May,
1811 – A letter written by John
Quincy Adams during his term as U.S. Minister
to Russia sending compliments to Captain Benjamin
Larcom (Lucy Larcom's father). Courtesy of
the Beverly
Historical Society in Beverly, Mass.
June
19, 1845 – A letter that has been
handed down from my great-great grandmother (Louisa
Bartlett) to my great grandmother (Pearl Wyatt)
to my grandfather (Edward J. Larcom). It is written
to a Mrs. William H. Lane in Feliciana Grove,
Clinton, La. I have assumed that it is written
from Louisa Wyatt's great aunt, who, by speculation,
is also named Louisa, to her sister, Louisa Wyatt's
grandmother. I don't have much information on
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January
15, 1865 – This letter has also
been handed down from one generation to another.
It is written to Louisa Bartlett's mother as
a bereavement letter concerning Gordon Bartlett,
Esq. who was the senior warden of the Parish
of St. Peters Church in Salem, Mass.
March
7, 1902 – Letter from Gilbert Philips
t0 William F. Abbot – This
is a letter that was e-mailed to me by
a great friend and distant cousin, Quincy
S. Abbot. It describes
in great detail the Larcom Family Shield,
what it means, and why we have it.
July
12, 1946 – This is a letter
from Adolf Schmidt, a WWII POW that befriended
my great-grandfather, Theodore, while he
was a carpenter at the MacDill Air force
Base
in Tampa,
FL. Adolf made a special wooden box (see
below) for my great Aunt Boo.
May
12, 1992 – This is a letter from
Sir Christopher Larcom in London to my Uncle
Rick and Aunt Beth, inquiring about some details
in our family history.
January
15, 1789 – This is an education
certificate for Benjamin Larcom from Beverly,
Mass. "As diamonds rough no luster can impart.
Till their rude forms are well improved by art.
So untaught youth we very seldom find, display
the dazzling beauties of the mind, Till art and
science and nature joined." Courtesy
of the Beverly
Historical Society in Beverly, Mass.
January
14, 1807 – This is Benjamin Larcom's
certificate from the United States of America
as Captain of the Schooner Thomas consisting of
seven Officers and Seamen, and no passengers,
and ready to proceed on a voyage to Havana. Courtesy
of the Beverly
Historical Society in Beverly, Mass.
Schooner
Thomas – This is a drawing out
of Captain Benjamin's log book of the Schooner
Thomas. Courtesy of the Beverly
Historical Society in Beverly, Mass.
Larcom
Lineage – This is the first
few pages of a handwritten genealogy chart,
written by an unknown ancestor.Courtesy
of the Beverly
Historical Society in Beverly, Mass.
Original
Family Tree – This is the first
family tree that my father showed me when I
was a little girl. It was the original tree
that I worked from and elaborated on for our
current family tree. It was written
and researched by an unknown ancestor.
Theodore
Larcom's WWI Registration Card –
This is an image that I found researching my
great-grandfather's registration in World War
I.
LARCOM
FAMILY HEIRLOOMS
Box
made for Aunt Boo by WWII POW –
This is a wooden box with exquisite detail
of inlay wood made for Aunt Boo by a WWII
POW named
Adolf Schmidt, who came from Hamburg, Germany.
He was a POW at MacDill Air Force Base in
1945,
and became friends with my great-grandfather
while he was working as a carpenter there.
Adolf
made
this box for her because he said that every
little girl should have a box with a mirror.
I
am lucky to have Adolf's photograph and a
letter (se above) as well
- click
here to see Adolf Schmidt.
Silver
Spoons that belonged to the Bartlett Family
– This is a photograph of some spoons
that were given to me by my Aunt Boo, and were
handed down through the generations. They are
inscribed as part of the personal belongings
of the Bartlett family. Most are just inscribed
at "Bartlet" although, one is inscribed
"Mary Bartlet" and another is inscribed
"Gordon."
Silver
Spoons that belonged to the Wyatt Family
– These spoons are part of the same collection
as above - they all arrived together. However,
it is speculation on my part that these spoons
belonged to the Wyatt family, as they are inscribed
with a monogram "W" at the bottom
of each spoon.
New
England Primer – This is an old
book that belonged to "Mary A. Bartlett,
Beverly Farms, 1896". It says that it was
printed in 1777.
