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Metadata

Catalog Number

MS022

Title

Portsmouth Historical Society collection, 1677-1998

Scope & Content

Correspondence, sermons, lectures, scrapbooks, diaries, business papers, receipts, music mss., deeds, school and maritime records, records of the jail and post office, and other materials, owned by the society (founded 1917), relating to Portsmouth, N.H. Includes records of various church and civic groups and papers of Edmund Roberts (1784-1836), merchant and diplomat, who served as special U.S. agent negotiating trade agreements with various East Asian countries. Persons represented include John Quincy Adams and members of the Badger, Boardman, Brackett, Deering, Fletcher, Folsom, Gains, Gooding, Harris, Kimball, Ladd, Langdon, Leavitt, Loud, Merserve, Moffatt, Odiorne, Peabody, Pepperrell, Sherburne, Thaxter, Walker, Webster, and Wheelwright families.

Processing Note:

This collection was not organized into series as it represents many different unrelated individuals, organizations and topics, given by separate donors to the Portsmouth Historical Society.

Contents:

BOX 1
f.1 John Quincy Adams letter to Newburyport Lyceum, 1845
f.2 William Badger, receipts, 1806-1813
f.3 George and Joseph Banfield, deeds, 1725. 1762
f.4 Mary B. Baury, music book, 1826, labeled 'Bradford"
f.5 Thomas Beck and Thomas Beck, Jr., papers, 1790-1839
f.6 John H. Boardman, poem on Federal Fire Society, c1870
f.7 Dr. Joshua Brackett, estate inventory, c1802
f.8 Nathaniel Burdean, apprenticeship to George Gains, 1763
f.9 Richard Champney, appointment as coroner, 1777
f.10 V.M. Coleman, arithmetic copy book, 1854
f.11 William M. Conant, Sons of Temperance certificate and
business card, 1849
f.12 Caleb Currier, papers, 1820-1847. Includes revenue service
commissions, two letters from Currier to his daughter
Caroline, and one letter to Caroline from her future husband,
John Stewart. Caleb Currier was born Portsmouth
2/19/1793, died 7/21/1851, son of Caleb & Alice (Hatch)
Currier. Operated a silversmith business. Commissioned 1st
Lieutenant in US Revenue Service in 1830. Commanded the
revenue cutter Madison in 1838. Gift of Mrs. Alice Vaughan
Johnson, Manchester,NH, c1969
f.13 Dartmouth Township, receipt, meeting notice & power of
attorney, 1773,1783. Gift of Grace Treadwell, Kittery
Point,1952. Deframed 1991
f.14 Thomas Deering, letters from Wentworths, 1755-1774.
Typescript.
f.15 Dunstable Singing School, subscription list, 1795
f.16 Ephemera: 1842-1946
f.17 Annie H. Drown (Ferree), remembrance book, 1857-1860
f.18 Samuel Fletcher, deeds, 1891
f.19 Ann E. Folsom, remembrance book, ca. 1835
f.20 Friendly Fire Society, record book, 1803-1818

BOX 2
f.1 Friendly Fire Society, record book, 1763-1803
f.2 Friendly Fire Society, letters, bills, notices, 1816-1817
f.3 John Gains, deeds, 1827
ff.4-31 Alfred Gooding, sermons, 1891-1909

BOX 3
ff.1-26 Alfred Gooding, sermons, 1909-1926 and n.d.
ff.27-41 Alfred Gooding, lectures, 1881-1906

BOX 4
ff.1-10 Alfred Gooding, lectures, 1909-1932
ff.11-13 Alfred Gooding, scrapbooks, 1886-1927

BOX 5
ff.1-2 Alfred Gooding, scrapbooks, 1920-1926
f.3 John H. Grace, Portsmouth Tercentenary papers,
1919-1923
f.4 Grape Island, Native Conversion Statements, 1827
ff.5-6 Thomas A. Harris family, papers, 1807-1865
f.7 Charles A. Hazlett, letter from Ichabod Goodwin, 1865
f.8 James H. Head, draft notice, 1863
f.9 Morris Hobbs, Hampton Constable Receipts, 1696-1718
f.10: Wingate Ilsley, statement of war service, 1897
f.11 International Assn. of Machinists, record book, 1904-1907
f.12 Independent Order of Rechabites, Old Granite State Tent,
#238, record book, 1847-1850.

