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Burnham, Edith. Letter, 1832 June 2, Hanover, N.H., to Hannah & Elizabeth Burnham, Essex, Mass.

Title: Letter, 1832 June 2, Hanover, N.H., to Hannah & Elizabeth Burnham, Essex, Mass.

Misses her sisters; hopes to visit when Mr. Choate goes to Hanover; afraid the children may get measles.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3615093 View

Lawrence, Bezaleel, 1736-1797. American Revolution collection : political and economic conditions, 1750-1834.

Title: American Revolution collection : political and economic conditions, 1750-1834.

Letters from Hope family bankers in Amsterdam to Thomas Hancock (1750 Apr. 15 and June 20); order sent to Bezaleel Lawrence, constable of the Town of Lexington, Mass., from the town tax assessors empowering him to collect state taxes, as of Dec. 29, 1777, together with list of taxpayers; resolutions adopted and petition to the King (1775 July 4), print of a report brought to New York, printed Sept. 12, 1775 in Newport by S. Southwick; warrant for tax collection issued by Harrison Gray, receiver general for his Majesty George III, Province of Massachusetts, to James Robinson, constable, of Lexington (1763 Nov. 2); proclamations for a general fast (1770 Mar. 7, probably in connection with the Boston Massacre) and for a public Thanksgiving (Oct. 29, 1772 for Dec. 3, 1772) by Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts; facsimile of oath of allegiance to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay (1776) signed by men of Lexington (11 copies); photographic reproduction of the notification of Boston's Committee of Correspondence (1772 Nov. 2); bond of Joseph and John Dean and Ezekiel Hall to Henry Gardner, treasurer, for 1000 pounds lawful money (1776 Feb. 12); bond of Jesse Noble, Nathaniel Patten, and Job Prince for 1000 pounds to Henry Gardner (1776 Dec. 18) with statement by Gardner on verso (1778 Feb. 21) cancelling the bond; roster of male inhabitants of the Third Regiment of Middlesex County (1777 June 1); and bounty note (1780 Jan. 1) issued by the State of Massachusetts Bay for Revolutionary War services to Benjamin Fletcher for 345 pounds. Also includes loan certificates (1777 Dec. 1) issued to William Cogswell and Hannah Burnham by the State of Massachusetts Bay with promise of repayment; promissory note issued by Massachusetts Bay to Cushing and Sanger (1777 Dec. 1); photographic reproduction of the 1776 declaration by the people of Lexington that they will not assist the King's side in the Revolution; loan certificates; Lexington assessor's real and personal property lists; and other documents.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612405127 View

Burnham, Henry P., 1848-1864. Papers, 1842-1864.

Title: Papers, 1842-1864.

The collection consists of photocopies of letters mostly written by Henry P. Burnham of Williamstown, Vermont, to his parents and sisters while he served in the Civil War. The letters trace his army life, from the time of his enlistment in August 1862, until his death in 1864. The collection also includes materials concerning Henry Burnham's death, including letters to David Burnham from his daughter, Martha, and son-in-law, Winslow, as well as official letters from Sergeant Thomas H. White in Co. G, with the particulars of Henry's death; a letter to Martha Burnham and her husband from her sister Emma; and a death notice from Walton's Daily Journal, September 15, 1864.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32182686 View