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  1. AD013 - HMS America ship plans, undated

    Photocopy of the ship plans for the 44-gun HMS America, built in 1749 by Nathaniel Meserve in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the British Royal Navy. The ship launched May 4, 1749. Renamed the Boston on April 13, 1756. Sold out of service on September 13, 1757. Half-breadth plan of the model of the America owned by the Portsmouth Athenaeum. Undated.

    Record Type: Archive

  2. British Shipping Records, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Index 1, September 30, 1723-May 31, 1753.
  3. British Shipping Records, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Index 2, June 26, 1756-Jul-Oct., 1760.
  4. British Shipping Records, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Index 4, 1743/1744-Jul. 31, 1746.
  5. C07.518 - Ship Model "HMS America"

    Model, Ship

    Record Type: Object

    C07.518-2
  6. MS022 B07 F05 - Nathaniel Meserve to Jotham Odiorne, deed

    Nathaniel Meserve to Jotham Odiorne, deed for land on Deer Street in Portsmouth.

    Record Type: Archive

  7. MS107 B01 F99 - Masonian Deed

    Copy of deed for purchase by Masonian Proprietors of land once belonging to John Tufton Mason. Individuals included in the list of Masonian Proprietors include: Theodore Atkinson, Richard Waldron, Samuel Solly, John Moffatt, Mark Hunking Wentworth, Jotham Odiorne, Joshua Peirce, Thomas Packer, Nathaniel Meserve, George Jaffrey, John Wentworth Jr., Daniel Peirce, Paul March, and Mary Moore (widow). Dated 1750.

    Record Type: Archive

    Masonian Deed
  8. MS152 - Ray Brighton papers, 1960-1995

    Papers of Ray Brighton, dated from approximately the 1960s to the early 1990s. Includes unpublished manuscripts, other unpublished writings, presentation notes, research notes, correspondence, and two audiocassettes of Brighton dictating shipping information from newspapers. FOLDER LISTING BOX 1 (acc. #2024.0059) Folder 1 The Portsmouth Country Club: An Experience in Golf unpublished manuscript (preface, pp. 1-106), undated Folder ...

    Record Type: Archive

  9. New England Shipbuilding - VK23 .K58 2021

    Knoblock, Glenn A.

    Record Type: Library

  10. P0007_53_01 - Arthur I. Harriman Photograph

    Boyd-Raynes House

    Record Type: Photo

    Boyd-Raynes House
  11. Print, Photographic
  12. S0052 - Library Society Record book, 1750-1795

    General records of the Library Society of Portsmouth, including proposal to begin the Social Library, cost per subscriber, list of subscribers, listing of books purchased and cost of each, minutes, and articles of agreement. Subjects include the discussion of putting monies towards the workhouse in June 1754. Includes loose paper with an accounting with William Parker and Daniel Pierce (1758, 1762, and 1764).

    Record Type: Archive

  13. S0402 - Peirce Deeds, 1744-1800

    This collection of Portsmouth area deeds (S0401-S0445) includes deeds from 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, But...

    Record Type: Archive

    Peirce Deeds, 1744-1800
  14. S0781 - Theodore Atkinson ledger, 1732-1735

    Theodore Atkinson (1697-1779) Portsmouth merchant, Account ledger. Dated February 1, 1732/33 to April 30, 1735. Entries by date & numbering system #536-#645 and #1-#332. Each entry lists the name of the purchaser and the amount paid. Items purchased include rum, timber, textiles, furniture, knives, combs, and rum. Persons represented include John Gaines, Benning Wentworth, and John Moffatt. See "Multimedia Files for a link to a PDF of the alph...

    Record Type: Archive

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