Papers 1667-1918.

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Papers 1667-1918.

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Papers relating primarily to the affairs of the Holmes family of Kingston, Massachusetts, through several generations. In part, transcripts (handwritten) of official records. Chiefly legal papers, including deeds and land agreements (1667-1891), wills, appointments to office, and general orders; together with correspondence, genealogical notes, printed material, and other papers, relating to a Kingston, Mass., family. Includes letter (1832) by John Quincy Adams, two letters by Col. John Laurens to Maj. Gen. Lee, and a 1787 printed copy of the U.S. Constitution.

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Colorado College, Tutt Library

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Colorado College, Tutt Library

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Laurens, John, 1754-1782

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John Laurens was American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. Son of the prominent merchant and planter Henry Laurens; best known for his criticism of slavery and his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers. He was killed in a skirmish on the Combahee River on August 27, 1782. ...

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...

Holmes, Josiah, 1790-1860.

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Holmes family of Kingston, Massachusetts.

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Lee, Charles, 1731-1782

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Lee was a veteran British Army officer who settled in America in 1773 and was appointed a major general in the Continental Army at the outbreak of the Revolution. In 1778, he was appointed to lead the attack at the Battle of Monmouth, but instead retreated without warning, apparently ignored orders from George Washington, and afterward demanded an apology from him. Lee was suspended and later dismissed from the Army. From the description of ALS, 1776 Jan. 30, Stamford, Ct...