Collected historical papers, 1643-1776.

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Collected historical papers, 1643-1776.

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Historical letters and papers written to and from colonial governors of Mass., Conn., and R.I., 1643-1776, collected by Jonathan Trumbull, a later governor of Conn. The letters pertain to the colonial governments of the colonies and in America as a whole. One series of letters with Jeremiah Dummer relates to his work as a colonial agent in London. Correspondents include John Winthrop, John Winthrop, Jr., William Dummer, Gurdon Saltonstall, Joseph Talcott, and Jonathan Law. The collection also includes a Mr. Webb's (surveying) fieldbook for Lebanon, Ct., which also includes some births and deaths in Lebanon from 1774-76.

1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7175325

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Winthrop, John, 1606-1676

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Eldest son of John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was an avid chemist, practical scientist, and physician. Also governor of Connecticutt colony. From the description of Medical notebooks from the Winthrop papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1657-1669. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 136326566 Governor of Connecticut; eldest son of John Winthrop (1588-1649), first governor of Massachusetts Bay; after coming to Amer...

Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785

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Governor of Conn. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lebanon, to Major-General Huntington, 1779 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573362 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hartford, to Thomas Mumford in Groton, 1781 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573366 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lebanon, to Major-General Huntington and Captain Mumford, 1779 Jun. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573357 ...

Law, Jonathan, 1674-1750

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Colonial governor of Connecticut, legislator, and jurist. From the description of Papers of Jonathan Law, 1742-1751. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070603 ...

Saltonstall, Gurdon, 1666-1724

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Saltonstall (A.B. 1684) served as governor of Connecticut (1708-1724). From the description of A memorial offered to the General Assembly of his Majesties Colony of Connecticut holden in Hartford May 7th-10th, 1716 / by Gurdon Saltonstall [Esq.] : one of the trustees in Trust of the Mohegan Fields, in the Township of New London, for the use of Cesar, Sachem of Mohegan & his Indians; upon the occasion of wsch Cesar complaint to wsh Assembly, of wrong done him & his Indians in ...

Dummer, William, 1677-1761

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Winthrop, John, 1588-1649

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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Description of John Winthrop, 1631 March 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067142 John Winthrop (1588-1649), a Puritan lawyer, one of the founders and the governor of the colony of Massachusetts. In March 1630, Winthrop began his journal that he kept until January 1649. By the early 1640s, the entries became more irregular and retrospective, and the narrative was more of a history than a personal journal. There were three ...

Talcott, Joseph, 1669-1741

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Dummer, Jeremiah, 1681-1739

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