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  1. 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 the bottom of this catalog record 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...

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    Liberty Pole Subscribers
  2. S1223c - Mark Laighton account book, 1819-1828

    Account book kept by Mark Laighton from 1819 to 1828. 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...

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