Quincy family collection

1806–1876

This small collection of family papers includes two inventories of the Quincy House created by Eliza Susan Quincy as well as an illustrated poetry book and an individual sketch by her. The book includes both images and short passages. It is inscribed to Mary Jane (Miller) Quincy, Eliza Susan’s sister-in-law. The collection includes two pieces of correspondence related to Josiah Quincy III’s involvement with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Also included is a poetry book which probably belonged to Anna Cabot Lowell, a close friend of Eliza Susan (Morton) Quincy, wife of Josiah III and mother of Eliza Susan Quincy; the poetry book is signed on multiple pages "A. C. Lowell." The collection also includes an inventory of the Beacon Hill residence of M. A. De Wolfe Howe, a letter to an unidentified "Edmund" (probably Edmund Quincy) from "Hannah," and a letter from Nelly Custis Lewis (step-daughter of President George Washington) to Eliza Susan (Morton) Quincy.