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Contains deeds of the Lewis and Goldthwait families of Boston, dated 1735-1884. Includes two 1735 quitclaim deeds for a dwelling home and land from Boston mariner Samuel Lewis and his sister Elizabeth Goldthwait to their brother Philip Lewis, and a 1757 quitclaim deed from Thomas Lewis to his mother Lydia Lewis, all of which were entered into the Suffolk County Records of Deeds in 1772.

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Letters written from West Point, New York, from Mary Goldthwait to her sister-in-law Esther Dorr in 1799. Topics include her dissatisfaction with her social opportunities and desire to move to Boston, news about family and friends, and her brother John Dorr's business. There is also an undated note to Miss Goldthwait from Mr. Cunningham declining to visit with her the day after they danced at an unspecified event.

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Contains papers of the Gowen and Goldthwait families, dated 1774-1783. Includes a marriage certificate of Joseph Gowen and Martha Goldthwait; articles of agreement between Colonel James Robertson and Richard Letchmore to lease Letchmore's distillery and store house as a barracks for British soldiers; and copies of Joseph and Martha Goldthwait's wills and estate papers.

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Contains papers of the Gowen and Goldthwait families, dated 1785-1797, including estate records and copies of deeds and a power of attorney from Joseph Gowen, a Boston apothecary. There is also some genealogical information about the family.

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Contains letters and papers of Boston merchant John Dorr (1770-1855) and the Dorr family, dated 1783-1821. Included are a 1783 letter from Nathaniel Cunningham regarding the peace achieved between the United States and Great Britain, and copies of 1799 letters to J. Peters and Joseph Peirce from Dorr regarding matters of politics and business.

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Contains papers and letters of the Dorr family, dated 1797-1844. Included are a 1797 power of attorney from the partnership of John and Jacob Dorr to Samuel Adams Dorr to enable him to collect debts on their behalf, and a 1798 memorandum of articles of agreement between the members of the Uniformed Corps of Ward No. 12 of the Massachusetts State Militia, written by Samuel Adams Dorr.

Scope and Contents: Contains deeds of land in Massachusetts and Connecticut to John Barrett from Moses Holt, Isaiah Barrett, and others, lease agreements to Barrett's land, and financial records, dated 1765-1786. There is also a deed to Sarah Barrett, John Barrett's wife, from John Hancock for a tract of land in Boston. Additionally includes invoices and inventories of merchandise belonging to John Barrett & Sons, when the firm moved to Salem, and a March 1786 issue of Boston Magazine, with the name Mr....

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Contains records of the estate of Sarah Barrett, dated 1798-1801, including a bill for medicines and attendance from 1791 to 1798 by physician Aaron Dexter (1750-1829; Harvard AB 1776); receipts from Elizabeth Cunningham for interest in her stock in the United States Bank; extracts from her will and probate documents; and accounts current with Samuel Barrett, Henry Hill, Benjamin Hammatt, Saunders & Lang, the heirs of Susannah Bowen, and executors John Barrett and Elisha Sigourney.

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Copies of letters to Samuel Barrett in London regarding captured goods and debts outstanding, and a letter from Barrett to Colonel Thomas Legmore concerning his mother Sarah Barrett's property, dated 1783-1786.

Scope and Contents: Contains correspondence of John Barrett, Jr., with family members and merchants, dated 1775-1784. There are letters from his brother Nathaniel Barrett from Philadelphia, Havana, Cuba, and London referencing trade, romantic matters, and establishing his shop in London. In 1776, there are letters from Tapping Reeves about a bond and sale of potash; from Henry Hill in Norwich, Connecticut, regarding trade and transport of flax by water if deemed safe; and Joshua Wentworth of Portsmouth about a...

Scope and Contents: Contains letters to John Barrett, Jr., in 1786, from merchants and associates including Thaddeus Burr (1735-1801), of Fairfield, Connecticut, regarding a contract he made with Barrett, Sr., to build a jail, and unsettled debt; Asa Spaulding of Norwich and Thomas Legmore of Hartford concerning lawsuits Barrett filed; and Daniel Lyman and Daniel Brown of Newport, Rhode Island, about a house mortgaged by Barrett, and Mary Peck, who rented the house and wished to buy it. His brother Nathaniel...

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Contains financial and legal records and some personal papers of John Barrett, Jr., and his family, dated 1794-1817, including deeds to Barrett from John Peck for part of the land the trustees of the Boston Theatre purchased from Thomas Brattle, and property in Maine; a marriage certificate of Barrett and Elizabeth Brown; a bill of exchange from Boston merchant John Coffin Jones (1750-1829; Harvard AB 1768); and agreements, receipts, and copies of estate documents.

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Contains bills to John Barrett, Jr., in Braintree, Massachusetts, including a bill of parcels from merchant James Morrill for assorted merchandise, and bills for wine, board, rent of a house, and labor, dated 1778-1800. There are also bills from Penelope Adams for washing, from Sarah Vose for nursing his child, and for wages of Lydia Davis, his maid

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Contains invoices and bills of lading of dry goods, German steel, hardware, looking glasses, and other merchandise shipped to John Barrett, Jr., from Amsterdam on the sloop Crawford, the brig Becky & Harriot, and the ship Juno in 1780-1781.

Scope and Contents: Contains a letter from Nathaniel Barrett to Joshua Wentworth in Portsmouth about shipment and storage of West Indies and New England rum on the account of the state of New Hampshire and charges for newspaper advertising, and letters from Daniel Lyman of Newport, Francis Blackie of New York, and Thomas Legmore of Hartford, about property and legal matters, dated 1782-1787. There is also a letter to Barrett from John Gray of Halifax about copies of documents needed to secure his father's...