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  1. Corderii colloquiorum centuria selecta, or, A select century of the colloquies of Corderius : with an English translation, as literal as possible, designed for the use of beginners in the Latin tongue.
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    [Monkland, Mrs. Anne Catharine]

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    Life in India; or, the English at Calcutta.
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  4. MS002 B15 F01 - Reading Room Papers, Subscription Room book, 1808-1820

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  5. MS156 - George Bigelow Chase papers, 1785-1902

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  6. S0855 - John S. Blunt Daybook

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  7. S0862 - Gov Gilmans Blues Militia Record Book

    Record book for the "Select Military Company" Gov Gilman's Blues. The group was formed in 1799 with Samuel Walker of Portsmouth acting as the chair, meeting at the State House. Book contains records of meetings including location, membership and officer names, and expectations of soldiers (uniforms, behavior, etc.). Indexed. See also S1147.

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  8. S1027 - Liberty Pole Subscribers

    List of about 100 people who pledged money to raise a Liberty Pole at Liberty Bridge, Portsmouth, along with the amount they pledged to donate. c1824 See "Multimedia Files" for link to a transcript of the list of names in the document. Liberty Bridge To perpetuate to posterity the memory of glorious __________ the early history of their ____ has ever __ the anxious care of the patriotic and virtuous in every age. The venerable reli...

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    Liberty Pole Subscribers
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    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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  10. S1492 - Toppan Papers, 1761-1822

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    Record Type: Archive

  11. S1493 - Receipts, 1790-1800

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

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  12. S1794d - Dockage, wharfage, and storage book of Portsmouth, N.H., 1824-1832

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    Dockage, wharfage, and storage book of Portsmouth, N.H., 1824-1832
  13. Ship File: Fame - Fame (Ship)

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