Papers, 1721-1808.

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Papers, 1721-1808.

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Loose documents (1721-1808), diaries (1784, 1785-88, 1806-07), and account books (1758-1805) of Isaac Stearns, lawyer, justice of the peace for Middlesex County, and state senator of Billerica, Mass. The papers include letters, deeds, powers of attorney, probate, and other legal documents related to his practice. Loose papers and diary pages for 1784 document his successful attempt to gain a pardon for Osgood Brown, a prisoner sentenced to death in N.Y., including Stearns' trip there. His diary for 1785-88 details his legal practice and service as a state senator, gardening, notes on his mood, and religious reflection. Diary for 1806-07 contains entries on religious reflections and daily activities in retirement, including reading, writing, and gardening. His account books and papers also document his work as an agent and administrator of many estates, including those of Samuel Woolley, Thomas Ditson, Abigail Clark, and Stephen Blood, and his role as a proprietor of lands in Suncook, N.H., including memoranda and accounts. (Cont) Among his correspondents were Joseph B. Varnum, U.S. Senator from Mass., commenting on Congressional action in Philadelphia in the 1790's; and members of his family.

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Varnum, Joseph Bradley, 1750 or 1751-1821

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Joseph Bradley Varnum (January 29, 1750/1751 – September 21, 1821) was a U.S. politician of the Democratic-Republican Party from Massachusetts. He served as a U.S. Representative and United States Senator, and held leadership positions in both bodies. Born in Dracut in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Varnum was the son of farmer, militia officer and local official Samuel Varnum and Mary Prime. He received a limited formal education, but became a self-taught scholar. Varnum became a farmer,...

Massachusetts. General Court. Senate

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The upper house of the General Court consisted in the colonial period (1629-1686) of assistants sitting with the governor and deputy governor and originally called the Court of Assistants--though in 1634 the court's legislative powers were ceded to the General Court as a whole and by 1644 that term was reserved for the assistants serving solely in their judicial capacity only; during the intercharter period under a revival of colonial government (1689-1692) and in the provincial and...

Clark, Abigail.

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Woolley, Samuel H. (Samuel Harry)

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Brown, Osgood.

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Stearns family.

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Ditson, Thomas.

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Stearns, Isaac, ca. 1721-1808.

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Blood, Stephen.

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