BOX 6
f.1 Andras Julian, deeds, 1804, 1830
ff.2-4 Israel Kimball, pocket diaries, 1855-1860
f.5 Israel Kimball, papers, 1853-1859
f.6 Kittery and Portsmouth newspaper scrapbook, 1902
f.7 Luther A. Knight, indemnity, 1894
f.8 Samuel T. Ladd, papers, 1904-1948
f.9 Marquis de Lafayette, letter to Portsmouth committee,
1824
f.10 John Langdon, receipt, n.d.
ff.11-16 Langdon family, papers, 1714-1899
f.17 Samuel Lawrence, Epping deed, 1811
f.18 Gilman Levitt & John Stavers, Proprietors' Burying Ground
deed, 1838
f.19 General Moses Leavitt, letter from Clement Storer, 1798
f.20 Ballad Lewis, American Seaman Certificate, 1840
f.21 Thomas Lewis, NH Militia Orders, 1834-1835
f.22 Abraham Lincoln, telegram to Frank Fuller, 1861

BOX 7
f.1 Unidentified Loudon, NH, merchant, account book, 1809-13
f.2 Solomon Loud, confession, ca. 1830
f.3 Waymouth Lydstrom, American Seaman Certificate, 1803
f.4 Clara Lynn, song 'Portsmouth by the Sea', manuscripts &
ephemera, 1920-1922
f.5 Nathaniel Meserve to Jotham Odiorne, deed, 1756
f.6 John Moffett, receipt and deed, 1741 and 1783
f.7 L. Moore, ephemera, 1891-1908
f.8 Miss Moses, reception and ball dance cards, 1898
f.9 John N. Moses, composition book & manuscripts, 1826-36
f.10 Thomas P. Moses & Louisa Simes, sheet music, 18??
f.11 Mount Washington Summit House stationary, 1879
f.12 NH Infantry, 13th Regiment, reunion menu, 1887
f.13 NH Militia, military orders, 1771
f.14 North Parish, petition to call Rev. Samuel Langdon, 1746
ff.15-16 North Parish Sacred Music Society, record book and
papers, 1809-1823

BOX 8
f.1 Ethyl L. Oakes, essay, ca. 1950
f.2 Andrew P. Peabody, sermon, 1858
f.3 Stephen Pearse, memo book, A Journey to Lancaster, 1820
f.4 Daniel & John Peirce, letters from John Wentworth, 1763-95
f.5 John and Mark W. Peirce, deeds, 1781-1811
f.6 William Pepperrell, letter from Henry Barter, 1742
f.7 William Pepperrell, letter to Edmond Quincy, 1743
f.8 William Pepperrell, letter from Edmond Quincy, Jr., 1752
f.9 William Pepperrell, letter from Benning Wentworth, 1751
f.10 James Perkins, deeds, 1811-1846
f.11 Stephen Pickering, letter from Eliza Langdon, 1823
f.12 James H. Pierrepont, lease and receipts, 1820-1839
f.13 Piscataqua Exchange Bank, notes, n.d.
f.14 Piscataqua Pioneers, lecture 'Historic Spots at Kittery
Point, 1908
f.15 Piscataqua Pioneers, rubbing of ship Raleigh monument,
1926
f.16 Portsmouth, autographs, 1786-1823
f.17 Portsmouth, bills of mortality, 1808-1811
f.18 Portsmouth, defense loan subscription, 1814
f.19 Portsmouth, jury selection, 1786
f.20 Portsmouth, notebook listing deaths, 1783-1787
f.21 Portsmouth, medical society & Alice Manning receipts,
1815-1822
f.22 Portsmouth, Return of Sons & Daughters, 1853-1883
f.23 Portsmouth, water pipes location notebook, 1908
f.24 Portsmouth, Whig & Democrat political tickets, c1850
f.25 Portsmouth Boys Club membership list, 1844
f.26 Portsmouth Chronicle, short story contest, scrapbook of
published entries, 1907
f.27 Portsmouth High School graduation programs, 1888-1919
f.28 Portsmouth Jail, record book, ca. 1764
f.29 Portsmouth Junior High, 'Purple & Gold' newsletter, 1935
f.30 Portsmouth Mutural Fire Insurance Co., policies, 1849
f.31 Portsmouth Post Office, unclaimed letters register,
1886-1900

