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Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796. DS, 1787 April 26, Boston, Massachusetts.

Title: DS, 1787 April 26, Boston, Massachusetts.

Appoints John Lowell as Justice of the Peace for fourteen Massachusetts counties. Witnessed and signed by James Bowdoin, Governor. On verso dated 1789 November 25, Gorham, as member of the Council, certifies that Lowell took the oath of office.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 44 x 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13495895 View

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790. Shays' Rebellion papers, 1786-1787.

Title: Shays' Rebellion papers, 1786-1787.

A small collection of letters related to Shays' Rebellion, the armed revolt led by Daniel Shays against the government authority in western and central Mass. between Aug. 1786 and Feb. 1787. The letters communicated between James Bowdoin, the governor of Mass., and the military officers sent to quell the revolt concern the insurgents' attempts to disrupt the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, the deployment of state and federal troops, and the latest reports on the military situation. Correspondents include Benjamin Lincoln, Nathan Dane, David Cobb, John Brooks, Daniel Shays, John Sullivan, and Theodore Sedgwick.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27637085 View

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818. Warren-Adams papers, 1767-1822.

Title: Warren-Adams papers, 1767-1822.

Collection consists of correspondence primarily between James and Mercy Otis Warren, and John and Abigail Adams, 1767-1822. The bulk of the correspondence was written before, during, and after the Revolutionary War, and documents their role in shaping the new government. The letters detail events such as the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Lexington, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Warrens and Adams also discuss political opinions and activities, especially regarding the new Constitution and Confederation, their families, and social activities. Other correspondents include Sam Adams, James Bowdoin, John Dickinson, Elbridge Gerry, Henry Knox, Arthur Lee, and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 4 narrow boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44273249 View

Bourne family. Papers, 1687-1791 (inclusive), 1730-1791 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1687-1791 (inclusive), 1730-1791 (bulk).

Chiefly letters, accounts, deeds, wills, bills of exchange, powers of attorney, and other business papers relating to shipping and military activities of the Bourn(e) family in Boston and Barnstable, Massachusetts. Also contains letters and papers concerning families related to the Bourne family by marriage: the Balthazar Bayard family, the James Bowdoin family and estate, the Helena Dekey estate, the Arthur St. Clair family, the Samuel Sturgis family. Includes extensive correspondence of Nathaniel Holmes and Joseph Gorham.

ArchivalResource: 10 v., 1 box (3 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560174 View

James Bowdoin, Sr. letter to John Sullivan, 1786

Title: James Bowdoin, Sr. letter to John Sullivan 1786

American politician, governor of Massachusetts, 1785-87; father of James Bowdoin, 1752-1811. Letter concerning international trade dated July 10, 1786 (manuscript copy).

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7601 View

Keith, Israel, 1750-1819. Papers, 1767-1803.

Title: Papers, 1767-1803.

Papers consist chiefly of letters to and from Israel Keith concerning his experiences of military service during the Revolutionary War and Shay's Rebellion, his views on political and social issues, and personal and family matters. The letters related to the Revolutionary War include information on military operations of the Continental Army in battles of Long Island and White Plains, Burgoyne's Invasion, Saratoga Campaign, and Penobscot Expedition. Also, some of the letters concern British soldiers and officers taken prisoner by American forces. Correspondents include Cyrus Keith, James Bowdoin, Joseph Pearse Palmer, Samuel Holden Parsons, William Heath, Francis Dana, and John Hancock.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.25 cubic ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50956093 View

Keith, Israel, 1751-1819. Correspondence, 1786-1792.

Title: Correspondence, 1786-1792.

Letters and copies of letters to and from Israel Keith, Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, concerning Shays's Rebellion and military issues. Correspondents include James Bowdoin, David Cobb, William Perkins, and Jonathan Titcomb.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18448114 View

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790. DS, 1787 May 14. : Boston. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Notification to Aaron Wood.

Title: DS, 1787 May 14. : Boston. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Notification to Aaron Wood.

Notifies Aaron Wood of his being chosen a Senator by the voters in Essex County, and summons him to a convention of Senators on May 30. Also signed by John Avery, Secretary.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 33 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14198547 View

Harvard University. Treasurer. Records of the Treasurer, John Hancock, 1754-1926 (inclusive).

Title: Records of the Treasurer, John Hancock, 1754-1926 (inclusive).

