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Portsmouth Historical Society Collection - MS022* Provenance: Placed on deposit by the Portsmouth Historical Society in July 1991. Also placed on deposit were the Portsmouth Historical Society Records (MS021), New Castle Bridge Association Records (MS024), Tredick and Brewster Family Papers (MS019), and the Portsmouth Historical Society Photograph Collection (P018). Citation: Portsmouth Historical Society Collection, MS022, Portsmouth Athenaeum Size: 10 Hollinger boxes (5 linear feet) and 22 oversized folders Access: No restrictions Processed by: Reprocessed by Susan Stowe Kindstedt in 2006. Original by Kevin Shupe and Carolyn Eastman in 1990. Historical Note The Portsmouth Historical Society was founded in 1917. The Society purchased the John Paul Jones House in 1920. Summary Correspondence, sermons, lectures, scrapbooks, diaries, business papers, music mss., deeds, school and maritime records, records of the jail and post office, and other materials, owned by the society (founded 1917), relating to Portsmouth, N.H. Includes records of various church and civic groups and papers of Edmund Roberts (1784-1836), merchant and diplomat, who served as special U.S. agent negotiating trade agreements with various East Asian countries. Persons represented include John Quincy Adams and members of the Badger, Boardman, Brockett, Deering, Fletcher, Folsom, Gains, Gooding, Harris, Kimball, Ladd, Langdon, Leavitt, Loud, Merserve, Moffatt, Odiorne, Peabody, Pepperrell, Sherburne, Thaxter, Walker, Webster, and Wheelwright families. Processing Note This collection was not organized into series as it represents many different unrelated individuals, organizations, and topics, given by separate donors to the Portsmouth Historical Society. Box 1Folder 1 John Quincy Adams, letter to the Newburyport Lyceum, 1845 Folder 2 William Badger, receipts, 1806-1813 Folder 3 George and Joseph Banfield, deeds, 1725, 1762 Folder 4 Miss Mary B. Baury, music book, 1826 Labeled “Bradford” Folder 5 Thomas Beck and Thomas Beck Jr., papers, 1790-1839 Folder 6 John H. Boardman, poem on Federal Fire Society members, ca. 1870 Folder 7 Dr. Joshua Brackett, estate inventory, ca. 1802 Folder 8 Nathaniel Burdean, apprenticeship to George Gains, 1763 Folder 9 Richard Champney, appointment as coroner, 1777 Folder 10 V. M. Coleman, arithmetic copy book, 1854 Folder 11 William M. Conant, Sons of Temperance certificate and business card, 1849 Folder 12 Caleb Currier, papers, 1820-1847 Including revenue service commissions, two letters from Caleb Currier to his daughter Caroline, and one letter to Caroline from her future husband, John Stewart. Gift of Mrs. Alice Vaughan Johnson, Manchester, NH ca. 1969. Biographical note: Currier was born in Portsmouth 2/19/1793 and died 7/21/1851, the son of Caleb and Alice (Hatch) Currier. He married Sarah Marden in 1814 and operated a silversmith business. