Letter to Jeremy Belknap, 1796.

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Letter to Jeremy Belknap, 1796.

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A small notebook containing a letter from William Haliburton to Jeremy Belknap describing his unsuccessful attempts to interest British naval officers in a "floating haven and anchor," Haliburton's invention to stabilize ships at sea during storms. An appendix contains copies of Haliburton's correspondence with those he tried to enlist in his cause.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Haliburton, William

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...