Includes correspondence and financial records of John Hancock from his tenure as Treasurer (1773-1777), and memoranda from his sucessor, E. Storer, and other letters pertaining to the settlement of Hancock's accounts as Treasurer and the Dummer Fund, dated 1778-1779. Also Hancock papers of a later date, including various addresses, such as mss. of Hancock's speech given at President Willard's inauguration and an address of the Corporation at Hancock's inauguration; and documents relating to Hancock, including a letter from Mrs. Charles P. Greenough to President Lowell about the Greenough bequest, and an account by E.N. Vose about Hancock's treasurership. Major correspondents include Harvard presidents Samuel Langdon and Joseph Willard, and Lt. Governor Thomas Cushing and Governor James Bowdoin.

ArchivalResource: 5 containers

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76976000 View

Williams, Samuel, 1743-1817. Remarks upon the controversy relating to the line between Massachusetts and New York, 1785.

Title: Remarks upon the controversy relating to the line between Massachusetts and New York, 1785.

Written at Cambridge, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70967759 View

Cooper, William, 1720-1809. Resolution protesting the Boston Massacre, 1770 Mar. 22 : Boston, Mass.

Title: Resolution protesting the Boston Massacre, 1770 Mar. 22 : Boston, Mass.

AMsS.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 22 x 36 cm. folded to 22 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24673657 View

Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

Title: Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 18.5 linear feet (37 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01425/catalog View

Massachusetts. Governor (1785-1787 : Bowdoin). Letter to Patrick Henry, 30 March, 1786.

Title: Letter to Patrick Henry, 30 March, 1786.

Letter informing Patrick Henry, then govenor of Virginia, that the Massachusetts legislature had approved the proposal of the Virginia Assembly to convene a convention at Annapolis to discuss trade.

ArchivalResource: 2 sheets (2 p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237329037 View

Hutchinson, Edward, of Boston, Mass. Edward Hutchinson papers, 1740-1758.

Title: Edward Hutchinson papers, 1740-1758.

Order to Hutchinson, from James Bowdoin (1740 Jan. 27), in Boston, for five hundred pounds in merchant's notes with name Jonathan A. Fifield written on the back in receipt of the contents; receipt (1742 Aug. 28) to Hutchinson from Richard Gookin for 3 pounds, 2 shillings; receipt (1746 Dec. 12) from James Bowdoin for 33 pounds, 5 shillings, 6 pence from tenants of the house owned by the late Mr. Dumenique; and receipt from Thomas Hubbard to Hutchinson for 80 pounds of his father's bond to Harvard College.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154690581 View

Shirley, William, 1694-1771. Appointment, 1753 Sept. 14, Boston, Massachusetts.

Title: Appointment, 1753 Sept. 14, Boston, Massachusetts.

Photostat of original record designating William Pepperrell, Jacob Wendell, Thomas Hubbard, John Winslow, and James Bowdoin Commissioners to act on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachsuetts at the Fort at St. George's River concerning a treaty with the Indians of the Penobscot and Norridgewock tribes in order to establish and confirm the peace.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ; 47 x 28 cm. folded to 23 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43098614 View

Richard Price Papers, 1767-1790

Title: Richard Price Papers 1767-1790

The Welsh non-conformist minister Richard Price (1723-1791) was a moral philosopher and political and economic theorist whose ideas leant support to the American cause during the Revolution. Of broad and liberal mind, he was an integral member of the intellectual coterie surrounding William Petty, the Earl of Shelburne, and was a founding member of the Unitarian Church. Befitting a latitudinarian thinker, the range of Richard Price's correspondence is extremely broad, touching upon his rationalistic philosophy and dissenting theology, his political views on British politics, America and the American Revolution, the Constitutional settlement, the future of the United States, social reform, demography, prisons, and slavery. The ninety letters in the collection are arranged chronologically, with correspondents including Charles Chauncy (8 letters, 1772-1779), Benjamin Franklin (7 letters, 1775-1789), John Howard (11 letters and a biographical manuscript, 1770-1789), Thomas Jefferson (3 letters, 1785-1789), Benjamin Rush (8 letters, 1786-1790), and Edward Wigglesworth (3 letters, 1775-1786), as well as lesser known figures such as the reformer John Howard.

ArchivalResource: 90.0 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P93-ead.xml View

Pike, Nicolas, 1743-1819. Papers, 1783-1798.

Title: Papers, 1783-1798.

