In this exhibit, the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections has selected items from their extensive collection of family papers and institutional records to pay tribute to students past and present. View Exhibit
Pictured below are the life records of the Nathaniel Paine family of Boston, as inscribed on the reverse of the title page of The Booke of Psalmes, collected into English meetre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others…(London: Imprinted for the Companie of Stationers, 1614). This item is part of the Paine family collection [SG PAI 11 (222)], donated to NEHGS by the estate of John Howard Paine.
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____ Except the Lord build the House they Labour in vaine that build it
Margaret Morton born Augt 7th 1759Nathl Paine born Augt 18th 1760 Margaret __ Nathaniel married Feb 27 1781Thomas Morton Paine born Dec 20th 1781Peggy Paine born May 4 1783Nathl Gray Paine born April 26th 178_Samuel(?) Snow Paine born 21 Month 1787September the 16 1792Departed this life Samuel Snow PaineAged 5 years 1/2 at 1 OclockIn the morning