Dana family financial records, 1757-1929 (inclusive)1767-1811 (bulk).

ArchivalResource

Dana family financial records, 1757-1929 (inclusive)1767-1811 (bulk).

Primarily invoices and receipts of Francis Dana, member of the ContinentalCongress and Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383254

Houghton Library

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Dana, Francis, 1743-1811

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t25vr2 (person)

Francis Dana (June 13, 1743 – April 25, 1811) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1778 and 1784. He signed the Articles of Confederation. Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Dana was educated at Harvard before reading law, being admitted to the bar, and commencing practice in Boston. Being an opponent of the British colonial policy, he became a leader of the Sons of Liberty and was ...

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

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William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....

Edmands, John

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James N. Foster

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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

Marthis, John

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Bromfield, Henry, 1727-1820

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The Bromfield family was a distinguished clan of Boston merchants who had first arrived in America in the 17th century. Edward Bromfield was born in 1695 and died in 1756. The beginning of this collection almost certainly reflects his activities in the trade of rum, sugar and molasses. His son Henry was born in 1727 and also became a merchant though his later dealings focused on the English trade in cloth, ribbons and sundries. The bulk of records reflect his activity which continued until aroun...

Ganning, Mitch

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Castillo & Nephew

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John Watson.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f4bdt (person)

Fosdick, Nathanel.

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Gore, Samuel

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Probably a resident of Maine. From the description of Samuel Gore receipts, 1794 and 1795. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 166428997 ...

Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv1vg5 (person)

Lawyer and jurist, of Portland, Me. From the description of Stephen Longfellow diary, 1833 Jan. 1-Mar. 26. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978471 From the description of Stephen Longfellow correspondence, 1801-1816. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977305 U.S. representative from Maine; lawyer; member of Massachusetts General Court; elected to 18th Congress (1823-1825); overseer of Bowdoin College; president of Main...

Dana, Richard, 1700-1772.

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John Robbins.

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Eaton, David L.

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Aaron Parker.

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Priest, John

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Fowle, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6795f5m (person)

Epithet: of Sandwich British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000303 Epithet: of Dymchurch, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000302 ...

Dana family.

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The Dana family was prominent in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Francis Dana (1743-1811), son of Richard Dana, was a Massachusetts revolutionary leader, member of the Continental Congress, unofficial United States Minister to Russia, and Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Edmund Trowbridge was Francis Dana's brother in law. Francis Dana's son, Richard Henry Dana (1787-1879) was a literary scholar and edited the periodical, Idle Man. Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882) was ...

Hayes, Augustus Allen, 1806-1882

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Frothingham, Eben

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Bridge, Ebenezer

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k7wkn (person)

Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813

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First chancellor of New York State; agriculturalist and ambassador to France. From the description of Robert R. Livingston papers, 1707-1862. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779437 Continental Congressman, diplomat, member of the New York Provincial Covention, the Continental Congress and served as U.S. Minister to France. From the description of Letter, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407295 Robert R. Livingston ser...

Joshua Stickney.

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Frost, Bill, 1848-1935

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Pierpont, Robert

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Fay, Samuel P. P. (Samuel Phillips Prescott), 1778-1856

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Eames, Reuben

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c101wn (person)

Hobby, Jonathan.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63s4kww (person)

Dana, Joseph, 1742-1827

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Comp? Institute.

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Maclean, John, 1771-1814

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p29jrm (person)

Epithet: Major 20th Foot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000338 Epithet: recruiting officer at Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0001fd Epithet: Paymaster, 53rd Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0001fc Bo...

Godfrey, John.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz4400 (person)

Epithet: student at Hart Hall, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x000332 Epithet: of Hertingfordbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x00032f Epithet: of South Creake British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0003e4 Epithet...

Frost, Walter

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Merrill, Moses.

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Bradstreet, Samuel

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Eaton, Ebenezer

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk70f6 (person)

Green, Zachary

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Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898

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President of Trinity College, philanthropist, author. From the description of Samuel Eliot letter to Count Adam de Gurowski [manuscript], [18__] Dec 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 182579807 American historian and educationist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to J. Pierpont Morgan, 1895 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743938 Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Cata...

Fairbanks, Phineas

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Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931

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Ellis & Green

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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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Continental Army officer, collector of customs for the port of Boston; from Hingham (Plymouth Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1778-1804. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903396 Benjamin Lincoln was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. From the description of Benjamin Lincoln collection, 1775-1782. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712651132 ...

Godding, William

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Fox, W.

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Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch ii.67 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001084.0x000039 Epithet: tax-collector of Monkton manor ?in Marden, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000017 Epithet: of Add MS 27997 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000...

Mary Hordec.

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Newell, J. Philip

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Pool & Clarke.

