Papers, ca. 1685-1883, bulk: 1777-1883.

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Papers, ca. 1685-1883, bulk: 1777-1883.

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Miscellaneous papers of the Greenleaf, Dawes, Price, Woodward, and Wroe families. Collection contains: two letters to Ezekiel Price reporting on England's relations with France, the marriage of George III, and William Pitt's return to England; a letter in which Thomas Hutchinson described his plans following his return to England in 1776; two letters from Timothy Pickering to Thomas Dawes concerning his probe of John Quincy Adams's political conduct, and Robert Walsh's support of Adams; and two letters from Noah Webster to Daniel Greenleaf. Greenleaf family correspondents include Elizabeth Greenleaf Appleton and her husband William G. Appleton, John Greenleaf, Mary Price Greenleaf and her husband Thomas Greenleaf, and Ebenezer Woodward. Also some newspaper clippings and early genealogy of the Greenleaf family.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...

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...

Wroe family.

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Webster, Noah, 1758-1843

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American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, word enthusiast, and editor; b. in Hartford, Conn.; attended Yale and taught school in the Hartford area; moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1798. From the description of Noah Webster papers, 1786-1980. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 319706045 Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, author and editor. He is best known for his spellers (early spelling textbooks) and his ...

Woodward family.

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Greenleaf, John, 1763-1848.

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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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Timothy Pickering (b. July 17, 1745, Salem, MA–d. January 29, 1829, Salem, MA) was a politician from Massachusetts who served as the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of Congress as a member of the Federalist Party. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Pickering began a legal career after graduating from Harvard University. He won election to the Massachusetts General Court and served as a cou...

Appleton, Elizabeth Greenleaf, 1794-1885.

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Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

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English statesman. From the description of Letter signed : [London], to an unidentified correspondent, 1760 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270891755 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Charles Townshend, 1761 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623045 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Lord Sackville], 1758 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623042 From the description of Autog...

Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Certification, 1752. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960172 At this time, Hutchinson was judge of probate in Suffolk County (1749-1766); later he was royal governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1771-1774) From the description of A Brief State of that Part of Massachusetts Bay which is situated East of the Province of Main (sic) with reasons for erecting it into a separate & distinct Province : manuscript...

Woodward, Ebenezer, 1791-1869.

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Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859

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American journalist. From the description of Letters of Robert Walsh [manuscript], 1831-1844. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813285 Journalist. From the description of Robert Walsh correspondence, 1818 February 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981303 From the description of ALS : Baltimore, to George Ticknor, 1815 May 25. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591736 Robert Walsh was a journalist, litterate...

Dawes, Thomas, 1757-1825

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American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Noah Webster, 1814 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270515999 Epithet: Chaplain to the English factory at Aleppo British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x00017f ...

Greenleaf, Daniel, 1762-1853

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Greenleaf, Mary Price, 1767-1855.

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Dawes family.

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Greenleaf, Thomas, 1767-1854.

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Price family.

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Greenleaf family.

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Price, Ezekiel, 1728-1802.

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Appleton, William G.

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