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Winslow, Josiah, 1629?-1680. Papers, 1675-1680.

Title: Papers, 1675-1680.

Collection includes letters received from officials discussing affairs of the Colony and hostilities with the Indians. Also includes a statement from the Commissioners to Keep a Court at Patuxet, and a letter of spiritual advice to Penelope Winslow from Nathaniel Morton (with a transcript).

ArchivalResource: 7 items, in folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14967841 View

Easton, John, ca. 1625-1705. Letter, 1675 May 26; Newport [R.I.] to Josiah Winslow Governour of Plimouth Colony. [manuscript].

Title: Letter, 1675 May 26; Newport [R.I.] to Josiah Winslow Governour of Plimouth Colony. [manuscript].

Easton relates how Weetomuw/Weetamo, sachem of the Pocassets, and her husband showed him a letter by Constant Southworth dated 30 April 1675 by which the tribe feared English oppression. Cranston requests that Winslow hear the indian's case in Plymouth Colony's court to determine and officially record the boundary of the Pocasset's land.

ArchivalResource: 1 ALS ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51798671 View

Wait, Richard. Richard Wait petition, 1680 May 12.

Title: Richard Wait petition, 1680 May 12.

Petition to Josiah Winslow, governor of Plymouth Colony, for relief from taxes in compensation for wounds Wait suffered during his service in King Philip's War. The petition was granted by Winslow's deputies (1680 May 28).

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981287 View

Winslow, Isaac, 1671-1738. Isaac Winslow papers, 1679-1763.

Title: Isaac Winslow papers, 1679-1763.

Correspondence and legal documents of Isaac Winslow of Marshfield, Mass. and members of his family. Includes correspondence from Isaac to his son Josiah, 1722, and his daughter Penelope Winslow Warren, 1736; and a letter written by his grandson, Pelham Winslow offering legal advice to Jotham Gay, 1763. Also includes a note written by Isaac's father, Gov. Josiah Winslow, 1679; a legal document authorized by his son, John Winslow, 1728; a document authorizing Isaac Winslow as judge of the probates and wills in Plymouth County, 1734; and a legal appeal received by his son, Edward Winslow, 1740.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43632903 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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Montgomery, Robert Hiester, 1872-1953,. Accountancy manuscripts, [ca. 1300]-1941.

Title: Accountancy manuscripts, [ca. 1300]-1941.

Manuscript account books and documents which illustrate and document the history of accounting and business procedures from the 14th century into the 20th century. The earliest item is Ms. 18, a Papal bull relating to notaries and appointing Julius de Gentilibus as a notary; the latest is an invoice book from 1941. The types of volumes contained in this collection include instruction books, daybooks, waste books, journals, bank books, ledgers, receipt books, storage books, invoice books, registers, ships' logs, letter books, diaries, town books, tax roll books, articles of agreement, bills of sale, deeds, wills, and many other significant items. The material originated in many countries around the globe, and represents a range of business and occupations from household to trading company (e.g., English (East India Company) and French East Indian Company (Compagnie des Indes orientales) volumes), and from itinerant laborer to lawyer and physician. The majority of the manuscripts are English and American of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The earliest American account is Ms. 75, 1690-1730, Josiah Winslow, Plymouth, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 1,175 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122515113 View