
51858, was paid by Mrs. Parkman for drawing and specifications of the house
[she is paying his fee over time]
06x81.17 bill from Bourn & Leavitt, Boston,
1859, to Mrs. Mary E. Parkman: details of building her house; initial cost was
$9363, and this details extra charges, such as additional foundation
work;;building a party wall; a different furnace and range; additional
ventilators in fireplaces; extra glass for doors and windows; a recess in front
parlor and an arch in dining room; installing picture frame moulding; putting
up coal bins and a bookcase; soapstone fireplaces; etc.;
On back: note form F. H.
Jackson, March 19 1859: he acknowledges that bill is correct except for the
question of the front steps (which cannot be resolved until Mr. Cabot returns);
also Bourn & Leavitt still need to complete the curb around the front area,
build a balcony, and install iron grills on front doors
06x81.18 receipt: F. H. Jackson, Boston, April
1, 1859, was paid by Mrs. M. E. Parkman for services in building her house in
Boylston Street
06x81.19 bill from Bourn & Leavitt, Boston,
April-December 1860, to Mrs. Mary E. Parkman, for various work done for her,
including painting a chair, making a table leaf rack, putting up curtain iron
and bolt, painting shed and fence, setting glass, etc.; includes charges for
materials and for days of labor, including that of a mason
06x81.20 receipt: Bourn & Leavitt, Boston,
Feb. 15-17, 1862, were paid by Mrs. M. E. Parkman for days of work, lumber,
nails, and hinges
06x81.21 receipt: F. H Jackson was paid by Mrs.
S. Parkman, May 12, 1862, for something to do with a lease on her house, and
advertising it
06x81.22 receipt: C. M. Whittlesy, Boston, June
2, 1862, was paid by Mrs. M. E. Parkman for raising sidewalk and resetting edge
stone; payment approved by F. H. Jackson
06x81.23 receipt: Bourn & Leavitt, Boston,
February-August 1864, were paid by Mrs. M. E. Parkman, for something to do
about the front door, plumbing work, mason work, and lumber; with U.S. Internal
Revenue stamp
06x81.24 tax bill: to Mrs. Mary E. Parkman paid
her state, city and county tax, Nov. 6, 1860;
Printed form
06x81.25 tax bill: to Mrs. Mary E. Parkman paid
her U.S. Internal Revenue tax, Oct. 8, 1863;
Printed form
06x81.26 wrapper, endorsed “statement of estate
of Mrs. M. E. Parkman, April 1858”; and “M. E. Parkman, Sept. 6, 1858, Wm.
Dwight’s note collected interest paid to M.E.P., $6.000 on mortgage”