Endicatt, WM.C. Mrs. William Crowninshield [Note: Louse Endicott was Endicott Jr. a crusin of G. B. Dour John Singer Sargent -- American painter 1903 on his mother's side Private collection of the Ward family,] Oil on canvas 142.2 by 88.5 cm (56 by 35 in.) signed John S. Sargent and dated 1903, u.l. Jpg: Sothebys From Sothebys: Marie Louise 'Lulu' Thoron (1864-1958) was the daughter of Joseph and Anna Barker Ward Thoron. In 1889 she married William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Endicott, Jr. resided with his parents, dividing their time between the family home in Boston and the Peabody family farm, Glen Magna Farms, Ellen Peabody Endicott Ellen Peabody Endicott One of Sargent's biographers [Charles Merrill 1901 Mount], writes that the commission for this (Mother-in-law to Mrs William portrait "followed on the portrait of Mrs. Crowninshield Endicott Jr) Endicott, Sr., done the year before in Tite Street [London -- actually it would have been 2 years previous], by all odds one of Sargent's finest achievements. Apparently preferring not to take a studio for the still-undetermined period before he would leave for Washington, he undertook [the painting] in the Endicott's Marlborough Street house. In the drawing room the light did not come from a good direction, and he was told of an empty bedroom on top the house that might suit his needs. "He went back there for dinner the night before the work was to begin, and found Mrs. Endicott wearing a Worth gown made specially [sic] for the portrait. 'No, that won't do at all,' was his comment, after which fiat he was shown a party dress, which he thought equally inappropriate. 'Haven't you got something black and white?' The result was an old flowered muslin dress, in which the picture was begun the next morning. "The top floor of the house could be reached http://issgallerv.org/Paintinas/Mrs William Crowninshield Endicott Jr.html 3/6 4/29/2010 Endicott, LOUISE inoron 1004-1958 (vvoriquat identities S OCLC [NotE: See Robert Gract WorldCat" Identities Essay on W. C Endicott in Later years of the Endicott, Louise Thoron 1864-1958 Saturday Club (esp. Overview pg. 211) Additional insights in The Saturday Works: 1 works in 1 publications in 1 language and 1 library holdings Club: A Century Completed. Most widely held works by Louise Thoron Endicott Pp.265F.] Endicott family papers by Endicott family in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide Papers of the Endicott family of Salem and Boston, Mass., in particular William C. Endicott, Sr., attorney, judge, and politician; his wife Ellen P. Endicott; their son William C. Endicott, Jr., Boston attorney and civic leader; their daughter, Mary C. Endicott (Chamberlain Carnegie), third wife of British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain; and Louise T. Endicott, wife of William C. Endicott, Jr. There is a long run of letters between Ellen P. Endicott and her mother, Clara Endicott Peabody, and with her daughter Mary. Personal papers of William C. Endicott, Sr. include correspondence, papers documenting his service as a Mass. Supreme Judicial Court justice, and secretary of war in the first Grover Cleveland administration (1885-89), including materials relating to the capture of Geronimo and cabinet correspondence, legal case files, speeches, diaries (1858-93), letterbooks, and scrapbooks he papers of William C. Endicott, Jr. include personal correspondence and papers related to his involvement in clubs and organizations, including the Mass. Historical Society where he served as president, Mary C. Endicott's papers include personal correspondence, including letters exchanged with her friends in America after her move to England, ten vols. of diaries (1882-1902), commonplace-books, and other bound vols. documenting life in Washington and England ouise T. Endicott's papers, primarily personal correspondence and diaries kept over a 70-year period (1884-1954), document family activities and her role as a Boston social figure Additional correspondents include William P. Endicott and William P. Mason. The collection also contains historical and genealogical papers; research materials (and a few original documents) on ancestor John Endecott; household and travel records, including records of the Peabody Farm in Danvers; and papers of the related Thoron, Peabody, Mason, and Ward families, including Joseph and George Peabody Audience Level 0 1 Kids General Special Audience level: 0.87 (from 0.87 for Endicott to 0.87 for Endicott f...) John Singer Sargent's Mrs William Crowninshield Endicott Jr 018 4/29/2018 John Singer Sargent's Mrs William Crowninshield Endicott Jr by a little open-grilled lift. The room itself was regular in shape, except for the rounded projection of four windows, behind his back and toward his left as he stood before the easel. He had no model stand, so he placed Mrs. Endicott just beyond the last window, where the light hit her well and she was against a shadowed section of the wall. It was not a perfect light, halftones hovering over the face, tones that were a nuisance and difficult to blend into the value scale. He got the hang of it though, and proceeded to make use of this unfortunate feature to give the picture a delicacy of tone that brings an intimacy generally lacking in the more impersonal studio lighting. When he stepped back fifteen feet from the easel his back was pressed against the window casements, and that too limited him, for he did not want to place strong accents without seeing their effect from a greater distance. As always he allowed himself to be guided by the circumstances, turning the difficulties of the situation into strengths, replacing his more accustomed boldness with delicacy, and his strong accents with subtle half tones." "[Sargent] broke the tragedy of painting her hair gray by saying, 'I'll put some gray in your hair, because it will get gray'; successful in that little ruse, he next determined to add a stylized landscape background, doing it in tones of warm ocher and umber, carrying through, the rich hues of the figure. It was entirely different from his usual product, more intimate, with a most engaging friendly warmth. The hands and draperies were left as improvisations, a flower and a fan were merely indicated for their color, without being brought into focus of making important additions to the composition. In sum it was a large sketch, with all the best of Sargent, in a warm and mellow mood" (Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1955, pp. 240, 244). In the catalogue raisonné of the artist's work, Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray have noted several references to the painting in Mrs. Endicott's diary: "On 4 March 1903 she wrote 'Mr Sargent came at 12 to see about painting my portrait & left soon after 1.30' and 21 March 1903: 'Mr Sargent came in & staid [sic] about ten minutes to carry away some of his artistic paraphernalia - & signed the portrait'" (John Singer Sargent: The Later Portraits, New Haven, Connecticut, 2003, p. considerable one is Lulu's [Mrs. Endicott's nickname] which is a 'very brilliant piece of painting', as I put my defensive armor in words, to keep off criticism. Sargent knows best his own merits and defects" (The Letters of Henry Adams, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988, vol. V, p. 493). (Sothebys) Note: Provenance: Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. (acquired directly from the artist) Mrs. Ewen Cameron MacVeagh (her niece), 1958 Her daughter, 1977 By descent to the present owners Exhibitions: Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Art Museum, June-September 1903 Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Annual Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, December- January 1908-09, no. 124 Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Opening Exhibition, Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Galleries for Paintings, 1915 Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings by John Singer Sargent: Bostonian Paintings, May-November 1916 Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late John Singer Sargent, November-December 1925, no. 81 (revised catalogue no. 83) Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, A Centennial Exhibition: Sargent's Boston, January-February 1956, no. 34 Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Collects, January-March 1985 Bibliography: 'Art Notes', New York Times (18 June 1903), p. 8 William Howe Downes, John S. Sargent: His Life and Work, Boston, 1925, p. 201 Evan Charteris, John Sargent, London and New http://issgallerv.org/Paintinas/Mrs William Crowninshield Endicott Jr.html 5/6 4 Mary Endicott Chamberlain Carnegie. Photograph by Lafayette, London, I92I. Photo 53.1, Colonial Society Photograph Collection, MHS. 96 This content downloaded from 137.49.124.20 on Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:32:03 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms From New England to Old England The Anglo-American Life of Mary Endicott Chamberlain Carnegie, 1864-1957 DANA COOPER B ETWEEN 1865 AND 1945, a number of prominent marriages united American heiresses with members of the British political and social elite. Some of the more notable Anglo-American marriages include those of Jennie Jerome to Lord Randolph Churchill in 1874; Mary Leiter to George Nathaniel Curzon in 1895; Consuelo Vanderbilt to Charles Spencer- Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, also in 1895; and Nancy Langhorne Shaw to Waldorf Astor in 1906. Thus, when a young and beautiful American woman married a leading British statesman in 1888, it seemed that she had simply joined the ranks of the so-called "dollar princesses." But to dismiss the marriage of Mary Endicott to Joseph Chamberlain as just another trans- atlantic union SO common during this period would be to reject a significant opportunity to examine the crossroads of cultural, diplomatic, transatlantic, and women's history. As the wife of Joseph Chamberlain, an outspoken Anglo-American advo- cate, Mary assumed a high-profile position in England. Following her mar- riage to Chamberlain in 1888, she accompanied him to a public meeting in his hometown of Birmingham, where the crowd welcomed her with shouts of "Three cheers for our American cousin!"2 Although she was met warmly on this occasion, Mary soon discovered that her American identity proved to be both an asset and a liability in her interactions with members of leading po- DANA COOPER is assistant professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University where she teaches diplomatic and women's history. She would like to express a special thanks to the Mas- sachusetts Historical Society for a Ruth R. and Alyson R. Miller Fellowship, which provided the time and material that made this article possible. 97 THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL REVIEW litical and social circles in England, a realization that many Anglo-American brides came to through their public and private lives in England. Endicott's marriage, however, differed slightly from other Anglo-American marriages as her husband was neither a member of the British aristocracy nor a member of the Conservative Party. As the wife of the British colonial secretary and the stepmother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain, Endicott exerted her own style of authority regarding Anglo-American di- plomacy and influenced British perceptions of Americans until her death in London in 1957. Through an extensive transatlantic correspondence that spanned decades, as well as an ever-expanding circle of familial relations that stretched across the Atlantic, Mary succeeded in creating an Anglo-American network on both a personal and a professional level. Furthermore, she estab- lished a role for herself as a quiet and informal ambassador by facilitating cordial relations among leaders from both of her beloved countries at critical times in the history of their diplomatic relations. Compared with other high- profile transatlantic brides of this period, Mary has received very little atten- tion from scholars; only one biography, published in 1965, has chronicled her life. Considering the recent resurgence of interest in and a growing corpus of work concerning transatlantic history, an examination of Mary's Anglo- American life seems quite timely. The Endicott family traced its roots back to the colonial period, an auspi- cious genealogy that served Mary particularly well following her marriage and permanent relocation to England. Her father, William Crowninshield Endicott, Sr. (1826-1900), descended from John Endecott (T588-1665), a soldier, surgeon, and company agent for the Massachusetts Bay Company, which brought him to the colony in 1629) The family founder held a variety of positions in the settlement-colonial assistant, deputy governor, governor, chief military official-until his death in 1665. Mary's father graduated from Harvard College in 1847, continued his legal studies at the same institu- tion, and joined the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1850.5 In 1859, he married his cousin Ellen Peabody (1833-1927), daughter of renowned phi- lanthropist George Peabody (1803-1892); thus, Mary came from "Puritan 83 stock that [could not] be excelled."6 Mary's parents hailed from two of the oldest and wealthiest families in Salem. Massachusetts, and they enjoyed great political and social successes both individually and as a couple. They began their own family in 1860 with a son, William Crowninshield Endicott Lr.; Mary Crowninshield, so named for her paternal grandmother, was born Lause in I 864 98 This content downloaded from 137.49.124.20 on Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:32:03 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Glen Magna Farms & Estate Page 1 of 2 Search Visiting The Are PROGRAMS a SERVICES LIST OF SITES BY COMMUNI Essex National Heritage Area Glen Magna Farms & Estate Danvers, Massachusetts Visiting The Area Ingersoll Street, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923 978-774-9165 WHAT IS THE AREAN THINGS 10 DO Hours: By Appointment, House and Garden Tours $5 per person DE TRAIR AND SAIDS (The Early Settlement Trail) 10000 MERITAGE THE PLACES 110. VISIT The property, which later came FINERALLES to be known as Glen Magna THENE TRAIL Farms, belonged to the Peabody DID STEP BY COMMUNITY and Endicott families for 144 AREA MONCAPES years. During the War of 1812, MAPS Joseph Peabody, a wealthy merchant, bought a Danvers LIGHT farm containing a dwelling Resources house and other buildings. CALENDAR Peabody and his descendants LINKS enlarged and improved the SITE MAR house and gardens until the Farm no longer resembled a farm, but was a country estate for elegant summer living. REQUIRED INFORMATION CONTAINE ENHO By 1892, the property belonged to Ellen Peabody Endicott, Joseph Peabody's granddaughter, who had the house enlarged and the grounds embellished. Her son, William Crowninshield Endicott Jr. lavished Inside The Commission attention on the Farms, preserving and upgrading the estate. The Endico WHAT IS THE COMMISSION family created an award-winning landscape. In 1926, Ellen Endicott ABOUT US received the Hunnewell Award, a prestigious honor granted by the WHATH NEW IN THE COMMISSION Massachusetts Horticultural Society. PROGRAMS B SERVICES THE INVOLVED The property features sev gardens displaying annua and perennials including geraniums, peonies, lilies, hostas, and roses; a shrubbery garden of rhododendrons, hemlocks forsythia, azaleas, fringe tree, dogwood and a monumental weeping bee tree; hedges of climbing roses, cedar pergola, buckthorn and barberry; a gazebo and statuary; a barn road, circular drive, and iron bridge; and a carriage road, which is lined with the lush http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/placestovisit/listofsitesbycommunity/glen_magna.shtml 2/18/2003 1/7/2016 History - Glen Magna Farms, Danvers MA Danvers Historical Society Magun your Day / HOME Weddings & Events History Designer Show House Blogs Directions Contact Us TIME I Glen Magna Farms is truly a unique property that leaves a lasting impression on all who experience it. LEAH HAYDOCK photography History Glen Magna Farms is owned by the Danvers Historical Society, a private not-for-profit, founded in 1889 "to discover, collect and preserve objects which illustrate local history, but particularly the history and development of the Town of Danvers." The Society owns three historic sites, a museum and office building and is steward of the Endicott Burial Ground. Glen Magna Farms, survives unrivaled as an estate exemplifying historic North Shore summer living. It typifies the golden age of American gardens when eclecticism and historicism dominated landscape as Danvers Historical well as architecture. Society During the War of 1812, Joseph Peabody, the wealthiest Salem shipping merchant of his day, bought a Follow twenty acre Danvers property with a dwelling house described as "in every respect well calculated for a Glen Magna Farms gentleman's seat." From this initial twenty acre purchase the property grew to over three hundred and f P to thirty acres, enduring as the summer retreat for the family for one hundred and forty-four years. Follow By 1892 the property belonged to Ellen Peabody Endicott, Joseph Peabody's granddaughter, who Tapley Memorial Hall further enlarged and embellished the house and grounds. In 1893, she hired the Boston architectural firm of Little, Browne and Moore to design the expansion of the Mansion to its classic colonial revival f form. In 1926, the year before Ellen Endicott died, she was awarded the Hunnewell Gold Medal from the Follow Massachusetts Horticultural Society. This award was given to the owner of an estate of not less than Danvers