BOX 9
f.1 Portsmouth Universalist Church, quilt makers list and
programs, 1852-1873
f.2 Portsmouth Whaling Co. meeting minutes book, 1832-1838
f.3 Profile House & Pemigewasset House, brochures, 1879
f.4 Albert Remick, recipe book, 18??
f.5 James Sheafe & Richard Salter, deeds, 1795-1816
f.6 Theodore Sheafe, citizenship certificate, 1816
f.7 John S. Sherburne, letter from Henry Sherburne, 1810
f.8 Sarah Sherburne to William Cario, lease, 1771-1776
f.9 James F. Shores, Journal of trip to Richmond, Indiana, 1840
f.10 William Simes, agreement and deed, 1805, 1846
f.11 John Sloper to Samuel Oakes, deed, 1781
f.12 Andrew J. Stimson, Masonin membership lists & waiver,
1848-ca.1889
f.13: Celia Thaxter, poems, 1892, n.d.
f.14: Nathaniel Tracy, estate of Margaret Emery hearing notice,
1789
ff.15-21 Treadwell Family, papers,1759-1798, ca.1862-1918
ff.22-23 USS Kearsarge, records, 1885-1886

BOX 10
f.1 Jonathan M. Sewall (1748-1808) poetry manuscripts, n.d.
(compare to Athenaeum rare book accession 195)
f.2 US Federal Loans receipt and certificate, 1796-1798
f.3 David Urch, membership book for Soldiers & Sailors
Historical and Benevolent Society, 1906
f.4 Mr. Walker, aid subscription, 1823
f.5 Stacy G. Walker, letter, 1875
f.6 Nathaniel Walker, watchmen appointments, 1829-1830
f.7 Jonathan Warner to Ezekiel Pitman, Jr., deed, 1795
f.8 Daniel Webster, letter to John Taylor, n.d.
f.9 Fanny Webster, Valedictorian Address, ca. 1864
f.10 Thomas M. Weeks, sales agreement for ship New
Hampshire, 1865
f.11 John Wentworth, letter and receipt, 1789-1791
f.12 Mark Hunking Wentworth, deeds, 1729-1752
f.13 Jeremiah Wheelwright, estate papers, 1758-1773
f.14 Thomas Whidden & Caesar Whidden, agreement, 1801
f.15 Julia van Ness Whipple, obsequies, 1903?
f.16 George Whitefield, letter to Mr. Pearce, 1747
f.17 William Wilson, deeds, 1838, 1861
f.18 Willard and Abigail Hall, Thomas & Elisabeth Hart, Mary
Jackson & Martha Marshall to John Edmunds, deed, 1751
(added to collection 8/1993)
f.19 Richard Elliot to Robert Ham, deed, 1810 (1817 copy)
f.20 Ship New Hampshire, customs document, 1864
f.21 Ephemera for Strawbery Banke and other area historic
houses. Includes Wentworth-by-the-Sea advertisement 1947
f.22 Bound volume of music, n.d. (donor Willis #6)
f.23: Edward Parry, commission & pledge of abstinence, 1865
f.24: Sheet music by Clara Lynn, Portsmouth, 1922
f.25: Sheet music, 1914
f.26: William Marsden, letter to his parents in Portsmouth re:
apprenticeship for his brother George, 1828

