The Josiah Bartlett Family
A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Alan Goodrich
Revised and expanded by John Monagle
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2001
Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, 2003
2004-07-19 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002
Title: Josiah Bartlett family papers
Span Dates: 1710-1931
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1800-1890)
ID No.: MSS11932
Creator: Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
Extent: 10,000 items; 29 containers; 11.6 linear feet; 17 microfilm reels
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Statesmen and physicians. Correspondence, diaries, diplomas, legal and financial records, notebooks, account books, speeches,
genealogical material, printed matter, and newspaper clippings documenting the Bartlett family's professional and political
activity in New England in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Topics include New England's sentiment
towards the War of 1812 as well as American political life before and during the Civil War and post Civil War business developments.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped
by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Names:
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
Bartlett family
United States. Navy --History
Bartlett, Ezra, 1770-1848. Papers of Ezra Bartlett
Bartlett, Josiah, 1768-1838. Papers of Josiah Bartlett
Bartlett, Josiah, 1803-1853. Papers of Josiah Bartlett
Bartlett, Levi, 1763-1828. Papers of Levi Bartlett
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875
Medicine--Practice--New England
Missouri compromise
Seminole Indians--Wars
Slavery--United States
New England--Commerce
New England--Rural conditions
New England--Social life and customs
New Hampshire--Politics and government
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865
United States--History--War of 1812
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
Occupations:
Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress--New Hampshire
Governors--New Hampshire
Jurists
Physicians
Provenance: Although portions of the papers of the Josiah Bartlett family were acquired from multiple sources from 1938 to 1993, the
bulk of the material was received by purchase in 1938 and by gift from Mrs. Mack W. Schwab in 1958. An addition was purchased
in 1993.
Processing History: The papers of the Bartlett family were arranged and described in 1970. Material received in 1993 was processed as an addition
in 2001.
Transfers: A map of the National Road from Washington, D.C. , to Buffalo, N.Y., has been transferred to the Library's Geography and
Map Division where it is identified as part of these papers.
Copyright Status: The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Bartlett family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United
States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Microfilm: A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on seventeen reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript
Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. A copy of the finding aid describing the papers is available
on reel one of the microfilm edition.
Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Josiah Bartlett
Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795)
| Date |
Event |
| 1729, Nov. 21 |
Born, Amesbury, Mass. |
| 1750 |
Moved to Kingston, N.H.; began to practice medicine |
| 1750, ca. |
Married Mary Barton |
| 1775-1779 |
Member, Continental Congress |
| 1776 |
Signed Declaration of Independence |
| 1782-1788 |
Justice, Superior Court, New Hampshire |
| 1788 |
Chairman, New Hampshire state convention to ratify the United States Constitution |
| 1790-1792 |
President of New Hampshire |
| 1791 |
First president, New Hampshire Medical Society |
| 1793 |
Governor of New Hampshire |
| 1795, May 19 |
Died, Kingston, N.H. |
Levi Bartlett (1763-1828)
| Date |
Event |
| 1763 |
Born, Kingston, N.H. |
| 1778 |
Attended Dummer School, Dummer, N.H. |
| 1791-1819 |
Practiced medicine |
| 1791 |
Joined New Hampshire Medical Society |
| 1800-1806 |
Secretary, New Hampshire Medical Society |
| 1804 |
Presidential elector |
| 1816-1820 |
Judge of Circuit Court |
| 1828 |
Died, Kingston, N.H. |
Josiah Bartlett (1768-1838)
| Date |
Event |
| 1768, Aug. 29 |
Born, Kingston, N.H. |
| 1789 |
Moved to Stratham, N.H. |
| 1792 |
Married E. Wingate |
| 1789-1829 |
Practiced medicine |
| 1799 |
Member, New Hampshire Medical Society |
| 1809-1810 |
State senator, New Hampshire |
| 1811-1813 |
Member, United States Congress |
| 1812 |
Married Hannah Weeks |
| 1815 |
President, New Hampshire Medical Society |
| 1816-1817 |
Treasurer, Rockingham County, N.H. |
| 1824 |
President, New Hampshire state senate |
| 1838, Apr. 16 |
Died, Stratham, N.H. |
Ezra Bartlett (1770-1848)
| Date |
Event |
| 1770 |
Born, Kingston, N.H. |
| 1794 |
Received medical certificate |
| 1794-ca. 1838 |
Practiced medicine |
| 1798 |
Moved to Warren, N.H. |
| 1799 |
Married Hannah Gale |
| 1800-1823 |
Member, New Hampshire Medical Society |
| 1806 |
State senator, New Hampshire |
| 1812 |
Moved to Haverhill, N.H. |
| 1816 |
Judge, circuit court |
| 1820 |
Chief justice, Court of Sessions |
| 1822-1824 |
Member, Governor's Council |
| 1820-1828 |
Presidential elector |
| 1848 |
Died, Haverhill, N.H. |
Josiah Bartlett (1803-1853)
| Date |
Event |
| 1803, May 3 |
Born, Warren, N.H. |
| 1812 |
Moved with family to Haverhill, N.H. |
| 1824 |
M.D., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
Moved to Stratham, N.H.
