Papers, 1665-1830.

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Papers, 1665-1830.

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The Dolbeare collection spans three generations of Boston merchants and farmers. The family's business and land papers include deeds to lands in Boston, Scituate, and Worcester; the papers of Dr. William Clarke relating to the Lincolnshire Company's settlement in Maine; account books; bills of lading; and a contract of partnership for the J. Wise and B. Dolbeare Co. A search warrant for James Dolbeare's house is a result of accusations of abuse and neglect of his sick wife Mary. Dolbeare's subsequent petition for a divorce from Mary is also included. (Cont) Diaries, memorandum books, and letters written by John, Benjamin, and Hannah Vincent Dolbeare include coverage of Dorchester weather, crops, national, state, and local elections of the early 19th century, the Napoleonic Wars, slave insurrections in Jamaica, and privateering. A record of the personal library of Benjamin Dolbeare, Thomas Dolbeare's almanac and register of Jamaica, notes on the American Revolution, a letter to John Burgoyne from Horatio Gates discussing the exchange of prisoners of war for the prisoner Ethan Allen, and extracts of minutes kept at Councils of War during King George's War are also included.

7 boxes and 1 oversize container.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

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Ethan Allen (1738-1789), Revolutionary War officer and Vermont leader, achieved a place in history by capturing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. He championed Vermont's drive for statehood. Ethan Allen was a distinct type of frontier soldier. His influence on the settlers of Vermont was comparable to that of John Sevier on the inhabitants of Watauga, East Tennessee, and of Thomas Sumter on the up-country men of South Carolina. Frontier people possessed clan-like loyalties, and they looked to strong men...

Clarke, William, 1709-1760

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Epithet: Secretary at War British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000252 Epithet: Rector of Buxted British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x00023a Epithet: of Stowe MS 189 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000235 Epithet: of Cuddingto...

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

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Burgoyne was a Lieutenant General of British forces during the American Revolution, who surrendered at Saratoga in Oct. 1777. From the description of John Burgoyne letter : to M.G. Gates, 1777 Dec. 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936829 British general. From the description of ALS : near Bemis Heights, N.Y., to Horatio Gates, 1777 Sept. 27. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591552 General and Dramatist. ...

Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

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American revolutionary general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Traveller's Rest, to F. Meriwether, Esq., 1787 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864014 Revolutionary general. Born in England, Gates settled in Virginia in 1772 after a career in the British army that included service in the French and Indian War. He was commissioned adjutant-general of the Continental Army in 1775, and was in command at the pivotal victory of Saratoga. After Saratoga...

Dolbeare, John, 1752?-

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Merchant and businessman, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Receipt by John Dolbeare to Wm. Hamilton, 1779 July 7. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 180990716 Merchant, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Memorandum books, 1810 Jan. 01-1820 Dec. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70967734 ...

Dolbeare, Thomas.

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Dolbeare family.

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Dolbeare, Hannah Vincent, 1712-1787.

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Dolbeare, James, 1705-1743.

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J. Wise and B. Dolbeare Co.

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Lincolnshire Company.

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Dolbeare, Mary.

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Dolbeare, Benjamin, 1711-1787.

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Dolbeare, Benjamin, 1745-1767.

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