Historical three acres, planted with rare and desirable ornamental trees and shrubs in a tasteful and effective Society manner so as to present successful examples of science, skill and good judgement as applied to the f embellishment of the country residence. WEDDINGW RE Her son, William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr., continued to lavish attention on the Farms, upgrading and COUPLES CHOICE enhancing the estate until his death in 1936. He was instrumental in bringing the Derby Summer House Awards (built in 1794) to the property in 1901. The two story Adamesque building has been listed as a National Historic Landmark since 1968, 2016 http://www.glenmagnafarms.org/history/4584170664 1/2 Ende colt tandy FAMOUS FAMILIES OF MASSACHUSETTS BY MARY CAROLINE CRAWFORD 2 VOLUME ONE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS NICHOLAS BOYLSTON, FOR WHOSE FAMILY BOSTON'S FIFTH AVENUE IS NAMED LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY From the portrait by Copley in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Published at BOSTON in MCMXXX CONTENTS FOREWORD vii I THE ADAMS FAMILY 3 II THE QUINCY FAMILY 49 III THE WINTHROP FAMILY 52 IV THE ENDICOTT FAMILY 69 - 78 V THE GARDNER FAMILY 79 VI THE "OLD PLANTERS" 89 THE BALCH, CONANT, PALFREY AND WOODBURY FAMILIES VII THE SALTONSTALL FAMILY 97 VIII THE LOWELL FAMILY 110 IX THE CABOT FAMILY 156 X THE PERKINS FAMILY 197 XI THE AGASSIZ FAMILY 212 XII THE SHAW FAMILY 233 XIII THE HIGGINSON FAMILY 254 XIV THE LEE FAMILY 280 XV THE CUSHING FAMILY 287 XVI THE FORBES FAMILY 295 XVII THE STORROW FAMILY 306 XVIII THE HEMENWAY FAMILY 315 XIX THE STURGIS FAMILY 319 xi Endicott Family Papers :: Phillips Library Manuscript Finding Aids Page 1 of 2 PIEM Perbody Essex Museum Phillips Library Digital Collections All Digital Collections Home Browse All Philcat, Online Library Catalog Conversant, Library Blog Follow Us on Twitter Contact Us Help Results Search Search Advanced Search 12 Home * Phillips Library Manuscript Finding Aids Endicott Family Papers Share Endicott Family Papers Endicott Family Papers 1 of 2 Next Content View Description Endicott Open Finding Aid Family Papers search this item Go Endicott Family Papers Contents List ENDICOTT FAMILY PAPERS, 1638-1936 Sponsor: Processing and conservation of this collection was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Collection Summary Repository: The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 132 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-9500 Fax: 978-531-1516 Creator: Endicott family Title: Endicott Family Papers Dates: 1638/1936 Quantity: 3 linear feet (6 boxes) Abstract: The Endicott Family Papers record the activities of four generations of a family which settled in Windsor, Vermont Object Description Call Number MSS 159 Title Endicott Family Papers Creator Endicott family Date 1638/1936 Restrictions This collection is open for research use. Publisher The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Description The Endicott Family Papers record the activities of four generations of a family which settled in Windsor, Vermont, Danvers, Massachusetts, and Salem Massachusett: Subject Catherine (Ship); Augustus (Ship); Danvers (Mass.); Salem (Mass.); Windsor (Vt.); Andrews, J. Watson; Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll 1806-1889; Bowditch, N.I (Nathaniel Ingersoll), 1805-1861; Crowninshield, Richard, 1774-1844; Dixwell, Mary: Endecott, John, 1588?-1665; Endicott, Charles Edward b. 1832; Endicott, Charles Moses, 1793-1863; Endicott, Elias, 1767-1848; Endicott, Ingersoll Bowditch, b. 1835; Endicott, Mary, 1800-1877; Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1826-1900; Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1860-1936; Endicott, Nathan, 1790-1858; Endicott, Samuel, 1795-1828; Endicott, Sarah Rolland Blythe; Ingersoll, George; Ingersoll, Jonathan, 1840; Ingersoll, Sarah Blythe; Peabody, Joseph, 1757-1844; Peabody, Joseph A.; Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 1764-1854; Porter, Alfred, 1792-182; Putnam, Lucy Bly d. 1839; Putnam, Philemon; Rogers, Dudley P.; Rogers, Eliza P.; Rogers, George W; Rogers, Jacob C.; White Joseph; Account books; Authors; Banks and banking;E is and shoes-Trade and manufacture; Bereavement--Psychological aspect; Diaries; East India Marine Sodety; Leslie's Retreat, 1775; Essex Institute; Genealogy, Guardian and ward; Indians of North America; Inventories, Lawyers; Leather industry and trade; Merchants-Salem (Mass.); Sheep ranchers; Shipping; Trials (Murder); Women; Women-Social conditions Publication Rights Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Type Finding Aid Description Title Endicott Family Papers Provenance The bulk of the collection is from an unknown source. A number of gifts, however, have been integrated into the papers. These include: a 1653 document signed by Governor John Endecott, given by William C. Waters in 1951; letters from William C. Endicott, the gift of Mrs. Alfred Manchester; and William C. Endicott's guardianship account book for the Rogers family, donated by William B. Rogers and Mrs. William C. Endicott in 1941. Back to top Home Philcat, Online Library Catalog Conversant, Library Blog Follow Us on Twitter Contact Us Powered by CONTENTDMR http://phillipslibrarycollections.pem.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15928col11/id/25.. 3/5/2016 X Bit William Crowninsbield Endicott [Jr.] 1/07 By Walter Muir Whitehill SALEM PEABODY MUSEUM 1938 WILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT (1860- By WALTER MUIR WHITEHILL William Crowninshield Endicott, President of the Essex Institute and Vice-President of the Peabody Mu- seum of Salem, died at 163 Marlborough Street, Boston, on 28 November 1936. The first day of December his funeral was held at Grace Church, Salem, a stone's throw away from the house at 365 Essex Street where he had been born on 28 September 1860. This burial service, Printed by unlike any other in the experience of Salem, is best NEWCOMB & GAUSS CO., described in the words of a participant and old friend, Salem, Massachusetts 1938 Bishop Lawrence. "A company, unique in its variety of interests and personalities, filled the church; each one had his or her own personal reason for their presence there. The dominant note was affection and a pride in their friendship with one who in himself gathered up the memories of generations, and represented in himself the end of an era." In the weeks which followed, certain friends gave words to the feelings shared by a multi- tude of others, and in the Boston Evening Transcript of 11 December the following tribute by Ellery Sedgwick was published. "For many citizens Boston will be a sadder place to live in now that William Crowninshield Endicott is gone. There are few in our generation remotely like him, and to many of us he was the most definite living link with the era of our fathers. It was not merely that he be- lieved in the old ways and the old standards: he was the embodiment of them. The inheritor of a great New Eng- land tradition, he felt a personal responsibility that that tradition should not die. He represented a society which (3) 4 WILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT WILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT 5 had its obligations as well as its pleasures, and of that tion. On 30 October 1889, he married, at Lenox, Marie society he knew that manners are not an ornament but Louise, daughter of Joseph and Anna Barker Ward the essential core. The most social of human beings, Thoron. In the same year he began the practice his doors were wide open to strangers, and for his friends of law in Boston, and continued until March, 1893, there was no hospitality like his. The Farm at Danvers, when he returned to Washington as private secre- where the long windows of the parlor looked out on the tary to the Honorable Richard Olney, then Attorney loveliness of an ancient garden, and the Victorian draw- General. In May 1894 William Crowninshield Endi- ing-room at 163 Marlborough Street, with its old-fash- cott was appointed Pardon Attorney in the Attorney ioned elegance, seemed alike always full of friends, friends General's office, and held that post until the end of the in troops, friends in legion; and if friendship is the test second Cleveland administration, when he returned to of life, I cannot name a happier life than his. For fifty the practice of law in Boston, with offices in the Ames years he had known everybody in the great world, and Building. His interest lay in the care of estates, and for in the little world - which, after all, he loved best - the last forty years of his life he carried on that profes- his affections were hoops of steel. His interests ranged sion for which he was by temperament and inheritance widely history, biography, politics, the changing SO well fitted. order. But it was his gusto for living which made him William Crowninshield Endicott realised fully that the so necessary to our well-being. There were within him New England which he had known in his boyhood was infinite layers of anecdote and reminiscence, one leading rapidly disappearing, and that his relatives and friends to another, and as he unrolled them, that deep, reverber- of older generations possessed something which would ant laugh of his always met its instantaneous response. soon be lost in the changing world. 'The inheritor of A large-hearted, obstinate, charitable, enthusiastic, de- a great New England tradition, he felt a personal respon- lightful man: his business was to give pleasure and rich sibility that that tradition should not die.' Having was his success." boundless energy and enthusiasm, and the capacity for Both through his father, Judge William Crowninshield obstinately accomplishing the impossible when he knew Endicott-a descendant in the eighth generation from Gov- that he was right, he soon translated this feeling of re- ernor John Endecott-and through his mother, Ellen Pea- sponsibility into action, and, both through his private life body, William Crowninshield Endicott the Younger inher- and his service in innumerable public institutions, pre- ited a great New England tradition. Surrounded by wit- served for the future much that was good in the past of nesses to that tradition he passed his childhood, remaining New England. in Salem until 1879, when, as good New Englanders should, As early as his first period in Washington, during the he entered Harvard College. He was graduated in 1883, eighties, he was copying documents relating to his great- and after a few months of European travel, went into the grandfather. Jacob Crowninshield, who had been named Salem law office of Tuckerman, Huntington and Fitz. In Secretary of the Navy by Thomas Jefferson, and as the the autumn of 1884 he entered the Harvard Law School, years passed it came to be assumed by a variety of people but the following year returned to the Salem law firm, that family papers, portraits and heirlooms in general and in 1886 was admitted to the Essex County Bar. From should be turned over to him for study and preservation. July 1886 to May 1889 he was in Washington, mostly These responsibilities he assumed with the spirit and in the office of the Attorney General of the United States, technique of a historian, for he recognized that much con- but for a time as private secretary to his father, who was cerning the history of New England was to be found Secretary of War during the first Cleveland administra- among the possessions of the families which had helped 8 WILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT in 1915 and Treasurer in 1917, holding that office until he died. Prior to the incorporation of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and through the succeeding years, he was frequently consulted by Mrs. Gardner, who named him in her will as one of the seven Trustees of the insti- tution. At their first meeting in 1924 he was elected Vice-President, and in 1934 became President. A Trustee of the Humane Society of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts from 1900 onwards, he acted as Recording Secretary in 1918-1919, as Treasurer from 1919, and Second Vice-President from 1930 to his death. In 1903 he became a Trustee of the Massachusetts So- ciety for Promoting Agriculture, and was its Vice-Presi- dent from 1932 until his resignation in October, 1936. From 1915 to 1936 he served as a Trustee of the Mas- sachusetts Horticultural Society, and during the years 1919-1920 was its President. From time to time after 1910 he was a member of numerous committees of Harvard University, especially those in connection with the Arnold Arboretum, the Bus- sey Institution, and the Department of History. In addition to the offices listed above, William Crown- inshield Endicott was connected with a great many asso- ciations of charitable or philanthropic nature, and was also a director or officer in several business corporations. The list of societies shows the range of his enthusiasms. By those who served with him, the vitality of his partici- pation in each cannot be forgotten. 1937.] Obituaries 11 OBITUARIES WILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT William Crowninshield Endicott died at his home in Boston, November 28, 1936. He was born at Salem, September 28, 1860, the son of William Crowninshield and Ellen (Peabody) Endicott, and a lineal descendant from John Endicott, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founder of the American family. After attending the schools in Salem, he entered Harvard from which he was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1883. He began the study of law in Salem, continued his course at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. During the next three years he was in Washington where he served in the office of the Attorney General and for a time as private secretary to his father, then Secretary of War. In 1889 he returned to Boston, where he practiced law until 1893, when he went to Washington as private secretary to Richard Olney, Attorney General of the United States. Through the second Cleveland administration he was pardon attorney in the office of the Attorney General. In 1896 he returned to Boston to practice law and during the latter part of his life to serve as trustee for many important trusts. Mr. Endicott was deeply interested in the study of New England history and active in the conduct of historical societies. He was president of the Essex Institute in Salem from 1916 to 1925, later vice- president, and then re-elected in 1934. He was presi- dent of the Massachusetts Historical Society from 1927 until his death, presiding with dignity and exert- ing an active influence upon the concerns of the Society. He was vice-president of the Peabody Museum of Salem and president of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Proceedings of the 12 American Antiquarian Society [April, Museum, and an officer or trustee of several charitable institutions of Boston. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1916 and was much interested in the affairs of the Society. Always inclined to hospitality, he entertained the members at several of the Boston meetings, where the luncheons at his house were especially interesting because of the attractiveness of his ancestral possessions. Mr. Endicott married at Lenox, Mass., October 3, 1889, Louise Thoron of New York. He remembered by will several of the Societies of which he was an officer, and left to the State his well-known portrait of Governor John Endicott. C. S. B. GRENVILLE HOWLAND NORCROSS Grenville Howland Norcross was born in Boston, February 2, 1854, the son of Otis and Lucy Ann (Lane) Norcross, and died unmarried at his home in Boston, February 12, 1937. After an early education at the Boston Public Latin School, he entered Harvard, from which he was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1875. He decided to follow the law, receiving the degree of LL.B. in 1879. He was a practicing lawyer for many years, although in the latter part of his life his attention was largely given to trusts in which he had a personal interest. For the last few years of his life he was confined to the house with partial paralysis, spending much of his time in reading and building up his collection of autographs, a subject in which he had long been interested. Mr. Norcross was a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, of the Bostonian Society, of which he was president from 1911 to 1932, and of the Club of Odd Volumes. For thirty-five years he was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, serving as cabinet keeper from 1904 until his death. Even in his last years, when afflicted by illness, Copyright of Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society is the property of American Antiquarian Society and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. Acadia National Park Bar Harbor, Maine Sunday, November 29, 1930. Dear Grover: You and Catherine will be interested to know that I received a telegram today from my cousin, Mrs. William C. Endicott - in Boston -- telling me that William died yesterday afternoon of a sudden heart attack. I am taking the train up tomorrow to see my cousin and be present at the service. I saw by the paper the other day that your friend Von Swerigen, on straightening out whose affairs you told me you had done much helpful work last year, had suddenly died. I trust that, in whatever reorganization this may involve your work will be duly placed and recognized. With Kindest regards to Catherine and to the children, one and all, I am Sincerely yours, [4.B. Darr] GBD-0 Mr. Grover 'Neill Oyster Bay, L.I. New York. 163 Marlborough I Back Bay Houses Back Bay Houses Genealogies of Back Bay Houses Endecett residence 163 Marlborough 163 Marlborough is located on the NW corner of Marlborough and Dartmouth, wi th 137 Marlborough (317 Dartmouth) to the east, 163 Marlborough (2013) across Dartmouth), 167 Marlborough to the west, 326 Dartmouth to the north, and 164 Marlborough to the south, across Marlborough. 