Papers, ca. 1690-ca. 1890.

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Papers, ca. 1690-ca. 1890.

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Account books, commonplace books, diaries, and sermons collected by Frederick L. Gay. Included are a Latin notebook of Joseph Sewall (1703); journal of Ezekiel Price (1787-8); diary of Ebenezer Miller (1726); scripture notes of Rev. Samuel Willard; discourse by Thomas Thacher (1779); notebooks, including one on the art of gunnery (post 1776) of Daniel Staniford; history of New England by Englishman Joseph Bennett (ca. 1740); sermons by Rev. Joshua Bates (1843) and Rev. John Pierce (1825); records of the Linen and Duck Manufacturing Co. of Lynn, Mass.; account books of Freese Dearborn (1822-61) and of Folsom & Derbon (1806-1818) of Exeter, N.H.; memoir of Anna Quincy Waterston; account and receipt books of Benjamin Knight as Collector of the District of Marblehead (1830-38); and anonymous diaries in printed almanacs.

15 v., 5 folders, and 1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Thacher, Thomas, 1756-1812

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