|
| 1824-1853 |
Practiced medicine, Stratham, N.H. |
| 1824-1853 |
Member, New Hampshire Medical Society |
| 1827 |
Married Hannah E. W. Thompson |
| 1853 |
Died, Norwalk, Conn. |
The papers of the Bartlett family represent five generations of the family from 1710 to1931, with the bulk of the material
concentrated between 1800 and 1890.
The papers consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, legal papers, diplomas, financial papers, account books, drafts of speeches, bills of lading, school compositions, genealogical material, photographs, maps, printed matter, biographies, obituaries,
scattered individual issues of newspapers, and miscellaneous items.
The collection describes in detail the professional and political careers of Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795), signer of the Declaration
of Independence and governor of New Hampshire, and his sons, Levi Bartlett (1763-1828) and Ezra Bartlett (1770-1848), both
physicians and jurists, and Josiah Bartlett (1768-1838), physician, member of Congress, and president of the New Hampshire
State Senate, as well as the papers of Ezra's son, Josiah Bartlett, (1803-1853), also a physician, and other descendants.
The papers primarily reflect the professional affairs of rural physicians and the daily activities and concerns of a large
New England family in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Specific topics in the early correspondence
include activities in Congress prior to the declaration of war on Great Britain in 1812, sentiment in New Hampshire favoring
the war, and an account by an American combatant of the repelling of the British attack on Fort McHenry and Baltimore in 1814.
Later correspondence concerns the Missouri Compromise, Republican and Whig politics in New Hampshire, antislavery sentiment,
the Seminole War, the Panic of 1837, life in the United States Navy, activities in military hospitals during the Civil War,
and business developments in New England after the war.
The collection is arranged in seven series:
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Series |
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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Diaries and notebooks. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 2-18
REEL 1-12
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Letters sent and received. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 19-20
REEL 13
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Indentures, deeds, contracts, court orders, depositions, case books, wills, and miscellaneous items. |
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 21-24
REEL 13-15
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Bills and receipts, court payrolls, county receipts, and account books. |
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 25
REEL 16
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Draft speeches by Josiah Bartlett (1768-1838), Josiah Bartlett (1803-1853), and Amos G. Draper. |
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Arranged by type of material or author. |
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BOX 26-29
REEL 16-17
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Biographies, obituaries, genealogical material, printed matter, photographs, compositions, newspapers, newspaper clipppings,
and pamphlets.
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Arranged by type of material. |
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BOX 29
not filmed
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Letter from John Taylor Gilman to Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795). |
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Contents |
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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Diaries and Notebooks, 1737-ca. 1865
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Diaries and notebooks. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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1737-ca. 1865 |
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(5 folders) |
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BOX 2-18
REEL 1-12
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Correspondence, 1710-1931, n.d.