163 Marlborough (originally 165 Marlborough) was designed by architects Snell and Gregerson and built in 1871-1872, one of three houses - 163 Marlborough and 326-328 Dartmouth - built at the same time, creating a symmetrical composition on Irregular Lot 100' on Marlborough, served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1891 and 1892, and as a member of the State Senate in 1895 and 1896. He was elected to Congress in 1896 and served until 1901. The Spragues lived at 163 Marlborough until about 1896, when they moved to Washington after his election to Congress. By the 1896-1897 winter season, 163 163 Marlborough (1913), photograph by Marlborough was the home of Thomas E. Marr & Con, courtesy of the Boston William Crowninshield Endicott and Athenaeum his wife, Ellen (Peabody) Endicott. They previously had lived in Salem. They also maintained a home, Glen Magna Farms, in Danvers. William C. Endicott was a lawyer, a Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1873 to 1882, and Secretary of War from 1885 to 1889, during President Grover Cleveland's first administration Their son William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr., and his wife, Marie Louise (called Louise) (Thoron) Endicott, lived with them. He was a lawyer. On September 12, 1898, William Endicott, Jr., purchased 163 Marlborough from Thomas Cushing. William Endicott, Sr., died in May of 1900. Ellen Endicott and William and Louise Endicott continued to live at 163 Marlborough and in Danvers. On May 4, 1903, Ellen Endicott acquired 163 Marlborough from her son. https://backbayhouses.org/163-marlborough/ 4/8 I Dack Day nouses Ellen Endicott died in August of 1927. After her death, William and Louise Endicott continued to live at 163 Marlborough. William Endicott, Jr., died in November of 1936, and Louise Endicott continued to live at 163 Marlborough until her death in March of 1958. 60 years at this address On November 18, 1958, 163 Marlborough was acquired from Louise Endicott's estate by the 163 Marlborough (1913), photograph by Mystic Lakes Realty Corporation, of Thomas E. Marr & Con, courtesy of the Boston which attorney Paul Mark Ryan was Athenaeum vice president. On November 24, 1958, it transferred the property to the R. S. R. Realty Company, of which Paul Mark Ryan also was vice-president. On April 21, 1959, 163 Marlborough was acquired from R. S. R. Realty by Toba Esther Finn (Tresa E. (Finkelstein) Friedman), the former wife of Julian Friedman. In the mid- and late 1950s, she had lived at 317 Beacon, where she operated a restaurant. In July of 1959, she applied for (and subsequently received) permission to convert the house from a single-family dwelling into a lodging house. In September of 1960, she acquired 164 Marlborough, across the street. On December 20. 1960, 163 Marlborough was acquired from Toba Finn by Harry Freedman and his wife, Lillian R. (Zacks/Sacks) Freedman. They acquired 164 Marlborough at the same time. They lived in Newton. C Copy O P Y Dear Tom, I drove out with Bessie to Salem with Fanny Mason in her car for the service for William Endicott, and on the way she told me much of you, of whom I was most glad to hear. I write this line to take you, and convey to her as well, the best of Christmas Greetings. You and I are the last of our generation in our Grandfather Ward's family with its old Salem tradi- tions and recollections of the Park Street home. Bessie told me of your going, an honored guest, to the Harvard Tercentenary and of the interest you took in it. They tell me it was a great occasion with its gowned and hooded representatives from the great universities of the world, but that Jupiter was too 'pluvius' for the full beauty and pleasantness of the closing scene. My sight went back on me some four years since and I go nowhere now where people congregate, but my mind is as active still and in- terested as ever and with others to read to me my days are full. You have, as you always did have, a marvellous vitality, body and mind alike, with which my thought of you is associated always. Most affectionately, Your cousin, (Sgd) George B. Dorr. December 23, 1936. by Date Column PROCEEDINGS OF The Bostonian Committee on Publications WALTER MUIR WHITEHILL, Chairman Society DAVID McCORD ELLIOTT PERKINS Annual Meeting, Fanuary 19, 1960 EBENEZER GAY BARRETT WILLIAMS, Secretary defect 1881+SIG SOCIDING Omegay, the Boston OLD STATE HOUSE 1960 11936 pike Oh-11 Officers of THE BOSTONIAN SOCIETY The Cushing-Endicott House: Since Its Organization 163 Marlborough Street By DIANA WHITEHILL LAING President Emeritus *GRENVILLE H. NORCROSS, 1932-1937 THE Back Bay town house-large, elegant and well- staffed-is almost extinct. Most frequently it has fallen Presidents into institutional hands: if it is fortunate, into those of a school or college. Typewriters and file cases advance upon the salon; *CURTIS GUILD, 1881-1906 here and there, in reception room or auditorium may be seen *JAMES F. HUNNEWELL, 1907-1910 dusty traces of past splendor. Put to worthwhile use, the prop- *GRENVILLE H. NORCROSS, 1911-1932 erty may seem dull, ungainly or merely respectable. When a *COURTENAY GUILD, 1932-1946 *FITZ-HENRY SMITH, JR., 1946-1950 town house falls prey to the rooming-house proprietor, it is *AUGUSTUS P. LORING, JR., 1951 cannibalized more quickly. Assessed high to begin with, re- T. TEMPLE POND, 1952- flecting the fortunes which built them, once graceful proper- ties are victims of a modern tax rate, or the gainful instincts of Vice-Presidents their new owners. Recollections of the great houses as they once were exist in *FRANCIS H. MANNING, 1907-1922 *COURTENAY GUILD, 1923-1932 rather few written accounts. Some people remember, others *GEORGE KUHN CLARKE, 1932-1941 have taken pictures. Family letters and memoirs are of course *FITZ-HENRY SMITH, JR., 1942-1946 most fruitful. The house at 163 Marlborough Street, on the *JAMES M. HUNNEWELL, 1946-1950 northwest corner of Dartmouth Street, which has been called T. TEMPLE POND, 1951-1952 "the most successful Academic Brick design, and perhaps the RICHARD F. LUFKIN, 1952- handsomest house in the whole Back Bay,"1 is unusually well documented. Built for Thomas Forbes Cushing in 1873, the Clerks and Treasurers house was hought from him by William Crowninshield Endi- *SAMUEL M. QUINCY, 1881-1884 cott in 1898, and remained in his family's possession for the *JAMES M. HUBBARD, 1884-1885 following sixty years. Surviving in 1960 as "Endicott Man- *DANIEL T. V. HUNTOON, 1885-1886 or," 163 Marlborough Street is now a residence for working *WILLIAM C. BURRAGE, 1886-1890 and college girls; its silver doorknobs turn to the hands of *S. ARTHUR BENT, 1890-1899 thirty-five lodgers. Let us look backward toward some "other *CHARLES F. READ, 1899-1932 voices, other rooms." * Deceased. Thomas Forbes Cushing, born in 1838, was the son of John 1 Bainbridge Bunting, The Architectural History of the Back Bay Area in Bos- ton, unpublished, Harvard Ph.D. thesis 1952, p. 215. 16 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 17 Perkins Cushing and Mary Louisa Gardner. Of his father it other members of which were 326 and 328 Dartmouth Street: was observed: Seen from Dartmouth Street, the two end houses form pavilions which He was one of the wealthiest and most benevolent citizens of Massachu- rise half a story higher than the center section, a relationship which is setts In early life he amassed a princely fortune in China, and his effected by a clever manipulation of floor levels The proportions subsequent life has been marked by the most liberal yet unostentatious throughout this group are so excellent and the relationships of its vari- charity. At Watertown he established one of the most magnificent ous parts so skillful that one receives an impression of a building much conservatories in the state, which was liberally thrown open to the pub- larger than it is in actuality (In) the Marlborough Street facade lic. His garden, now included in the town of Belmont, was a place of octagonal bays create framing elements for the flat, middle area great attraction, and thousands of admiring visitors flocked to it every against which the entrance is placed. That the principal rooms are season. ranged on the second level is explained by the diminished height of the ground story and the lofty proportions of second-story windows.5 The house itself was of no mean proportions: surrounded by rolling lawns and vast greenhouses, it boasted a portico con- On the ground floor, where ceilings were only nine feet taining ten huge granite pillars. high, was a large entrance hall, with flowered Chinese wall- From this prosperous setting Thomas Cushing removed to paper, whose massive supporting columns framed a magnifi- Boston, living in 1865 at I70 Beacon Street, between Berkeley cent rear central staircase. To the left of the hall was a large and Clarendon Streets. He had in 1862 bought land even fireplace, with elaborately carved mantel. Here also could be closer to the Back Bay frontier; and following his marriage in found a small lavatory for family and guests. A door beneath June 1866 to Fanny Leslie Grinnell of New York, he ad- the main stairway led to the backstairs; and, surprisingly, to a vanced to a large bow-fronted house he had just built at 190 first-floor kitchen, pantry, and servants' dining hall, the lat- Beacon Street, between Clarendon and Dartmouth Streets. ter occupying the left front bay of the house. From this room Shortly before the birth of their only child, Edith Forbes, in a side entrance led through a walled area up the delivery en- January 1871, Cushing began again to think of moving, and trance to Marlborough Street. Toilet arrangements for the bought a parcel of land running westerly along Marlborough servants were reached by going down the backstairs, past pine- Street from the north corner of Dartmouth Street. He added wainscoted laundry and drying rooms, through "general cel- to this parcel in 1872, and construction seems to have been larage" to a water closet conveniently placed next to a "Man's completed sometime in 1873, while the Cushings were in Room," which the plans specified was to be finished in pine mock board. Europe. The house at 163 Marlborough Street, built from plans Returning from the servants' quarters, and turning to the attributed to the firm of Snell and Gregerson,4 was conceived, right of the entrance hall, one entered through double doors as SO many houses of the Back Bay were, as part of a block, the a charming octagonal, marble-floored conservatory, which, it may be imagined, the Cushings kept well stocked with exotic 2 New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. XVI, quoted in James S. plants. Opening off the conservatory, and also reached by a Cushing, The Genealogy of the Cushing Family, Montreal, 1905, p. 811. 3 Interestingly enough, when the house was torn down Herbert Browne bought passage from the hall, was a small study done in black walnut, these pillars and placed them in the gardens of "The Farm" at Danvers, which with tapestried walls. Outside his father's house at Belmont was the summer home of the Endicotts, who had bought Thomas Cushing's had been an iron staircase, which spiralled gracefully from the Marlborough Street house. 4 The original ground plans of the house are now in the Boston Athenxum. 5 Bunting, op. cit., pp. 215-217. 20 The Bostonian Society space between two windows on the front wall. Set before the three windows overlooking Dartmouth Street was a vast OC- tagonal writing table; leading to the hall, fourteen-foot dou- ble doors. The room could accommodate enormous quantities of tables, overstuffed chairs, lamps, books and pictures. It served equally well for tea by the fireside, or an evening party of gentlemen with after-dinner cigars. Cornice and ceiling decorations were gilt, and the ceiling itself tinted. In passing to the third floor, it is well to remember the fami- ly the house was built to accommodate. The designers' plans mark out a master bedroom with two adjoining dressing rooms and bath, these occupying the spaces above the library and drawing room respectively; while a day nursery and "Child 163 Marlborough Street in the early 1870's and Nurse Chamber," also with bath, and assorted closets take This early view, given in 1905 to William Crowninshield Endicott by his cousin, Francis Boardman Crowninshield, who lived across the way at 164 up the balance of the floor. Mr. and Mrs. Cushing had each Marlborough Street, shows the relation of the Cushing-Endicott house to the their separate dressing rooms; their only child, scarcely three adjacent houses at 326 and 328 Dartmouth Street, As the lot beyond 328 is vacant, the houses in the background are on the water side of Beacon Street. when they moved in, shared her room with her nurse; and, Note recently planted trees, protected from nibbling horses by stout wooden being crippled, was given the largest and sunniest nursery guards. possible adjoining it, which could later become her school- room. On the fourth floor two spare rooms and a dressing room, with bath, completed the family rooms. There were al- so on the fourth floor, and tucked up into the mansard roof, and skylighted, one flight higher, a total of eight servants' rooms, these sharing a common bath. When one considers that the house was in its greatest dimensions 71 5" long by 36' 6" deep, even as many as eight servants could not have been cramped. Mrs. Cushing died in the year 1886, and Thomas Cushing remained in the Marlborough Street house only a few years longer before removing, with his daughter, to New York. From 1893-1896 the house was rented to Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Sprague (Mary Bryant Pratt, later Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee), and in 1897 to Mr. and Mrs. William Crown- inshield Endicott, together with their son and daughter-in- law. William Crowninshield Endicott, who had served on the 163 Marlborough Street in the winter of 1900-1901 This and other photographs of the house were taken by John Lowell Gard- ner, 2nd (1867-1938), the son of Mrs. Endicott's sister, Eliza Endicott Peabody (1834-1876), who had married her first cousin, George Augustus Gardner (1829-1916). The Cushing-Endicott House 2 I bench of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts for nine years before being called to Washington as Secretary of War in President Cleveland's first administration, traced his ancestry back eight generations to Governor John Endecott. Married in 1859 to his first cousin, Miss Ellen Peabody, a grand- daughter of the Salem merchant Joseph Peabody, Endicott had two children: William Crowninshield, Jr., born in 1860; and Mary Crowninshield, born in 1864. William, Jr. studied law, and served as his father's private secretary in Washington. Following this, he practiced law for four years in Boston, then served in the second Cleveland administration as Attorney General Olney's private secretary, and later as Attorney for Pardons in the Justice Department. Upon his return to Boston in 1897 he undertook the care of estates. Mary, during the time her father was Secretary of War, became secretly engaged to Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, eminent British statesman, and father of Austen and Neville Bedroom of Mrs. Endicott, Sr. Chamberlain, who was at that time sent to negotiate a fisheries Photograph by Thomas E. Marr and Son, March 14, 1913. treaty among Great Britain, Canada and the United States. Because it was feared that the marriage of a Cabinet Minister's daughter to a British politician would sway the Irish vote away from Cleveland in the election of 1888, the announce- ment of Mary's engagement and the wedding itself could not take place until after the votes had been cast. As it turned out, the caution had been unnecessary, for Cleveland lost the elec- tion anyway. Mary accompanied her husband to England, becoming stepmother to the six children of two former marriages; while steadfast and loyal to her husband's career and her own new life and country, she never forgot home ties, and returned to America, or persuaded her relatives to visit her in England, as often as it was possible to do so. In the absence of their only daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Endi- cott were particularly anxious for William and his bride, Miss Marie Louise Thoron of New York, to come to live with them following their marriage in 1889. This they did, continuously, Bathroom adjoining Mrs. Endicott's Bedroom Photograph by George M. Cushing, Jr., 1958, showing bathroom fitted into the third-floor bay window overlooking Marlborough Street. 