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Series II. Personal papers and documents (1838-1878)

Scope and Contents note

The series includes Fox's diaries, naval and civilian commissions, naval record of service, record of the sale of property, and other personal papers. His naval commissions are signed by Presidents Martin Van Buren (1838), John Tyler (1844), and Millard Fillmore (1851).

Diaries, 1866-1872

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

Diaries, 1873-1876 June 15

Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Diaries, 1876 June 16 - 1883

Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Naval commissions, 1838, 1844, 1851

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

Sale of property, Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Washington Mills Co., 1854-1864

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

Mt. Auburn Cemetery plot: Purchase, correspondence, 1855, 1871

Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Record of service in U.S. Navy, 1866, 1888, undated

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

U.S. tax return: draft version, 1869

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

Certificates of membership: New England Historical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1875, 1876

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

Commission: Justice of the Peace, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1878

Box: OS 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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