John Atkinson papers 1742-1876 1812-1840 Atkinson, John papers

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John Atkinson papers 1742-1876 1812-1840 Atkinson, John papers

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This collection contains business and personal papers of John Atkinson and his family, with the bulk of the items documenting their postwar business ventures in commercial trade, land speculation, and investments in the Bellows Falls Canal Company. The letters also describe contemporary reactions of British merchants before, during, and after the Revolution; events in New York City during the War of 1812; and domestic and social situations of a prosperous nineteenth-century family.

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William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6390864

William L. Clements Library

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Atkinson, Elizabeth Storer.

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Atkinson, George

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Bellows Falls Canal Company.

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Atkinson, John Jr.

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John Atkinson (1742-1823), a British merchant active in colonial trade since 1768, arrived in Boston in 1770, where he partnered with an established English merchant, Richard Smith. In 1773 he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Storer, daughter of Ebenezer Storer, a respected Boston merchant and treasurer of Harvard College. During the years immediately before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, Atkinson invested heavily in land in western Virginia, Ohio, New York, and Vermont. A Loyalist...

Atkinson family

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John Atkinson (1742-1823), a British merchant active in colonial trade since 1768, arrived in Boston in 1770, where he partnered with an established English merchant, Richard Smith. In 1773 he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Storer, daughter of Ebenezer Storer, a respected Boston merchant and treasurer of Harvard College. During the years immediately before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, Atkinson invested heavily in land in western Virginia, Ohio, New York, and Vermont. A Loyalist...

Wentworth, Joshua, 1742-1813

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Letter from Wentworth to Joseph Gilman, of Exeter, N.H., regarding the sale of shares in the privateer General Sullivan in which they were both investors. From the description of Letter, 1777 Dec. 15. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926518 ...

Fleming, Alexander, 1790-1867

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Atkinson, Mary Ann.

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Storer, Charles.

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Storer, Ebenezer

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Ebenezer Storer graduated from Harvard in 1747 and received master's degrees from Harvard and Yale in 1750. He served as treasurer of Harvard from 1777-1807. From the description of Diplomas, 1750. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 406084827 Ebenezer Storer, Treasurer of Harvard College, was born on January 27, 1729/30 to Captain Ebenezer and Mary (Edwards) Storer in Boston. He received his Harvard AB in 1747 and his AM in 1750; that same year, he receiv...

Atkinson, Emma

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Smith, Isaac 1749-182?.

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Green, Caroline Atkinson.

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Atkinson, Francis

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