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  1. MS009 - Peirce family papers, 1665-1840

    Summary Correspondence, financial papers, deeds, wills, estate papers, property records, genealogical materials, legal documents, and other papers, of Daniel Peirce (d. 1773), lawyer and justice of the peace, John Peirce (1746-1814), banker, Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth and her husband, Mark Hunking Wentworth (1709-1785), their son, Gov. John Wentworth (1737-1820), Peter Livius, chief justice of New Hampshire Supreme Court, Eleazer Russell (d. 1...

    Record Type: Archive

  2. 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.

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    Masonian Deed
  3. MS107 B02 F16 - John Thomlinson to Daniel Peirce and Clement March

    Letter from John Thomlinson to Daniel Peirce and Clement March, reference to a large packet received and payment credited. Dated London, October 17, 1754.

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    John Thomlinson to Daniel Peirce and Clement March
  4. MS107 B03 F10 - John Tufton Mason

    Two documents pasted together. Part 1: Letter from Daniel Peirce to John Tufton Mason. Mason appears to have Peirce settling accounts on his behalf. Peirce reports that he is unable to sell the real estate Mason wanted him to. Peirce reports that Mason's children are doing well. He also reports that Col. Blanchard did not finish running the curved line (surveying) and that the Indians have killed one man and captured two more. Dated Portsmouth...

    Record Type: Archive

    John Tufton Mason
  5. P0067_033 - Howard T. Oedel Dissertation

    Portrait of Daniel Peirce

    Record Type: Photo

    Portrait of Daniel Peirce
  6. Peirce - Name File: Peirce

    Record Type: Library

  7. Print, Photographic
  8. 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

  9. S0401 - Peirce Deeds, 1715-1753

    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, Ayeer, Banfill, Brackett, Beck, Brewster...

    Record Type: Archive

    Peirce Deeds, 1715-1753
  10. 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
  11. S0620 - Diary, 1770.;Astronomical diary, or, An almanack for the year of our Lord Christ ... (S620).

    Diary with extensive daily notes about the weather and occasionally mentioning daily activities. Written in An astronomical diary, or An almanack for the year of our Lord Christ ..., written by Nathaniel Ames, Jr. and printed and sold in Portsmouth, N.H., by D & R. Fowle.

    Record Type: Archive

  12. S0622 - Letter, 1753 Apr. 11. (S622).

    Letter from Blanchard to Daniel Pierce, Portsmouth, N.H., describing his work on Pierce's behalf, including the complicated division of Royal Society lands and requesting payment for workers on the lands.

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    Letter, 1753 Apr. 11. (S622).
  13. S1547 - Bill of lading for St. John's Church baptismal font, 1759

    Bill of lading for the baptismal font at St. John's Church. Dated July 18, 1759. Letter addressed to Daniel Pearce [Peirce] of Piscataqua from Gidney Clarke of Barbados, states that the font comes "from John Tufton Mason Esq., Governor of Senegal, a Font being a present from him to the Church at Piscataqua." The font was shipped on the sloop Bonadventure.

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    Bill of lading for St. John's Church baptismal font, 1759

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