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010.101 - Booklet
Geneaological biography and documents for Captain Nathaniel Webber, A Man of the Sea, by Gina Sammis, 2010. Spiral bound, vinyl covers, many photocopied/digitalized pages inside, as well as transcriptions of historical accounts of Webber's sea voyages. Nathaniel Webber was born in Beverly, Massachusetts March 29, 1795, served in the War of 1812, and died in Brooklyn, NY May 27, 1867.
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14060 - Orders, Military
A War of 1812 Survivor's Pension approved for Stephen Abbott on February 14, 1871. He served in Lieutenant Thomas Prichard's Company in the Mass Militia. This was signed by the Secretary of the Interior and countersigned by the Commissioner of Pensions on April 19, 1872.
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17138 - Log, Ship's
Copy of the Ship America's log from December 3, 1813 to March 29, 1814 kept by 1st Lieutenant Ebenezer Meacom of Beverly under the command of James Cheever Junior. The ship was built in Salem in 1804 and registered June 28, 1804. Tonnage was reduced to 331 in September, 1812 with her upper deck taken off. The ship was sold at auction in June 1831 and broken up.
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2211 - Log, Ship's
1812 - 1815 Log book for the Brig "Vancouver" on a voyage from Boston toward Archangel, Russia which started on April 7th, 1812. Michael Whitney, Master and Captain Andrew Standley. In the log it is mentioned that shortly after departing from Archangel the captain discovered that war has been delcared between US and Great Britian. He sailed back to Archangel and remained there through the winter staying on board for a time which became locked ...
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22168 - Diary
This is a family history of the Baker and Stephens families and memoir by Stephens Baker. Stephens, son of Joseph and Lucy (Stephens) Baker was born November 14, 1791 and died September 25, 1883. Topics in the book are education and schools in Beverly p 48, Light Infantry, his businesses (first in Wilmington NC and later in Beverly) and family life. He was married twice, first to Lydia and later to Mary Ann. His children include Lucy Stephens...
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24049 - Letter
Letter to Thorndike, Kilham, Leech, and Dike from St. Petersburg. Duplicate of Accessn#24049a with additional note written in April of same year from the same sender. The market in foriegn articles is still dull, hopefully will improve at end of war between US and England.
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4568 - Document
1814 rules for the government of the "Association of Artillerists". There are 4 rules - 1) a system of subordination and obedience is necessary 2) The clerk to record all votes and proceedings 3) a vote required of majority of members to admit a new person 4) each member required to abide by the majority vote. The names of each of the 53 subscribers are recorded; each man signed his name
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CS71 .C743 1887
This genealogy recounted the history of the Conant family in England and America and included a list of books about Conants available at the time, the origin of the name Conant, and illustrations of Conant coats of arms. Also included are detailed records, such as registers, rolls, archives, and deeds. Events or groups that Conants participated in or belonged to were also listed, including King Philip's War, Puritans, nonconformists, War of 1812,...
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CS71 .E466
Reverend Leonard Ellinwood explored his family's history for his sons because he moved to Washington, D. C., away from their ancestors' homeland in Massachusetts. Eventually he decided to turn the genealogical information he learned into a book of individual biographical sketches, which he organized by generation. Ten generations of Ellinwoods are covered with information from town histories and birth, death, marriage, and baptismal records from ...
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FIC014.212 - Letter
Letter from Nathaniel Allen to his wife Anna (Miller). The letter was from the prison ship Chatham during the war of 1812. Nathaniel died at sea Dec. 25, 1821.
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FIC.2020.083.001 - Letter, Recommendation
Three page document on letterhead of The Boston Post giving a biography of John I. Baker. He was born in Beverly in 1812 and served in the Massachusetts State legislature. He took part in settling the question of the Rhode Island state boundary, he was an early abolitionist, believed in female suffrage, and a prominent member of the Republican Party. In 1875 he was the prohibition candidate for governer. Mr. Baker was for many years a chairman of...
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FIC.2020.084.001 - Bust
Phrenology bust that belonged to Robert Rantoul (1778-1858) and may have been used at his apothecary. The bust is approximately 10 inches tall, 5 inches deep, and 5 inches wide at the base. There are many (some illegible) handwritten notations on sections of the skull including the words "destructiveness", "propensities", "intellect", "identity".
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