22 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 23 with the exception of the four years when the younger Endi- genealogy, Essex County history, furniture, flower-growing, cott was called to Washington. farming, etc. While acting in deference to his mother's wishes, In the years following Mr. Endicott Sr.'s Cabinet service, William guided her affairs subtly but firmly. He had urged his health became increasingly poor, and thus his son decided the wintering in Boston, finding the Danvers place cold and a family move to Boston from their house on Essex Street in dreary after early November, and feeling sure an ill father Salem would be sound. Each summer the family returned to and still active mother would prosper in town. "The Farm" at Danvers, which Mrs. Endicott had inherited In the summer of 1898, the real estate office of Meredith from her parents, and had originally been owned by her dis- and Grew directed the following communication to the young- tinguished grandfather. Joseph Peabody, enriched by the er Endicott: China trade, had intended it as a refuge for his family and possessions, should it become necessary to flee Salem during Mr. Thos. Cushing having no more use for his house on the corner of the War of 1812. In subsequent generations it became a ref- Marlboro' and Dartmouth Sts., and not liking the trouble of letting it every year, is very desirous of selling. uge from the dust and oppressiveness of summertime Boston. It can never be a perfect situation for two generations, and We have reason to believe that an offer even as low as $55,000 would be accepted. This seems very low to us. in-laws, to live closely in the same house, particularly when the family are of such strong-minded and outspoken New Believing that your mother, Mrs. Endicott, likes the house, we write to say that we think it can be sold very shortly, so in case she cares to, England stock as the Endicotts. Mrs. Endicott, Sr., was a per- she can make us the above offer. son of ramrod carriage and uncompromising standards; though she had humor, deep affections, and a fondness for at- This engaging offer caused a minor uproar in the Endicott tractive surroundings, her decisiveness must have made her household. The house, which they had occupied the preceding a formidable mother-in-law. That there were no grandchil- winter, seemed ideal for their needs-it would be hard to find dren to be nurtured, undoubtedly made the situation more another as good; it was desirable not to have to upset Mr. difficult. Louise Endicott for nearly forty years of her mar- Endicott with frequent changes of household; many of their ried life observed the formalities of consulting her mother- friends and relatives were settled in town houses. The more in-law about each dinner guest to be invited, each flower to be they thought of it, the more desirable an object 163 Marl- transplanted; her only opportunity to use her own linens and borough Street became. Thus, on July 25, William Endicott, silver in the household came when the elder Mrs. Endicott Jr., wrote offering the stipulated sum: "The offer to include was abroad, but the younger woman seems to have been unfail- all window shades in the house, as well as the gas fixtures, ex- ingly patient and kind. Her husband could easily rival her cept those in the library, drawing room and dining room, the father-in-law in irascibility and righteous indignation; but, storm door, all blinds, double windows and other fixtures." when not aroused to roarings from beneath his walrus whis- Considerable discussion passed between him and the real- kers, was a man of great charm and taste. tors about the dining room and the library. Endicott main- All the Endicotts were sociable, and the amount of activi- tained that the dining room was either to be left by Cushing ties they undertook in the Boston "season" was quite stagger- Letter from the offices of Meredith and Grew to William Crowninshield Endi- ing. William, Jr.'s strong family sense, as well as his great cott, Jr. (hereafter W.C.E.), dated July 21, 1898. Now in Massachusetts His- artistic interest, led him to become the family authority on torical Society, as are other Endicott family letters quoted in this article. 7 W.C.E. to Meredith and Grew, July 25, 1898. 24 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 25 as it then was, and the ebony furniture to be sold at appraisal of castles in the air. However, it is now a reality, and we are to have along with it, or else that the entire finish of the room should possession by Oct. Ist. William is immensely interested, and it is due to be removed, and the room refinished in "moderate modern" him and his persistence that we are to have it. He has a most emphatic style. Cushing had previously suggested this latter alterna- way of carrying his point and in this he felt he could never find another tive, but mercifully he was persuaded toward the former; and house that so filled our needs. I was content to hire, but when it be- the great dining table, two armchairs, and twelve side chairs, came a question of not being able to rent it we were moved to other with their green-carved velvet upholstery, were included in methods, and so one has a restful feeling that your father under all the sale for the appraised price of $350. The china cabinets conditions can be comfortable and the family life can still go on in a and sideboard, being built in with the rest of the Chinese dec- measure independent. At once I begin unearthing our possessions and hunting moths. If these have not devoured everything, we shall be orations, were included in the purchase price of the house. lucky. The library is lined with bookcases which will absorb many books In the library, Meredith and Grew pointed out to Mr. -though not all by any means, and the large bookcase will never be Cushing on July 25 that "the bookcases are built into the room put together again, for there is no available space for it. But most of and form part of the dado, and the mirror between the win- the old truck will come to light again. 10 dows and the one over the fireplace if removed, would leave the room in an unfinished state, and therefore ought to be Since the Endicotts had broken up their Salem house most considered part of the house." For the polite phrase, "un- of their curtains, pictures and furnishings were stored away finished state," one should read Endicott's own well-chosen in Danvers, and it was a constant bustle through the remain- one, "would render the room absolutely uninhabitable." der of the summer to ready them for the move to town. Mrs. Meanwhile, Mrs. Endicott was coyly writing her daughter, Endicott was particularly cheered that early in the fall Mary "I have a great secret not matured-don't you wish you knew was able to make a few weeks' visit from England, and see the what it was? I will give you twenty questions, and next time great new acquisition for herself. we will see if you have guessed it. This is mean, say you? Not William Endicott, Jr., meanwhile busied himself choosing at all, my dear." what he thought the family would want to buy of Mr. Cush- Mr. Cushing was deliberating in a maddeningly slow way, ing's furnishings, before the house should be completely dis- and on August 2 Mrs. Endicott was forced to advise Mary, mantled. His preliminary list took no account of his mother's "About my secret-Well, I have still got it." A week later, and wife's strong instincts for decoration: in it he included the however, she could report triumphantly: chintz curtains for the fourth-floor guest room, with black flowered chintzes in adjoining dressing room, chintz curtains The secret is out, and I have bought the Cushing house. A transaction for the blue boudoir, and carpet in the green bedroom, velvet that has dragged along all this time. It was mean to arouse your curi- hangings in library and dining room. Ultimately, feminine osity, but I hoped then in two days to tell you all about it. I cannot views prevailed, for the only pair of curtains purchased, be- wonder Mr. C. wanted to consider the question to bring down his views from his top-lofty standpoint, tho' we did sit at home, and still sides the muslin ones fitted to each window in the house, were more, lie awake at night, furnishing the house and settling all manner a set of red ones in the "reception room," or downstairs study. More agreeable to the ladies was the purchase of grates and 8 Meredith and Grew to Mr. Thomas F. Cushing, July 25, 1898. fenders for the various fireplaces: those in what was to be Mrs. 9 Ellen Endicott to Mary Endicott Chamberlain (hereafter E.E. and M.E.C.), July 26, 1898. 10 E.E. to M.E.C., August 9, 1898. 36 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 37 and Mr. Wertheimer's were the two that expressed most his She viewed the conduct of the Spanish-American War with vigour." 30 asperity, declaring that the President had petered out, the One of the proudest of Endicott possessions, given in later Secretary of War was worse than incapable, and that Roose- years to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was the origi- velt had the whip hand and looked as if he would apply it nal portrait of their ancestor Governor John Endecott. In an- freely. If she lacked political affairs to report, there were al- swer to Mary's inquiries about its place in the new house, and ways domestic ones. Upon the arrival of a new nurse for Mr. how it had fared at the hands of a poor restorer, her mother Endicott, the first thing the latter had done, she ruefully ad- replied: vised Mary, was to order him out of the room, and pronounce It hangs over the sideboard in the dining room. It is much less injured him the greatest jackass he had ever seen. Then, too, she noted than we thought-though I regret that it was ever touched-the with amusement the treatment for her English son-in-law's faults are.emphasized and the strength somewhat taken out of it. Most gout. Seldom seen without his eyeglass and orchid buttonhole, fortunately we stopped the hand of the restorer, and really it would Joseph Chamberlain was notably averse to exercise. His not seem to anyone but ourselves that it had been touched. 31 mother-in-law wrote: "I see your husband is ordered to ride a bicycle. Really, if that is brought about, I shall have to go to A portrait of Mary as a little girl, done by William Morris England to see it ", So life went on in Boston, with faithful Hunt, was hung to the left of the sliding doors in the library, chronicles traveling to England of attacks of lumbago, world where her mother's eye rested fondly on it. Mrs. Endicott de- affairs, drives in the sunshine, dinners out, and luncheon 5/6! clared proudly that no possession had ever given her such sat- guests. isfaction as that portrait had. In February, the finishing touch- In the winter of 1899, Mr. Endicott's health deteriorated 1900 es were being added: a pretty lamp on the writing table-a rapidly, and he remained almost exclusively in the sunshiny Chinese vase mounted with a shade of parti-colored silk mus- room which had been fitted up for him. There, following a lin, empire shape. The brightening up of a smaller table with siege of pneumonia, he died on May 6, 1900. Courageous and a red velvet tablecloth was successful, and Mrs. Endicott dignified in her loss, Mrs. Endicott left Marlborough Street hoped to put some white lace on it as well, when she could for the country shortly after her husband's funeral. She find it. There only remained two chairs to be re-covered, and seemed to feel she must face well-remembered surroundings there was plenty of time for that. before they should become too painful. The library at Dan- In that spring of 1899, and for years after, the library vers underwent complete alteration, for this had been her hus- tables were covered with books and papers. Mrs. Endicott band's favorite room. William, writing his sister from Boston subscribed to many English periodicals; Mary sent on copies on May 22 noted that "Town is quite deserted now-it is of her husband's speeches, and there were works such as Kip- wonderful to see how general it has become for people, to ling's White Man's Burden to read. Mrs. Endicott opined leave the first of May or soon after for the country." that this work was "minor" to the same author's Recessional. After a quiet summer in Danvers Mrs. Endicott set forth Sitting in her newly finished library she covered pages of in the autumn of 1900 with her brother George Augustus letters to her daughter, with commentaries on all subjects. Peabody for an extended trip abroad. She was also accompa- 30 E.E. to M.E.C., February 21, 1899. nied by her brother-in-law Powell Mason, and two of the 31 Ibid. 32 Ibid. 38 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 39 Chamberlain girls, Ida and Hilda. Egypt, and a trip up the a great progression in decorative taste. Now and then there Nile, was the high light of this trip, not without its light- were household crises, as when William declared "The ceiling hearted moments. One of these occurred at Mrs. Endicott's in the library came very near falling-which was fortunately first interview with her dragoman Ali Hassam, a tall dark- found out before it actually fell. I say the ceiling, but it was skinned Egyptian in blue knickerbockers and embroidered only a small part of it. Then some painting had to be done in jacket. He made a bow before her, took her hand, kissed it, the lower hall, SO the house is now spick and span. and carried it to his forehead-then, turning to the others in In 1900 one or two monstrously overstuffed pieces lingered the room as if he feared they might be hurt at not receiving on in the library, while a great quantity of silver inkwells, the same mark of esteem he explained, "She my lady-same decorated picture frames, flower vases and other objets d'art as my Mother!" To which Hilda Chamberlain mirthfully adorned all flat surfaces. In the drawing room could be found, noted, "You should have seen Mrs. Endicott jump up as soon to the right of the fireplace, the inevitable piano, an upright, as he left the room and go to wash her hand." draped in scarves, with candelabra, china figurines and fruit Her composure restored by the change of scene and variety compotes variously arrayed on it. As the age of Victoria gave of experiences abroad, Mrs. Endicott returned to Boston the way to the Edwardian era, there was perceptible shift in the following spring in excellent spirits. Thereafter it became her Endicott drawing room. The long-considered satin hangings custom to travel abroad each spring, spending most of the made their appearance, draping doorways and windows, com- time with the Chamberlains, and returning in early autumn to plete with fringe. Much of the upholstered furniture van- Danvers; where brilliant flowers, blue skies, and the warmest ished-the black satin sofa, which had crowded in front of the of welcomes from William and Louise helped ease the pain of fireplace, withdrew to its intended corner by the writing table separation from her beloved Mary. By November, when frost in the library. In the place of another large sofa under the wall and grey skies descended, the family would be re-established mirror came several cane settees and benches, with satin cush- in town. Mrs. Endicott's absences gave her daughter-in-law ions to match the hangings. Away went Oriental rugs, and in a measure of independence: for the summer, the servants and their stead, upon the polished parquet, reposed a solitary household were hers to direct; she and William invited white bearskin. Chinese porcelains, French clocks and gilded friends to dine or dined out themselves as freely as they candelabra were positioned with care; the effect was light and chose. Always cheerful and considerate, Louise probably airy, the room one of considerable elegance. sighed a little when she wrote to Mary Chamberlain of the By 1913, when the second series of pictures was taken, there home-coming preparations: "Our linen and china gets put were shown in the house perhaps its most highly valued fur- away, and a few odds and ends retired from different parts of nishings: four portraits by John Singer Sargent. the house, and then a certain amount of polishing goes on." 34 In the dining room was displayed his rather controversial Between 1901, when a series of photographs of 163 Marl- view of Mrs. Endicott. Stalwart and uncompromising, she borough Street were taken by a cousin, John Lowell Gardner was depicted, according to some, too forbiddingly; though 2nd, and 1913, when the firm of Thomas Marr and Son was William averred to his sister: called in to rephotograph the interiors, there is clearly shown Mother's portrait represents an ideal I believe of a dignified, well bred 33 M.E.C. to Louise Endicott (hereafter L.E.), February 3, 1901. New England woman, which apart from the person appeals to the 34 L.E. to M.E.C., September 30, 1904. 85 W.C.E. to M.E.C., November 30, 1904. 40 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 41 imagination. After one has lived with it I do not see the pained expres- the portrait: having selected Louise's room, over the dining sion people talk about-serious, yes-but what does life teach us with room, for his studio, he then chose a black and white lace dress all its trials if one has to shrink from everything that suggests serious- with a bunch of pink roses as her costume. The ever meticu- ness and experience. That is its great value to me and I would not lous William recorded that these roses had been a part of a have it otherwise. The pale green colour of the paper and the dark ball dress of his mother's in the early seventies. He fretted a green curtains in the dining room is very becoming to the picture, and little, Sargent was delighted with where it was hung. It could not hang in the library, for the red silk walls are very trying, in fact impossible I do hope and pray it may be a success I am going to pass the sum- with the red of the curtain in the portrait. 