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Livius, Peter, 1727-1795. Papers, 1764-1782.

Title: Papers, 1764-1782.

Copybook and legal and other papers, chiefly relating to Livius's attempts to gain commercial connections in London and Europe by the promotion of New England lumber and shipbuilding industries.

ArchivalResource: 41 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70963808 View

Peirce family. Papers, 1665-1840 (bulk 1668-1840).

Title: Papers, 1665-1840 (bulk 1668-1840).

Correspondence, financial papers, deeds, wills, estate papers, property records, genealogical materials, legal documents, and other papers, of Daniel Peirce (d. 1773), lawyer and justice of the peace, John Peirce (1746-1814), banker, Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth and her husband, Mark Hunking Wentworth (1709-1785), their son, Gov. John Wentworth (1737-1820), Peter Livius, chief justice of New Hampshire Supreme Court, Eleazer Russell (d. 1798), postmaster in Portsmouth, and Gov. Benning Wentworth (1696-1770).

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70940384 View

Langdon, John, 1741-1819. John Langdon, William Whipple, and Elwyn family papers, 1713-1965 (bulk 1761-1853).

Title: John Langdon, William Whipple, and Elwyn family papers, 1713-1965 (bulk 1761-1853).

Langdon's papers (chiefly 1775-1781) include business and political correspondence and letterbooks; U.S. governmental and financial records, including Ft. Ticonderoga inspection instructions and report (1775); accounts of the building of the ships Ranger and America and frigate Raleigh for the Continental Navy; New Hampshire governmental records; and a few general business records. Papers of William Whipple, judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Revolutionary military and political leader, who served in the Continental Congress (1776-1779), commanded New Hampshire militia in the Saratoga and Rhode Island campaigns, and was a close ally of Langdon, include correspondence, U.S. Congressional documents, and military and financial papers. The Elwyn family and other papers consist chiefly of letters to John Langdon's daughter, Elizabeth (Langdon) Elwyn, of Portsmouth and later Philadelphia, Pa., many from her children, but also from naval commander Isaac Chauncey, editor Charles King, and lawyer Timothy Upham, who managed her New Hampshire properties; papers of her husband, Thomas Elwyn, lawyer, including records of the John Moffatt estate and the subsequent legal case; some papers of the Elwyn children: Alfred W., John L., Thomas O., and William O., and some of their descendants, including members of the Stone family; 16 letters to Peter Livius; and a few papers of Tobias Langdon and other Langdon family members.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70945035 View

Wentworth family. Papers, 1720-1940.

Title: Papers, 1720-1940.

Correspondence, documents, tax receipts, and miscellaneous papers of the Wentworth family of Portsmouth, N.H.; together with correspondence of Lawrence S. Mayo concerning his gift to the state of the site of Governor John Wentworth's house in Wolfeboro, N.H.

ArchivalResource: 246 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70963927 View