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the US Revenue service in 1830 and was given the command of the Revenue Cutter Madison in 1838. Folder 13 Dartmouth township, receipt, meeting notice and power of attorney, 1773, 1783 Gift of Miss Grace W. Treadwell, Kittery Point, 1952, deframed 1991 Folder 14 Thomas Deering, typescript letters from the Wentworths, 1755-1774 Folder 15 Dunstable Singing School, subscription list, 1795 Folder 16 Ephemera, 1842-1946 Folder 17 Annie H. Drown (Ferree), remembrance book, 1857-1860 Folder 18 Samuel Fletcher, deeds, 1891 Folder 19 Ann E. Folsom, remembrance book, ca. 1835 Folder 20 Friendly Fire Society, record book, 1803-1818 Box 2Folder 1 Friendly Fire Society, record book, 1763-1803 Folder 2 Friendly Fire Society, letters, bills, and notices, 1816-1817 Folder 3 John Gains, deeds, 1827 Folder 4-31 Alfred Gooding, sermons, 1891-1909 Box 3Folder 1-26 Alfred Gooding, sermons, 1909-1926, n.d. Folder 27-41 Alfred Gooding, lectures, 1881-1906 Box 4Folder 1-10 Alfred Gooding, lectures, 1909-1932 Folder 11-13 Alfred Gooding, scrapbooks, 1886-1927 Box 5Folder 1-2 Alfred Gooding, scrapbooks, 1920-1926 Folder 3 John H. Grace, Portsmouth Tercentenary papers and ephemera, 1919-1923 Folder 4 Grape Island, Native Conversion Statements, 1827 Folder 5-6 Thomas A. Harris Family, papers, 1807-1865 Folder 7 Charles A. Hazlett, letter from Ichabod Goodwin, 1865 Folder 8 James H. Head, draft notice, 1863 Folder 9 Morris Hobbs, Hampton Constable Receipts, 1696-1718 Folder 10 Wingate Ilsley, statement of war service, 1897 Folder 11 International Association of Machinists, record book, 1904-1907 Folder 12 Independent Order of Rechabites, Old Granite State Tent #238, record book, 1847-1850 Box 6Folder 1 Andras Julian, deeds, 1804, 1830 Folder 2-4 Israel Kimball, pocket diaries, 1855-1860 Folder 5 Israel Kimball, papers, 1853-1859 Folder 6 Kittery and Portsmouth, newspaper scrapbook, 1902 Folder 7 Luther A. Knight, indemnity, 1894 Folder 8 Samuel T. Ladd, papers, 1904-1948 Folder 9 Marquis de Lafayette, letter to Portsmouth committee, 1824 Folder 10 John Langdon, receipt, n.d. Folder 11-16 Langdon Family, papers, 1714-1899 Folder 17 Samuel Lawrence, Epping deed, 1811 Folder 18 Gilman Levitt and John Stavers, Proprietors’ Burying Ground deed, 1838 Folder 19 Gen. Moses Leavitt, letter from Lt. Col. Clement Storer, 1798 Folder 20 Ballad Lewis, American Seaman Certificate, 1840 Folder 21 Thomas Lewis, N.H. Militia Orders, 1834-1835 Folder 22 Abraham Lincoln, telegram to Frank Fuller, 1861 Box 7Folder 1 Unidentified Loudon, NH merchant, account book, 1809-1813 Folder 2 Solomon Lowd, confession, ca. 1830 Folder 3 Waymouth Lydstrom, American Seaman Certificate, 1803 Folder 4 Clara Lynn, “Portsmouth By The Sea” song manuscripts and ephemera, 1920-1922 Folder 5 Nathaniel Meserve to Jotham Odiorne, deed, 1756 Folder 6 John Moffatt, receipt and deed, 1741, 1783 Folder 7 L. Moore, ephemera, 1891-1908 Folder 8 Miss Moses, reception and ball dance cards, 1898 Folder 9 John N. Moses, composition book and manuscripts, 1826-1836 Folder 10 Thomas P. Moses and Louisa Simes, sheet music, 18?? Folder 11 Mount Washington Summit House, stationary, 1879 Folder 12 NH Infantry, 13 th Regiment, reunion menu, 1887 Folder 13 NH Militia, military orders, 1771 Folder 14 North Parish, petition to call Rev. Samuel Langdon, 1746 Folder 15-16 North Parish Sacred Music Society, record book and papers, 1809-1823 Box 8Folder 1 Ethyl L. Oakes, essay, ca. 