Series 4 : Personal Business Records , 1848-1932, undated
This series contains bills, receipts, contracts, agreements, tax records, inventories, estate records, wills, memoranda, and legal records of William Page, Sophia Page, and family members and associates.
Records related to William Page's artwork include sales and shipping receipts; commission, consignment, and exhibition agreements; and inventories of artwork. Packenham and Hooker records consist of financial statements and loan agreements from the period when Page lived in Italy, including several notes specifying paintings as collateral for loans. Probate records document in detail the contestation of William Page's will by his daughters from his first marriage, Anne Rose and Emma Page Watson.
Papers related to patents include a joint submission for a patent by Page and Francis G. Shaw for a boat steering mechanism and an improvement on a rifle ordnance by Page. Miscellaneous financial records consist mainly of bills and receipts for personal items, but also include receipts from Page's 1874 stay in Darmstadt, Germany, records of personal loans Page secured in Italy, a bank book, and tax receipts.
Records from the National Academy of Design include drafts of memoranda of the Committee on Schools by multiple authors including Enoch Wood Perry, a manuscript fragment from a public address which is unsigned, a note to the N.A.D. Council from George Paterson, two unmarked ballots from 1871, and an exhibition announcement of 1885. Page Family records include financial records of the Page children and grandchildren, some of which relate to the estate of William Page.
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William Page
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Records Related to Artwork, 1859-1888, undated
Select: Records Related to Artwork, 1859-1888, undated
Packenham and Hooker (Maquay and Packenham) Accounts, 1850-1858, undated
Select: Packenham and Hooker (Maquay and Packenham) Accounts, 1850-1858, undated
Draft of Last Will and Testament, 1877
Select: Draft of Last Will and Testament, 1877
Probate of Last Will and Testament
Select: Probate of Last Will and Testament
Court Records, 1885-1890
Select: Court Records, 1885-1890
Evidence, circa 1869-1887
Select: Evidence, circa 1869-1887
Patents, 1847, 1861, undated
Select: Patents, 1847, 1861, undated (Oversized items housed in Box 9, sol)
Miscellaneous Business Records, 1848-1892, undated
Select: Miscellaneous Business Records, 1848-1892, undated Scope and Contents note (In addition to Page's records, file contains receipts for Sophia Page, Mrs. Henry Stevens, and Sarah Page, his second wife.)
National Academy of Design, 1870-1871, 1885, undated
Select: National Academy of Design, 1870-1871, 1885, undated
Page Family Records, 1880-1932, undated
Select: Page Family Records, 1880-1932, undated
Stephen W. Hitchcock, Receipts and Estate Inventory, 1850-1852
Select: Stephen W. Hitchcock, Receipts and Estate Inventory, 1850-1852
Charles F. Briggs Patent Report, 1861
Select: Charles F. Briggs Patent Report, 1861
Oversized Patent Document (Items scanned with Box 5, folder 43)
Select: Oversized Patent Document (Items scanned with Box 5, folder 43)
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