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  1. From Beers map (1876). Note: Goat Island aka Amazeen's Island
  2. MS024 - New Castle Bridge Association records, 1820-c1929

    Minutes, correspondence, financial records, bills and receipts, share certificates, deeds, legal documents, and other records. The first three boxes contain financial materials, arranged chronologically by year, including bills paid, receipts, vouchers, cancelled checks, etc., and the occasional treasurer’s report. Box four contains share certificates, arranged by year and box five contains other miscellaneous records, including toll gatherer’s n...

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    New Castle Bridge Association records, 1820-c1929
  3. MS075 - New Castle Bridge and Piscataqua Bridge association records, 1813-1925

    Scope and Content Minutes, correspondence, financial records, bills and receipts, share certificates, deeds, legal documents, and other records. The first three boxes contain financial materials, arranged chronologically by year, including bills paid, receipts, vouchers, cancelled checks, etc and the occasional treasurer’s report. Box four contains share certificates, arranged by year and box five contains other miscellaneous records, includin...

    Record Type: Archive

    New Castle Bridge and Piscataqua Bridge association records, 1813-1925
  4. S0028 - New Castle Bridge Papers, 1821-1888

    Building diagram, share certificates (in New Castle Bridge Association), contracts, receipts, and other records, relating to a bridge from New Castle to Portsmouth, N.H. Includes letter (1823) from Reuben Shapley, a merchant) regarding the passage of a newly built ship and lease issued to David Urch in 1888. Other persons represented include president Ebenezer Tucker and bridge contractor Mark Leighton.

    Record Type: Archive

    New Castle Bridge Papers, 1821-1888
  5. 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...

    Record Type: Archive

  6. S1752a - Benjamin Garland tavern ledger, 1771-1811

    Benjamin Garland tavern ledger, dated from 1771 to 1811, also likely kept by his sons Amos and William Garland. Includes credits and expenses for drinks (rum, cider, grog, toddy, etc.), provisions (cheese, corn, potatoes, grain, etc.), and services (horseshoeing and repair work). Note: The ledger is largely chronological, though some early dates appear at the end of the ledger. Beginning pages and all pages after page 161 are unpaginated.

    Record Type: Archive

    First page (1772)

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