Papers, 1735-1901, bulk: 1735-1783.

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Papers, 1735-1901, bulk: 1735-1783.

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Papers of George Metcalf include deeds to land in Wrentham and Hubbardston, Mass. and other legal papers; reports, charges, and a church covenant relating to grievances brought by Metcalf and others against the West Parish of Wrentham and Rev. Caleb Barnum regarding his religious doctrines; and papers relating to his duties as a town officer. Also included are a few Revolutionary War documents, including a letter concerning troops from Cape Francois (Haiti); correspondence between Oliver Wendell and George Hayley of London concerning merchandise accounts of Edmund Quincy 3rd and others; and a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Bartlett (1901) concerning a meeting in Oyster Bay, N.Y.

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Quincy, Edmund, 1732 or 1733-1768

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Barnum, Caleb, 1737-1776.

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Wendell, Oliver Clinton

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Metcalf, George, 1730-

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Bartlett, Franklin.

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West Parish Church (Wrentham, Mass.)

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Church gathered in 1738 as West Parish Church (also known as Second Church); in 1778 reorganized as First Congregational Church of Franklin with the reorganization and incorporation of that town; in 1938 a storm destroyed the building of the First Baptist Church (organized in 1868) and the Baptists were invited to worship with the First Congregational Church; the two churches were federated in 1941 becoming the Franklin Federated Church. From the description of Records, 1767 Oct. 28....

Hayley, George.

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