Richard Cranch papers, 1767-1844.

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Richard Cranch papers, 1767-1844.

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Papers of Richard Cranch, watchmaker, legislator and jurist of Braintree, Mass., 1767-1844 include an early letter from Nathaniel Ward referring to Cranch's inventions for clock pendulums and thermometers, 31 March 1767; papers relating to his duties in the Mass. General Court, 1782-87; certificates of membership and notices for various societies, 1787-94 including a letter from Jeremy Belknap, 28 December 1791 announcing his election to the Massachusetts Historical Society (which he declined); and a draft of a letter by Cranch to John Adams, 1790 about Nathan Reed's abilities as an inventor. The collection also documents Richard Cranch's interest and membership in the Humane Society, the Derby School, Hingham, Mass., Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, and the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians in North America. Collection also includes papers of Richard's son, William Cranch such as briefs on legal cases, 1802-40 including a Supreme Court opinion by Bushrod Washington on the case of Grotius (DeWitt Clinton) 1815; letters to William Cranch mainly on legal subjects from Clement Cox, and Henry W. Davis, 1832-44; and a letter from his son-in-law Erastus Brooks describing his trip to New England and writing for the New York Express.

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