BOX 11
f.1 John Sise Maritime Insurance correspondence related to
ships whose name begins with A-D: Active, Adelaide, Annie
Sise, Chocorua, C.L. Payson, D.D. Smith, Damon, Dan
Draper, Daniel Marcy, and Don Teodoro, 1857-1877.
f.2 John Sise Maritime Insurance correspondence related to
ships whose name begins with E-M: E. E. Badger, Emily
Farnum, Era, Erico, Fanny A. Bailey, Golden Gate,
Grandee, Gremlin, H. & H. Gould, Joseph Clark, Joseph
Grace, Kate Hunter, L.M. Stewart, Maj. Bradt., Mary Evelyn,
Mary J. Adams, Mary Louisa, Mary S. Hontvet, and Mary
Willey, 1856-1876.
f.3 John Sise Maritime Insurance correspondence related to
ships whose name begins with N-Z: Nettie Langdon, Prairie
Rose, R. H. Perkins, S.J. Mercer, Sally Brown, Sarah,
Sargent, Sea Pigeon, Shark, Silver Lake, Simla, Thornhill,
Unison, Webster, and Yucca, 1863-1875.
f.4 John Sise Maritime Insurance correspondence related to the
ships Fleetford, Quickstep, Calcutta, Win Ross, Celia, Mary
Jane Adams, and Othello,1866-1874.
f.5 John Sise: Ship Nestor's log books, 1837-1840 (2).
f.6 John Sise: Ship Nestor's log books, 1840-1843 and 1884-
1885 (3).
f.7 Maritime insurance correspondence, John P. Sise,
1852-1866.
f.8 Maritime insurance correspondence, John P. Sise and J.E.
Manning, 1866-1877.
f.9 John Sise household goods receipts and correspondence,
John Collamore. Jr. & Co. (later Curtis, Collamore & Co.),
1855-1867; French & Wells & Co,1851-1861.
f.10 John Sise household goods receipts and correspondence,
Atkins & Stedman, 1852-1855, Boston Earthenware
Manufacturing Co., 1854-1857, East Boston Pottery,
1858-1859.
f.11 John Sise household goods receipts and correspondence,
Charles Ahrenfeldt, 1854-1858; Briggs & Rogers,
1854-1863; Herman Trost & Co., 1860-1867; Plympton &
Robertson (later Nathaniel Plympton & Co.), 1860-1867;
and various others.

BOX 12
f.1 John Sise household goods receipts and miscellaneous
correspondence.
f.2 John Sise business receipts, Meriden Cutlery Co. receipts,
John Stokell, grocer, receipts, misc. receipts, Portsmouth
vendors, misc. receipts, outside of Portsmouth, 1849-1877.
f.3 John Sise correspondence and bank books, 1860-1874.
f.4 Property history of the John Paul Jones House, including
reports, deeds, titles, and plot plans.
f.5 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1807-1903.
f.6 Correspondence: Celia Thaxter to Martha Kuhn, December
16, 1847; Joshua Wentworth to Capt. Daboville, January,
26, 1786; U.S. Treasury Dept. to Luther A. Knight, crew
member of the U.S.S. Kearsarge, April 27, 1894.
f.7 Letter of introduction for John Paul Jones, from General
John Sullivan in Philadelphia to Daniel Rindge in
Portsmouth.
f.8 Family tree of Charles William Norton, Jr., undated.
f.9 John Dorr correspondence and receipts, 1794-1820.
f.10 John Dorr corrrespondence and receipts, 1821-1827.
f.11 John Dorr correspondence, receipts, and deeds, 1828-1885
and undated.
f.12 George Hart receipts, 1859-1922.
f.13 George Hart correspondence, 1868-1914.
f.14 Miscellaneous advertisements, 1868. Some are for W.D.
Morse, purveyors of liquor in Gorham, N.H.

BOX 13
f.1 Free Waltham Press newspaper, June 23, 1882. Book: "Mr.
Pearl's Book on the Mind' 1842, signed CM Brewster.
f.2 National Mechanics & Traders Bank calendar, 1909.
f.3 National Mechanics & Traders Bank calendar, 1910.
f.4 National Mechanics & Traders Bank calendar, 1914.
f.5 National Mechanics & Traders Bank calendar, 1915.
f.6 National Mechanics & Traders Bank calendar, 1916.
f.7 National Mechanics & Traders Bank calendar, 1919.
f.8 National Mechanics & Traders Bank advertisement, n.d.
f.9 National Mechanics & Traders Bank advertisement, n.d.
f.10 Book: 'List of the Most Fashionable and Approved Country
Dances, Jigs, &c.' , 1803. Inscribed: Charles E. Wentworth.
f.11 Book: 'The Guardian in Two Volumes' volume two, 1762.
Inscribed: Paul Jones's Book October 20, 1797.
f.12 Booklet 'Brief History of the Isle of Shoals', by Rev. E.
Victor Bigelow, 1923.
f.13 Journal, author unknown, 1852-1885.
f.14 Plan of the Town of Stratham, 1793. 4 copies. Original
separated and is at the John Paul Jones House.
f.15 Alfred Eugene Lathrop, two notebooks, 1920s.
f.16 'An Act for Forming and Regulating the Militia within the
State of New Hampshire', 1787. Printed by Robert Gerrish.
f.17 Andrew Stinson: Portsmouth High School graduation pin,
1900.
f.18 Six war ration books, WWI and WWII.
f.19 Letter from John Sherburne to Edward Cutts, June 8, 1940.
f.20 E.F. Carlton letters, 1944-1945.