Papers of Nicolas Pike, mathematician, educator, and author of the treatise "A New and Complete System of Arithmetick ..." (1788). Papers consist of correspondence about the publication and sale of his book, about mathematical questions, and about his membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Includes letters from Jeremy Belknap, Nathaniel Bowditch, James Bowdoin, Jedediah Morse, Benjamin West, John Wheelock, Joseph Willard, and other mathematicians, astronomers, and educators.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16727711 View

Tewksbury, John, d. 1816. Papers, 1772-1776.

Title: Papers, 1772-1776.

Correspondence, promissory notes, accounts, and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70923152 View

Wendell family papers

Title: Wendell family papers

Correspondence, business papers, and compositions by members of the Wendell family, a prominent merchant family from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear feet (93 boxes and 1 folder)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01421/catalog View

Price, Richard, 1723-1791. Papers, 1767-1790.

Title: Papers, 1767-1790.

These letters are from and to Price on British politics, the American Revolution, the peace of 1783, the future of the United States, prisons, slavery, etc.

ArchivalResource: 90 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488751 View

Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785. Papers, 1637-1787.

Title: Papers, 1637-1787.

Personal and official correspondence, sermon notes, diaries, promissory notes, bills of lading and accounts of merchant in Lebanon, Connecticut, and governor of Connecticut; correspondents include Benedict Arnold, James Bowdoin, Eleazer Fitch, Jonathan Trumbull, Joseph Trumbull and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 12 boxes ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42652238 View

Winthrop family papers, 1537-1904.

Title: Winthrop family papers, 1537-1904.

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, medical, legal, and genealogical records, diplomas and commissions, inventories and estate settlements, scrapbooks, and other papers chiefly of Gov. John Winthrop, John Winthrop, Jr., Fitz-John Winthrop, Wait Still Winthrop, John Winthrop, F.R.S., Prof. John Winthrop, Thomas Lindall Winthrop, Robert C. Winthrop, Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., and other members of the Winthrop family of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Also includes papers of members of the allied Bowdoin (Bowden) and Temple families, especially James Bowdoin I, Gov. James Bowdoin, James Bowdoin, Jr., and Sir John Temple.

ArchivalResource: 53 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71131283 View

Bowdoin, James, 1676-1747. Naushon papers, 1641-1947.

Title: Naushon papers, 1641-1947.

Loose papers and volumes relating to Naushon Island and some other islands in the Elizabeth Islands, part of the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts. The papers include deeds and other documents tracing the ownership of Naushon and other islands from 1641 through 1867 (including some items relating to Native Americans); papers of Gen. Salem Town of Charlton, Mass., agent for the owners of Naushon, in charge of timber operations on the island (1811-1826); papers of James S. Russell, agent for John Murray Forbes in charge of commercial farming and timber operations on the island (1894-1899); and four bound volumes of records including timber accounts (1824-1826), farm records (1833-1885), sheep records (1898-1947), and a surveyor's notebook of the Elizabeth Islands (1837-1910). Other people represented in the papers include: Peter Oliver, Thomas Mayhew, Matthew Mayhew, Wait Winthrop, John Winthrop, James Bowdoin, James Bowdoin II, James Bowdoin III, James Temple Bowdoin, William Bowdoin, William W. Swain, Henry H. Crapo, William W. Crapo, William Woodard, Sally Town, and members of the Forbes family.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670239558 View

Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826. Papers of Royall Tyler [manuscript], 1787-1824, (bulk 1808-1824).

Title: Papers of Royall Tyler [manuscript], 1787-1824, (bulk 1808-1824).

The papers contain four letters, 1810-1824, from Tyler regarding various legal matters: the divorce case of Rebecah Perry vs. Daniel Perry, particularly the proposed decree of alimony; the potential miscarriage of justice when parties fail to transact business at the proper time; and the economic advantage of transporting more than one prisoner at a time; some public matters: the New Hampshire elections, particularly the gain in votes for [Jeremiah?] Smith; the re-election of James Madison; and Tyler's request that Van Ness meet with Colonel Harrington to consider the qualifications of John Johnson, Clerk of County Court, for appointment as Master of Chancery for the County of Burlington, Vermont, recommended by Judge [Heman] Allen; and several personal matters: a request that Merrill have Captain [Moses] Robinson return the first volume of Tyler's reports, published as "Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of Vermont 1800 to 1803"; and instructions, on behalf of Mrs. Tyler for Griffith to fill out forms for a bond and mortgage. They also contain a letter, 1787 March 6, to Tyler from James Bowdoin instructing Tyler to go to New York City to seek help from Gov. George Clinton and the State of New York in apprehending members of Shays' Rebellion. The correspondents include James Bowdoin, William Griffith, Jonathan Jones, Orsamus Cook Merrill, and Cornelius Peter Van Ness. There is also a document, 1808 February 22, concerning a writ of error for a debt of Samuel Purdy of Manchester.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647814410 View

