Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Baylies and Coffin Families Collection
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Repository | Martha's Vineyard Museum Gale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508) 627-4441 |
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| Call Number | RU 168 |
| Creator | Baylies family |
| Creator | Coffin family |
| Title | Baylies and Coffin families collection |
| Date | 1744-1934, bulk 1774-1882 |
| Extent | 3 boxes (1.512 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | The collection contains correspondence, publications, journals scrapbooks, and other material belonging to various members of the Baylies and Coffin families. Also included are material created by the Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to the library's staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 168, Baylies and Coffin Families Collection.
Acquisition Information
Gifts of Joanne Coffin Clark in 1982 (Accession no. 1982.017), in 1992 (1992.113), in 1993 (Accession no. 1993.014), and in 2001 (Accession no. 2001.030). The immediate source of acquisition and date of accession for the rest of the material is unknown.
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508) 627-4441
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Barbara Murphy. Additional material was located during the Martha's Vineyard Museum's CLIR Hidden Collections grant project and the finding aid was subsequently revised by Lara J. Ullman in January 2015. Finding aid was machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick in March 2015.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others in North America
Genre(s)
- Accounts
- Correspondence
- Journals
- Publications
- Reports
- Scrapbooks
Geographic Name(s)
- Edgartown (Mass.)
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)
Subject(s)
- Indians of North America--Education
- Indians of North America--Missions
- Missionaries--United States
- Missions--Societies, etc.
Biography/Historical Note
Frederick Baylies was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, on March 20, 1774 to Frederick Baylies (1741-1808) and Hannah (Brown) Baylies (1752-1821). Frederick married Sally Lee ( -1867) and the couple had four children: Frederick (1797- ), Sally (1799-1871), Harriet (1802-1865), and Henry. Between 1797 and 1802, Frederick and Sally moved to Edgartown, Massachusetts. Frederick Baylies was the last missionary employed by the Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North American to aid the Martha's Vineyard Native Americans. Frederick Baylies preached until his death on September 30, 1836 in Edgartown.
Sally Baylies married Jared Coffin (1790-1874) in 1819. Harriet Baylies married John Coffin (1783-1863) in 1821 and the couple lived in Edgartown. The Baylies sisters married Coffin brothers, the sons of John Coffin (1746-1819) and Mary (Wass) Coffin (1752-1836) of Edgartown.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains accounts, correspondence, publications, journals and scrapbooks belonging to various members of the Baylies family and the Coffin family. Also included in the collection are reports, sermons, and discourses disseminated by the Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title and therein chronologically. Material with known accession numbers have the accession number written on the front of the folder.
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
Baylies, Frederic: Brown, Clark. The Character of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Stonington Port, CT: Printed by Samuel Trumbull, 1799 NoteRefers to Frederick Baylies, 1774-1836. | 1 | 1 | ||
Baylies, Frederick: Accounts, 1814-1815 | 1 | 2 | ||
Baylies, Frederick: Account of Grant Funds for Missionary Work from Harvard College, 1826-1828 NoteRefers to Frederick Baylies, 1774-1836. | 1 | 3 | ||
Baylies, Frederick: Outbound Correspondence, 1827-1833 NoteRefers to Frederick Baylies, 1774-1836. | 1 | 4 | ||
Baylies, Frederick: Program from the March 25, 1794 "Anniversary Festival of the Humane Society, Right Hon. Paul Le Mesurier, Lord Mayor, in the Chair", 1833 NoteRefers to Frederick Baylies, 1774-1836. | 1 | 5 | ||
Baylies, Frederick: Address Delivered Before the Nantucket Association for the Promotion of Temperance. By Stephen Mason, 1833 October 7 Note"Rev. Frederick Baylies Edgartown From his Friend J. Pease" is written on the front. Refers to Frederick Baylies, 1774-1836. | 1 | 6 | ||