36 mer in the Salem poor house and perhaps I shall send Loulou to her grandfather at Lenox. That I am sure would be the conservative thing Mary Chamberlain sat for her portrait in London: bulletins to do "Auntie Belle" (Mrs. John Lowell Gardner, Jr.) turned were despatched to her family about the dress she was wearing, up on Thursday evidently to find out whether the portrait had really and how the sittings progressed, but the final result was anx- been begun. Everyone seems very curious and plies one with questions iously awaited. William was delighted when it arrived: about clothes, position, etc. I only hope they won't be disappointed. The poor man must be nearly crazy, for many people wish to be paint- I consider (it) the best likeness I have ever known. You cannot imag- ine the joy and happiness it is to see you each day just passing along and ed, so many that I fancy he could easily pass years here and have all the work he could do. 39 looking as if you have just had a talk with us all. When our lives are apart so much it is a great pleasure and satisfaction to have such a like- When she was not sitting for her portrait Louise had many ness with one always. People in general admire and talk more of moth- pleasant occupations about Boston. She and William gave six er's than of yours. I sometimes try and wonder why this is so. 37 dinners during the winter of 1903, and dined out a great deal At present, both of these portraits are in the National Gallery themselves. There was a great stir over the opening of Mrs. of Art at Washington. Gardner's Venetian Palace: open on Mondays and Tuesdays Perhaps the greatest excitement came from the painting of to two hundred people at a time it was an enormous attraction. Louise's portrait, which was done in her bedroom at 163 Marl- Said William, whose wife had passed an amusing day watch- borough Street. Sargent was then at the height of his career. ing the crowds go through: Having completed the frescoes for the Boston Public Library Cousin Belle is flitting about, eager to see how it all affects people he made a trip to Washington to paint President Roosevelt's and chatting with those she knows and ready to explain everything to portrait, then returned to Boston to undertake many private enquiring people. She has become a public character and the papers commissions there. Ruefully, William announced he had left are full of her doing. I do not think it is exaggerated to say that the the artist free to paint Louise any size he wanted, "not to ex- building with the wonderful Italian atmosphere she has created is-the ceed three quarters. So I am ruined, but one does not have a work of a genius. 40 Sargent painted every day, and when a woman has a nice fig- Mary, when watching Sargent paint her husband, had re- ure it is a shame not to have more than a head and shoulders." marked what a lottery a portrait was; William felt the same On the fourth of March, 1903, Sargent arrived to begin way, standing on the sidelines, wishing the artist would not 36 W.C.E. to M.E.C., February 23 and March 5, 1903. 39 W.E.C. to M.E.C., March 5, 1903. 37 W.C.E. to M.E.C., February 23, 1903. 40 Ibid. 38 Ibid. 42 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 43 paint his wife with her mouth open, but feeling bound to tric Company of II2 Water Street submitted a very thorough agree that it was generally that way in life, forbearing to com- estimate, dated January 22, for this important work of mod- ment. When the portrait was completed the upright piano ernization. Feeders running from the basement up the back was forever banished, and in its stead the younger Mrs. Endi- staircase hall intersected fuse cabinets on each floor; from the cott gazed over a drawing room from which many of the cabinets tap circuits were extended laterally along the various photographs, candy dishes and other small artifacts had also floors and down the walls behind the plastering to the various been removed. outlets and switches. It remained for William to be portrayed, and in the spring Mrs. Endicott was assured of a safe job: the system of wir- of 1907 he and Louise journeyed to London to accomplish ing was completely insulated, from the point of entrance to this. Louise had insisted that he be painted in a frock coat, each of the outlets, the wires being covered with a protecting standing; William had ordered a frame made duplicating the coat of rubber and enclosed in braiding, and in addition to this, one on Louise's portrait; otherwise they again relied on the each wire, where concealed, was drawn into a heavy insulated artist's discretion, and were not disappointed. Said Louise, flexible tubing, completely insulating it from the walls or well satisfied, "It is wonderfully like. The eyes have such a beams of the house. nice, pleasant, interested expression-not the dreamy roman- In the closets, back halls and servants' portion of the house tic look William hoped would be put into them-much better the company provided for wires to be run along the surface of this way, I think." the plaster, enclosed in a shellacked molding; all work was The finished canvas was hung in the library, diagonally done under the direct supervision of both the Fire Under- across from Mary's portrait; the same large red velvet sofa writers and the City Wire Department. remained in position beneath it, next to the sliding doors. Mrs. The solid construction of the house, with its large number Endicott, Sr.'s brother-in-law George Dexter, on inspecting of hardwood floors, increased the cost of installation, but the the houseful of Sargents, was rather critical of Louise's, ob- company, which had installed electric service in over one jecting to the positioning of the hand which held the pink hundred houses in the Back Bay, was prepared to do the job roses. He could not, however, fail to be impressed and averred for a total of $1,376. The first, second and third floors were that Marlborough Street was a veritable Sargent gallery, and figured at $350 each, and the basement and upper floor corre- all but Louise's were pleasures to look at. 42 spondingly less. Servants' rooms, back halls, baths and pas- Besides the Sargent portraits, a portrait done of old Mr. sages were generally provided with one side light each; the Endicott in Washington, while he was Secretary of War, con- main entrance hall, however, was to have its six three-branch tinued to mount guard in the dining room, placed at a right fixtures converted from gas to electricity for a total of eight- angle to that of his ancestor the Governor, whom he markedly een lights, three switches being provided. The same was true resembled. in the library, where also three double receptacles for lamps When the Endicotts bought 163 Marlborough Street it were provided. Family bathrooms were equipped with elec- was supplied with gas light, but in 1906 a major improvement tric heaters; and the drawing room, two ground-floor rooms was made with the installation of electric wiring. Lord Elec- and all family bedrooms were allotted at least one double 41 L.E. to M.E.C., May 14, 1907. receptacle. Additionally, the family bedrooms had central 42 George Dexter to M.E.C., December 2, 1907. light fixtures, as did the kitchen, servants' hall, and dining 44 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 45 room; and the fourth-floor guest rooms had five and two side really likes it. But one can't lead a natural social life when one has to lights respectively. Work was done on two floors at a time, have outside cooks and menservants. It is only the people who offer without undue inconvenience to the family. their friends what they themselves have-that have a pleasant easy Large dinner parties in town and country required a con- daily social intercourse with their fellowmen. siderable supply of crockery. Mrs. Endicott's approach to Mrs. Endicott was not insensible to the strain her children purchasing was a conservative, New England one; she wrote felt in sharing hershouse; and she very generously arranged her daughter letters about what was required, and deliberated in the summer of 1908 for the remodeling of the two ground- over dollar value received for some time before committing floor rooms into a real suite, in which they might pursue their herself. William's approach was more direct; he reported in special tastes and interests. For this work Mr. Herbert 1903 that the china he had "ordered at Le Rosey was a great Browne was again engaged as architect. success, very simple and very refined." When stocks of the The octagonal marble-floored room, planned as a coat blue Canton ware used in the Danvers dining room were run- room and used by the Cushings as a conservatory, had con- ning low he shipped out samples of what was required to the tained in the first years of the Endicott's occupancy a large American Consul at Peking, who undertook, although warn- writing desk and some rather gloomy rugs and curtains. It ing that quality was not what it had been in the good old days, was now converted into the most charming of boudoirs for to forward these to the factory. Some months later in 1906 Louise. Heavy black walnut gave way to soft creamy-yellow four large cases were received from the Po Hing Company, paneled walls, with a white key trim, and a decorated ceiling. containing plates, platters, vegetable dishes and tureens; Brocade curtains, and delicate lace ones over the windows prices for the large dinner plates being then $9.00 a dozen, themselves, complemented a satin-striped couch with chairs while medium-sized meat platters were sold at $3.44 each. to match. Louise's writing table with a pretty pair of lamps As the winters went along in Marlborough Street William and some flowering bulbs set on it, was before the middle win- fretted: his mother seemed to become more retiring. Though dow. To its right were a small Chinese screen and a case of he pronounced her sweet and interested in all he and Louise fans, figurines and favorite bits of porcelain. The most charm- did, the fact remained that she would seldom come and join ing effect in the room came from its octagonal rug, especially them in their parties, ten being the largest group she felt she commissioned and woven for the Endicotts in Smyrna. Set in could cope with. He mused to Mary that a central diamond was a fanciful rendition of the initials of Unless we have large dinners, no one ever comes except an occasional William Crowninshield and Marie Louise Endicott. This family party. As for asking anyone in on the spur of the moment-it piece de resistance, which had been ordered through the A:- is no use so I have given up the idea. I am of a social disposition and thur Williams Co. in April 1908, traveled back in the late always like in a way to keep open house-but that is the disadvantage autumn, with the price for the completed rug, including all of living with other people It was Father who was the social one duties, landing charges and architects' commissions amount- and who brought people to the house. The funny thing is that Mother ing to $303.75. 43 W.C.E. to M.E.C., February 23, 1903. The firm of Le Rosey was a French The tapestried study was enlarged by moving the end wall one, from whom William Endicott purchased many of the furnishings for 163 nearest Marlborough Street forward to include the space for- Marlborough Street; the cane settees and couches in the Endicott drawing room after 1903 seem to have been ordered from this source. merly occupied by the stairway to the wine room. Dreary car- 44 W.C.E. to M.E.C., March 14, 1907. 48 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 49 Crucifixion at the top. Beneath it in old gold letters are "Ave Arts, and the Massachusetts Historical Society, whose presi- MHS, Maria gratia plena"-altogether it is a great treasure and I am as you dent he was from 1927 until his death in 1936, and to which can imagine more than pleased to have it in our possession It is he made a bequest of $100,000. hung on the wall at the head of the stairs on the drawing room floor. Louise, meanwhile, was not without her share of good The painted gray wall is very becoming to it as you can easily imag- works. She was active in the Ladies Aid of the Carney Hospi- ine. 47 tal, struggling "to give it a clean and renovated kitchen. I For Christmas of 1910 Mrs. Endicott presented green plush feel as if there was nothing I didn't know in consequence about curtains and a green carpet for the tapestry room, and in 1911 tiles for walls and floors." 50 Be that as it may, the kitchen ar- William's Christmas present to Louise was a beautiful Em- rangements at 163 Marlborough Street, conspicuous in their pire bronze, which quickly found its place in the little parlor. lack of renovation, fell rather short of the modern ideal. The For Christmas of 1912 Louise was delighted that: enormous coal range required the frequent services of a jani- tor, and the tender attention of an untemperamental cook. Its Wm. gave me a charming little Adams painted table-with a Wedg- height, or lack of it, required constant stooping and must have wood plaque set in so dainty and matches one we got earlier in the resulted in many an aching back. While there was a dumb- season and so make a charming pair in our little marble salon-We waiter leading out of the kitchen to a serving pantry in back got them from Dreyfus in New York-then I gave him a nice big wal- nut set with brass box for his cigars-Something he has wanted for of the dining room, the maids themselves climbed the steep years and we found in one of the old established firms in New York flight back and forth all too often. This sort of detail, how- Cousin Lizzie gave W. two lovely bits of Wedgwood vases. 48 ever, did not concern the Endicotts, nor most other families with large houses. The "business of being in town" involved a So the Endicotts' house grew each year. Interested and busy considerable work of meal ordering, seating arrangements, as he was in Boston, William gave just as much time and floral decoration, etc.; and the actual mechanics of their own thought to beautifying the place in Danvers, as well as turn- domestic scene were completely unfamiliar to the majority of ing it into a model farm. He had a tremendous interest in the Boston ladies, except perhaps when they broke down. affairs of Essex County, and observed to his sister what a pity The passing years diminished little of Mrs. Endicott, Sr.'s it was that none of the Peabodys of their branch lived in Sa- vitality. Though she passed considerable time indoors, nurs- lem, for ing various minor ailments, she was equal to larger ones: I have thrown myself into the Salem life and my interest in the Essex breaking both wrists in a fall at the age of eighty-three, she Institute and Peabody Academy is very genuine, and I am always made an astonishing and complete recovery, and continued pleased with the way they receive me and the consideration with which her voluminous family correspondence. they listen to my. views is very gratifying. 49 Just before the outbreak of World War I Joseph Chamber- lain died, after several years of failing health, and the follow- Besides these organizations, William was active in the Hu- ing two years were anxious and lonely ones for his widow. mane Society and the Agricultural Society; and in later years Having nursed her husband for eight years before his death the Fruitlands and Wayside Museums, the Museum of Fine she had almost withdrawn from the social world. Not very 47 W.C.E. to M.E.C., December 14, 1909. strong herself, she could not take up war work; her great tal- 48 L.E. to M.E.C., January 10, 1913. 50 L.E. to M.E.C., March 27, 1913. 49 W.C.E. to M.E.C., September 29, 1911. 50 The Bostonian Society The Cushing-Endicott House 5 I ent lay in supporting and forwarding the efforts of those she tled, while Louise gave hospitable luncheons and teas to fami- loved. It was therefore a great happiness for Mrs. Endicott, ly and friends. Visits from the Carnegies were of course wel- when in the early summer of 1916 Mary undertook the peril- comed, and by a curious coincidence sorrow came to Mrs. En- ous transatlantic crossing to bring her family joyous news, the dicott and her sister-in-law in the same year. In late October announcement of her engagement to a friend of many years, 1936 Canon Carnegie died, and William Endicott survived the Rev. William Hartley Carnegie. Their wedding took him by only a little over a month. Then indeed the two ladies place in London on August 3, 1916, and a new life opened out were brought closely together. for Mary. Once again she inherited a large family, but her An elevator was installed in the Marlborough Street house new ties and affection towards the Carnegie children in no in 1936, the problem of the town-house stairs proving great, way diminished her feelings toward the Chamberlains. She as it had for Mr. Endicott long years before. Louise Endicott continued to correspond faithfully with Mrs. Endicott about lived quietly on there, mistress at last of the domain she had all the children and grandchildren she felt were truly her SO long shared. Her patterns of life had been set early, though, own; and these letters of course gave great pleasure. and one coming upon the great rooms of the house in 1940 Mrs. Endicott did not break with a family tradition of would not have seen much difference in it in 1950, or observed longevity. She continued to winter in Marlborough Street, any sweeping changes undertaken since 1930. The decades and summer in Danvers, anticipating visits from Mary and rolled on; and Mary Carnegie made annual visits to her sister- her husband whenever possible. Canon Carnegie's work as in-law until the Second World War interrupted them. She re- Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rector of mained in her London house throughout the war years, open- St. Margaret's, and Canon of Westminster Abbey, kept these ing her house to hosts of relatives and friends; and behaving from being as frequent as could be wished, but over the years through all tumults and alarms with the courage and dignity those in England and America kept close touch with one an- SO characteristic of her mother. other. It was not until the year 1927 that Mrs. Endicott died, The war over, the annual visits to America were resumed, death at the very considerable age of ninety-four. and in later years it became the custom for Mrs. Endicott to Her brother, George Augustus Peabody, then the oldest give a large family party, every autumn, as a farewell to Mary ST, living graduate of Harvard (class of 1851), survived her un- Carnegie. As both ladies reached their nineties, they grew in- til 1929, when he died at 98. It is probable that from him a creasingly considerate of one another: Mrs. Endicott fussing pair of marble busts of Joseph Peabody and his wife were re- conspiratorially over Mrs. Carnegie, who, she said, could ceived by William and Louise Endicott, and placed in the hardly see; while Mrs. Carnegie urged other persons to main hall. This would only have been fitting, for it was after speak loudly enough to Mrs. Endicott, who could hardly all Uncle Augustus who had remarked that the furnishings hear. The infirmities of their old age were, for these two, in- there would do until they got something better. conveniences, hardly to be believed in. The pattern of life at 163 Marlborough Street continued And SO one autumn party became a real farewell, for in very much as it had through Mrs. Endicott's lifetime. In the May of 1957 Mary Endicott Carnegie died, in her ninety- bleak year of 1930 the Endicotts traveled to Egypt, journey- Fourth year. In the same year of her life, Louise Endicott also ing gradually up the Nile in a private boat. At home there died, the following spring. were committee meetings for William, and estates to be set- So, too, was an era of life ended for the house at 163 Marl- 1958. 