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titleHenry P. Kidder papers, 1855-1886.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionInvestment banker of Boston and founder of the investment firm of Kidder, Peabody and Company. Correspondence, commissions, passports, and certificates, relating to memberships and interests of Kidder.
extent1 box and 1 oversize container.
formatsCorrespondence Clippings Business Papers Legal Papers
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record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
updated03/16/2023 10:29:47
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titleMay-Windship-Barker-Archbald photographs, ca. 1860-1900.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionPortrait photographs mostly of various members of the May, Windship, Barker, and Archbald families. Subjects include Drs. Charles May Windship (1809-1865) and George Barker Windship, a proponent of health and bodybuilding; Boston investment banker Henry Purkitt Kidder; and a photograph of Frances Vernon Windship Archbald in a blue velvet case, among other people.

There is also one photograph of the Archbald family tombstone in the Old Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Mass. Photographers include Thomas Rice Burnham and Frederick L. Lay of Boston, Mass. and Walery of Paris, France, as well as other unidentified photographers. Includes cartes de visite and tintypes.
extent8 photographs in 1 narrow box.
formatsPhotographs Tintypes Cartes de visite
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record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
acquisition informationMiller, Doris, 1977.
updated11/12/2014 11:29:57
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titleHenry P. Kidder, Francis Howard Peabody, Mr. Spinney, Henry Rogers, and Oliver White Peabody [photograph], 1853.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionHand-colored half-plate daguerreotype in leather case of Henry P. Kidder, Francis Howard Peabody, a man idenitified as "Mr. Spinney," Henry Rogers, and Oliver White Peabody, all employees of the Boston, Mass. banking house John E. Thayer & Brother. The photograph was taken in 1853 and is attributed to John Adams Whipple of Boston, Mass. Enclosed is a note in an unknown hand that identifies the photograph.
extent1 photograph
formatsDeguerreotype
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record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
acquisition informationAmelia Peabody Charitable Fund, Dec. 1998. Removed from the Amelia Peabody papers (Ms. N-314).
updated11/12/2014 11:29:57
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