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1. MS042 B01 F23.13 - Joshua Johnson and Harrison Downing Writ of Attachment

   Writ of attachment involving Joshua Johnson of Portsmouth, cordwainer and Harrison Downing of Newington, laborer. Dated July 15, 1819. The sheriff arrested Harrison Downing and bailed him to John W. Edny. Joseph Burgin is listed as Justice of the Peace. Joseph Akerman and Samuel Cushman also appear on the document.

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2. S0436 - Penhallow, Akerman, Greely, Trundy, Waldron, Moses Deeds, 1667-1893

   This collection of Portsmouth area deeds (S0401-S0445) includes deeds from all the following families plus others. The majority of the deeds are from Portsmouth. Other towns included are Greenland, New Castle, Newington, Piermont, Northwood, Wakefield, Gilmanton, Durham, Goffstown and Rye, NH. Islands included are Leach's Island and Jackson's Island. Families cited include: Abbot, Adams, Akerman, Atkinson, Ayer, Banfill, Brackett, Beck, Brewster,...

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3. S0855 - John S. Blunt Daybook

   Daybook kept by artist (painter), John S. Blunt from 1826 to 1835. Book includes personal expenses, such as rent and hiring nurses. It also includes a record of work done by Blunt including sign lettering, commissioned paintings (ships, portraits, etc.), coffin plates, fire buckets, mirrors and furniture. Blunt's transactions are with individuals as well as furniture makers, churches (Methodist Episcopal Church on Middle Street), organizations (T...

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4. S1223a - Mark Laighton account book, 1804-1813

   Account book was kept between 1804 and 1813. The handwriting changes several times, suggesting several people were keeping the records over the time period. The book is part of a three volume set presumed to be owned by Mark Laighton, a mast and block maker, who also invented the roller block. Entries include various specialized ship elements, such as spars, blocks, and tackles. Sometimes the records list ship work by the owner or captain of ...

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5. S1223b - Mark Laighton account book, 1819-1823

   Day book kept by Mark Laighton from 1819 to 1823. Laighton was a mast and block maker and invented the roller block. He owned Laighton's Wharf and Mast Yard and had a house on Bachelor's Lane (later Green Street). Entries are similar to S1223a (the earlier book kept by Laighton) and include outfitting ships, dry goods and food items, blocks and repairs made to vessels. They also include work on the Portsmouth Aqueduct system and repair to pum...

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6. S1492 - Toppan Papers, 1761-1822

   Twenty-four receipts, 1761-1809, all but three to Christopher Toppan (1734-1818), the remainder to Edmund Toppan (1777-1849), and two letters written by Christopher Stephen Toppan (1800-1861) to his mother and father in 1821 and 1822, in which he says he wants to sell his pastureland in order to open a business in Boston, and in the later letter asks his father for precise measurements of his house lot for insurance purposes.

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7. S1493 - Receipts, 1790-1800

   Twenty-four miscellaneous receipts, mostly Portsmouth N.H.

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