Correspondence, 1785-1795.

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Correspondence, 1785-1795.

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This small collection of correspondence consists primarily of letters from his constituents or their attorneys concerning unsettled debts with public agencies, opinions about measures under deliberation or recently enacted by Congress (e.g., effects of the Trade and Navigation Acts of the 1780s), and requests for Thacher's intervention in local affairs, particularly civil suits. Six letters, dated 1789 to 1792, from John Avery, Jr. (1739-1806) of Boston, urged Thacher to use his political influence in securing a hearing and favorable settlement of an account brought by the Commissioner for Settling Quartermasters and Commissary Accounts against the estate of Colonel Chase. Three letters from Thacher's nephew, attorney Silas Lee (1760-1814) in Biddeford, Me., discussed clients, business, politics, news, and family gossip. There are also cover letters for petitions and for a book submitted to Thacher by Samuel Freeman (1743-1831) for registration of copyright. Three letters from David Sewall ( - ) of York, Me., discussed petitions and transfers of deeds while a letter from Biddeford book dealer Benjamin Hasey ( - ) discussed the contents of various volumes. There is also a copy of a resolution, dated 22 October 1787, attesting that Thacher was a delegate representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Congress.

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Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831

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Secretary to the Continental Congress at Watertown; justice of the peace, judge of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and selectman, of Portland, Me. From the description of Samuel Freeman papers, 1798-1809. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 501191640 Deputy postmaster and later postmaster, Falmouth (Portland), Me. From the description of Appointment, 1775. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974647 Register...

Avery, John, 1739-1806

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Sewall, David, 1735-1825

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Lawyer and judge, of York, Me. From the description of David Sewall charge to the grand jury, ca. 1789. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 228071185 From the description of Court docket book, 1800-1803. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974578 Sewall graduated from Harvard University (1755); he was a judge for the U.S. District Court, Maine (1789-1818). From the description of Letter, 17 January 1795. (Harvard...

Lee, Silas, 1760-1814

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U.S. representative, public official and jurist of Massachusetts. From the description of Letter of Silas Lee, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014902 ...

Hasey, Benjamin

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Thacher, George, 1754-1824

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Lawyer, judge, and member of Continental Congress, of Biddeford, Me. From the description of Papers, 1813-1853. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979003 Continental congressman and representative from Massachusetts; surname also found spelled as Thatcher. From the description of Letter, 1789 Sept. 1. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949847 George Thacher, of Maine, was a lawyer, judge and member of the...