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Letters sent and received. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 2
REEL 1-2
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1710-1813 |
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(5 folders) |
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BOX 3
REEL 2
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1814-1819 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 4
REEL 2-3
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1820-1824 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 5
REEL 3
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1825-1832 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 6
REEL 3-4
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1833-1839 |
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(7 folders) |
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BOX 7
REEL 4-5
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1840-1846 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 8
REEL 5
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1847-1852 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 9
REEL 5-6
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1853-1857 |
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(5 folders) |
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BOX 10
REEL 6-7
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1858-1863 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 11
REEL 7
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1864-1868 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 12
REEL 8
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1869-1872, Apr. |
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(5 folders) |
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BOX 13
REEL 8-9
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1872, May-1874 |
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(5 folders) |
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BOX 14
REEL 9
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1875-1879 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 15
REEL 10
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1880-1885 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 16
REEL 10
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1886-1890 |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 17
REEL 11
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1891-1931, n.d. |
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(7 folders) |
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BOX 18
REEL 12
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Undated and fragmentary |
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(6 folders) |
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BOX 19-20
REEL 13
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Legal Papers, 1728-1913, n.d.
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Indentures, deeds, contracts, court orders, depositions, case books, wills, and miscellaneous items. |
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 19
REEL 13
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Case books, 1825-1826 |
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Court orders, depositions, and warrants, 1789-1909 |
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(3 folders) |
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Indentures, deeds, and contracts |
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1728-1806 |
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BOX 20
REEL 13
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1817-1902 |
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(4 folders) |
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Wills, 1752-1913, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1775-1903, n.d. |
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BOX 21-24
REEL 13-15
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Financial Papers, ca. 1789-ca. 1913
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Bills and receipts, court payrolls, county receipts, and account books. |
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 21
REEL 13
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Account books |
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1793-1802 |
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BOX 22
REEL 14
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1789-1848 |
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(2 folders) |
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Court and county accounts |
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County receipts, 1807-1817 |
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(2 folders) |
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Court payrolls, 1812-1817 |
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(2 folders) |
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BOX 23
REEL 14-15
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Bills and receipts |
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Personal |
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ca. 1795-ca. 1819, n.d. |
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(5 folders) |
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BOX 24
REEL 15-16
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ca. 1794-ca. 1913, n.d. |
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(5 folders) |
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Mills, George, ca. 1817-ca. 1848, n.d. |
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BOX 25
REEL 16
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Speech File, ca. 1800-1913
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Draft speeches by Josiah Bartlett (1768-1838), Josiah Bartlett (1803-1853), and Amos G. Draper. |
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Arranged by type of material or author. |
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BOX 25
REEL 16
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Speech drafts and notes |
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Bartlett, Josiah (1768-1838), ca. 1800-1838, n.d. |
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Bartlett, Josiah (1803-1853), 1828-1850, n.d. |
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Draper, Amos G., 1860-1913 |
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(3 folders) |
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BOX 26-29
REEL 16-17
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Miscellany, 1775-1931
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Biographies, obituaries, genealogical material, printed matter, photographs, compositions, newspapers, newspaper clipppings,
and pamphlets.
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Arranged by type of material. |
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BOX 26
REEL 16
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Bills of lading, 1819 |
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Church papers, 1826-1837, n.d. |
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School compositions and notes, 1775-1875, n.d. |
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Diplomas and certificates, 1824 |
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Insurance policies, 1825-1851 |
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Legislative papers, 1781, 1814, n.d. |
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Maps, 1802, n.d. |
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Paper currency, 1800-1821 |
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Petitions, 1791, 1810, n.d. |
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Photographs and prints, 1827 |
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Miscellaneous official records, 1863-1930, n.d. |
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Biographies, eulogies, and genealogical material, 1801-1898 |
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Miscellany, 1807-ca. 1910, n.d. |
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BOX 27
REEL 17
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Printed matter |
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Broadsides, proclamations, and circulars, 1804-1888, n.d. |
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Cards and tickets, 1811-1868, n.d. |
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Forms, ca. 1790-1874, n.d. |
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Invitations, programs, catalogs, passes, and menus, 1821-1912, n.d. |
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Pamphlets, 1814-1819, n.d. |
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BOX 28
REEL 17
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Newspapers |
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1778-1877, June |
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(13 folders) |
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BOX 29
REEL 17
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1877, Aug.-1916 |
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(7 folders) |
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Newspaper clippings, 1806-1931 |
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BOX 29
not filmed
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Addition, 1783
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Letter from John Taylor Gilman to Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795). |
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| BOX 29
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Correspondence |
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Gilman, John Taylor, to Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795), 1783 |
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