Thomas Fayerweather business papers, 1743-1760.

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Thomas Fayerweather business papers, 1743-1760.

Five receipts and two letters pertaining to the business activities of Thomas Fayerweather of Boston. Two receipts are of particular interest: the first, dated December 18, 1755, is for the account of Dr. Benjamin Church, who would later spy for the British during the Revolutionary War; the second, dated June 14, 1760, is for Samuel Gray, one of the men killed during the Boston Massacre.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8042604

New-York Historical Society Library

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Allynes, Samuel.

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Cray, William C.

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Fayerweather, Thomas, 1724-1805

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Businessman, of Cambridge and Boston, Mass. From the description of Power of attorney, 1796 June 09. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979104 Thomas Fayerweather was a successful Boston businessman. From the description of Thomas Fayerweather business papers, 1743-1760. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 708221506 ...

Phillips, John Folsom, 1787-1863

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Blacksmith of Sumter District, S.C. From the description of John Phillips papers, 1860-1862. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43742685 ...

Gray, Samuel, -1770

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Christie, Archibald Mowatt

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Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778

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Physician, poet, author, and traitor; b. Newport, R.I.; graduate of Harvard, 1754; lived in Boston and Raynham, Mass.; after correspondence with British was intercepted in 1775, he was tried by court martial. Continental Congress resolved on Nov. 6, that he should be imprisoned at Norwich, Conn., but because of illness was removed to Massachusetts and put on parole; allowed to sail from Boston in May 1776 for London but ship never heard from again; family was pensioned by the Crown. ...

Glenworthy, Thomas.

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Cooper, John, of Kent County, Md.

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