Welles family papers, 1721-1871 [microform].

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Welles family papers, 1721-1871 [microform].

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The collection consists of a microfilm copy of the Welles family papers from 1791-1871. The collection contains a scrapbook of family manuscripts of approximately 120 pieces, some pasted and some laid in, the majority of which are dated about the time of the American Revolution. There are four pieces of Gideon Welles correspondence with his family (1830, 1861), Edward Everett (1864), and George Bancroft (1866). Fifteen pieces are concerned with Gideon's grandfather, Samuel Welles, Sr., a Captain in the American Revolution; 60 letters and a few poems were written by Gideon's father, Samuel Welles, Jr.; and the rest are mainly letters, legal documents, compositions and memoranda by or to other members of the family, including Ann Hale, Gideon's mother; Lucy, his grandmother; Oliver and Thaddeus, his brothers; Joseph, Thaddeus and John, his uncles. The legal documents include a chart of land lots, a deed, and a will.

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