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MS050 - John Langdon, William Whipple, and Elwyn family papers, 1713-1965
Scope and Content The John Langdon papers, 1761-1817, are primarily letters to John Langdon (approx. 2,200), with one letterbook, 1775-1779, records of the building of the ships Raleigh and America for the Continental Navy, some records of the New Hampshire Government, and a few general business records. A large portion of the papers are from the period of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781. The letters are both business and political in natu...
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S1658 - Wendell-Elwyn Family Papers
Copy of will of John Langdon, April 21, 1817, proved September 25, 1819. Last will and testament of Jacob Wendell, June 10, 1896. Copy of affidavit in the Surrogate's Court, New York County, in the matter of the transfer tax upon the estate of Gordon Wendell, May 12, 1910. Last will and testament of Evert Jansen Wendell, August 1, 1917. Estate of Alfred L. Elwyn, November 30 to December 22, 1924. Last will and testament of Helen E...
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S1675 - John Langdon letters, 1795-1805
Letter from John Langdon in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention to Nicholas Gilman in Boston, June 28, 1795. Reports to Gilman that no determination on the Jay Treaty of Amity, Commerece and Navigation between the U.S. and Britain has been agreed upon yet, but hopes that it will be finished in the coming week. He believes he will not agree to the whole. "Secrecy must be observed," he advises. Letter from John Langdon in Portsmout...
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S1720 - Thomas Elwyn letters, 1804-1815
Thirteen letters with transcriptions from Thomas Elwyn in Portsmouth to William Elwyn, his brother, a barrister at law in London and Bristol, 1804-1815. F1: Six letters, six transcriptions, 1804-1805. November 20, 1804: Four page letter in which Thomas talks about the end of the Federalists and the accession of the republicans under Jefferson in positive terms; family news; the growth of Portsmouth (he conservatively estimates the populat...
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S1761 - Letters to William B. Elwyn from Thomas Langdon Elwyn, 1815
Three letters to William B. Elwyn, barrister at law in Bristol, England, from his brother, Thomas Langdon Elwyn, and his sister-in-law (Thomas's wife), Elizabeth Langdon Elwyn, both in Portsmouth, N.H. 1. Thomas Langdon Elwyn in Portsmouth, N.H., to William B. Elwyn in Bristol, England. Dated October 9, 1815. 2. Elizabeth Langdon Elwyn in Portsmouth, N.H., to William B. Elwyn in Bristol, England. Dated November 6, 1815. 3. Thomas Langdon...
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S1765 - Letters to William B. Elwyn from Thomas Langdon Elwyn, 1806-1815
Two letters to William B. Elwyn, barrister at law in Bristol, England, from his brother, Thomas Langdon Elwyn, in Portsmouth, N.H. Each letter includes a transcription by Kinley Gregg. A third letter is a transcription only, not an original document. 1. Thomas Langdon Elwyn in Boston, Mass., to William B. Elwyn in Bristol, England. Dated May 28, 1806. 2. Thomas Langdon Elwyn in Portsmouth, N.H., to William B. Elwyn in Bristol, England. Date...
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