Nathaniel Shaw papers, 1735-1782 and undated.

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Nathaniel Shaw papers, 1735-1782 and undated.

Photostat copies (negative, undated) of letters from Nathaniel Shaw to governors Jonathan and Joseph Trumbull; will and inventory; document concerning the distribution of his estate; list of bonds of private ships-of-war such as Putnam, Oliver Cromwell, Confederacy, and Westward; appointment from Connecticut General Assembly as marine agent for the state; list of prisoners brought into New London; invoice of cannon received from Adm. Esek Hopkins; letters to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull from Gen. Parsons and John Deshon; and undated index to Trumbull papers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6945126

New London County Historical Society

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Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809

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Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (March 26, 1740 – August 7, 1809) was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Connecticut and the second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the second son of Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (the eventual Governor of Connecticut) and his wife Faith Robinson, daughter of Rev. John Robinson. Trumbull graduated from Harvard College in 1759, and gave the valedictory address when he received his master's de...

Oliver Cromwell (Ship)

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Deshon, John

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Commissioner of the Navy Board, of New London, Conn. From the description of Deed of sale from John Deshon to Jedediah Brown, 1779 July 20. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 184712504 ...

Putnam (Ship)

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Built by Nathaniel Shaw on Winthrop's Neck, New London, Conn., in 1778, first commanded by John Harman; in 1779 fitted for a six months' cruise under Capt. Nathaniel Saltonstall and after being out for three months and sending in six prizes, went into Boston harbor and was impressed into Continental service; with crew sent with the fleet under Commodore Dudley Saltonstall, against the British post at Penobscot; while there was driven ashore and burnt to prevent being taken by the enemy. Officers...

Westward (Privateer)

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Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778

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Delegate to U.S. Continental Congress, Connecticut public official, and Army officer. From the description of Joseph Trumbull papers, 1776. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980663 ...

Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789

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In January 1789 the Connecticut General Assembly appointed Samuel Parsons, legislator and revolutionary major-general, and James Davenport, lawyer and judge, as commissioners to purchase Indian land titles held in the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to his excellency Governor [Samuel] Huntington, 1789 Apr. 6. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 39287161 Army officer. From the description of Orderly books of Samuel H...

Wyllys, George, 1710-1796

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Saltonstall, Nathaniel, approximately 1735-1807

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Confederacy (Ship)

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Shaw, Nathaniel, 1735-1782

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Merchant, of New London, Conn.; with his brother, Thomas Shaw, acted as naval agent for Connecticut and the Continental Congress during the American Revolution; b. Nathaniel Shaw, Jr. From the description of Papers of Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., and his father, Nathaniel Shaw, Sr., 1734-1783. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 83600912 From the description of Nathaniel Shaw papers, 1776-1781. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 83600...

Connecticut. General Assembly

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Hopkins, Esek, 1718-1802

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Privateer during the French and Indian War, first commander-in-chief of the U.S. Continental Navy, and deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly. From the description of Correspondence of Esek Hopkins, 1776 May 7-1777 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83534493 ...