William Plumer Papers 1774-1845 (bulk 1802-1825)

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William Plumer Papers 1774-1845 (bulk 1802-1825)

Governor of New Hampshire and legislator, United States senator from New Hampshire, essayist, and historian. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, autobiography, writings, notes, transcripts of poetry, essays, extracts, and other papers relating to Plumer’s personal life and career in New Hampshire and national politics and as an essayist.

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Plumer, William, 1789-1854

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Spain. 1819 Feb. 22

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Chase, Samuel, 1741-1811

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Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was a Founding Father of the United States, an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and a signatory to the Continental Association and United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. He was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions but was acquitted by the Senate and remained in office. Born near Princess Anne, Maryland, Chase establi...

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer. A Founding Father, he served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's first term from 1801 to 1805. His role in helping form the nation, however, would be overshadowed when he killed fellow Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel. The duel led to the collapse of Burr's political career and tarnished his legacy in American history. Burr was born t...

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Plumer, William, 1759-1850

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U.S. senator from New Hampshire, governor and state legislator of New Hampshire, essayist, and historian. From the description of William Plumer papers, 1774-1845 (bulk 1802-1825). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78482836 United States senator, governor of New Hampshire, and author. From the description of Papers, 1794-1856. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963861 Governor of and U.S. senator from New Hampshire, historian,...

Hale, Salma, 1787-1866

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American historian. From the description of Autograph letter [signature cut away] : to Harper and Brothers, 1850 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497860 ...

Plumer, Daniel, 1770-1852

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Col. Daniel Plumer was born in Epping, N.H. on June 18, 1770 and died on March 16, 1852. (Source: Perley, Sidney. The Plumer Genealogy) Daniel Plumer was the brother of William Plumer, Governor of New Hampshire. From the description of Record of Daniel Plumer's justiciary proceedings begun the first day of April 1809, 1809-1826. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 191023538 ...

Parker, Nahum, 1760-1839

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United States. Congress

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...

Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Sheafe, James, 1755-1829

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Merchant and U.S. representative and senator, of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Family papers, 1768-1830. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963876 Merchant, of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of James Sheafe letter to John Fisher Sheafe, 1828 June 06. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70979547 ...

Cutts, Charles, 1769-1846

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Hill, Isaac, 1789-1851

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Governor of and U.S. senator from New Hampshire and publisher. From the description of Isaac Hill papers, 1829-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980684 Journalist, publisher, governor of New Hampshire, U.S. senator, and member of President Andrew Jackson's "kitchen cabinet." From the description of Papers, 1811-1852. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963781 ...

Smith, Jeremiah, 1759-1842

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Epithet: Reverend; formerly High Master of Manchester Grammar School British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000310 ...

Livermore, Arthur, 1766-1853

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U.S. representative and public official of New Hampshire and jurist. From the description of Letter of Arthur Livermore, 1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015133 ...

Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851

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Lawyer, governor of New Hampshire, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of the Navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Letters, 1813-1851. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963939 U.S. senator from and governor of New Hampshire, U.S. secretary of the navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and Supreme Court justice, and lawyer. From the description of Levi Woodbury family papers, 1638-191...

Spain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1819 February 22.

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Farmer, John, 1789-1838

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John Farmer, son of John and Lydia (Richardson) Farmer, was born 12 June 1789 Chelmsford, MA; he was an antiquarian and pioneer of American genealogy; he died 13 August 1838 Concord, NH. From the description of John Farmer papers, 1810-1834. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 185145659 Corresponding secretary of New Hampshire Historical Society. From the description of Letters to Samuel Gardner Drake and Francis Jackson, 1828 June-18...

Mason, Jeremiah, 1768-1848

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Admitted to Vermont bar, 1791; practiced law in New Hampshire, 1791-1802; appointed attorney general of New Hampshire, 1802; elected to U.S. Senate, 1813; returned to private practice, 1817; associated with Daniel Webster in Dartmouth College Case, 1818-1819; New Hampshire state legislator, 1820-1824; president and counsel for Portsmouth branch of Bank of the U.S., 1828-1832; practiced law in Boston, 1832-1838. From the description of Jeremiah Mason papers, 1798-1844 (inclusive). (Un...

Langdon, John, 1741-1819

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Langdon was a businessman and politician from New Hampshire. He was a member of the U. S. Constitutional Convention and signer of the U. S. Constitution. He served as Governor of New Hampshire (1785-1786, 1788-1789, 1805-1809, 1810-1812) and as a U. S. Senator for New Hampshire (1789-1801). From the description of [Letter and fragment] / John Langdon. [1780-1809] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244387610 U.S. senator and delegate to the Continental Congress from and gov...

Pickering, John, 1737-1805

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Federal judge for New Hampshire. From the description of John Pickering commission, 1795 Feb. 11. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70979575 ...

Federal Party (U.S.)

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Harper, John Adams, 1779-1816

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John Adams Harper was born in Deerfield, N.H. on November 7,1779. At age twenty-one, he became postmaster of Sanbornton, N.H. Harper later moved to Meredith Bridge (later Laconia, N.H.), where he was employed as a lawyer. He served in the New Hampshire legislature and, at the age of thirty-two, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Harper died in 1816 at the age of thirty-six. From the description of Account book, 1810-1855. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Moore, Jacob Bailey, 1797-1853

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Moore was a journalist, printer, historian, and public official of New Hampshire. He edited the partisan New Hampshire Journal, 1826-1829, was a founder of the New Hampshire Historical Society, the author of many historical works, and a presidential appointee to various post offices. From the description of Jacob Bailey Moore papers, 1811-1851. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612373148 Moore was the son of physician Jacob Bailey Moore (1771-1813) and M...

New Hampshire. Militia

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A New Hampshire regiment commanded by Col. Theodore Atkinson was one of several raised in New England in 1746 for a planned expedition to relieve Annapolis Royal. The regiment never reached Nova Scotia and was disbanded on 31 Oct. 1747. From the description of Records, 1748-1750. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380657 ...

Plumer, Sarah

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Gilman, John Taylor, 1753-1828

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John Taylor Gilman (December 19, 1753 – September 1, 1828) was a farmer, shipbuilder and statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783 and was the fifth governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805, and from 1813 to 1816. Born in Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire, Gilman received a limited education before entering into the family shipbuilding and mercantile businesses. Aged 22, he read aloud a Dunlap Broadsi...

Livermore, Edward St. Loe, 1762-1832

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