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  1. S0888 - Portsmouth Universalist Society Record Book

    Record book of the Universalist Church in Portsmouth (located on Pleasant Street, later became part of the South Church - Unitarian Universalist Church). Book records the Society's beginnings, with the building of the new church on Pleasant Street. The volume begins on January 1, 1807 with the Society's plan to purchase land for the building. The first entry lists names of seventy people and the shares they purchased as part of the endeavor. The ...

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  2. S0894 - Thomas Moulton Account Book

    Account book of Thomas Moulton, a Portsmouth blacksmith. Individuals listed in entries include those below. Some of the individuals have references concerning their occupations, for example Joshua Johnson is listed as a shoemaker, John Hill, blacksmith. Jacob Nutter, mason, Samuel Nelson, chairmaker Lyman Spalding, doctor, John French, butcher, George Hart, blacksmith, Edward Dimcey, mason, Joshua Johnson, yeoman, and Thadeus Perkins, truckman. E...

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  3. S1016 - Bill of sale, John Nelson to Moses Woodward

    Bill of sale of five acres on south side of Sagamore Creek from John Nelson to Moses Woodward. Also Margaret Nelson, wife of John Nelson, releases any claim to the land from her Right of Dower or Power of Thirds.

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    Bill of sale, John Nelson to Moses Woodward
  4. S1019 - Loan Agreements

    Agreement between Edmund Roberts to pay loan to unidentified individual (signature cut off). Moses Woodward agreement with Sarah Roberts. Note from John Haven regarding debt owed him by Moses Woodward.

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    Loan Agreements
  5. S1020 - Woodward vs. Carroll Legal Fee

    Plaintiffs bill of cost in legal case between Moses Woodward and John Carroll.

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    Woodward vs. Carroll Legal Fee
  6. S1176 - John Evans papers, 1784-1789

    The John Evans Papers, dating from September 1784 to April 1789, contain thirty "letters" written by John Evans (1737-1791) to himself. The collection more closely resembles journal entries where Evans, referring to himself as "Ange," writes in the second person, as if from the perspective of a conscience or guardian angel. Evans was a merchant of some prominence from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. While unusual in form, Evans's letters document his ...

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    John Evans papers, 1784-1789
  7. S1200 - Edmund Roberts to Moses Woodward Deed

    Deed between Edmund Roberts and Moses Woodward for a "parcel on Sagamore Creek and a one acre island in the creek." Dated 1808.

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  8. S1599 - Portsmouth NH Public Market Deed

    Deed, John Fisher of London, England to the town of Portsmouth, N.H., represented by a committee made up of James Sheafe, Ammi R. Cutter, Moses Woodward. Nathaniel Adams and John Hale, a parcel of land for use as a public market place. August 20, 1793. An accompanying sheet of paper with three examples of wording used to deed land for a specific purpose to a corporate entity. Undated.

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  9. S1622 - Nathaniel A. Haven account book, 1798-1808

    Account book of Nathaniel Appleton Haven, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date range is circa 1798 to 1808. Records include transactions with various merchants in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as surrounding towns such as Exeter, Durham, Dover, and New Castle as well as Berwick and Kittery, Maine. Entries include merchants in London, Boston, and New York as well as ships. See "Multimedia Files" for a link to the index of individuals, busin...

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