Walett, Francis G., 1919-. James Bowdoin: the making of a revolutionary, 198-

Title: James Bowdoin: the making of a revolutionary, 198-

Two typescript versions of Walett's incomplete, unpublished biography of James Bowdoin, Mass. statesman and governor. One version contains eight completed chapters of his proposed thirteen, completing the biography through 1770, and the second contains the first seven chapters with the editorial notes of George A. Billias.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25523344 View

May family. Papers, 1752-1875.

Title: Papers, 1752-1875.

Correspondence, financial accounts, receipts, speeches, estate papers, and other papers of John, Henry K., and Edward T. May, concerning John's land speculations, his work as land agent for the Ohio Company of Associates, his service with the Boston Militia in the Revolutionary War, and his business activities as wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); Henry's activities as agent for New England merchants in Alexandria, Va., and as merchant, shipmaster and wharfinger of Union Wharf (Boston); and Edward's work as Boston Custom House agent.

ArchivalResource: 6.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22419739 View

Ward family. Ward family papers, 1721-1953.

Title: Ward family papers, 1721-1953.

Personal and family correspondence, diary (1758), orderly book (1775-76), official documents, accounts, receipts, and other papers of Artemas Ward of Shrewsbury, Mass., Revolutionary War general and member of the Continental Congress; together with personal and official papers of Nahum Ward concerning his duties in local offices of Shrewsbury, correspondence of the Perry and Dexter families, and genealogies, photos, and other records of the family. (Con't) Artemas Ward's papers relate to his participation in campaigns at Ft. Edward and Ft. Ticonderoga, the siege of Boston, and as head of the Eastern Dept., Continental Army; his duties as Shrewsbury official and speaker of the Massachusetts House; his term as a member of the Board of Overseers at Harvard College; his activities with the Continental Congress concerning political, State and Federal affairs; and to Shays' Rebellion. Correspondents include Henry Dana Ward, Thomas W. Ward, and Joseph Ward, James Bowdoin, Gen. Horatio Gates, John Hancock, Robert H. Harrison, Benjamin Lincoln, James Warren, and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes, 2 vols., and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16877907 View

Massachusetts. Governor (1785-1787 : Bowdoin). Address to the People of the Commonwealth, 1787 January 12.

Title: Address to the People of the Commonwealth, 1787 January 12.

A broadside of an address given by Governor James Bowdoin before the council of the State of Massachusetts. Bowdoin discusses Shay's rebellion and urges the populace to assist him in stopping the insurrection.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122578423 View

Nye, Obed Butler, 1774-1864. Papers, 1776-1827.

Title: Papers, 1776-1827.

Papers relate to Nye's years of service in the Mass. 1st Reg. of Cape Cod including his appointments as sergeant (1804), ensign (1808), lieutenant (1809) and captain (1812); division, brigade and general orders (1816-1823) mostly detailing court martial proceedings; reports on military stores in Barnstable and Falmouth (1823); his resignation (1827) and some correspondence. With the collection are two items relating to Obed Nye's grandfather, Stephen Nye: appointment signed by James Bowdoin and members of the Mass. Bay council, of William Tobey as 2nd lieut. in Nye's company of "sea coast men" stationed at the Elizabeth Islands (1776) and regimental orders signed by Nathaniel Freeman (1777 Oct., Little Compton RI) probably concerning Freeman's expedition against the British in Rhode Island.

