Frank Abner Merrill collection, 1682-1842.

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Frank Abner Merrill collection, 1682-1842.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19359113

The Frank Abner Merrill Collection contains papers of the Long and Hills families, two inter-related families of Newbury, Mass., in particular those of Robert Long, Abiel Long, Benjamin Long, and Joseph Hills. Included are deeds and grants of lands in Newbury; an inventory and other papers related to the estate of Robert Long; Abiel Long's will (1718); and powers of attorney and other legal papers. Also, a few scattered papers of various members of the Merrill family. Additional items include a letter from Levi Woodbury to Edward Cutts regarding a wool tariff (1828) and two letters written by Jeremy Belknap.

1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964318

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Hills family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w1g9m (family)

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...

Merrill family.

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Hills, Joseph.

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Cutts, Edward, 1782-1844.

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Long family.

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Long, Benjamin, 1691-1760.

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Long, Abiel, 1649-1743.

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Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851

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Lawyer, governor of New Hampshire, U.S. senator, U.S. secretary of the Navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Letters, 1813-1851. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963939 U.S. senator from and governor of New Hampshire, U.S. secretary of the navy, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and Supreme Court justice, and lawyer. From the description of Levi Woodbury family papers, 1638-191...

Long, Robert, active 1692

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