Greenleaf family deposit, 1759-1881.

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Greenleaf family deposit, 1759-1881.

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Papers of the Greenleaf family of Quincy, Mass. and members of the related Wroe family. The collection primarily consists of family correspondence among Thomas, Daniel, and Ezekiel Price Greenleaf, William G. Appleton and his wife Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Appleton, and Ezekiel Price. Also, papers related to Daniel Greenleaf's purchase of a painting of George Washington from the estate of John Adams and an inventory of the Adams estate; manuscript poetry; and a manuscript copy of the constitution of the Society of the Cincinnati.

1 box and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7372850

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Society of the Cincinnati

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The Society of the Cincinnati was formed on 10-13 May 1783 by American Revolutionary Army officers who met at Mount Gulian, the American Army's cantonment on the east bank of the Hudson River. After resigning his post as General, George Washington (1732-1799) accepted an invitation to become the society's first president. Major General Henry Knox (1750-1806) was the secretary and for years the guiding spirit of the organization. Membership extended to those officers of the Continental Army and N...

Adams, John, 1735-1826

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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Wroe family.

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Greenleaf, Daniel, 1762-1853

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Price, Ezekiel, 1727-1802

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Appleton, William Greenleaf.

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Greenleaf, Thomas, 1767-1854.

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Appleton, Elizabeth Greenleaf, 1794-1885.

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Greenleaf, Ezekiel Price, 1790-1886.

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Greenleaf family.

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