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Fuller V. Lyon

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Castillo, José del, 1737-1793

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Grant, Moses

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z3tzz (person)

Frothingham, Richard, 1812-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr56h1 (person)

American historian. From the description of Papers of Richard Frothingham, 1876-1877. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34566923 ...

Frothingham, Benjamin

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Hobby, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h26h2j (person)

Dunn, Samuel

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Epithet: of Add MS 38218 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x00000f Epithet: mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x00000d ...

Edmunds, Thom

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Scott & Gill.

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Smith, William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w82pm (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 32490 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x000022 Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x000011 Epithet: of Banham county Norfolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x000035 Epithet: at Lisbon ...

Keith, Scot.

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Barker, Nathan

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Israel Thorndike.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vc1ww5 (person)

Israel Keith.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zt6wq7 (person)

Thomas, Russell Brown, 1900-

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Nathaniel Frost

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Perry, Abel

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W. P. (William Penn) Cresson

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John Palmer Wiswall.

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Blanchard, Samuel

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Simon, Mayo

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Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

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Shipping merchant of Beverly, Mass. For many years Thorndike was a partner with his brother-in-law Moses Brown and George Dodge in the shipping firm of Brown and Thorndike, engaged in trade with the West Indies, the East Indies, and Calcutta, as well as with England and the Mediterranean ports. Business was moved to Boston in 1810. Thorndike served in the state legislature and was an early investor in manufacturing enterprises in New England. In 1818 he secured the important library of Americana...

Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6th8mhn (person)

American writer on navigation. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Salem, to an unidentified recipient, 1810 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910812 From the description of Letter signed : Boston, to William Vaughan in London, 1837 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910815 Astronomer, mathematician, and insurance executive. From the description of Nathaniel Bowditch correspondence, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 794511...

Bisco, Elizabeth

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Ephm? L. Eliot

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Thomas Simonton.

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Eames, Ezra

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Griffin, John, mariner

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John Griffin was a wealthy silk-weaver of Spitalfields, London, and a livery-man of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. In 1786, he married Mary Guillemard who gave birth to four children, Frances, John, Jane, who later became the second wife of the Arctic explorer, John Franklin, and Mary. He was widowed in 1795, after which he travelled with his daughter Jane on frequent journeys to Europe. From the guide to the John Griffin collection, 1812-1841, (Scott Polar Research Institute,...

Perkins, Dudley

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Dudley Perkins

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Putnam, John

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Runey, Robert

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Rogers, David, 1927-2013

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Foster, Jonathan

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Holmes, William.

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Epithet: attorney, Town Clerk of Arundel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x000286 Epithet: MP; of Add MS 40245 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x00028a Epithet: commission agent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x000288 Ep...

Payson, Joseph

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Dana, Richard Henry, 1787-1879

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American essayist and poet. From the description of The buccaneer : autograph manuscript copy of a fragment of the poem signed : Boston, 1865 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 557604082 From the description of Sonnet: to a garden-flower sent to me by a lady and Song: I saw her once : autograph manuscript copies of two poems signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539184 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mr. & ...

Fuller, Oliver

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Dunn, James, 1959-

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Epithet: Prebendary of Killabegs, diocese British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000002 ...

Dennis, James

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Epithet: of Kinsale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x0003e5 ...

Phillips, William, 1907 November 14-

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Epithet: fisherman, of Hastings British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x00036b Epithet: of Canonbury, Shrewsbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x00036e Epithet: Major-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x00036d ...

Kidder, Thomas

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Nathan Shed.

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Samuel Parkman.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v4w11 (person)

Miles Greenwood

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Nikerson, John

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Grover, Benjamin

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Gilkey, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d319q (person)

Eaton, Edmund

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66g0dqw (person)

Arnold Runey.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6140fhm (person)

John Milliken

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William Myrick.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r91v5q (person)

Gridley, Richard, approximately 1710-1796

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Goddard, Stephen

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Moses Gill

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Post Office at Boston

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Pico, Joshua

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William McCarthy.

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Dunn, Joseph, 1937-

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Epithet: RC priest at Preston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000006 ...

Eames, Moses

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Francis, Dana

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Rogers, Daniel

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 2442 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000078 ...

Everett, Richard.

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Edward Hastings.

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Frothingham, Charles

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fw306n (person)

William How

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Bromfield, Henry

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North, William

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Title: 6th Baron North British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000173 Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x000085 Title: 1st Earl North British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x0000d5 ...

Samuell P. P. Fay

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Trowbridge, Edmund.

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Pearson, Sarah

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Epithet: of Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x00014a ...

John Patterson.

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Frothingham, Nathaniel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61q1fnn (person)

Nathan Cutter Kimball

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Parker, Aaron

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Mayo, Eben.

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Balithar, Accott

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cm1xx3 (person)

Hubbs, William.

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