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A R C H I V E S

Charles N. ScottLetters, 1883

2 0 0 0 . F I A . 0 7

Processed by William F. Carroll, C.A.August 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Collect ion Information

Hfistorical/Biographical Notes

Scope and Content

Series Description

Letters

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Collect ion Information

Abstract: Collection is comprised of letters from Thomas Cook & Son, London, to Charles N.Scott, Worcester, relating to the shipment of his father's body from Alexandria, Egypt, to Boston,in 1883.

Finding Aid : Finding Aid in print form is available in the Repository.

Preferred Citation; Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Provenance : "Presented to the Worcester Society of Antiquity, by Richard O. Flynn, August1886. "

MARC Access : Collection is cataloged in MARC under the following subject headings (Icsh, aat,tgm, gmgcp)

Scott, N. R. (Nelson R), d. 1883.Scott, Charles N. - Correspondence.Dead - Transportation.Thomas Cook & Son (London, Eng.)

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His to r i ca l /B iog raph ica l No tes

Nelson R. Scott was a Worcester businessman (apothecary) who died in Egypt while touring earlyin 1883. Shipment of the body from Alexandria to Worcester was unaccountably delayed.Charles N. Scott, son of N.R. Scott, arranged for transportation of the body with Thomas Cook& Sons of London. Correspondence in the collection relates to the delays in transportation of thebody.

Scone and Content

The collection is comprised of letters from Thomas Cook & Son, Managers of Tours &Excursions, London, to Charles N. Scott, Worcester, Mass., relating to the shipping of the bodyof his father (died in Egypt) from Cairo to Boston, March to July 1883.

S e r i e s D e s c r i p t i o n

Series 1. Letters. Includes letters, mostly from Thomas Cook & Son, London, to Charles N.Scott, with additional documentation. (18 items in folder)

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Charles N. Scott Letters2000.F IA .07

Series 1, Letters

B o x # F o l d e r #

2 0 0 0 . F I A . 0 7 . 1 "Correspondence m regard to the transportation ofthe remains of N. R. Scott, from Alexandria, Egypt,to Worcester, Mass., 1883," Folder with 18documents, March - July 1883.

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