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  1. S0642 - Return of Men from Portsmouth

    List of Portsmouth men in the local militia and the following categories of equipment: guns, bayonets, cartridge box, powder balls, flint, knapsacks, and blankets. On front in ink: "R Sum of Men" on rear: "Return of men from Portsmouth."

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    Return of Men from Portsmouth
  2. S0937 - Franklin (Sloop) Freight Book

    Freight book for the sloop Franklin, 1792-1793. Lists the cargo, its value, and the consignors. Some of the people listed are: Woodbury Langdon, Tobias Lear, John Sheafe, Eliphalet Ladd, Reuben Shapley, and Nathaniel Haven. Sloop sailed primarily between Portsmouth and New York. The 47-ton sloop Franklin was built in Dover in 1790 and was sold in Newburyport in 1795.

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  3. S1178 - Ship Grotius Log

    Log book for the Ship Grotius for a voyage from Portsmouth to Maderia, Portugal (December 28, 1815 to May 4, 1816). On front in ink: "John S. [Shaw or Sheafe]" and on rear in ink: "Portsmouth New Hampshire." In front cover in ink: "Ship Grotius Thomas Thornton [?] Capt."

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    Ship Grotius Log
  4. 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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