Inventory of Beacon Hill residence: "Descriptive Inventory of Father’s Belongings at 16 Louisburg Square"

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

undated

Location Note

Folder 1.1

GUSN

GUSN-309229

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  • Quincy family collection
  • Inventory of Beacon Hill residence: "Descriptive Inventory of Father’s Belongings at 16 Louisburg Square"
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Description

An inventory of the Beacon Hill residence of M. A. De Wolfe Howe, father of the donor, Helen Howe Allen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

room-by-room inventories
furniture
inventories

Additional Identification Number

Accession number 1977.8

Physical Descrption

1 handwritten booklet

Collection Code

MS053

Collection Name

Quincy family collection

Date of Acquisition

1977

Reference Code

MS053.002

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Reginald Allen, 1977.

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Allen, Helen Howe, b. 1905

Material Type

inventories

Other People

Howe, M. A. De Wolfe

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Folder 1.1

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