52 The Bostonian Society borough Street. The family of three which built it, and the family of four which succeeded them, were all gone, and the many servants who had accompanied them. Some houses adapt readily to institutional use; this one did not. Thus it was sold, and of necessity greatly changed. Structurally it is much the same; and the ebony furniture, its upholstery outworn, still stands in the Chinese dining room. The red silk walls remain; the claret carpet, stars of cream now threadbare, is still upon the floor. Yet to enter the house is to wander, as in a confused dream. Mrs. Endicott felt crowded, unable to invite guests, when one dressing room became a bedroom. Today, upon her upper floors live twenty-five girls. Six more reside in kitchen and servants' hall; the old coal range is tamed, and painted white. One goes downstairs to eat, where all is bright and clean and new; the wine cellar now becomes a recreation room. In the main hall telephones ring, girls with books go in and out, and an intercom announces callers. Upstairs is like some vague museum. Caught between two worlds, the lions on the cornices still appear to roar; the par- quet floor is there, the gilded ceiling gleams. Some things are there, the people all have fled. And, as one SO often does in well-loved scenes revisited, a wanderer must needs reflect, Ophelia-like, "Lord, we know what we are, but we know not what we may be." WILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT BY WILLIAM LAWRENCE PRIVATELY PRINTED [1936] William Crowninshield Endicott By ROBERT GRANT ILLIAM CROWNINSHIELD ENDICOTT, the twelfth president of W the Massachusetts Historical Society, and tenth in the line of direct descent from Governor John Endecott, was born at Salem, September 28, 1860, and died at Boston, November 28, 1936. He was the only son of William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900), Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1873-1882) and Secretary of War in President Cleveland's first Cabinet (1885-1889), and Ellen, daughter of George and Clarissa (Endicott) Peabody of Salem. The later Endicotts-"were, except for Crowninshield blood, of pure New England stock," for their lineage "in all its other strains was direct from the early settlers of Salem," including the Derbys, Gardners, and Williamses. President Endicott's Crowninshield strain was derived from Johannes Kaspar Richter von Kronensheldt, who came to Boston from Leipzig about 1688. President Endicott once wrote of his forebears: After the death of Governor John Endecott his descendants for five gener- ations continued to reside and to be buried on the Orchard Farm in Danvers, which had been in the family since 1632 when the Court of Assistants granted the estate to the Governor. The men of the family were farmers who tilled the soil as a means of livelihood; were respected members of the community in which they lived; and were in their quiet way good citizens. The women appear to have been a strong, attractive and competent race and their families were large. ² Young Endicott grew up in Salem where a cultivated society, evolved from the successes of her navigators and merchants, was then in its later luster. His roots were in Essex County. He went to the public school at Salem. Following his graduation from Harvard in the Class of 1883, he studied law at the Harvard Law School and in an office in Salem. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and began the practice of law in Boston and Washington. He served as private secretary to his father during President Cleveland's first adminis- tration. In 1889 he married Marie Louise Thoron, daughter of I Later Years of the Saturday Club, 1870-1920, M. A. DeWolfe Howe, Editor (Boston, 1927), 207. 2 Memoir of Samuel Endicott, with a Genealogy of His Descendants (Boston, 1924), 5. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25080337?seq=1#page_scan_tab_content 2/4 x the 1770-1920. pt Later Club: 11/03 Howe Grant, Robert book 1968. passeds WILLIAM M.A. N4: 1826-1900 have tunate in and drifted was historic stead England. the is said to in- if spicuous impatient for for the in Born in and his and shield Crowninshield) of pure New Endicott, father Gardners. England for Putnam Jacob and Crownin- von in all The its was Der- of very President prominent Jefferson, of the the Navy, of the he and eighteenth Endicott, to Timothy) tant ports. at William William, Salem and 208 The Saturday Club lost her commercial supremacy, but where a cultivated society had evolved from the successes of her navigators and merchants. If not more wealth, it had more college graduates in proportion to its population than any other town of New England. But, though a conspicuously intellectual community, it was shut in and self-con- tained to such a degree that the importance of Salem overshad- owed all its other interests, which may have been partly due to the lack of facilities for contact with the outer world of Massachusetts. Endicott was already eleven years old when the railroad first reached Salem from Boston. Until the murder of Captain Joseph White in 1830 it was, according to Joseph H. Choate, 'not uncom- mon to leave the house door unlocked and unbarred,' and there was 'still a great deference among the people towards the leading citizens.' To a Salem thus conservative in temper and provincially aris- tocratic from comfortable fortunes, and yet emulous of strict in- tegrity and the hardy virtues, Endicott, after delivering at Com- mencement a disquisition on 'Honors in Different Ages,' returned after his graduation in 1847 from Harvard College. An offer to enter one of the firms in China, at that moment very prosperous, did not allure him, for his heart was already set on the law. The Essex bar was then famous from the leadership of such men as Ru- fus Choate, Caleb Cushing, and Otis P. Lord. He studied in the office of the last named, who showed an affectionate regard for him, spent the winter of 1849-50 at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Essex County Bar in 1850. In the words of his only son, of the same name, 'His account-books show how meagre were the earnings of a lawyer in those days, and the first few years of his practice were hard and brought him but little remuneration. He stuck to it with grim tenacity, and his patience was soon re- warded.' Meanwhile he formed a partnership with the author of 'Perry on Trusts,' and for twenty years the firm of Perry and Endicott had 'a large portion of the legal practice in Essex County," with Endicott trying and arguing the cases in court. In these years he permission of the Muse Historical 'society was active also politically, serving in the Common Council of Salem and, besides, as City Solicitor. A staunch Democrat at a pe- William Crowninsbield Endicott 209 riod when in Massachusetts a Democrat who could obtain a ma- jority was rarer than a white black-bird, he ran thrice unsuccess- fully on the State ticket as a candidate for Attorney-General, and contested in vain in 1870 the Congressional aspirations of Benja- min F. Butler, who had moved from his own Congressional dis- trict to Gloucester and captured the Republican nomination. Yet his reputation, though up to this time local, had attracted attention, for suddenly and more to his own surprise than was probably felt by Cincinnatus when called from the plough, he was invited to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts by Governor Washburn, a Republican. By an Act of February 23, 1873, the number of Associate Justices had been increased from five to six, and there was not a Democrat among them until Judge Endicott took the oaths of office. From that moment he gave his energies to the work of the court SO completely that overwork com- pelled him at the end of nine years, October 1882, to hand in his resignation to Governor Long. His opinions, 378 in number, are contained in Volumes II2-33 of the Massachusetts Reports. As to the Attorney General's averment at the meeting of the Bar of the Commonwealth following Justice Endicott's decease in 1900 that 'not one of his opinions has been overruled,' I am puzzled to know exactly what Mr. Knowlton meant, for though every opin- ion is written by one of the several justices, it is invariably that of at least a majority of the full court. Accordingly if any statement of law is subsequently overruled, by the same or a newly con- stituted bench, the court overrules itself, not the justice who wrote the earlier opinion. The work of a Supreme Court Justice in the seventies differed materially from what it is to-day. Though very much less arduous with respect to the volume and complexity of the cases, it was not unlikely to tell on certain temperaments because of the complete lack of the aid afforded to-day by stenographers and typewriters. Of Endicott's 378 opinions nearly every one was in his own hand- writing. It is interesting, too, to recall as illustrative of the changes since his day that during all of the nine years of his serv- ice an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, besides sitting in banc, had to take his turn as a single justice in hearing 210 The Saturday Club William Crowninsbield Endicott 211 capital cases (then tried before two justices and a jury), Probate latter service, which began in June, 1884, lasted until September, appeals, all suits in equity, all divorce libels, and all cases of con- 1895. On Commencement Day, 1882, President Charles W. Eliot tract involving more than a specified sum. Instead of having ex- conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws upon him 'in glad recogni- clusive jurisdiction as then in all these matters, the Supreme Ju- tion of his attainments, station, and influence.' His resident mem- dicial Court of to-day has been relieved from every one of them, bership in the Massachusetts Historical Society dates from the either by express legislation or by change of practice. spring of 1864. But though the strain had told upon him, Mr. Endicott, after It was not, however, until 1885 that he became a member of the travelling abroad for eighteen months, returned home in the au- Saturday Club, and, as he was a member of the Cabinet at Wash- tumn of 1883 invigorated, and was able not only to resume the ington from March in that year until the March of 1889, the com- practices of the law, but to accept in 1884 the nomination of the pliment for the time seemed to originate a 'custom more honored Democratic Convention as its candidate for Governor of the Com- in the breach than the observance.' Yet his son tells me that dur monwealth on the self-imposed condition that he should not take ing the remaining ten years he has memories of his father's eager- the stump. He did make a single speech, but only one. The chance ness to attend the Saturday Club meetings, and poignant regret at of election in a strong Republican state was the forlornest of hopes. inability to do SO because of ill health. The days were already Yet, as in some other instances of bread thrown upon the waters, his past when one could still attend and listen in perfect silence to was returned before many days. Because of the tinge of Butlerism Dr. Holmes or Judge Hoar without exciting notice. in the Democratic party of the State, it was thought by the con- William Crowninshield Endicott was married in 1859 to his servative element that a candidate like Endicott would strengthen cousin, Ellen Peabody of Salem, the gracious and distinguished the Cleveland ticket. So when it came to the choice of a cabinet gentlewoman who in her ninety-fourth year, and alert-minded as the President-elect saw in him an available Secretary of War. He ever, still survives him. Their only son, William Crowninshield held this office during the period of Mr. Cleveland's first Endicott, contemporary with many of us, is a discriminating stu- a military sense four years of peace, during which the Apache war dent of New England family traditions, president of the Massa- was ended by the surrender of the Apache Indians under Geronimo. chusetts Historical Society, and a devotee of art. Their only In presenting the Resolutions of the Bar Association to the daughter, Mary Crowninshield, married in 1888 Right Honorable Court at the proceedings which followed Mr. Endicott's death the Joseph Chamberlain of Birmingham, England, then an M.P. and Attorney General remarked, 'How far he commanded the respect later Prime Minister. After his decease, she became in 1916 the of his party associates was shown by the fact that without solicita- wife of Rev. William Hartley Carnegie, Rector of Saint Margaret's tion on his part he was frequently nominated by them for the high- and Canon of Westminster (London). est positions in the gift of the people. But he was never elected to My own recollection of Mr. Endicott is very clear, for my sum- any important office by popular vote. If judges had been SO chosen, mers were spent at Nahant where he visited at the cottage of his the bench would probably not have been adorned by his presence.' wife's parents, and there I saw him often. His handsome, serene, Though the irony of this was admirably true, Endicott's eligibility and delightful personality is one of the memories of my youth. He in smaller and, as we believe, more discerning constituencies should became a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in the year that I not be passed over. He was a member of the Board of Overseers took my A.B. at Harvard, and, as I was not admitted to the Bar by election of the Harvard alumni for three terms of six years each, until 1879, I saw him only a few times upon the bench, and yet, the last of which was curtailed by his resignation to become a Fellow of the Corporation by choice of his future associates. This These words were written in the spring of 1927. Mrs. Endicott's death occurred in the ensuing summer. 212 The Saturday Club William Crowninsbield Endicott 213 because of his bearing, the remembrance is as distinct as if I had as if the elements in the balance were dead matter, but discerning seen him yesterday. and collecting those elements by the help of a noble and tender That leader of the Bar, Richard Olney, was the least likely of heart. Ah, me! how often I have wished that one of his successors men to exaggerate the spoken word under the impulse of rhetoric could attain the perfection which once he saw in the flesh! How or indulgence for the dead. Yet it was he who said before the Bar often has that charming and impressive figure risen before my of the Commonwealth: 'A more dignified, graceful, and effective eyes, at once to encourage and to warn!' presiding magistrate, it has never been my fortune to see on the ROBERT GRANT bench. The familiar recipe for a judge, given by an English au- thority of the first rank, was that he must at all hazards be a gen- tleman, and that, if he should also know a little law, it would do no harm. Judge Endicott was always and everywhere the gentleman. He was SO not merely in manner and by an uncommon elegance of deportment, but through an innate sense of justice and a natural love of fair play, which made him no respecter of persons, and made the humblest suitor in his court sure of an impartial hearing and secure in every just claim. The combination of such traits, with the knowledge and wisdom derived from constant study of the law, and its application to the practical affairs of life, made Judge Endicott approach the ideal of a judge as nearly as the lot of humanity will permit.' These words were addressed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., then Chief Justice of Massachusetts, who in the course of his reply brought back the dead to life for all present with the voice of poetry and authority. Emanating from another member of the Saturday Club this evocation, already perpetuated on the rolls of the Court, should also have a place in our volume: 'When next I saw him, it was upon the bench, and again he ex- cited my admiration. He was sitting in the old equity courtroom in Court Square, and I remember thinking at the time, as I still think, that he represented in the superlative degree my notion of the proper bearing and conduct of a judge. Distinguished in per- son, with the look of a race in his countenance which in more ways than one suggested a resemblance to that first Endicott to whom Massachusetts owes SO much, he sat without a thought of self, with- out even the unconscious pride or aloofness which seemed, nay, was his right, serenely absorbed in the problems of the matter in hand, impersonal