Families: Munroe collection, 1702-1929.

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Families: Munroe collection, 1702-1929.

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Correspondence, account books, deeds, legal documents, military records, tax receipts, and other papers of family members. Includes business receipts (1791-1826), account book (40 p., 1769-1773), and other documents of Nathan Monroe; military records and other papers of Col. William Munroe, including brigade and division orders (1788), order for a general court martial (1788) to be held at Concord, Mass., addressed to Col. William Munroe, deeds, tax records, estate papers, and invitations to several cotillion parties (1833-1834); papers of Capt. Edmund Monroe, including order book (1758-1760) kept while at Lake George, N.Y., during the French and Indian War, commissions (1775, 1777) by the Continental Congress to Edmond Munroe, Esq., as captain, signed by John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, and letters from Edmund Munroe to his wife Rebecca dated at Ticonderoga (1776 Oct. 16), Albany (1777 Aug. 29), and at Valley Forge (1778 May 17); military commissions (1798, 1802) reflecting the appointment as ensign and captain of Ishmael Munroe, signed by the governors, respectively, Increase Sumner and Caleb Strong and muster roll of Capt. Ishmael Munroe's Company of Foot (1802); deed of property (1804) from Nehemiah Munroe to William Munroe and Joshua Russell, both of Lexington, for land situated in Malden; mortgage deed (1822 Apr. 5) from Jonas Munroe to Hon. William Winthrop, Esq., for 40 acres of land in Lexington; typewritten ms. relating to the life of James P. Munroe (1862-1929), author, genealogist, and businessman, written by Edwin D. Mead (1929); certificate of membership (undated) of Abijah Munroe in the Bunker Hill Monument Association; correspondence between Edmund Munroe, in Boston, and his sister Mrs. Rebecca Fessenden (1797); and diplomas of Edward Squibb Munroe (1911) and John (Johannes) Cummings Munroe (1877) from Boston Latin School.

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Munroe family.

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Early residents of Lexington, Mass.; surname often found as Monroe. From the description of Families: Munroe collection, 1702-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 471494534 ...

Munroe, Edmund, 1736-1778

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Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937

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Munroe, Edmund, fl. 1797

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