BOX 14
f.1 Alice Yeaton, two watercolor paintings, 1886, 1893. One
unrelated illustration "In the Garden", n.d.
f.2 Verso of scrapbook cover with inscription: "This vol.
belonged to / Miss Alice Pearse / gift to / Portsmouth
Historical Society / from / Horace Morison / a former trustee
of / this Society and one of / those who were instrumental /
in preserving this, the / Society's house, for this / Society. /
RM 1955, June 25."
f.3 Woodbury Seavey diaries and ledger, 1848-1850 and 1870
at Rye Farm.
f.4 Woodbury Seavey diary, 1876 and two Old Farmer's
Almanacs, 1873 and 1877.
f.5 Mss. military history of Brevet Major Edward R. Parry, Capt.
20th Reg. U.S. Infantry, 1861-1869.
f.6 Manuscript page document to accompany a counterpane
cover used on the bed in which Marquis de Lafayette slept
while in Portsmouth at Capt. Louis Barres house in 1826.
f.7 Twenty-nine cancelled checks of John Bates from The First
National Bank of Portsmouth, N.H., Oct. 1906.
f.8 The Portsmouth Herald, Aug. 1, 1899.
f.9 Six clippings from The Boston Herald, 1936-1944.
f.10 7x10 print of John Paul Jones "from the original painting by
Chappel in the possession of the publishers" and
accompanying note; Wentworth-By-The-Sea souvenir fan.
f.11 Roster of the First Female School in Portsmouth, March 1,
1829.
f.12 Clippings, menu and postcard of the Folsom-Salter House,
later to become the Portsmouth Athletic Club and the
Acadia Restaurant on Court Street in 1986.
f.13 Colored reproductions of prints of Bow Street, 1874, and
Noble's Island, Portsmouth, N.H.
f.14 N.Y. dealer's letter accompanying print of engraved portrait
(6x9) of James T. Fields (see P018) sent on approval.
f.15 Clippings re Langdons glued on board.
f.16 Baseball scorebook, Rockingham Baseball Club,
1867-1870.
f.17 Proclamation, dated October 17, 1998, by Portsmouth
Mayor Evelyn Sirrell on the occasion of the dedication of
the time capsule created by the Portsmouth Historical
Society.
f.18 Scrapbook all about Portsmouth, N.H., 1851-1909.
Ascribed to Norton, but name not evident anywhere.
f.19 Graduation essay on "Jeremiah Mason" by Harry H. Foote,
June 1889.
f.20 Eight anonymous/unidentified watercolor paintings of
flowers.

BOX 15
f.1 Scrapbook of recipes belonging to Ella P. Walker (née
Smith); Rumford Receipt Book and Middle Street Baptist
Society Cook Book.
ff.2-3 Scrapbook, Ella P. Walker, 1940s.
f.4 Ella P. Walker, "Diary of A Country Woman, or Day after
Day at Squash Ridge," 1940-1941.
f.5 Ella P. Walker, "Diary of A Country Woman, or Day after
Day at Squash Ridge," 1940-1941.
f.6 Thomas Neil-Mary Neil correspondence, 1851-1855.
f.7 Thomas Neil-Mary Neil correspondence, May-July 1857.
f.8 Thomas Neil-Mary Neil correspondence, Aug 1857-Oct
1858.
f. 9 Philip Knowlton correspondence, 1901-1904; Amos Arnold
Knowlton, admission form, 1882.
f.10 Mary Neil Bartlett estate papers, 1924-1934; Gertrude
Knowlton Wilson correspondence, 1971-1974; Jennie Neil
Knowlton.
f.11 Thomas Neil-Mary Neil correspondence, undated.
f.12 Gertrude Knowlton Wilson college records at Radcliffe;
Thomas Neil and Amos Arnold Knowlton miscellaneous
material, 1847-1920.
f.13 Gertrude Knowlton Wilson funeral material, Dec 18, 1999.
f.14 Twenty-three photographs of Knowlton-Wilson family
(including Gertrude Knowlton Wilson as a young girl).
Photographs taken by Davis Brothers, 17 Pleasant St.,
Portsmouth NH.