yet human, the living image of justice, weighing MHS Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 : Guide to the Collection Page 1 of 53 Papans. Dea E. de WT jamily See MASSACHUSETTS About MHS Library Online In Print Education Event Library: Finding Aids Search all Finding Aids List of Finding Aids Related Pages: ABIGAIL (online C one Search within this finding aid: ward Search Table of Contents Endicott Family Papers Collection Summary Biographical Sketches Collection Description 1612-1958 Related Collections Acquisition Information Guide to the Collection Restrictions on Access Organization of the Collection The bulk of the Endicott family papers (except three oversize containers) is stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Detailed Description of the Collection Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before Preferred Citation requesting cartons by barcode. Access Terms Materials Removed Collection Summary Creator: Endicott family Abstract: Title: Endicott family papers This collection consists of the papers of the Endicott family of Salem and Boston, Dates: 1612-1958 Mass., in particular William C. Endicott, Physical 37 record cartons (stored Sr., attorney, judge, and politician; his Description: offsite); 2 oversize boxes and wife Ellen P. Endicott; their son William 1 oversize vol. (stored onsite). C. Endicott, Jr., Boston attorney and civic leader; their daughter, Mary C. Endicott Call OFFSITE STORAGE (Chamberlain Carnegie), third wife of Number: British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain; and Louise T. Endicott, wife Call Endicott family (oversize of William C. Endicott, Jr. Number: materials only) Repository: Massachusetts Historical http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2 2/20/2004 MHS Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 Guide to the Collection Page 2 of 53 Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215 library@masshist.org Table of Contents Biographical Sketches Endicott family John Endecott was born in England in 1588 and was a soldier and surgeon until becoming a member of the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1627. He was selected as the company's agent in America in 1628, and landed in Salem later that year. In 1629, the company selected him as governor, a position he held until he was superseded by John Winthrop in 1630. During his time in the colony he served, with the exception of one year, as either assistant, deputy governor, or governor. His 16 terms as governor were the longest tenure of any chief executive in the colony's history. A soldier and government official, he was in essence the colony's chief military officer for much of his life. He married Ann Gower in 1626. After her death in Salem in 1630, he was married a second time to Elizabeth Gibson in 1632. They had two children, John and Zerubabbel. Governor Endecott died in Boston on 24 November 1665. William Putnam Endicott was born in Salem on 5 March 1803, the son of Samuel and 803. Elizabeth Endicott. A graduate of the Harvard College Class of 1822, he served as 888 supercargo aboard ships traveling to Europe and the West Indies before returning to Salem where he worked for commercial houses. In 1844 he represented Salem in the Massachusetts General Court. He married Mary Crowninshield on 31 January 1826. She bore four children and died on 13 March 1838. In 1844, he married Harriet French Peabody. He owned homes in Milford, N.H. and Salem where he died on 11 March 1888. 1900 William C. Endicott, Sr. was born 23 November 1826 in Salem, the son of William Putnam and Mary Crowninshield Endicott. He graduated from Harvard College in 1847, studied law and was admitted to the Essex Bar in 1850. He ran unsuccessfully for attorney general in 1866, 1867, and 1869, and for Congress in 1870. In 1873 he was appointed a justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court, a post he held until 1882. Following an extensive tour of Europe, he returned to public and political life in 1884, running unsuccessfully for governor. The following year he was appointed secretary of war in Grover Cleveland's first cabinet, a post he held until 1889. Returning to Boston, he resumed his law practice until retiring in 1891. He married Ellen Peabody in 1859 and was the father of William C. Endicott, Jr. and Mary C. Endicott. In his private life, he was a member of numerous clubs and civic organizations including the Saturday Club and the Massachusetts Historical Society. He died on 23 May 1900. http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward: 2/20/2004 MHS | Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 : Guide to the Collection Page 3 of 53 Ellen Peabody Endicott was born in Salem on 21 May 1833, the daughter of George 183,927. Peabody and Clarissa Endicott Peabody. She was married 13 December 1859 to William C. Endicott, Sr. and had two children: William C. Endicott, Jr. (1860-1936) and Mary Crowninshield Endicott (1864-1957) She was one of the foremost hostesses in Salem, Washington, and Boston, where she enjoyed an active social life until her death on 20 August 1927. CAVs William C. Endicott, Jr. was born in Salem on 28 September 1860, the son of William C. and Ellen P. Endicott. He graduated from Harvard University in 1883 and attended Credit Harvard Law School before beginning his own practice. In 1886 he accompanied his 860, family to Washington, where he served as his father's private secretary. After leaving Washington at the close of the first Cleveland administration in 1889, he resumed his law 1936 practice in Danvers until returning to Washington in 1893, first as an attorney specializing in pardons at the Department of Justice and later as private secretary to Attorney General Papers Richard Olney. On leaving Washington he resumed his practice of law in Boston. His activities in Boston included terms as trustee of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (1822-1936), member (1915-1936) and president (1927-1936) of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and treasurer of the Museum of Fine Arts (1920-1936). He died on 28 mill. November 1936. Mary C. Endicott (Chamberlain, Carnegie) was born on 16 April 1864 in Salem, the Ei daughter of William C. Endicott, Sr. and Ellen P. Endicott. She married British Member of Sex Parliament Joseph Chamberlain, father of future British Cabinet Ministers Arthur Neville and Joseph Austen Chamberlain on 26 November 1888, and moved to England. As Chamberlain's wife, she accompanied him on numerous state visits and served as stepmother to his children. She was widowed in 1914 and in 1916 married William H. Carnegie, the Dean of Westminster. Widowed again in 1936, she remained in England until her death in July of 1957. Louise T. Endicott was born Louise Marie Thoron in New York on 26 November 1864. 1864, The daughter of a socially prominent New York family with strong Boston ties, she was educated in convent schools in the United States and France. She married William C. lass. Endicott, Jr. on 3 October 1889. They had no children. She died on 20 April 1958. Related families Joseph Peabody was born in 1757 in Middleton, Mass. He worked as a farmer before serving in the Revolution as a soldier and sailor and later as a commercial sailor. In 1791, he retired from the sea and became a part owner of ships trading with the East Indies, the West Indies, and Europe. He married Elizabeth Smith in 1794. He became one of Salem's richest merchants and, following his death in 1844, left a large financial legacy. In 1814 he purchased an estate in Danvers that later became the family's summer home. Two http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2/20/2004 MHS Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 Guide to the Collection Page 4 of 53 members of the Endicott family, Moses and Samuel, were employed by him as ship captains, and his granddaughter, Ellen, married William C. Endicott, Sr. in 1859. George Peabody was born in Salem on 23 September 1803, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Peabody. He graduated from Harvard in 1824. He married Clarissa Endicott in 1825 and was the father of four children, including Ellen Peabody Endicott. He served on his father's ships before returning to work in his father's counting house and serve as president of the Salem Bank. He died on 3 January 1892. Joseph Chamberlain was born 8 July 1836 in Birmingham England and was an industrialist before becoming mayor of the city and later a member of Parliament. He rose through the ranks, eventually becoming secretary of state for the colonies in 1895 where he served until 1905. He was married three times and fathered seven children, including Joseph Austen Chamberlain (1860-1933), British chancellor of the Exchequer, and Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1941), chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister. He married Mary C. Endicott, his third wife, in 1888, and died on 6 August 1914. Table of Contents Collection Description The Endicott Family Papers consist of 37 cartons of manuscripts (stored offsite), 2 oversize boxes and 1 oversize volume (stored onsite), and printed materials arranged in nine series that document the Endicott family of Salem and Boston from 1612 to 1958. The bulk of the collection dates from 1860 to 1936 and consists of the personal papers of William C. Endicott, Sr., attorney and secretary of war in the first Grover Cleveland administration (1885-1889); his wife, Ellen Peabody Endicott; their son, William C. Endicott, Jr., a Boston attorney and civic leader; their daughter, Mary C. Endicott Chamberlain Carnegie, the third wife of British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain; and Louise (Thoron) Endicott, the wife of William C. Endicott, Jr. In addition, there are historical and genealogical research materials gathered by the family including much information on John Endecott, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and Joseph Peabody, a Salem merchant and the grandfather of Ellen Peabody Endicott. There are also papers of members of related families, Endicott household records, and a separate series of personal and family photographs. Family correspondence (1799-1957) forms the largest single series in the collection and is arranged in subseries by family member. Ellen (Peabody) Endicott (Mrs. William C. Endicott, Sr.) was the most prolific family correspondent, in particular with her mother, Clara Endicott Peabody, and her daughter Mary -- the latter correspondence extends over 57 years. http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2/20/2004 MHS Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 Guide to the Collection Page 5 of 53 In addition to the family correspondence, the five principal family members are represented in five separate series of personal papers which fill 23 cartons and constitute the bulk of the collection. Spanning the years 1845-1958, each series is further subdivided into subseries pertaining to each individual's life, interests, and activities. Included are personal correspondence, ephemera (defined as incidental and miscellaneous printed material that has not been separately cataloged due to its transitory nature, such as calling cards, invitations, place cards, and miscellaneous circulars), and bound volumes, such as diaries, scrapbooks, and account books. The William C. Endicott, Sr. papers, the largest of the five principal member series, cover his career as a prominent Essex County attorney, politician, state Supreme Judicial Court judge, and secretary of war in Grover Cleveland's first cabinet, including materials documenting the capture of Geronimo in 1886, and controversies over attempts to return captured Confederate battle flags in 1887. His papers include correspondence, legal case files, diaries, letterbooks, and scrapbooks. Ellen P. Endicott's papers document nearly 70 years as a wife, mother, and social figure in Salem, Washington, and Boston. Papers of her daughter Mary C. Endicott cover her life as social figure in Washington and England, in particular from 1889 to 1914 during her marriage to British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain. The William C. Endicott, Jr. papers consist of materials connected to his career as an attorney, civic and social figure, and philanthropist. Among these are files from his service as president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1927-1936. The Louise T. Endicott papers document her life as a Boston social figure and wife of William C. Endicott, Jr. Her diaries and engagement books record the family's activities over a 70 year period from 1884-1954. Families related to the Endicotts are also documented through original manuscripts and transcribed documents of the Ward, Peabody, Crowninshield, Gardner and Gray families. A series of household records includes correspondence, bills, invoices, and guest books pertaining to the Endicott family's homes in Salem, Danvers, and Boston. The Historical/Genealogical Papers series contains research notes and transcribed documents on the family's history and origins by William C. Endicott, Sr., William C. Endicott, Jr. and Mary C. Endicott. Photographs were removed from the collection and are stored with the Society's Photograph Archives. Table of Contents Related Collections Autograph letters collected by the Endicotts and select correspondence between family members and a number of famous historical figures have been removed from the Endicott papers and renamed the Endicott Family Special Collection (See the separate guide to that http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2/20/2004 MHS | Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 : Guide to the Collection Page 8 of 53 VII. Related Family Papers, 1672-1940 A. Miscellaneous Third-Party Letters, 1845-1940 B. Legal Papers, 1672-1869 C. Crowninshield Family Papers, 1800-1888 D. Peabody Family Papers, 1812-1859. E. Ward Family Papers, 1799-1938 F. Gray-Gardner Papers, 1703-1812 VIII. Household and Travel Records, 1792-1956 A. General Household Records, 1861-1954 B. Travel Records, 1913-1931 C. Peabody Farm Records, 1792-1956 IX. Historical/Genealogical Papers, 1612-1947 A. Correspondence, 1878-1944 B. John Endecott Papers, 1612-1665 C. Research Notes, 1628-1936 D. Miscellaneous, 1915-1947 E. Bound Volumes, 1901-1931 Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection Carton Barcode Folder Contents I. Family Correspondence, 1617-1957 Arranged into series by correspondent (see below) Family correspondence is the largest series in the collection. It consists of letters written between members of the family and related families, the bulk written by five principal family members, William C. Endicott, Sr., Ellen P. Endicott, Mary C. Endicott, William C. Endicott, Jr., and Louise T. Endicott. Much of the family's domestic life was chronicled by its female members, specifically Mary and Ellen Endicott, whose correspondence spans 57 years. The earliest documents were produced by John Endecott, the family's http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2/20/2004 MHS | Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 : Guide to the Collection Page 39 of 53 (Thoron) Endicott and other members of the Thoron family, two autograph books, a guest register, a dinner guest list, a visiting book, a Christmas card list, and a book of notes on the death of William C. Endicott, Jr. Carton SH114K S Folder 9 Household expense book, Thoron family and 34 Louise Thoron Endicott, 1863-1887 Carton SH114K S Folder Autographs, 1877-1878 34 10 Carton SH114K S Folder Autographs, 1879-1881 34 11 Carton SH114K S Folder Guest Book, 1923-1930 34 12 Carton SH114K S Folder Wedding Cards and Announcements, 1889 34 13 Carton SH114K S Folder Guest book, 1927-1958 (163 Marlborough St.) 34 14 Carton SH114K S Folder Notes on the death of William C. Endicott, Jr., 34 15 1936 Carton SH114K S Folder Notebook, 1944-1949 34 16 Carton SH114K S Folder Notebook, 1948-1951 34 17 Table of Contents VII. Related Family Papers, 1672-1940 Arranged chronologically by family (see below) The Related Family Papers series contains personal papers written by families related to the Endicotts, including the Ward, Crowninshield and Peabody families. The papers include correspondence, diary transcripts, and business records. Papers of the Chamberlain family have been removed to the Endicott Family Special Collection. See the guide to that collection for more information. http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2/20/2004 the MHS I Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 : Guide to the Collection Page 40 of 53 Carton SH114L T Folder A. Miscellaneous Third-Party Letters, 1845-1940 35 1-3 Arranged chronologically Miscellaneous third-party letters include items collected by, but not connected to members of the Endicott family. Carton SH114L T Folder B. Legal Papers, 1672-1869 35 4-6 Arranged chronologically The Miscellaneous Legal Papers include deeds, property, and probate records. Copies are included. Carton SH114L T Folder C. Crowninshield Family Papers, 1800-1888 35 7-11 Arranged chronologically Papers of several members of the Crowninshield family of Salem, including correspondence of Benjamin Crowninshield (1768-1818) and John Crowninshield (1825-1890). The papers consist of family correspondence and business letters. D. Peabody Family Papers, 1812-1859 Arranged by correspondent Papers of the Peabody family of Salem, including Joseph Peabody (1757-1844) and George Peabody (1803-1892) relating to the family's business and personal lives. Carton SH114L T Folder Joseph Peabody, 1819-1826 35 12 Carton SH114L T Folder Joseph W. Peabody, 1839 35 13 Carton SH114L T Folder George Peabody, 1812-1859 35 14 E. Ward Family Papers, 1799-1938 Arranged by subject The Ward Family Papers contain original and transcribed correspondence, obituaries, mortgages, and wills. The transcripts were used as research notes by William C. Endicott, Jr. Also includes annotations and notes of TWWard's grandson, Castan Wood Tinmile http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2/20/2004 MHS | Endicott Family Papers, 1612-1958 : Guide to the Collection Page 41 of 53 1 rolder varu rammy, n.u. 35 15 Carton SH114L T Folder Ward Family correspondence, 1840-1902 35 16-18 Carton SH114L T Folder Ward Family correspondence (fragments), 1853 35 19 Carton SH114L T Folder Thomas Ward diary (typescript), 1834 35 20 Carton SH114L T Folder Thomas Ward diary (typescript), 1855 35 21 Carton SH114L T Folder Thomas Ward correspondence, 1799-1853 35 22-24 Carton SH114L T Folder William Ward mortgage (typescript), n.d. 35 25 Carton SH114L T Folder William Ward correspondence (typescripts), 1799-1820 35 26 Carton SH114L T Folder William Ward will (typescript), 1824 35 27 Carton SH114L T Folder Ward Family genealogy (typescript), n.d. 35 28 by Carton SH114L T Folder Ward Family, Canton House history, 1938 35 29 F. Gray-Gardner Papers, 1703-1812 Arranged by family member Needed: The Gray-Gardner Papers contain transcripts of documents produced by members of these two families. Carton SH114L T Folder Prayer on death of Mrs. Gray (typescript), n.d. 35 30 Carton SH114L T Folder Samuel Gray will (typescript), 1812 35 31 Carton SH114L T Folder Gardner family transcripts, 1703, 1708 35 32 Table of Contents VIII. Household and Travel Records, 1792-1956 http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0021&hi=on&tag=archdesc&query=ward 2/20/2004 EPP 5/3/108 Massachusetts Historical Society Signature SENTS FOUNDED ESIC VOS.NO ON VOBIT 1791 II54 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3695 TEL (617) 536-1608 FAX (617) 859-0074 www.masshist.org Box 12; Sr. ENDICOTT FAMILY PAPERS f37. 