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1763-1820

  • Town Warrant, Gloucester c. 1700s
  • Protest Against Tea Tax, 1770
  • Boston Committee for Donations, Marblehead 1774
  • Leslie’s Retreat in Essex Gazette, 1774
  • “Resolves of the Town of Marblehead” from the Virginia Gazette, 1774
  • Diary of Captain Benjamin Farnum, 1775-1777
  • Gravestone of Sarah Wood (d. 1775), Harmony Cemetery, Boxford
  • Letter to Lieut. Lindsay, 1775
  • Call for Essex County Political Convention, Ipswich 1776
  • Col. John Glover Letter to the Massachusetts General Assembly, Beverly 1776
  • Town Meeting Minutes, Salem 1776
  • Accounting of Soldiers’ Articles, 1777
  • Draft Document, 1777
  • First Parish Meeting Minutes, Gloucester 1777
  • Town Meeting Minutes, Gloucester 1777
  • Result of Convention of Essex County Delegates, Ipswich 1778
  • Walking Vote at Town Meeting, Gloucester 1780
  • Elias Hasket Derby Letter, 1782
  • Dispersal of Money from Privateer Ships, 1782
  • Rogers Indenture, Gloucester 1785
  • Partial List of Subscribers of the Independent Christian Church, Gloucester c. 1790s
  • Mourning Pictures, c. 1790s and 1800s
  • Account of Sale of Slaves on the Two Friends, Beverly 1791
  • Captain’s Orders for the Two Friends, 1791
  • The Two Friends Outward Manifest, Beverly 1791
  • Act of Incorporation of the Independent Christian Church, Gloucester 1792
  • Beverly Impost, 1792
  • Deposition of the Two Friends first mate Osmon Gage, 1793
  • Drawing of the Schooner Two Friends, Beverly c. 1793
  • Letters to Amos Rhodes, 1793
  • Gravestone of Joseph Pierpont (d. 1794), Old South Cemetery, Peabody
  • Meeting Minutes of the Independent Christian Church, Gloucester 1795
  • Samuel Blanchard Letter to Kilham (March 21, 1796)
  • Samuel Blanchard Letter to Kilham (March 25, 1796)
  • Instruction on Ship Troubles c. 1796-1810
  • Town Expenses, Gloucester c. 1800s
  • Town Meeting Warrant, Gloucester c. 1800s
  • Town Meeting after Washington’s Death, Gloucester 1800
  • Gravestone of David Plummer (d. 1801), First Parish Burial Ground, Gloucester
  • Salem Impost (July 17, 1801)
  • Salem Impost (August 4, 1801)
  • Town Warrant, Haverhill 1801
  • Salem Impost (April 19, 1802)
  • Benjamin Lovett Letter to Kilham, 1803
  • By-Laws, Beverly 1805
  • Ryan Lovett Letter to Kilham, 1805
  • Graves’ Citizenship Papers, Marblehead 1806
  • Farris Indenture, Beverly 1808
  • Charles Pearson Letter to Kilham, 1810
  • Pliny Fisk Letter, Andover 1818
  • Voice Indenture, Gloucester 1818
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