BOX 16
f.1 Sumner Bird family correspondence, 1877-1901.
f.2 Sumner Bird family correspondence, May-June 1904.
f.3 Sumner Bird family correspondence, July-Nov 1904.
f.4 Sumner Bird family correspondence, 1909-1925.
f.5 Sumner Bird family correspondence, 1926.
f.6 Sumner Bird family correspondence, Jan-March 1927.
f.7 Sumner Bird family correspondence, April-May 1927.
f.8 Sumner Bird family correspondence, July-Dec 1927.
f.9 Sumner Bird family correspondence, 1930-1981.
f.10 Sumner Bird family correspondence, undated.
f.11 Sumner Bird family correspondence, partial and undated
letters.
f.12 Approx. forty-five historical photographs of the McDonald
family (?) taken by the Marden Studio on Congress Street,
Portsmouth. Perhaps 1920s? The original negatives were
nitrate, and were disposed of after scans had been made.
The folder contains photocopies of the images and
accompanying envelopes.
f.13 Receipt, July 21, 1882 from J. Albert Walker, Coal
Merchant to Portsmouth Jail.
Picture postcard from Bertha in Zermatt, Switzerland, dated
Dec. 28, 1946, to Mrs. W.A. Walker, 63 Deer St., Ports-
mouth NH.
February 1916 Vol.2 No. 4 issue of The Clarion, Portsmouth
High School monthly.
f.14 Various legal papers, including a deed of land in Deerfield,
N.H. from Alice Clark of Portsmouth to Jeremiah Avery of
Deerfield, January 7, 1834; the appointment of Solomon
Spalding of Hillsborough County as a Justice of the Peace,
January 8, 1853; a stock certificate for U.S. Metal
Products Company belonging to Edward S. Whittemore of
Nashua, August 18, 1914; four stockholder's proxies for the
Springdale Finishing Company in Boston; fragments of a
business ledger from Tyngsboro, MA; an indenture, and
various deeds unrelated to Portsmouth, 1829-1920.
f.15 Postcards of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,
1946.
f.16 Letter: Charlotte W. Whitman to Dr. K. C. Cushing with an
accompanying note to him written by her daughter, Dorothy
Whitman, n.p., n.d.; receipt for $1 of John Boit to Capt.
Caswell, n.d.; empty envelope addressed to the Rev. A.
Lee Holmes in Coaticook, Quebec from John Young,
attorney of Newport, VT, dated 1897.
f. 17 Manuscript funeral sermon pertaining to Henry Haven, delivered by Rev. Nathan Parker, 1823. (acc. #2022.0074)
f. 18 Programs for the Music Hall and the Hutchings Association, 1877-1878; Greenback party ticket, 1878; and undated letter describing the construction of the Music Hall and other events in Portsmouth [five items]. (acc. #2022.0074)
f. 19 Four unused John Paul Jones stamps, c. 1937. (acc. #2022.0142)
f. 20 Harlow family Christmas cards printed by Harlow Press and featuring Portsmouth's churches and Harlow House, original prints, undated [3 items]. (acc. #2022.0135)
f. 21 Ephemera printed by Harlow Press and featuring Portsmouth's churches, original prints, undated [3 items]. (acc. #2022.0135)
f. 22 Harlow Press cards and ephemera, duplicated from Portsmouth Athenaeum originals, undated [5 photocopied items and one photocopy of "Portsmouth's Church" guide to the Harlows' cards]. (acc. #2022.0135)
f. 23 American magazine, vacation issue, 1947. (acc. #2022.0135)

Rolled, after Box 16
Edmund Roberts, Siam Treaty draft, 1833 (rolled).

