Notarial register, 1759-1766.

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Notarial register, 1759-1766.

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Copies of legal instruments recorded by and before notaries public, principally Wiseman Clagett, who was a notary in Antigua and later a notary and justice of the peace in Portsmouth, N.H. The documents are protests relating mainly to damages to, or seizures of ships and their cargoes; indentures of apprenticeship; depositions; and other legal causes, mostly in Portsmouth. Also included is an undated copy of a letter from a committee of American ship captains and others to John Quincy Adams, U.S. minister to St. Petersburg, concerning the detention of their ships in Norway.

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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...

Clagett, Wiseman, 1721-1784.

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