Papers, 1721-1846.

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Goffe, Joseph, 1766-1846. Papers, 1721-1846.

Papers, 1721-1846.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259377

This collection of papers, for the period 1721 to 1846, includes the papers of the Clough and Waters families, and of Rev. Joseph Goffe. Most of the Clough family papers belong to Benjamin Clough and his estate, and to his son William Clough. These include deeds, wills, receipts (many for medicine and medical attendance), two bills of sale (one for one-quarter of a sloop and one for a church pew), and a Clough/Waters family genealogy. The Waters family papers include a bond, a memo relating two terrible events experienced by Ebenezer Waters, and serval receipts for carpeting, wallpaper, border, and china, as well as a receipt for medical attendance. The papers of Rev. Goffe cover the period 1789 to 1846 and include twenty-one octavo volumes that consist of diaries, sermons, a lecture, and an account book. His miscellaneous papers include a note, in Latin, from John Gove, c. 1789; a letter from a Mr. Williams (Goffe's former instructor from Windham), 1789; a poem entitled "Trumbull's Last Love Letter", 1792; a recommendation by Jonathan Edwards (1745-1801) for Goffe as a candidate for the ministry, 1792; a report on a dispute between Goffe and Dr. Amasa Braman (1766?-1830), 1806; a leaf of diary entries, 10-31 December 1826; papers regarding the estate of Ebenezer Waters, 1836; "Some Directions for my Family after my decease", 1842; a receipt for his subscription to Dartmouth College, 1844; and court summonses, 1844. There are several folders containing long and detailed letters, from the 1826 to 1838, to and from Goffe's three children who had settled in the South (see above). These letters contain vivid descriptions of Southern towns (such as Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C.), churches, and family life, and conditions of the slaves. The collection also contains a newspaper clipping of an autobiographical article written by Goffe; three leaves of genealogical information prepared for the Millbury Centennial History, 1912; and an anonymous journal of a trip to the "Western Country," 1830, the purpose of which was to find a suitable place for a colony of Easterners to settle, and which includes descriptions of towns from Buffalo to Chicago, along with regional, social, and religious conditions, topography, etc.

3 folders.22 v. ; octavo.

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