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Letter Book, Vol. II, 1771 June 29-1774 March 30 Digital

File — Box: 1, Folder: 4Identifier: HUM 314
Scope and Contents: Contains copies of letters from Caleb Gannett to merchants, other ministers, and politicians, dated June 29, 1771-March 30, 1774, mainly regarding the impact on his Fort Cumberland parish by the arrival of Church of England missionary John Eagleson, and Eagleson’s attempts to claim Gannett’s glebe lands.Correspondents include Boston merchant Henry Bass, Congregational clergyman Charles Chauncy (1705-1787; Harvard AB 1721, AM 1724), Jotham Gay, Reverend Simeon Howard, Malachy...