8/21/1893 lette to N.E. from Oldfare u larry day W. Wayne - Ceagles. ?? 25 B. 24 13-K f. .5 THOUSE Haward deatn to Harmard Natural History Soc. 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End. 4/29/2018 William Crowninshield Endicott (1860-1936) Papers :: Phillips Library Manuscript Finding Aids PEM Peabody Essex Museum Phillips Library Digital Collections All Digital Collections Home Browse All Philcat, Online Library Catalog Conversant, Library Blog Follow Search Search Advanced Search Home Phillips Library Manuscript Finding Aids William Crowninshield Endicott (1860-1936) Papers Share William Crowninshield Endicott (1860-1936) Papers William Crowninshield Endicott (1860-1936) Papers 1 of 2 Cont View Description Open Find Willi Endi search this item Go Pap general family research, locating family letters, heirlooms, and general correspondence. Willi End Biographical Sketch Pap William Crowninshield Endicott was born on September 28, 1860 to William Crowninshield and Ellen Con (Peabody) Endicott, in Salem, Massachusetts. The Endicotts were a prominent New England family, directly related to John Endecott, the Governor of London's Plantation in Massachusetts Bay. William Crowninshield Endicott Sr. had been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Secretary of War, lawye overseer of Harvard College, among many other roles, while his wife, Ellen Peabody, came from one of Sal most influential and wealthy families. After attending the Bowditch Grammar School and a year or two of t school, William Crowninshield Endicott Jr. entered Harvard College in 1879. After graduation in 1883, he th began studying at Harvard Law School. He did not finish his legal schooling, but still joined a law office in S and passed the bar in 1886. Before beginning a law practice in Salem, Endicott went to Washington D. C. f two years to act a private secretary for his father, then the Secretary of War. On October 3, 1889 Endicott married Marie Louise Thoron, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Baker Ward) Thoron. For four years he maintained an office in Boston, until he moved back to Washington D. C. to act c private secretary for Attorney General Richard Olney. In 1897, the couple moved back to Boston, and Endi discovered that he preferred to manage the care of estates. Over the years Endicott took charge of the car the family estates, collecting heirlooms, and studying family and Essex County history. He became a truste later treasurer of the Groton School, a member of the Essex Institute in 1894, and in 1910 was one of the incorporators and later president of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. In 1905, t became a trustee, and later an officer and vice-president, of the Peabody Museum in Salem. As a personal friend of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Endicott actively participated in the collecting and placing of art in what Steward He vice-president Object Description Call Number MH 92 Title William Crowninshield Endicott (1860-1936) Papers Creator Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1860-1936 Date 1828/1936 Publisher The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Description The William Crowninshield Endicott papers contain research and related notes collected by William Crowninshield Endicott on his family. Subject Peabody (Mass.); Salem (Mass.); Endicott, Louise; Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1860-1936; Genealogy; Photo Publication Rights Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Libra the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum. Type Finding Aid Description 2/2/2019 Louise Thoron Endicott(1864-1958) -Find AGrave - Memorial Find A GRaVE Louise Thoron Endicott BIRTH 26 Nov 1864 DEATH 12 Mar 1958 (aged 93) BURIAL Harmony Grove Cemetery LOUISE THORON Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 168666434 . View Source WILLIAM CROWNINSHIS ENDIC en DOSEPH THORON Wife of William Crowninshield Endicott Jr. ANNA ARKER Daughter of Joseph Thoron and Anna Barker Ward his wife Photo added by little sister Family Members Spouse William Crowninshi eld Endicott Jr. 1860-1936 Created by: little sister Added: 19 Aug 2016 Find A Grave Memorial 168666434 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 February 2019), Mistress of Herself DIANA WHITEHILL LAING 1965 Barre Publishers BARRE . MASSACHUSETTS . 1965 N Mary Crowninshield Endicott Joseph Chamberlain in Family group in the Highbury conservatory, September, 1897 in Washington, 1887 Washington, February 12, 1888 Standing (left to right) : William Powell Mason, Fanny Peabody Mason, Ida Chamberlain, Hilda Chamberlain Seated (left to right) : Ethel Chamberlain, Beatrice Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. Seated on floor: William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. Family group at Highbury, Birmingham, September 10, 1889 Standing (left to right) : Ethel Chamberlain, Hilda Chamberlain, Beatrice Chamberlain, Hon. William Growninshield Endicott, Ida Chamberlain Seated (leli to right) : Neville Chamberlain, Mrs. William Crowninshield Endientt. Mrx. lowerh Chamberlain Hiubhury. Birminuham. June, 1004 Page 1 of 1 Epp, Ronald From: Epp, Ronald Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:53 AM To: knusco@masshist.org Cc: Epp, Ronald Subject: Endicott Family Papers Dear Kim, On November 1st and 2nd when you assisted me in accessing the Endicott Family Papers, I brought to your attention a significant piece of bibliographic detail not contained in the Finding Aid for this collection. When I brought this matter to your attention you asked me to formally draft a message to you that you would pass along for consideration. As you know, my work is focused on George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944), founder of Acadia National Park. The Thomas Wren Ward Papers came to the MHS more than fifty years ago from the estate of Mr. Dorr. Mr. Dorr was the grandson of Thomas Wren Ward and related to the Gray family through his mother, Mary Gray Ward Dorr (1820-1901). In the Endicott Family Papers Collection description, the final paragraph notes that "Families related to the Endicott's are also documented of the Ward and Gray families." Box 35, folders 14-29 contain the handwriting and annotations of Mr. George Bucknam Dorr as well as a lengthy essay by Mr. Dorr on the Ward Family Canton Home that he visited so often as a youngster. This is an extremely important historical document for those of us researching the interactions between the Dorr, Ward, and Gray Families since there are no known copies extant. For me, discovering this essay was a complete surprise that significantly helped me detail Mr. Dorr's summers spent outside Boston with parents and grandparents. Might I suggest that the Finding Aid be supplemented with an indication of the hand of Mr. Dorr? If your have any provenance information not detailed in the acquisition information contained in the finding aid that would help me better understand how these Dorr manuscripts found their way into the Endicott Family Papers, I would be most appreciative. Cordially, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Shapiro Library Director Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH 03106 603-668-2211 ext. 2164 11/14/2005 Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 2 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Web Search Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home Tutorials YAHOO! Help verizon [Sign Out, Member Center MAIL Mail Addresses Calendar Notepad Mail For Mobile - Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders [Add Edit] Previous Next I Back to Messages Inbox (7) Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Draft This message is not flagged. [ Flag Message - Mark as Unread Sent Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:11:27 -0400 Bulk [Empty] From: "ALICE MACDONALD LONG" View Contact Details Trash [Empty] Subject: Emailing: sse My Folders [Hide] To: "Ronald Epp" Eliz messages Member Information Ron messages ancestry.com 1880 United States Federal Census Discover Your Family Story Census Search Shortcuts Name: William C. Endicott My Photos Home in 1880: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts My Attachments Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1861 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to head-of-household:Son Father's name: William C. Father's birthplace: MA Mother's name: Ellen Mother's birthplace: MA Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: View image Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane: Name Age William C. Endicott 52 Ellen Endicott 46 William C. Endicott Jr. 19 Household Members: Mary C. Endicott 16 Mary J. Hurley 27 Agnes Hurley 28 http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=4078_9174812_92671_1831_7434 3/17/2007 XFINITY Connect Page 1 of 1 XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size = RE: William C. Endicott Jr. From : Cathy Gareri Wed, Jan 04, 2012 04:32 PM Subject : RE: William C. Endicott Jr. To : 'Ronald & Elizabeth Epp' Cc : Richard Trask Hello Dr. Epp, Happy New Year to you and yours as well. I am forwarding your request to Richard Trask, Town Archivist and Society Trustee, at the Danvers Archival Center. All our printed and photographic materials are on deposit there which include numerous materials relating to Glen Magna Farms. Find Richard at trask@noblenet.org I was aware that the Endicotts owned property in Bar Harbor but have not come across his relationship with George Bucknam Dorr and Arcadia National Park. I am not surprised however, as I have enjoyed his journals and his love of horticulture is clearly evident. I look forward to reading more and wish you much success with your book. Best, Cathy Gareri Operations Manager Danvers Historical Society From: Ronald & Elizabeth Epp [mailto:eppster2@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 8:18 PM To: dhs@danvershistory.org Subject: William C. Endicott Jr. Greetings, I am nearing completion of a biography of George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944), who was related through marriage to William C.Endicott Jr. While both served important preservation roles in Massachusetts, it was on Mount Desert Island on the coast of Maine where their friendship resulted in the establishment of Acadia National Park. Few in Massachusetts appear to be aware of Mr. Endicott's deep relationship with the conservation pioneer who founded of Acadia National Park. I write to ask whether the DHS contains any archival materials relative to the Endicott Glen Magna Farms where Dorr and Endicott spent so many memorable days with Mrs. Endicott.. Wishing you and yours the best for the New Year. Cordially, Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net http://sz0122.wc.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=23120&xim=1 1/4/2012 1/7/2016 Ellen Peabody Endicott (Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott) National Gallery of Art Sargent, John Singer American, 1856 - 1925 Ellen Peabody Endicott (Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott) 1901 oil on canvas overall: 162.9 X 114.3 cm (64 1/8 X 45 in.) framed: 189.2 X 141.6x7.6 cm (74 1/2 X 55 3/4 X 3 in.) Gift of Louise Thoron Endicott in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott 1951.20.1 On View download share add to favorites SECTION MENU OVERVIEW Ellen Peabody Endicott (1833-1927) was a prominent society hostess in Boston and Salem, Massachusetts, and later in Washington, DC. Born into an affluent Salem shipping family, in 1859 she married William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900), who served on the Supreme Court of Massachusetts and was President Grover Cleveland's secretary of war from 1885 to 1889. The National Gallery of Art collection also includes Sargent's portrait of the couple's daughter, Mary Crowninshield Endicott Chamberlain (1958.2.1). Combining technical brilliance with an intimate portrait of its subject, Ellen Peabody Endicott exemplifies Sargent's mannered society portraiture. Mrs. Endicott is shown seated in an upholstered chair beside a small wooden table topped with a book and other personal effects. The crimson curtain backdrop and Mrs. Endicott's embroidered shawl demonstrate Sargent's expertise in rendering fabric textures and draping. A heavy black mourning dress hints at a possible reason for the sitter's melancholy expression: the recent death of her husband. http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.41577.html 1/2 4/29/2018 Louise Thoron Endicott (1864-1958) - Find A Grave Memorial ? Find A GRaVE Louise Thoron 1 Endicott 7 BIRTH 26 Nov 1864 DEATH 12 Mar 1958 (aged 93) BURIAL Harmony Grove Cemetery Salem, Essex County, LOUISE THORON Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 168666434 . View Source WILLIAM CROWNINSENSED ENDI OF JOSEPH THOLON Wife of William Crowninshield Endicott and ANNA BARKED WARD Daughter of Joseph Thoron and Anna Barker Ward his wife Photo added by little sister Family Members Spouse William Crowninshie Id eld Endicott Jr. 1860-1936 *Calculated Relationship Created by: little sister Added: 19 Aug 2016 Find A Grave Memorial 168666434 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 April 2018), memorial page for Louise Thoron Endicott (26 Nov 1864-12 Mar Page 1 of 6 Dear Ronald, The inscription on the verso of the Endicott photographs reads: "Endicott Pear Tree / Danversport/Taken by E. H. Wilson / May 8th, 1925." The photograph was taken at the Endicott Estate, known as Glen Magna Farms, in Danvers, Massachusetts. E. H. Wilson was the botantist Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930). I will send you another photocopy of the 1858 Park Street image (sans letter). It will still have the Athenaeum stamp on it because we do not permit reproductions of photocopies. Best wishes, Catharina On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Ronald & Elizabeth Epp wrote: Dear Catharina, Thank you so very much for the copies of the portraits I requested. I had copies of three of these but as is often the case they were reproductions from publications that failed to site their sources. The image of William C. Endicott Jr. standing beside flowering trees attired in winter garb is entirely new to me. You indicate that this is from the Glen Magna Farms Collection. I'll try and secure additional details from Athena regarding the date and location of the image. The inclusion of the 1870/1871 photograph of #18 Commonwealth Avenue took me by complete surprise. Of course I had several images of the string of residences on the south side of Commonwealth Avenue after the Civil War, but non equals this image in its clarity and timeliness (since it dovetails with George B. Dorr's entrance into Harvard University). Similarly, the 1858 image of #3 Park Street is also new to me. The images I have (from Bainbridge Bunting and others) are of a later era and what makes this image so important for my biography of George B. Dorr is that the likely date of the photograph is the year that Dorr's grandfather, Thomas Wren Ward, died, and the Dorr family made the move from their home in Jamaica Plain to Park Street to care for Dorr's grandmother, Lydia Ward. You made a red penciled mark on the copy you sent me pointing to #3. Could you send a copy without the marking? With great appreciation, I send you my best wishes for a joyous holiday season. Ronald Epp From: "Catharina Slautterback" To: "Ronald & Elizabeth Epp" Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 12:58:11 PM Subject: Re: Portraits of Dorr-Ward-Gray family members Dear Ronald, I have portraits of the four individuals listed below. Presuming that you will not be in the Boston area in the near future, may I send photocopies to your Lebanon, Pennsylvania address? Catharina On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Ronald & Elizabeth Epp