1950 Folder 2 Andrew P. Peabody, sermon, 1858 Folder 3 Stephen Pearse, memo book, A Journey to Lancaster, 1820 Folder 4 Daniel and John Peirce, letters from John Wentworth, 1763-1795 Folder 5 John and Mark W. Peirce, deeds, 1781-1811 Folder 6 William Pepperell, letter from Henry Barter, 1742 Folder 7 William Pepperell, letter to Edmond Quincy, 1743 Folder 8 William Pepperell, letter from Edmond Quincy Jr., 1752 Folder 9 William Pepperell, letter from Benning Wentworth, 1751 Folder 10 James Perkins, deeds, 1811-1846 Folder 11 Stephen Pickering, letter from Eliza Langdon, 1823 Folder 12 James H. Pierrepiont, lease and receipts, 1820-1839 Folder 13 Piscataqua Exchange Bank, notes, n.d. Folder 14 Piscataqua Pioneers, lecture “Historic Spots at Kittery Point,” 1908 Folder 15 Piscataqua Pioneers, rubbing of the ship “Raleigh” monument, 1926 Folder 16 Portsmouth, autographs, 1786-1823 Folder 17 Portsmouth, bills of mortality, 1808-1811 Folder 18 Portsmouth, defense loan subscription, 1814 Folder 19 Portsmouth, jury selection, 1786 Folder 20 Portsmouth, notebook listing deaths, 1783-1787 Folder 21 Portsmouth, medical society and Alice Manning receipts, 1815-1832 Folder 22 Portsmouth, Return of the Sons and Daughters, 1853-1883 Folder 23 Portsmouth, water pipes location notebook, 1908 Folder 24 Portsmouth, Whig and Democrat Political Tickets, ca. 1850s Folder 25 Portsmouth Boys Club, membership list, 1844 Folder 26 Portsmouth Chronicle, short story contest, scrapbook of published entries, 1907 Folder 27 Portsmouth High School, graduation programs, 1888-1919 Folder 28 Portsmouth Jail, record book, ca. 1764 Folder 29 Portsmouth Junior High, “Purple and Gold” newsletter, 1935 Folder 30 Portsmouth Mutual Fire Insurance Company, policies, 1849 Folder 31 Portsmouth Post Office, unclaimed letters register, 1886-1900 Box 9Folder 1 Portsmouth Universalist Church, quilt makers list and programs, 1852-1873 Folder 2 Portsmouth Whaling Company, meeting minutes book, 1832-1838 Folder 3 Profile House and Pemigewasset House, brochures, 1879 Folder 4 Albert Remick, recipe book, 18?? Folder 5 James Sheafe and Richard Salter, deeds, 1795-1816 Folder 6 Theodore Sheafe, citizenship certificate, 1816 Folder 7 John S. Sherburne, letter from Henry Sherburne, 1810 Folder 8 Sarah Sherburne to William Cario, lease, 1771-1776 Folder 9 James F. Shores, Journal of a trip to Richmond, Indiana, 1840 Folder 10 William Simes, agreement and deed, 1805, 1846 Folder 11 John Sloper to Samuel Oakes, deed, 1781 Folder 12 Andrew J. Stimson, Masonic membership lists and waiver, 1848-ca. 1889 Folder 13 Celia Thaxter, poems, 1892, n.d. Folder 14 Nathaniel Tracy, estate of Margaret Emery hearing notice, 1789 Folder 15-21 Treadwell Family, papers, 1759-1798, ca. 1862-1918 Folder 22-23 U.S.S. Kearsarge, records, 1885-1886 Box 10Folder 1 Jonathan M. Sewell (1748-1808), poetry manuscripts, n.d. (compare to Athenaeum rare book accession 195) Folder 2 United States, federal loans receipt and certificate, 1796-1798 Folder 3 David Urch, membership book for Soldiers and Sailors Historical and Benevolent Society, 1906 Folder 4 Mr. Walker, aid subscription, 1823 Folder 5 Stacy G. Walker, letter, 1875 Folder 6 Nathaniel Walker, watchman