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  1. S0703 - Thomas D. Bailey shipping deeds and bills of sale, 1815-1861

    Deeds for land and buildings in Portsmouth, Greenland, Rochester, and Salem, New Hampshire, as well as Boston, Massachusetts [18 items]. Deeds for wharfage and ships [19 items]. Deeds for goods and chattels as well as promissory notes [3 items]. Vessels represented include schooners Planter, Wellington, Ramble, Spy, and Col. Hanson; ships Granite State and Piscataqua; and bark Mary B. Oliver.

    Record Type: Archive

  2. S0704 - Peirce, Charles, Correspondence

    Photocopies of four letters between printers Thomas & William Bradford in Philadelphia & Charles Peirce (b. 1770), printer & bookseller of Portsmouth concerning the fire in Portsmouth in which the business Peirce & Treadwell suffered major losses.

    Record Type: Archive

  3. S0707 - St. Cuthbert (Ship) Insurance policy, 1806. (S707).

    Policy relating to a voyage from New York, N.Y., to Canton (Guangzhou), China, including a trading stopover at Cape of Good Hope (assured free from loss for breach of blockade laws). Persons represented include Jonathan Gage.

    Record Type: Archive

    St. Cuthbert (Ship) Insurance policy, 1806. (S707).
  4. S0714 - Josiah Bartlett proclamation, 1791

    Proclamation for a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer, signed by Josiah Bartlett, president of New Hampshire. Dated April 7, 1791.

    Record Type: Archive

  5. S0725 - Notarized statement about sinking of the ship, Andes, 1823. (S725).

    Sheafe's notarized statement about the ship's sinking in Mobile Harbor, Ala., 4 Sept. 1823. Includes statements by port warden R.W. Lewis and list of equipment salvaged and prices received at auction.

    Record Type: Archive

    Notarized statement about sinking of the ship, Andes, 1823. (S725).
  6. S0726 - Letters, 1827. (S726).

    Letter and invitation from Brewster in Portsmouth to Mary Gilman, his future wife, in Nashua, N.H. (whom he married in 1828), discussing his religious beliefs and persons recently visited in Dover, N.H., as well as assuring her that she has a home in Portsmouth whenever she wishes to accept it.

    Record Type: Archive

    Letters, 1827. (S726).
  7. S0728 - Account book, 1839-1847. (S728).

    Entries include workers' names, occupations, pay, customhouse information, costs of building the ships: Franconia, Martha, Mt. Pleasant, and others and bark H. Tarlton, and customhouse tonnage for the ship Matilda and the bark Oriental and other vessels.

    Record Type: Archive

  8. S0740 - Letter from Supply Clapp to John Langdon, 1796

    Letter from Supply Clapp in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to John Langdon for the selectmen of Portsmouth. The selectmen request Langdon to purchase "one of the best constructed Fire Engines that are made in Philadelphia." Dated December 9, 1796.

    Record Type: Archive

    Letter from Supply Clapp to John Langdon, 1796
  9. S0744 - Adams/Carkin/Hogdon & Pray Families

    Adams/Carkin/Hogdon & Pray Families, legal papers & correspondence.

    Record Type: Archive

  10. S0745 - Raymond, Ann, Letter

    Raymond, Ann (Anna) born in Chicago, lived in Portsmouth. Refers to her father who went to Portsmouth & briefly owned a business with Max & Moses Goodman. Mentions that her father was an interpreter for the Russions during the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth.

    Record Type: Archive

    Raymond, Ann, Letter
  11. S0748 - Coues, Samuel Elliott, Letter

    Coues, Samuel Elliott, 1797-1867, & Icabod Goodwin, 1794-1882, in Portsmouth to Capt. Lyman D. Spalding, 1810-1892, re: ship Isaac Newton (Portsmouth:1836), directions for going on to Mobile Bay Alabama to sell cargo of hay & potatos and to secure new freight. Letter discusses how Spalding will be paid.

    Record Type: Archive

    Coues, Samuel Elliott, Letter
  12. S0749 - Samuel Webster Emery papers

    Papers of Samuel Webster Emery, Portsmouth attorney and city solicitor, 1885-1891. Letters to Emery from other New England attorneys concerning debt collection for businesses in the Portsmouth area. Many specific business are named.

    Record Type: Archive

    Samuel Webster Emery papers
  13. S0752 - Billings, William, Diary

    Billings, William, seller of aluminum pots and pans in Portsmouth, NH, diary,1918, reflecting daily life. Solicits door to door, orders & distributes WearEver aluminum products. He mentions being examined for the draft and rejected, attending a Liberty Bond rally, and marching in parade when peace was declared after WWI.

    Record Type: Archive

  14. S0774 - Ann Parry (Whaleship), Log

    Ann Parry (Whaleship) log. Standard entries include latitude & longitude, breezes, siting porpoises, whales, & other ships. Notes five day process of catching, cutting, boiling, coopering the oil, and stowing it down. Mentions Captains Bishop & Young; ships Arriabelle (Arabella) and Triton; locations visited : Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, and New Holland (Australia). Notes weather and restocking the vessel by trade with the natives for trop...

    Record Type: Archive

  15. S0776 - Livermore, Sarah, Letter

    Livermore, Sarah in Portsmouth, ALS August 4, 1760, to Sally Williams in Waltham, MA concerning Livermore's visit to her sister in Portsmouth "I have for a while changed country life for that of a town".

    Record Type: Archive

    Livermore, Sarah, Letter
  16. S0777 - Lamb, Rose & Horace, Correspondence

    Ten letters from William Morris Hunt, 1824-1879, at Niagara Falls & Isles of Shoals to Rose Lamb. Mentions Levi Thaxter, Mrs. Thaxter, brother Carter & Jeannie, Dr. Bowditch & wife, brother Leavitt. Speaks of weather, flowers, painting, etc. Seven letters, 1888-1893, from Celia Thaxter at Isles of Shoals and Portsmouth, H to Rose Lamb in Boston, writing about her poem Petition and cyanotypes being sent; two poems about Celia Thaxter written by...

    Record Type: Archive

    Lamb, Rose & Horace, Correspondence
  17. S0783 - Pepperrell, William

    William Pepperrell (1646-1734) Business Accounts by date then name of customer and merchandise purchased, 357 numbered pages, general merchandise.

    Record Type: Archive

  18. S0785 - Edward Cranfield Proclamation, 1683

    Proclamation to the Overseers of Portsmouth exhorting them to contribute men and money to protect his Majesty's subjects against Indigenous peoples and other enemies, indicating that money should be delivered to Capt. John Tufton. Dated February 9, 1683. Transcription: By the Governr Whereas there was an Act made by the General Assembly in ye year 1682, for defraying the necessary occasions of the respective towns in ye sd. Province; An...

    Record Type: Archive

    Edward Cranfield Proclamation, 1683
  19. S0786 - King George II Order

    Order by King George II (1683-1760) of England appointing a committee to assemble at Hampton to adjust the boundaries between the Provinces of New Hampshire & Massachusetts Bay. Addressed to Council members from NY, NJ, RI, & Nova Scotia. Authorizes any five or more of the said councillors to be commissioners to resolve the dispute.

    Record Type: Archive

    King George II Order
  20. S0801 - Little Bay Bridge, Map

    Location of new bridges provided for in HB225. Shows the new bridge & new section of the First NH Turnpike going across Little Bay at Cedar Point & Dover Point instead of the old bridge at Goat Island. Also shows Boston & Maine Railroad bridge.

    Record Type: Archive

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