Papers, 1633-1855.

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Papers, 1633-1855.

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Copies of records (1633-63) of Charlestown relating to land deeds and grants by Squaw Sachem of Mistick and her husband Webcowites to the inhabitants of Charlestown, including verifications and depositions taken in a dispute and court action in which Squaw Sachem unsuccessfully charged the landowners with encroachment; land deeds, legal documents, and other papers (1714-1807) of the Lamson family; records, accounts, and other papers of the Phoenix Bank and its president, Joseph Hunnewell, relating, in part, to the failure of the bank and proceedings against William Wyman incidental to bankruptcy; and drafts of a rebuttal (1829), probably by Harrison Gray Otis, to charges by John Quincy Adams in the "National intelligencer" (1828) of a plot (1803-15) by Massachusetts Federalists to dissolve the union in protest against the annexation of Louisiana and the Embargo.

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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...

Webcowites.

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Squaw Sachem, of Mistick.

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Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Joseph Gales, Esq., 1830 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609817 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, 1797 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610680 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, possibly to Judge John Lowell, 1791 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609819 Otis's career included terms as a judge of ...

Federal Party (Mass.)

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Phoenix Bank (Charlestown, Mass.)

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Lamson family.

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Wyman, William L., 1816?-1839

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William Wyman was a cabinetmaker and carpenter in Maine. From the description of Account book, 1837-1862. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122333803 ...

Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)

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Hunnewell, Joseph.

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