Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Daniel F. Worth 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 490 |
| Creator | Worth, Daniel F., 1829-1922? |
| Title | Daniel F. Worth collection |
| Date | 1827-1895, 1930 |
| Extent | 1 boxes and 4 oversize folders (0.300 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | The collection includes letters, receipts, legal documents, a deed, and a warrant relating to various family members of Daniel F. Worth (1822-1922?). Of note is John Dunham's material, dating 1859-1872, relating to his duties as postmaster of the Chilmark Post Office. John Dunham was Daniel F. Worth's wife's maternal grandfather. |
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 490, Daniel F. Worth Collection.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Daniel F. Worth in November 1968 (Accession no. 1968.026).
Custodial History
The material in this collection was donated by Mrs. Daniel F. Worth, daughter-in-law of Captain Daniel F. Worth and Nettie Smith (Bassett) Worth. Mrs. Worth noted that she was donating the collection in honor of her late husband, Daniel F. Worth, and also "in loving memory of a remarkable woman, Nettie Smith Bassett Worth, who with great effort, took care and cherished these things of her family and the island."
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 Lara J. Ullman in October 2014 and machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick in January 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
Genre(s)
- Accounts
- Autograph books
- Bills
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Legal Documents
- Receipts
- Registers (lists)
- Warrants
Geographic Name(s)
- Chilmark (Mass.)
- Holmes Hole (Mass.)
Personal Name(s)
- Bassett, Nathan S.
- Cleveland, Phebe S.
- Dunham, Elisha
- Worth, Daniel F., 1829-1922?
Contributor(s)
- Dunham, John
- Mayhew, Philip S.
Subject(s)
- Chilmark (Mass.)--Postal service
- Ship captains
- United States Post Office (Chilmark, Mass.)
Biography/Historical Note
Daniel F. Worth was born in 1829 to Henry Pease Worth (1794-1878) and Mercy (Banning) Worth (1794-1861). Daniel was a mariner and eventually earned the rank of captain. In 1852 Daniel married Jane West Harding (1835-1896). The couple had one son, Charles L. After Jane's death Daniel married Nettie Smith Bassett (1879-1940) in 1897. The couple had two sons: Thomas F. and Daniel F., Jr. (1899-1955). Nettie Smith (Bassett) Worth was the daughter of Joseph T. Bassett (1837- ) and Mary L. Dunham (1840- ), granddaughter of Captain Nathan Stewart Bassett (1796-1868) and Deborah Mayhew (Tilton) Bassett (1807-1899), and granddaughter of John Dunham (1817-1893) and Nancy S. (Mayhew) Dunham (1812-1887). Captain Daniel F. Worth died around 1922.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of material collected by Captain Daniel F. Worth and his wife Nettie Smith (Bassett) Worth. There are letters, receipts, legal documents, a deed, and a warrant relating to various family members including Nathan S. Bassett, Elisha Dunham, John Dunham, Philip S. Mayhew, and Captain Daniel F. Worth. John Dunham's material, dating 1859-1872, primarily relates to his duties as postmaster of the Chilmark Post Office. The collection also includes Phebe S. Cleveland's autograph book.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by individual's last name and therein chronologically. Material not associated with a specific individual is listed at the end in chronological order.
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
Nathan S. Bassett: Copy of Bill of Sale for Part of Schooner Gleaner, 1827 November 28 | OS GEN 10 | 1 | ||
Nathan S. Bassett: Deed from Ichabod Norton, 1834 July 22 | 1 | 1 | ||
Nathan S. Bassett: Town of Chilmark Warrant - Election Notice, 1842 October 27 | 1 | 2 | ||
Nathan S. Bassett: Receipts, 1849-1850 | 1 | 3 | ||
Nathan S. Bassett: Letter from E. B. Trescot, 1884 April 18 | 1 | 4 | ||
Phebe S. Cleveland Autograph Book, 1880-1881 | 1 | 5 | ||
Elisha Dunham: Copies of Probate Court Records Relating to Guardianship of Mary Dunham by Her Husband Elisha Dunham, 1844, 1855 | 1 | 6 | ||
John Dunham: Receipts, 1859, 1872 | 1 | 7 | ||
John Dunham: Correspondence from Auditor, Weekly Registers, and Registered Mail Receipts, 1861-1869, 1876 | 1 | 8 | ||
John Dunham: Weekly Registers, Holmes Hole to Chilmark, 1864-1866 | 1 | 9 | ||
John Dunham: Monthly Register of Arrivals and Departures, Holmes Hole to Chilmark, 1866 | 1 | 10 | ||
John Dunham: Monthly Register of Arrivals and Departures, Holmes Hole to Chilmark, 1866-1869 | 1 | 11 | ||
John Dunham: Chilmark Post Office Quarterly Accounts, 1868-1870 | OS GEN 10 | 2 | ||
John Dunham: Monthly Register of Arrivals and Departures, Vineyard Haven to Chilmark, 1870s | 1 | 12 | ||
John Dunham: Registered Mail Receipts, 1870-1880 | 1 | 13 | ||
John Dunham: Chilmark Post Office Quarterly Accounts, 1871 | OS GEN 10 | 3 | ||
John Dunham: Letter from Joseph Bassett, 1872 | 1 | 14 | ||
Philip S. Mayhew: Letter to His Parents, 1857 | 1 | 15 | ||
Philip S. Mayhew: Letter to His Niece, 1895 | 1 | 16 | ||
Daniel F. Worth: Seaman's Discharge Certificates, 1876-1879 | 1 | 17 | ||
Daniel F. Worth: Bark Joshua Loring Stores and Observations, 1878-1879 | 1 | 18 | ||
Daniel F. Worth: "Port of Havre: Extracts from the Regulations", undated | 1 | 19 | ||
Blotter Advertising John E. Bourne & Co. Manufacturers and Dealers in Oil, 1876 or after | 1 | 20 | ||
"The Historic Voyage of the Arbella, 1630" compiled and written by Albert R. Rogers, 1930 | 1 | 21 | ||
Bearing and Distances of Nantucket Shoals from the Light House, undated | OS GEN 10 | 4 | ||
Sailing Directions from Cape Cod to Homes Hole, undated | 1 | 22 | ||