Baylies, Frederick: Letters to His Children, 1851 January 3, 1874 April 15, 1874 April 17 NoteRefers to Frederick Baylies, 1797- , son of Frederick Baylies, 1774-1836. | 1 | 7 | ||
Baylies, Henry: "Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society." Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Joseph Belknap. No. 23. - Vol. III. and No. 24. - Vol. III., 1794 August, 1794 September | 1 | 8 | ||
Baylies, Henry: Priestley, Joseph. A Continuation of the Letters to the Philosophers and Politicians of France, on the Subject of Religion; and of the Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever; in Answer to Mr. Paine's Age of Reason. Northumberland, 1795 | 1 | 9 | ||
Baylies, Henry: Journal "A Running Account of Matters and Things - Vol. II", 1850 February 13-July 6 | 1 | 10 | ||
Baylies, Henry: Journal "A Running Account of Matters and Things - Vol. III", 1850 July 13-1852 July 30 | 1 | 11 | ||
Baylies, Henry: "Journal of Tour Through Europe and the East", 1860 July 2-November 12 | 1 | 12 | ||
Baylies, Henry: "Journal of Tour Through Egypt and Europe", 1860 November 12-1861 January 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Baylies, Henry: Incoming Correspondence, 1868-1892 | 2 | 2 | ||
Baylies, Henry: Outgoing Correspondence, 1860 July-December | 2 | 3 | ||
Baylies, Henry: Scrapbook, 1882 | 2 | 4 | ||
Baylies, P. J. A.: Letters to Joseph Hunt, 1835 | 2 | 5 | ||
Coffin, C. S.: The New England Economical House Keeper Family Receipt Book, 1847 NoteThis item is VERY FRAGILE. | 2 | 6 | ||
Coffin, Charles: "The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations" by Lord Sommers, 1774 NoteThis item is FRAGILE. | 2 | 7 | ||
Coffin, Charles: The Barnstable Conference of Evangelical Congregational Churches, 1846 | 2 | 8 | ||
Coffin, Chloe M.: Letter from Adourian J. Leach to Chloe M. Coffin, 1934 September 24 | 2 | 9 | ||
Coffin, Jared: Scrapbook, circa 1880 | 3 | 1 | ||
Drawing: Ship Abraham Barker of New Bedford by John P. Chadwick, 1850 | 3 | 2 | ||
Publications: The Reverend Mr. James Davenport's Confession and Retractions. Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, in Queenstreet, 1744 | 3 | 3 | ||
Publications: Report of the American Board of Commissioners, for Foreign Missions; Compiled from Documents Laid Before the Board at the Sixth Annual Meeting, 1815 September 20-22 | 3 | 4 | ||
Publications: Constitution of A New Society for the Benefit of Indians, Organized at the City of Washington, 1822 February | 3 | 5 | ||
Publications: An Address Delivered Before the Dukes County Association, for the Promotion of Temperance at Edgartown…by Ira Warren, Principal of the Edgartown Academy, 1835 January 14 | 3 | 6 | ||
Publication: Penhallow's Indian Wars: A Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition, Printed in Boston in 1726 With the Notes of Earlier Editors and Additions from the Original Manuscript. Notes, Index and Introduction by Edward Weelock. Boston, 1924 NoteThe facsimile is unbound. | 3 | 7 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Discourse by Charles Lowell, 1820 November 9 | 3 | 8 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Discourse by Joseph Tuckerman, 1821 November 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Discourse by Alden Bradford, 1830 November 4 NoteThere are two copies. One copy has "Rev. Frederick Baylies, Henry Baylies" written on the cover. | 3 | 10 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Report, 1816 November 8 | 3 | 11 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Report, 1818 November 8 NoteThere are two copies. One copy has "Frederick Baylies from his Friend Joseph Thaxter Jany 11 1823" written on the cover. | 3 | 12 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Report, 1819 November 4 | 3 | 13 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Report, 1824 November 4 | 3 | 14 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Report, 1831 November 3 NoteThere are two copies. One copy has "Mr. Fredk Baylies Edgartown M. Vineyard" written on the cover. | 3 | 15 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Report, 1832 November 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Report, 1833 November 7 | 3 | 17 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Sermon by Elijah Parish, D.D.S.A.S., 1814 November 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America: Sermon by John Foster, D.D., 1817 November 6 | 3 | 19 | ||