Joseph Dwight collection 1734-1762 1746-1748 Dwight, Joseph collection

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Joseph Dwight collection 1734-1762 1746-1748 Dwight, Joseph collection

The Joseph Dwight collection is comprised of letters and documents written by or related to Joseph Dwight, a Massachusetts lawyer who was a brigadier general during King George's War.

126 items (0.75 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392655

William L. Clements Library

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Cobbet Jr., John.

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Dwight, Joseph, 1702-1765

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Joseph Dwight was born in 1702, in Hatfield, Massachusetts, the son of Henry Dwight and Lydia Hawley. He graduated from Harvard in 1722 and worked as a merchant until 1731, at which point he began pursuing a career in law. After his admission to the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1733, he moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts. The Worcester County Common Court of Pleas appointed him a judge in 1739, and he went on to become an eleven-times member of the Massachusetts Colonial Council...

Lothrop, Nathaniel

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Scutt, James.

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Cheney, Thomas.

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Vanderspiegel, William.

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Sergeant, John

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Epithet: RC priest; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x0000c6 Epithet: Roman Catholic Priest British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x0000c7 Epithet: alias Holland, al Smith; Jesuit British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8...

Chandler, John, approximately 1350-1426

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Epithet: of East Thorpe, county Essex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x0003b1 Epithet: F RS; apothecary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x0003af Epithet: Vicar of Witley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0001db John Chan...

Bradstreet, Dudley, 1711-1763

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Williams, Ephraim, 1715-1755

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Army officer and philanthropist. From the description of Ephraim Williams correspondence, 1750 October 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981372 ...

Richardson, Joseph, 1824-1890

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Epithet: Clerk in the Foreign Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00030b Epithet: of tu see of State's Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00030d Epithet: flautist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vd...

Cleveland, Aaron, 1744-1815

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Warner, Oliver

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Public official of Massachusetts. From the description of Oliver Warner commission, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982808 ...

Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929

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Jonathan Dwight (1858-1929) was a physician and ornithologist. He was a long time member (and sometime officer) of the American Ornithologists Union. Carll Tucker purchased Dwight's ornithological library after his death. In the 1960s, Tucker donated the library (which included these manuscript volumes) to the Smithsonian. This collection consists of notebooks and catalogues of Jonathan Dwight's collection of birds, bird's eggs, and bird's nests collected in New York, New Jersey, and Massachuset...

Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655

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Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

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Edmund Quincy, author and abolitionist, was the son of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard, and wrote several novels and a biography of his father. He was an active member of the anti-slavery movement, and published numerous articles on the topic. From the description of Edmund Quincy letters, 1855-1868. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57759735 Edumund Quincy, author and reformer, was born in Boston, Mass.,...

Willard, Josiah.

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Williams, Israel, 1709-1788

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Town clerk, of Hatfield, Mass. From the description of Expense account of Israel Williams, 1735-1736. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70977346 Public official from Massachusetts, loyalist and army officer. From the description of Papers of Israel Williams, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068110 ...

King, David

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Epithet: LLD; Scottish divine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000033 ...

Pynchon, William, 1590-1662

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Public official in Massachusetts and Connecticut. From the description of Deed with depositions of William Pynchon, 1641-1690. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449608 ...

Love, John, active 1688

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Epithet: of Add MS 12496 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000237 Epithet: of Add MS 32689 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000238 Epithet: of Add MS 38152 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x000239 ...

Lydius, John.

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Hunt, John Thomas.

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Hurlbutt, John.

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Stoddard, John

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Rice, Nathan

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Minot, James.

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Brintnall, William.

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Shirley, William, 1694-1771

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Shirley was governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1757. From the description of Letter, 1745 June 1, Boston [Mass.], to Jacob Wendell, Boston [Mass.]. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50844670 Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Shirley was active in colonial politics, served in the French and Indian War, and succeeded Braddock as commander of all British Forces in North America upon Braddock's death. Shirley attended a council of war in New ...

Harman, Thomas

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Epithet: commander of the ' African,' E Indianman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0002b6 Epithet: Captain of the ' Tyger.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0002b5 ...

Hayward, Ephraim.

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Porter, Eleazar.

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Dwight, Edmund.

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Manning, Edward

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Ward, Hezekiah.

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Pomroy, Seth.

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Blackman, Ephraim.

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Kendall, Samuel.

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Melvin, Eleazer.

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Alexander, Elias.

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Leffingwell, John

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Doolittle, Benjamin, 1695-1749

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Williams, William, Rev.

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000072 Epithet: of Sloane MS 4062 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x00007d Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000012 Epithet: of Gray's Inn Brit...

Dwight, Josiah.

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Kent, Samuel

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Epithet: MP for Ipswich; Purveyor of Chelsea Hospital British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x000122 ...

Stevens, Joseph

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Epithet: MRCP; Hon. Curator, Reading Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000238 Epithet: of Reading British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000239 Epithet: of the Excise Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/...

Wheelwright, John, 1594-1679

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Little, J.

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Goodnow, Peter.

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Pettebone, Samuel.

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Lawton, Christopher Jacob.

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Graham, John

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Alexander, Ebenezer.

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Williams, Elijah

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Williams, Stephen

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 1723 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000034 Epithet: MD; FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000032 Stephen Williams stuided film at the University of Southern California (USC) and earned his Master of Fine Arts degree (MFA) at the University of Utah. He has taught at Salt Lake Community...

Gilbert, Thomas

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x000049 Thomas Gilbert (1613-1694) entered Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1629 (B.A., 1633; M.A., 1638). After completing his studies, he became Vicar of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire. Around 1644 he also acquired the vicarage of St Lawrence in Reading, Berkshire. He was created B.D. at the parliamentary visitation of Oxford in 1648, and around this time exchanged...

Hunt, Samuel.

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Doolittle, Lydia.

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Stevens, Phineas, d. 1756

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Great Britain. Army

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...

Kellogg, Nathaniel.

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