ArchivalResource: 26 items ; 39 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29689262 View

Deblois, Gilbert, 1725-1791. Gilbert Deblois ledger book, 1769-1792

Title: Gilbert Deblois ledger book, 1769-1792

Ledger book kept from 1769-1776 by Boston, Mass. merchant and loyalist Gilbert Deblois records accounts with Boston residents and British Army and Naval officers for sundry goods, linen, fabric, and clothing. Of particular interest are the accounts with British Army and Naval officers during the Siege of Boston. The ledger was discontinued in 1776 with the evacuation of Boston and the removal of Gilbert Deblois to Halifax, Canada, however, entries were made by an anonymous person as late as 1788 upon the collection of outstanding debts. Daily cash book entries record the amount of cash received, 1773-1776. Also included is a petty debt record kept by George Deblois, Jr., 1788-1792, recording the sale of goods including fabric, ribbon, sundry items, and clothing to Boston residents including James Bowdoin, Jabez Hatch, David Cobb, Joseph Barrell, Thomas Handysyd Perkins, and Christopher Gore, among others.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174248569 View

Brooks-Keyes family papers, 1761-1908

Title: Brooks-Keyes family papers, 1761-1908.

Papers of the related Brooks and Keyes families, including correspondence and other papers of Mass. Gov. John Brooks, 1786-1825; letters to Edward L. Keyes, the husband of John Brooks' granddaughter Lucy, 1845-1853; and two volumes kept by Keyes' daughter, Caroline Florence (Keyes) Mudge. John Brooks correspondence includes letters from Gov. James Bowdoin and John J. Spooner about an expedition to "apprehend certain characters" in Shrewsbury, Mass. during Shays' Rebellion; resolutions regarding the death of his son John Brooks (d. 1813) at the Battle of Lake Erie; and letters from Brooks to John Quincy Adams and Alexander S. Brooks on political matters. Other correspondents include William Hull, John Brooks (d. 1813), Levi Lincoln, Peter Chardon Brooks, and Edward Livingston. The collection also contains John Brooks' commission as Massachusetts marshal signed by George Washington and Timothy Pickering, 7 Nov. 1795; various appointments of John Brooks signed by Henry Knox, James Bowdoin, Caleb Strong, and William Eustis; and other Brooks family documents, 1761-1832. Keyes family papers include letters to Edward L. Keyes from Anson Burlingame, 1853, and one from Wendell Phillips to Caroline Florence Keyes (later Mudge), 1 June 1861. The autograph book of Caroline (Keyes) Mudge, 1861-1869, includes autographs of Charles Sumner, Wendell Phillips, Henry Wilson, James Monroe, Rufus King, Alexander Hamilton, John Quincy Adams, Caleb Strong, DeWitt Clinton, and many others. The scrapbook of Caroline (Keyes) Mudge, ca. 1850-1908, contains newspaper clippings related to Gov. John Brooks and a large number of clippings of poetry by various authors. Part of the scrapbook consists of a log of the U.S. ship Independence at Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro, 1838-1840, as well as miscellaneous Brooks and Keyes family accounts, 1848-1855.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box, 1 cased vol., and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/752196955 View

Keith, Israel, 1751-1819. Papers, 1767-1803.

Title: Papers, 1767-1803.

Typescripts of the papers of Israel Keith, Adjutant-General under William Heath and John Hancock. Letters to and from Keith concern his experiences in the Revolutionary War and Shays's Rebellion, his views on political and social issues, and a deed to land in Pittsford, Vermont. Also included is a document concerning the case of a doctor being sued by a Black man for the removal of the remains of his buried wife. Correspondents include James Bowdoin, Joseph Pearse Palmer, S.H. Parsons, William Heath, and Francis Dana. Location of originals unknown.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18448279 View

Pitts family. Papers, 1648-1959.

Title: Papers, 1648-1959.

Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other business papers, of John Pitts, his son, James Pitts Sr., Boston merchant, and James' sons, John, James Jr., Thomas, Samuel, and Lendall Pitts, also Boston merchants, and of James Bowdoin Sr., James Bowdoin Jr., Governor of Massachusetts and brother-in-law and business partner of James Pitts Sr., Thomas Flucker, son-in-law of John Pitts, and John Tyng; together with papers relating to the estate of James Pitts Sr., letter (1796) from William Davis to Samuel Pitts describing the gubernatorial contest between Increase Sumner and Samuel Adams; correspondence concerning exhibition of family portraits and other paintings by Lendall Pitts and his wife, Elizabeth (McCord) Pitts; miscellaneous business papers of Andrew Belcher, Peter Faneuil, Andrew and Peter Oliver, Samuel Sewall, and Jacob and John Wendell; papers relating to the Mountfort and Wardwell families; and other family papers.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes and 2 oversize folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17203921 View