Box 1

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Records of sales at auction of satinette, cassimere, and wool on the account of William Hurd, dated April 1826 to 1827.

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Records of sales of satinette and cassimere on behalf of William Hurd, dated 1822-1824.

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Invoices to Joseph Hurd, Jr., for cloth, blankets, elastic, baizes, and a knife, dated in 1800.

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Invoices to Joseph Hurd, Jr., for musical instruments, including a made to order chamber organ, and fabric, dated 1801 to 1805.

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Records of sales at auction of satinette on the account of William Hurd in 1823.

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Records of sales at auction of satinette and cassimere on the account of William Hurd, dated March-November 1824.

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Records of sales at auction of satinette, cassimere, wool, and yarn, on the account of William Hurd, dated December 1824 to March 1825.

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Records of sales at auction of satinette, cassimere, and wool on the account of William Hurd, dated April-September 1825.

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Records of sales at auction of satinette and cassimere on the account of William Hurd, dated November-December 1825.

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Records of sales at auction of satinette and cassimere on the account of William Hurd, dated January-March 1826.

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Deeds of land and property in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, dated 1782 to 1793, to Joseph Hurd, John Larkin, and John Soley.

Scope and Contents: Deeds of land and property in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to Joseph Hurd, and a writ of possession of Benjamin Hurd, Jr., against Samuel Peters, of New Hampshire, dated from 1794 to 1800. There is also and a color-illustrated survey, conducted in 1799 by Seth Pease, of 40,000 acres of land mortgaged to the Holland Company in New York. In addition to showing boundaries to land owned by Andrew Craigie, the assignees of Robert Morris, Gorham and Phelps, and others, the survey notes the...

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Land deeds, financial obligations, and lease agreements of Joseph Hurd, dated 1801 to 1806.

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Store and property leases and land deeds of Joseph Hurd, an agreement between William Hurd and Joseph Francis, owner of the brig Eclipse, and a land deed to William Hurd, dated 1807 to 1813.

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Deeds of land and leases in Maine and Massachusetts to Joseph Hurd; contract to build a barn for Joseph Hurd; letter of attorney from Joseph Hurd, Jr., and William Hurd; and appointment of Joseph Hurd as a justice of the peace, dated 1815-1824.

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Contains a legal document related to Thomas Hurd's method for surveying land, an insurance policy payable to Joseph Hurd, and an estate document of Joseph Hurd, dated 1830-1842, in addition to an undated deed from Joseph Hurd to Martin Kinsley.

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Passport of Joseph Hurd, Jr., permitting passage from England back to America in the winter of 1803-1804.

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Documents issued by the Italian government to William Hurd to conduct business in Naples and Palermo.

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Correspondence, prize court documents, and accounts of the charges to Joseph and William Hurd for claiming their cargo of oil on the brigantine Eclipse, which was captured by a privateer while sailing from Gallipoli to England and condemned in Malta in 1807.

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Accounts current of Joseph Hurd, Jr., and William Hurd with merchants and agents, recording charges associated with overseas shipping; and an account related to the sale of sugar by Joseph & William Hurd, dated from 1800 to 1825.

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Accounts current of William Hurd with merchants and agents recording amounts owed for brokering sales of his goods, and various labor, dated 1826-1827.

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Bills issued to Joseph Hurd, Jr., and William Hurd, for commodities including calico and other prints, a piano, ribbons, and silk blends, dated 1799 to July 16, 1800.

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Bills issued to Joseph Hurd, Jr., for commodities including muslin, hats, silk girdles, bonnets, spectacles, and buttons, as well as an insurance bill issued to William Hurd, and his merchant partnership of Knowles & Hurd, dated July 18, 1800 to 1810.

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Bills issued to William Hurd for commodities including cloth, whale oil, and dry goods, dated 1822 to October 1823.

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Bills issued to William Hurd for commodities including cloth, summer oil, and dry goods, dated November 1823-April 1824.