Papers, 1775-1804.

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Papers, 1775-1804.

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Papers of William Hunt, lawyer, Justice of the Peace, legislator from Watertown, Mass., and extensive land holder. Papers include an orderly book for the 3rd Division of the Massachusetts Militia under the command of General William Hull; a record of cases Hunt presided over as Justice of the Peace, 1781-87 and 1799-1800; a record of cases that established legal precedents; Hunt's account book, 1775-93; and a record of settlements.

3 v., 1 folder, and 1 case.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Hull, William, 1753-1825

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William Hull (1753-1825) was a lawyer and a soldier. He served in the Revolutionary War and afterwards in the U.S. Army where he attained the rank of Brigadier-General. In 1805 he was appointed Governor of the Michigan Territory. In 1812 he was court-martialed and cashiered from the Army because of the failure of his campaign into Canada against the British. Hull succeeded William Wetmore as a trustee of the New England Mississippi Land Company, one of the "Yazoo" companies. The Yazoo companies ...

Hunt, William, 1750-1804.

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Massachusetts. Militia. Middlesex County, Third Division.

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