Oversize Box 1
f.1 Nathaniel Adams estate to John Fisher, deed, 1774;
William Conant, Rechabites membership card, 1848.
f.2 Peter Coues estate, account statements & deed,
1816-1823.
f.3 Caleb Currier, appointment for revenue cutter, 1830, 1838.
f.4 Ephemera, 1842-1883.
f.5 Friendly Fire Society, articles & membership, c1795-1796.
f.6 Edith K. Harris, citizenship certificate, 1890.
f.7 Samuel Lord, plan of land, 1846.
f.8 Pembroke Academy, officers, instructors, students, 1824.
f.9 Portsmouth broadsides, 1815-1843.
f.10 Portsmouth list of vessels broadside, 1829.
f.11 Stimson, Masons' certificate & high school diploma, 1864,
1900.
f.12 U.S.S. Kearsarge, logbook, 1885-1886.
f.13 Edmund Roberts, citizenship certificate, 1806, 1835.
f.14 Edmund Roberts, Government Agent Authorization, 1832.

Oversize Box 2
f.1 Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird scrapbook, 1927.
f.2 Edmund M. Brown, plot plan, 1835.
f.3 William M. Conant, advertisement broadside, 1841.
f.4: Annie Drown Ferree, music & marriage certificate, 1862,
1917, n.d.
f.5 William Laighton, military appointment, 1830.
f.6 Joseph Langdon, diploma, 1783 (n.d. reprint).
f.7 John Moffatt, waste book, 1744-1745.
f.8 Charles Peirce, proposal & subscription list for Oracle of the
Day, 1793.
f.9 Portsmouth deeds, 1810-1845.
f.10 Portsmouth First Female School, broadside, 1827.
f.11 Frederick W. Rogers, broadside of his excommunication,
1842.
f. 12 13 print engravings: The Reverend Mr. Sam Willard. Willard
was president of Harvard College and married to the
daughter of Jacob Sheafe; Noon on the Sea Shore; Ship
Grandee; Guardian Angel; Charity; Grande Hôtel Du Louvre
(France en Miniature series); Lyon (France en Miniature
series); The Nearest Way in Summertime. Thomas
Creswick, 1854; The Mitherless Bairn, Thomas Faird, 1855;
Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull, 1817;
Benjamin Franklin, engraved by Tilman and Pilbrow after
David Martin; Roger and I, F.O.C. Darley for the book, The
Vagabonds by John Townsend Trowbridge, 1900; Feeding
the Eaglets, unknown.
f.13 23 print engravings and 1 woodcut: Towing the Prize.
Woodcut; The John Paul Jones House, Portsmouth by
Dorothy Holmes Lord; Print engraving: Market St.,
Portsmouth N.H.: With the Triumphal Arches & Grand
Procession with the Sons of Portsmouth, July 4, 1853;
Seeing The New Year In, F.O.C. Darley; The Bath of
Beauty, E.T. Harris; Cinderella; The Fisherman's Family;
The Secret, T.B. Welch; The Betrothed, F.O.C. Darley (2
copies); The Watering Place; Friendship Endangered; The
New Boy; Titians [sic] Studio. Engraved for Godey's Lady's
Book; Innocence, W. F. Tucker; The Orphan Girl. Engraved
for Graham's Magazine; Old Friend Failing; Lights and
Shadows of the Wayside; The Benediction, H.W. Smith
The Grave of McCormick, F.E. Jones; Landing of the
Pilgrims in the Year 1620, W. L. Ormsby; Crossing the
Brook; Matilda, and Sorrento.
f.14 15 print engravings: Noonday, J.N. Gimbrede ; Wigwam in
the Forest, W.H. Bartlett; Now, You'll Mind Me Next Time,
Illman Brothers. Engraved for Peterson's Magazine; The
Old Stile; The Innkeeper's Daughter; Preparing Breakfast;
The First Step; Sunday, A.L. Dick; A Stiff Breeze.
Engraved for Godey's Lady's Book; The Royal Exchange
(London); The Highland Widow, F.O.C. Darley & John D,
McRae; The Sorceress, Miss F. Corbeaux; Highland Piper
My Boy's Sir. Engraved for Godey's; Worship in the
Wilderness.
f. 15 20 print engravings: March Wynds, F.O.C. Darley; D.E.
Farragut; M. Faraday; Thomas Babington Macauley by
Felicia Hemans; Levi Woodbury; Mercer Mortally Wounded
at Princeton, GH. Schmolze; Daniel Webster; Daniel
Webster At the Tomb of Shakespeare by Schuessels;
Hon. Jacob Sleeper, J.C. Buttre; Respectfully - Alice B.
Neal; W.G. Armstrong for Godey's; Fredrika Bremer,
Engraved for Godey's Lady's Book; Death on the Seas,
Edwin Landseer; In the Balcony, Illman Brothers; Falls of
the Towalaga, Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smith, 1845.
Engraved for Graham's Magazine; The Student of Nature;
Youth and Age; "Go It Rolla!"; Zarapha the Ancient
Sarepta; The Pet Donkey.
f.16 One page (p. 57) from an undated issue of Gleason's
Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion showing engraved
illustrations of "Market Square, Portsmouth, N.H." and a
"View of the United States Navy Yard, at Portsmouth,
N.H."
f.17 Scrapbook of Wentworth-By-The-Sea Hotel, including
postcards, menus, event flyers, and news clippings,
1974-1990.

