Series V. Financial Records, 1824-1937, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series contains 19 volumes and loose documents relating to the financial administration of the New England Society. Documents included in this series include cash books; account books; vouchers and voucher books, which tracked the expenses of the Society; dues collection books; bank statements and cancelled checks; investments and letters of advice; Finance Committee and Treasurer's reports; and the treasurer's personal papers and correspondence, called "Memos" for the purpose of this series.

Arrangement

This series is organized alphabetically by document type and chronologically.

Account book, 1833-1834, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Account book, 1845, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Account book, 1888-1889, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Account books, 1904-1906, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Account book, 1914-1917, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Account book, 1929, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Account book, 1929, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Balance sheets and checks, 1900-1904, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Balance sheets and checks, 1906-1907, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Balance sheets, 1909-1911, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes associated correspondence.

Bank statements and checks, 1924-1926, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bank statements, 1929-1930, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bank statements, 1930, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bank statements and checks, 1936-1938, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bank statements and checks (5 folders), 1927-1935, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 8-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cash book, 1884-1893, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cash book, 1899-1905, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cash book, 1903-1922, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 20, Volume: SN 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Checkbook, 1924-1928, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 20, Volume: SN 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Checkbook, 1928-1929, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 20, Volume: SN 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Checks (2 folders), 1919-1924, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 12-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dinner payment book, 1890-1898, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 16, Volume: SN 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dinner payment book, 1893, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dinner payment book, 1895, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1824-1830, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1825-1837, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1829-1847, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 20, Volume: SN 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1836-1847, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1850-1860, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1850-1860, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1850-1860, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1860-1870, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1870-1880, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Due collections book, 1880-1890, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 27, Volume: SN 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1890-1900, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 27, Volume: SN 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues collection book, 1893-1894, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues correspondence (2 folders), 1925-1926, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 14-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dues correspondence (7 folders), 1929-1937, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 13, Folder: 1-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Finance Committee reports, 1909-1921, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Finance Committee reports, 1926-1928, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Investment Record, 1917-1920, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 19, Volume: SN 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Plymouth Church Fund records (3 folders), 1895, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 11-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

The Church fund was a fundraising campaign launched by the New England Society to help maintain the First Parish Church of Plymouth and preserve its documents. The First Parish Church of Plymouth was founded by Puritans of the English town of Scrooby in 1606 and the congregation emigrated to the Americas in 1620. Includes a subscription book for donors.

Treasurer's memos, 1834-1835, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos, 1895-1900, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos, 1907-1909, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos (2 folders), 1909-1910, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos, 1917-1919, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos, 1917-1920, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos, 1921-1924, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos (4 folders), 1924-1929, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 5-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos, 1935-1936, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's memos, 1938, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's reports, 1913-1917, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treasurer's reports, 1918-1922, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vouchers (3 folders), 1836-1870, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vouchers of J.P. Morgan (3 folders), 1877-1884, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 4-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

These are vouchers from J.P. Morgan's time as Treasurer of the New England Society. Additionally includes a small notebook that kept track of all vouchers.

Vouchers (6 folders), 1885-1899, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12, Folder: 7-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Voucher Book (Blank), 1890s, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

List of Vouchers, 1894 December-1918 August, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Volume: SN 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

List of Vouchers, 1918 September-1928 October, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Volume: SN 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

List of Vouchers, 1928 November-1934 December, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15, Volume: SN 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vouchers (17 folders), 1897-1915, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10, Folder: 1-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vouchers (14 folders), 1916-1930, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8, Folder: 1-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vouchers (15 folders), 1931-1937, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9, Folder: 1-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes several vouchers for the purposes of an charitable annuity for Mrs. Gilbert Peckham, a teacher who had injured her ankle and was thus prevented from working. Mrs. Peckham left extensive notes on most of these vouchers, explaining her situation and gratitude to the New England Society.