Noddles Island papers, 1775-1814.

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Noddles Island papers, 1775-1814.

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Papers related to the claims for damages to the property of Henry Howell Williams on Noddles Island in Boston Harbor as a result of the Continental Army's burning of his property and removal of his livestock to prevent them from being acquired by the British Army. The papers contain testimonies by members of the Continental Army and others regarding Williams's property and its eventual destruction during the Revolution and a schedule of his furniture, stores, and stock with their monetary values, gathered for the purpose of petitioning for proper compensation for his losses. Correspondents include Artemas Ward, Israel Putnam, Moses Gill, and Jonathan Williams.

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Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800

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Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country." Born in Shrewsbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he attended the common schools before graduating from Harvard College, teaching there briefly after graduation. In 1751, ...

Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

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Army officer. From the description of Letters of Israel Putnam, 1774-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449456 From the description of Papers of Israel Putnam, 1762-1773. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84298278 Putnam is best known as a Revolutionary War general, instrumental to the success of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was a resident of Pomfret, Connecticut. From the description of Israel Putnam letters, 1778-1782. (Hartford Public Library). Worl...

United States. Continental Army

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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

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Army officer and engineer. From the description of ALS : New York, to Jonathan Dayton, 1811 June 6. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316941 From the description of ALS : New York, to W. C. Leffingwell, 1810 Mar. 25. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525040 Nephew of Benjamin Franklin, served as agent of Continental Congress at Nantes. From the description of ALS, 1780 September 12 : Nantes, to James Searle, ...

Gill, Moses, 1734-1800

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Moses Gill (1733?-1800) fought in the American Revolution and was later lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, 1794-1800. From the description of Papers, 1792-1800. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259371 ...

Williams, Henry Howell.

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