appointments, 1829-1830 Folder 7 Jonathan Warner to Ezekiel Pitman Jr., deed, 1795 Folder 8 Daniel Webster, letter to John Taylor, n.d. Folder 9 Fanny Webster, Valedictorian Address, ca. 1864 Folder 10 Thomas M. Weeks, sale agreement for the Ship New Hampshire, 1865 Folder 11 John Wentworth, letter and receipt, 1789-1791 Folder 12 Mark Hunking Wentworth, deeds, 1729-1752 Folder 13 Jeremiah Wheelwright, estate papers, 1758-1773 Folder 14 Thomas Whidden and Caesar Whidden, agreement, 1801 Folder 15 Julia Van Ness Whipple, obsequies, 1903? Folder 16 George Whitefield, letter to Mr. Pearce, 1747 Folder 17 William Wilson, deeds, 1838, 1861 Folder 18 Willard and Abigail Hall, Thomas and Elizabeth Hart, Mary Jackson, and Martha Marshall to John Edmunds, deed, 1751 (added to collection 8/1993) Folder 19 Richard Elliot to Robert Ham, deed, 1810 (1817 copy) Folder 20 Ship New Hampshire, customs document, 1864 Folder 21 Ephemera for Strawbery Banke and other historic houses in Portsmouth, includes Wentworth-by-the-Sea advertisement for 1947 Folder 22 Bound volume of music, n.d. (donor Willis #6) Folder 23 Edward R. Parry, commission and pledge of abstinence, 1865 Folder 24 Sheet music by Clara Lynn, Portsmouth, 1922 Folder 25 Sheet music, 1914 Folder 26 William Marsden, letter to his parents in Portsmouth regarding an apprenticeship for his brother George, July 1828 Flat Box 2Folder 2 Edmund M. Brown, plot plan, 1835 Folder 3 William M. Conant, advertisement broadside, 1841 Folder 4 Annie Drown Ferree, music and marriage certificate, 1862, 1917, n.d. Folder 5 William Laighton, military appointment, 1830 Folder 6 Joseph Langdon, diploma, 1783 (n.d. reprint) Folder 7 John Moffatt, waste book, 1744-1745 Folder 8 Charles Peirce, proposal and subscription list for the Oracle of the Day, 1793 Folder 9 Portsmouth, deeds, 1810-1845 Folder 10 Portsmouth First Female School, students and grades broadside, 1827 Folder 11 Frederick W. Rogers, broadside of his excommunication, 1842 OV Box 5Folder 14 Nathaniel Adams Estate to John Fisher, deed, 1774 William Conant, Rechabites membership certificate, 1848 Folder 15 Peter Coues Estate, account statements and deed, 1816-1823 Folder 16 Caleb Currier, certificate of appointment for the revenue cutter, 1830, 1838 Folder 17 Ephemera, 1842-1883 Folder 18 Friendly Fire Society, articles and membership lists, ca. 1795-1796, n.d. Folder 19 Edith K. Harris, citizenship certificate, 1890 Folder 20 Samuel Lord, plan of land, 1846 Folder 21 Pembroke Academy, list of officers, instructors, and students broadside, 1824 Folder 22 Portsmouth, broadsides, 1815-1843 Folder 23 Portsmouth, list of vessels broadside, 1829 Folder 24 Stimson, Masons’ certificate and high school diploma, 1864, 1900 Folder 25 U.S.S. Kearsarge, logbook, 1885-1886 OV Box 6Folder 1 Edmund Roberts, Siam Treaty Draft, 1833 Folder 2 Edmund Roberts, Muscat Treaty Draft, 1833 Folder 3 Edmund Roberts, Government Agent Authorization, 1832 Folder 4 Edmund Roberts, Citizenship certificate, 1806, 1835 OV Box 8Charles Lidgett Ledger, 1677-79, 1684-87 Small Map CaseSM1 Thomas Leach to Thomas Winbolt, lease of Southgate, England property, 1812
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