Rotch family papers, 1684-1968.

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Rotch family papers, 1684-1968.

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Family correspondence, diaries, genealogies, deeds, documents, business accounts, writings, and other papers of the Rotch family, and of the Arnold, Bullard, Morgan, Rodman, Thornton, and allied families, of New Bedford, Mass.; together with correspondence, deeds, documents, log-book, and shipping records of William Rotch and Francis Rotch, Quaker merchants and owners of a whaling fleet, at Nantucket and New Bedford, Mass. Includes material on Nantucket during the Revolution, the tea ship Dartmouth, removal of the whale fishery to France (1790-1809), inventions of Francis Rotch, settlement of Kendal (now part of Massillon) Ohio, and John Morgan Bullard's "The Rotches" (1947). Correspondents and members of the family include Eliza Rotch Farrar, James Monroe, Thomas Rotch, and William Thornton.

21 boxes, 8 v., 3 extra tall v., and 2 oversize boxes.

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Thornton, William, 1759-1828

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Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823

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Rotch family.

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Thornton Family.

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Rotch, William, 1734-1828

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Quaker whaler. From the description of Typescript, [ca. 1973] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538598 ...

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