Morton–Quincy–Greene–Waterston Copy · Boston, Massachusetts
A Waterston Library bookplate records later ownership. The library reached the Massachusetts Historical Society in November 1899, one month after Anna Waterston’s death. Her family connection supplies a…
Provenance Chain
Maria Sophia Quincy → Margaret Morton Quincy Greene, 1859 → probably their sister Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston and the Waterston household → Massachusetts Historical Society, November 1899
Provenance Narrative
A Waterston Library bookplate records later ownership. The library reached the Massachusetts Historical Society in November 1899, one month after Anna Waterston’s death. Her family connection supplies a probable route; the exact transfer is undocumented.
Sources and Documentation
Massachusetts Historical Society staff photographs and correspondence; Waterston Library bookplate and Quincy family collection guides; Massachusetts Historical Society account of Anna and Robert Waterston as bibliophiles; Historic New England and National Register documentation for the Quincy House and Quincy family.
People in This Copy
- Maria Sophia Quincy
- Margaret Morton Quincy Greene
- Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston
- Robert Cassie Waterston
