Business records, 1830-1836.

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Business records, 1830-1836.

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This collection consists of letters from a variety of people concerning the establishment of the "free press" in Plymouth, Mass. The bulk of the collection deals with the two years prior to its inception and includes lists of shareholders and their investments, proposals for its organization and publication, circulars for subscriptions, and a booklet of subscribers and their addresses. Also included are letters concerning the hiring of a managing editor. The later papers concern problems of the paper and contain a number of receipts for equipment and supplies to operate the paper. There are two letters of James A. Shedd ( - ) to his uncle, Ebenezer Adams (1765-1841), recounting Shedd's role in the abduction and murder of William Morgan (1774-1826). Although Shedd was alleged not to be directly involved, his account is extremely detailed and discusses not only the facts surrounding the case, but also attempts an explanation of the motives behind the episode. Shedd, a Mason from Ft. Niagara, N.Y., later fled to Ohio, where he attempted to expose what he believed were excesses of Masons.

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Gadsden Public Library

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Adams, Ebenezer, 1765-1841

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Freemasons.

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Morgan, William, 1774-approximately 1826

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Sheriff of Daviess County, Missouri. From the guide to the William Morgan certificate, 1839, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Stetson, Nahum, b. 1807.

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Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862

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Pennsylvania State Senator; U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania. From the description of Letter and photograph of Samuel Breck, 1834, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51298011 Samuel Breck was a Philadelphia merchant and was a member of the American Philosophical Society (elected 1838). From the description of Historical sketch of the Continental bills of credit, from the year 1775 to 1781, with specimens thereof, 1840. (American Philosophical So...

We, the People and Old Colony Press Co.

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In 1831, shortly after the Anti-Masonic Convention held in Halifax, Mass., plans for establishing a "free press" in Plymouth County, Mass., were begun by Nathan Lazell (1796-1835), Samuel Breck (1771-1862), and Nahum Stetson (1807- ). By October 1832 the first issue of this anti-masonic newspapers was published under the name "We, the People and Old Colony Press," and it continued to be published weekly until the end of 1834. From the description of Business records, 1830-1836. (Amer...

Antimasonic Party (Mass.)

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Lazell, Nathan, 1796-1835.

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Shedd, James A. (James Adams), 1804-1876

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James A. Shedd was born February 25, 1804, in Rindge, N.H., and died September 24, 1876, in Denmark, Iowa. He was admitted to the bar in Champaign Co., Ohio, in 1831. He later settled in Dayton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Eunice Augusta Adams (1805-1846) in 1833, with whom he would have six children. Shedd was founding secretary of an antislavery society with 40 members organized in Dayton in March 1839. After the death of his first wife, he married Caroline Lavalette Brown (1816-1...