Papers, 1720-1940.

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Papers, 1720-1940.

Correspondence, documents, tax receipts, and miscellaneous papers of the Wentworth family of Portsmouth, N.H.; together with correspondence of Lawrence S. Mayo concerning his gift to the state of the site of Governor John Wentworth's house in Wolfeboro, N.H.

246 items.

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Wentworth, John, 1671-1730

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Wentworth family.

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Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Livius, Peter, 1727-1795

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Lumber merchant and judge, of New Hampshire and the Province of Québec. From the description of Papers, 1764-1782. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963808 ...

Wentworth, Elizabeth Rindge

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Mayo, Lawrence Shaw, 1888-1947

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Mayo graduated from Harvard in 1910 and served as Assistant Dean of Harvard College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Papers of Lawrence Shaw Mayo, 1913-1928 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972812 From the description of Student notes, 1906-1912. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074781 Mayo earned his Harvard AB in 1910 and his AM in 1911. He served as Assistant Dean of Harvard College and Graduate ...

Wentworth, Benning, 1696-1770

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Governor of New Hampshire, 1741-1767. From the description of Instructions, 1741 Sept. 10. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926277 Governor of New Hampshire. From the description of Letter, 1749 April 15, Portsmouth, to the New Hampshire General Assembly. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 174141871 Colonial governor and legislator of New Hampshire. From the description of Instructions of Benning Wentwor...

Wentworth, Mark Hunking

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Wentworth earned his Harvard AB in 1901. From the description of The government of Bengal : [thesis in] Government 10, March 23, 1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074422 Merchant, of Portsmouth, N.H.; b. 1709; d. 1785. From the description of Deeds, 1774-1779. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70961187 ...

Atkinson, Theodore, 1679-1779

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Wentworth, Joshua, 1742-1813

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Letter from Wentworth to Joseph Gilman, of Exeter, N.H., regarding the sale of shares in the privateer General Sullivan in which they were both investors. From the description of Letter, 1777 Dec. 15. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70926518 ...

Great Britain. Board of Trade

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Founded in 1784. Responsibile for the merchant fleet 1854-1939. Absorbed by the Dept. of Trade and Industry in 1970, but continues as a legal presence. From the description of Certificate of competency as master 1876. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 45671728 In 1851 it became compulsory for the masters and mates of foreign-going British merchant ships to hold the appropriate government licence, issued through the newly-created marine section of the Board ...

Wentworth, John, 1737-1820

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Governor of the New Hampshire Colony and loyalist. From the description of Marriage license of John Wentworth, 1774 June 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981478 ...