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Heath, William, 1737-1814. Letter : Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock, 1778 Jan. 17.

Title: Letter : Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock, 1778 Jan. 17.

Letter to the Deputy Pay Master General warrants payment of forty dollars (one month's pay) to Capt. Thomas Barnes of Nixon's Regiment. Signed by Seth Loring, secretary.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.), in folder ; 26 cm.

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Andrews, John, 1736-1809. American Revolution collection : biographical materials, 18th-20th centuries.

Title: American Revolution collection : biographical materials, 18th-20th centuries.

Miscellaneous documents of and/or chiefly relating to persons involved in the American Revolution. Also includes poem "Jefferson, Freedom, and Glory", author unknown, undated, printed as a handbill; National Geographic Society map of the travels of George Washington (1931); original ms. by Rev. C.A. Staples, describing the visit to Lexington, Mass., by Marquis de Lafayette (read before Lexington Historical Society Oct. 17, 1894) and booklet on Lafayette; letter (1760 Feb. 12) to Jonas Clarke from John Hancock; certificate of membership of Dr. Joseph Fiske in the Society of the Cincinnati, signed by George Washington (1784 May 5); biography of William Diamond, drummer boy at Lexington; program of exhibit on John Hancock memorabilia, Boston, Jan.-Feb., 1962; autograph statement by Jonathan Harrington declaring himself to be the last survivor of the Apr. 19, 1775 encounter on Lexington Common (1847 Apr. 19); biography of Jonas Clarke written by Edwin B. Worthen, Jr.; treasury warrant signed by Samuel Adams when president of the Massachusetts Senate (1785 Mar. 18); biographical materials on Rev. John Hancock and other family members including Rev. Ebenezer Hancock, Hon. Thomas Hancock, and his Excellency John Hancock; brief account of Surgeon Joseph Fiske as transcribed by Miss A.M. Mulliken (1901); and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 31 items.

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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IV, Miscellany, 1756-1807

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IV, Miscellany, 1756-1807

Portraits, prints, letters, and documents tipped into Volume 4 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72++ 1898). Portraits: Washington Irving (2), John Burgoyne, Nathanael Greene, Earl of Dartmouth, Joseph Reed (2), Horatio Gates, John Sullivan, Elbridge Gerry, Guy Carleton, Richard Montgomery, Aaron Burr (2), William Pitt, David Wooster, John Lamb (2), Benjamin Church, Thomas Graves, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Knox (2), Benedict Arnold, Christopher Greene, Philip Schuyler, Thomas Mifflin, Martha Washington, Charles Lee, John Adams, John Macpherson, Daniel Morgan, Henry Clinton. Prints: View of Boston from the Bay; Washington's Headquarters at Cmabridge; Vue du mont Vernon et la maison du général Washington; Death of Chatham; Quebec in 1775; View of Quebec, the Capital of British America; London; Mount Vernon; A View of Quebec from the Bason; On th Wast River; A Perspective View of the City of Quebec, the Capital of Canada; [Quebec - The Old Citadel]; [Quebec]; Hudson River From Hoboken; The Evacuation of Boston. Letters: ALS, Jonathan Trumbull to Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, and Oliver Wolcott, May 5, 1778; ALS, Joseph Reed to Abbè Raynal, July 14, 1780; ALS, Elbridge Gerry to Mr. Eliot, June 24, 1800; A[aman.]LS, Aaron Burr to Timothy Edwards, March 5, 1789; ALS, Henry Knox to Mrs. Breck, September 21, 1786; ALS, Píerre Van Cortlandt to Philip Schuyler, MArch 8, 1785; ALS, N. Decubaur to Stephen Moylan, November 21, 1807; ALS, Edward Everett to , February 19, 1834. Documents: A[aman.]DS, [authorization of expenditure, sent to Ebenezer Hancock and signed by Artemus and Joseph Ward], July 29, 1776; ADS, [Proclamation by New Hampshire Governor John Sullivan of a fast], February 29, 1788; A[aman.]DS, [Warrant for the arrest of Reuben Payne, issued by Virignia Governor Benjamin Harrison], June 6, 1782; DS, [Commission of Jonathan Gage, signed by John Avery, et al.], July 2, 1778.

ArchivalResource: 60 items.

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Hancock Family. Hancock Family papers, 1712-1854 (inclusive).

Title: Hancock Family papers, 1712-1854 (inclusive).

Includes personal, business, and foreign correspondence, bills, invoices and receipts, ordinance and gunpowder transactions, legal, insurance and tax documents, contracts and real estate papers, and other records that document the Hancock family's financial interests. Also contains bound volumes including daybooks and waste books, journals, ledgers, letterbooks, invoice and receipt books, and ships' logbooks. The bulk of the collection concerns the business activities of Thomas Hancock, circa 1730 to 1760, and John Hancock, circa 1755 to 1795. Also included are business records concerning Thomas Hancock's father-in-law Daniel Henchman, circa 1720 to 1765, as well as John Hancock's brother Ebenezer, circa 1765-1815, and his nephews Thomas and John, circa 1795-1820. The collection contains a wealth of information on mercantile affairs, politics, and American social, military, and legal history during the colonial and early federal period.

ArchivalResource: 44 linear ft. (27 v., 34 boxes)Copies: 6 microfilm reels.

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May, Joseph. Letter, 1799 Aug. 14, Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock.

Title: Letter, 1799 Aug. 14, Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock.

Regarding the estate of John Hancock.

ArchivalResource: 1 item, tipped-in.

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Hancock, John, 1671-1752. Sermons, 1724-1725.

Title: Sermons, 1724-1725.

Sermons transcribed by John Hancock's son, Ebenezer.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 60 leaves), in box ; 15 cm.

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Heath, William, 1737-1814. Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock, 1777 Apr. 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock, 1777 Apr. 3.

Being a warrant in favor of Capt. Laboulliere for 20 dollars.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270864067 View