Oversize Box 3
Charles Lidgett Ledger, 1677-1679, 1684-1687.

Oversize Box 4
Materials donated by Mildred McLaughlin and Joanne McLaughlin via Sherry Behrends in 2019. Documents, notebooks, and associated objects related to the Simes family, dated 1769-c1950. Also a small group of documents related to Warren B. Moulton of North Hampton, N.H. Inventory included. (acc. #2022.0135)

Oversized MS Map Drawer
Folder 1
Thomas Leach to Thomas Winbolt, lease of Southgate, England property, 1812.

Oversized MS Map Drawer
Folder 2
The Resources of California, San Fransisco, 1875
Boston Morning Journal, August 2, 4 and 5
Newspapers Folder 2 of 2:

Oversized MS Map Drawer
Folder 3
Boston Courier, April 30, 1850
The Daily Union, Manchester, NH, September 27, 1881
The Daily Union, Manchester, NH, January 20, 1882
The Puritan Recorder, Boston, October 20, 1853
The Boston Semi-Weekly Courier, October 28, 1852

Oversized MS Map Drawer
Folder 4
Uncle Sam, Boston, December 23, 1854
Uncle Sam, Boston, December 9, 1854
Zion's Herald and Wesleyan Journal, Boston, May 3, 1865
Hampshire County Times, Portsmouth, England, November 9, 1887
Boston Notion, June 10, 1841

With framed SI/SC
Edmund Roberts, Muscat Treaty draft, 1833 (framed, dimensions approx. 5' 6" x 1' 6").

See also Photographs: P18.001-P18.404.

Collection

Portsmouth Historical Society collection, 1677-1998

Object Name

Manuscript

Date

1677-1998

Extent of Description

13 lin. ft.

Archival History

Placed on deposit at the Portsmouth Athenaeum by the Portsmouth Historical Society in July 1991. Additions received in 1993, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2017, 2020, and 2022.

People

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Badger family
Boardman family
Brockett family
Currier, Caleb
Currier, Caleb (Capt.), 1793-1851
Dearing family
Deering family
Dorr family
Fletcher family
Folsom family
Gaines family
Gains family
Gooding family
Gooding, Alfred, 1856-1934
Harris family
Hart family
Kimball family
Ladd family
Langdon family
Langston family
Leavitt family
Loud family
Meserve family
Moffatt family
Moffatt family
Odiorne family
Peabody family
Pepperrell family
Roberts, Edmund, 1784-1836
Sewall, Jonathan Mitchel, 1748-1808
Sherburne family
Simes family
Simes, Stephen Hardy, 1799-1871
Simes, Thomas, c1759-1802
Sise, John
Thacher family
Thaxter family
Walker family
Webster family
Wheelwright family

Search Terms

Friendly Fire Society
Calcutta (Ship)
Fleetwood (Ship)
Othello (Ship)
Quickstep (Bark)
Nestor (Ship)
Rockingham Base Ball Club

Subjects

Portsmouth (N.H.)
Schools
Shipping
Postal service
Jails
Correspondence
Diaries and journals
International trade
Baseball
Scores