Papers, 1683-1865.

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Papers, 1683-1865.

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Papers of Richard Frothingham of Charlestown, Mass. consist of research notes and original documents collected for his History of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Boston: 1845), including lists of individuals infected or inoculated for smallpox (1730); papers and lists of damages sustained after the Battle of Bunker Hill; and town government documents. Other Revolutionary-era materials include records of the Cambridge Committee of Correspondence (1776-79); records of the ship Intrepid in Boston (1802); and diaries kept during the Siege of Boston by Samuel Bixby, a private in Learned's Regiment, in Roxbury, 4 May 1775 - 3 Jan. 1776, and by John Kettell in Cambridge and Roxbury, 17 May - 1 Oct. 1775. Additional correspondents include James Kettell and Richard Devens. The bulk of the collection consists of financial and other business records of the Middlesex Canal (of which Frothingham was treasurer) and related canals, including the Amoskeag, Blodget, Bow, Hooksett, and Union Canals. Other papers include wastebooks probably kept by Frothingham's grandfather Richard (1748-1819) as a coach maker in Charlestown, 1783-1800; a small section of records of the Georgia Company regarding land disputes in Georgia, 1795-1800; and an unidentified household expense book, 1783-95.

12 boxes and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Bow Canal (Mass.)

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United States. Continental Army. Ebenezer Learned's Regiment (1775-1783)

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Bixby, Samuel, 1721-1809.

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Frothingham family.

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Frothingham, Richard, 1812-1880

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American historian. From the description of Papers of Richard Frothingham, 1876-1877. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34566923 ...

Union Canal (Mass.)

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Middlesex Canal (Mass.)

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Cambridge Committee of Correspondence.

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Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

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Kettell, James.

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Hooksett Canal (Mass.)

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Devens, Richard, 1721-1807.

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Intrepid (Ship)

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Amoskeag Canal (Mass.)

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Georgia Company

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Incorporated in North Carolina in 1887 to acquire stocks and bonds of railroads in North Carolina and adjoining states; controlled by Richmond Terminal Company after 1888. From the description of Records, 1887-1895. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28415567 The Georgia Company was one of four companies formed in 1794 for the purpose of acquiring new land in the Georgia region. They were named in the Yazoo Act of January 7, 1795, which declared the right of the State of G...

Blodget Canal (Mass.)

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Kettell, John, Windsor Herald

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