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Donnison, William. [Cash book of William Donnison, 1827-1832].

Title: [Cash book of William Donnison, 1827-1832].

Account book with hand written tally of cash received verses expenses and the balance. Includes monthly lists of general expenses, "expenses of every kind paid", "charges on real estates in Boston", repair, insurance, taxes, etc. on estates in Boston", and bank account balance.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (161 p.) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48629922 View

Massachusetts. Certificate appointing William Donnison justice of the peace in Suffolk County, Mass., 1831 May 26.

Title: Certificate appointing William Donnison justice of the peace in Suffolk County, Mass., 1831 May 26.

Document signed. Signed by Levi Lincoln, Governor of Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 43 x 27 cm. folded to 21 x 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78149702 View

Sewall, Henry, 1752-1845. Henry Sewall papers, 1778-1835.

Title: Henry Sewall papers, 1778-1835.

Principally military and legal papers.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (oversized, 200 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71014766 View

Hancock family. Hancock family papers, 1728-1815.

Title: Hancock family papers, 1728-1815.

Manuscripts, business and family correspondence, receipts, contracts, inventories of bills, decedents' estates, deeds and letters to and from John Hancock while he served on the Massachusetts General Court and as President of the Continental Congress. Letters discuss equipment, supplies, commerce, the Massachusetts Militia, Continental Army, and other aspects relating to the American Revolution. Also, business correspondence discussing financial aspects, accounts, investments, shipping to and from Canada, and letters to Thomas Hancock related to his role as a prominent Boston merchant and as the supplier for the British/American troops in the French and Indian War related to shipping merchant Thomas Hancock and later John Hancock. Also includes a receipt book, 1747-55, and letter book, 1745-50, of Thomas Hancock, and letter book of John Hancock, 1780-82. Correspondents include Ebenezer Hancock, Thomas Hancock, William Donnison, James Murray, Thomas Cushing, Artemas Ward, William Livingston, William Heath, Robert Treat Paine, Dorothy Quincy, Henry Knox, Edmund Quincy, Edward Browne, and Mercy Scollay, among others.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes, 3 vols, 2 folders and 1 oversize

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62324998 View

Donnison, William. Account books, 1790-1833.

Title: Account books, 1790-1833.

The first account book [Mss A 786 a] concerns "Repairs on real estate in Boston of Wm Donnison consisting of house & shop No 1 Marlborough Street, house & shop No 2 Marlborough Street, house & shop No. 9 Marlborough Street, grocery store on Winter Street & two small houses and land on Grove Street 1790-1833". The second account book [Mss A 786 b] concerns "Rent book from 1796 and repairs of houses and stores". Includes some properties located on Washington Street, all in Boston, Mass.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (76, 62 p.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47635079 View

Donnison, William, 1757?-1834. William Donnison--Massachusetts Militia general orders collection, 1800-1818.

Title: William Donnison--Massachusetts Militia general orders collection, 1800-1818.

Collection contains several General Orders for the early 19th century Massachusetts Militia.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234316399 View

Poor, Nathaniel. Nathaniel Poor autograph letter signed, 1812 Apr. 21.

Title: Nathaniel Poor autograph letter signed, 1812 Apr. 21.

Autograph letter signed from Nathaniel Poor, of Brunswick, Me., to William Donnison, Adjutant General, concerning the illegal election of a captain in the Maine Militia (at the time the Massachusetts Militia).

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71058118 View

Massachusetts. Certificate appointing William Donnison justice of the peace in Suffolk County, Mass., 1831 May 26.

Title: Certificate appointing William Donnison justice of the peace in Suffolk County, Mass., 1831 May 26.

Document signed. Signed by Levi Lincoln, Governor of Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 43 x 27 cm., folded to 21 x 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52247455 View

Donnison, William, 1757?-1834. Massachusetts Militia general orders, ca. 1804-1819.

Title: Massachusetts Militia general orders, ca. 1804-1819.

Broadside (1804) outlining what constitutes proper behavior of the "citizens in the ranks", in the Massachusetts Militia, with "William Donnison, Adjutant-General" at bottom; together with a District of Maine oath certificate outlining how a prisoner of war to the United States would not act out against the country. Neither document has mss. notations.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773211162 View

Donnison, William, 1757?-1834. Account book, 1810-1822.

Title: Account book, 1810-1822.

Donnison's entries describe the type of legal work he did for clients, with their names, dates and fees paid. The inside front cover records Donnison's homes and offices in Boston from 1810-1815 and the death of his son, William Donnison, Jr., in 1823.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (144 p.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317553709 View

Nathaniel Freeman papers 1773- [1818] Freeman, Nathaniel papers

Title: Nathaniel Freeman papers 1773- [1818] Freeman, Nathaniel papers

The Nathaniel Freeman papers contain letters and documents relating to the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety of Sandwich, Massachusetts, during the Revolutionary War. The committee, of which Freeman was the chairman, investigated alleged Tory activities around Cape Cod. The cases of Seth Perry and John Jennings are particularly well documented.

ArchivalResource: 137 items (0.5 linear feet)

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1727fre?rgn=main;view=text View

Jefferd, William. William Jefferd inspection return, 1797.

Title: William Jefferd inspection return, 1797.

Return of several regiments, battalions and companies, inspected in the First Brigade of the Sixth Division of Militia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301739486 View

Smith Family. Smith Family papers. 1774-1907.

Title: Smith family papers

Contains legal papers of Manasseh Smith, Sr., Joseph Emerson Smith, Samuel Emerson Smith and other members of the Smith family who practiced law in midcoast Maine, Boston and Chicago from the late 18th century to the early late 19th century. Also contains papers relating to the real estate and paper mill business of Dudley W. Moor and Edward W. Heath.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear feet (11 document boxes)

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.LIBR:law00041 View