<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink http://www.loc.gov/standards/xlink/xlink.xsd" audience="external" relatedencoding="MARC21">
<eadheader audience="external" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" scriptencoding="iso15924" relatedencoding="MARC21" repositoryencoding="iso15511" langencoding="iso639-2b">
<eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-RNR" identifier="ms520.xml">US-RNR-ms520</eadid>
<filedesc>
<titlestmt>
<titleproper>Guide to the Samuel Holmes letter<date type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1753" encodinganalog="$245f">1753</date>
</titleproper>

<author>Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage.</author>
<sponsor>Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation.</sponsor>
</titlestmt>
<publicationstmt>
<publisher>Redwood Library and Athenaeum</publisher>
<date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="20130913" encodinganalog="260$c" type="publication">2013 September 13</date>
<address><addressline>50 Bellevue Avenue</addressline><addressline>Newport, RI 02840</addressline><addressline>Tel: (401) 847-0292</addressline><addressline>Fax: (401) 841-5680</addressline><addressline><extptr xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="mailto:redwood@redwoodlibrary.org"/>email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org</addressline></address>
</publicationstmt>
</filedesc>
<profiledesc>
<creation>Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Delmage
<date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="20130913" encodinganalog="260$c" type="publication">2013 September 13</date>
</creation>
<langusage><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language></langusage>

<descrules>Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)</descrules>
</profiledesc>
</eadheader>

<archdesc level="collection" type="inventory" relatedencoding="MARC21">
<did>
<langmaterial>
<language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="546">English</language>
</langmaterial>
<repository encodinganalog="852">
<corpname>Redwood Library and Athenaeum</corpname>
<address><addressline>50 Bellevue Avenue</addressline><addressline>Newport, RI 02840</addressline><addressline>Tel: (401) 847-0292</addressline><addressline>Fax: (401) 841-5680</addressline><addressline><extptr xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="mailto:redwood@redwoodlibrary.org"/>email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org</addressline></address>
</repository>
<origination>
<persname source="local" encodinganalog="100" role="creator" normal="Holmes, Samuel,|dfl. 1753">Holmes, Samuel, fl. 1753</persname>
</origination>
<unittitle type="primary" encodinganalog="245$a">Samuel Holmes letter</unittitle>
<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" encodinganalog="245$f" normal="1753">1753</unitdate>
<unittitle type="filing" encodinganalog="246$a">Holmes (Samuel) letter</unittitle>
<physdesc>
<extent encodinganalog="300$a">0.01 linear feet (1 folder)</extent>
</physdesc>
<abstract encodinganalog="520$a">This collection consists of one letter from Samuel Holmes of Newport, Rhode Island, to Thomas Fareweather, a merchant in Boston, Massachusetts. </abstract>
<unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-RNR" type="collection">RLC.Ms.520</unitid>
</did>

<bioghist encodinganalog="545">
<head>Biographical note</head>
<dao xlink:href="http://www.redwoodlibrary.org/sites/default/files/logo_5.png"/>
<p>Samuel Holmes lived in Newport, Rhode Island during, the eighteenth century. </p>
</bioghist>

<descgrp type="descriptive">
<head>Collection information</head>
<accessrestrict encodinganalog="506"><p>Access is open to members and researchers at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.</p></accessrestrict>
<userestrict encodinganalog="540"><p>This collection is owned by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Special Collections Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.</p></userestrict>
<prefercite encodinganalog="524">
<p>Samuel Holmes letter, RLC.Ms.520, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.</p>
</prefercite>
<scopecontent encodinganalog="520">
<p>This collection consists of one letter from Samuel Holmes of Newport, Rhode Island, to Thomas Fareweather, a merchant in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 7, 1753. </p>
</scopecontent>
<arrangement encodinganalog="351">
<p>This collection is arranged in chronological order. 
</p>
</arrangement>

</descgrp>

<descgrp type="administrative">
<head>Administrative information</head>

<acqinfo encodinganalog="541"><p>Acquisition information is unknown. </p>
</acqinfo>

<processinfo audience="external" encodinganalog="583"><p>This collection was initially processed by Aimee Saunders in 2010.</p></processinfo>

</descgrp>

<descgrp type="cataloging">
<controlaccess>
<head>Names</head>
<p/>
<persname encodinganalog="600" normal="Fareweather, Thomas,|dfl. 1753" source="lcnaf">Fareweather, Thomas, fl. 1753</persname>

</controlaccess>

<controlaccess>
<head>Subjects</head>
<p/>
</controlaccess>

<controlaccess>
<head>RIAMCO Browsing Terms</head>
<subject altrender="nodisplay" source="riamco" encodinganalog="690">Rhode Island/Local Interest</subject>
<subject altrender="nodisplay" source="riamco" encodinganalog="690">Business</subject>

</controlaccess>

<controlaccess>
<head>Titles</head>
<p/>
</controlaccess>

<controlaccess>
<head>Types of materials</head>
<p/>
<genreform encodinganalog="655" source="aat" normal="letters (correspondence)">Letters (correspondence)</genreform>

</controlaccess>

<controlaccess>
<head>Occupations</head>
<p/>
</controlaccess>

<controlaccess>
<head>Functions</head>
<p/>
</controlaccess>

</descgrp>

<descgrp type="additional">
<head>Additional information</head>
<p/>
</descgrp>

<dsc type="combined">

<c id="c1" level="file">
<did>
<container type="box" label="Manuscripts Box">1</container>
<unittitle>Letter to Thomas Fareweather</unittitle><unitdate normal="17530207">1753 Feb 7</unitdate>
</did>
</c>

</dsc>
</archdesc>

</ead>