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to Arthur J. Morris re: distribution of his mother's estate to his children
1945/01/11
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Signed as President on White House stationery.
GLC02793.088
[Account]
7 May 1760
Accounts for the late James Bowdoin, with an inventory of his estate. Notes that James Pitts is his executor.
GLC02437.08999
to Samuel Waldo et. al.
15 October 1762
Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763
Written from "Leicester Square," likely in London, England. Addressed to Samuel Waldo, Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker. Discusses the lands being granted to Samuel Waldo and his heirs by the British government. Mentions Governor...
GLC02437.09009
to Thomas Caldwell and Ephraim Cummings [incomplete]
25 June 1772-20 April 1774
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
Contains several letters, all of which discuss lands in New Hampshire in which the heirs of Brigadier Samuel Waldo have interest.
GLC02437.09076
[Deed to Richard Clarke]
22 April 1773-29 April 1786
Marked "copy." Notes that the Superior Court of Massachusetts granted the authors, as surviving executors of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo's estate, the power to sell lands of Waldo's to pay his debts. The present deed documents the sale of a land...
GLC02437.09080
to William Bingham [incomplete]
circa 1770-1802
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Discusses thoughts on legacies and how estates should be divided amongst heirs. Recipient previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.08187
[Estate inventory for William Foard, Sr]
30 October 1676
Winslow, Josiah, 1628-1680
Also signed by Marke Eames, Nathaniel Winslow, Samuel Sprague, and Secretary of the Colony Nathaniel Morton. Notes that Foard's widow, had appeared before him and testified that this is a true inventory, the lands and house where she dwells excepted...
GLC01412.54
[Statement of captors' shares from the privateer ship Pilgrim]
December 1, 1806
Leach, Nathan, fl. 1806
Statement signed by the owners of shares of the proceeds captured on the ship Pilgrim's first cruise. Total of 39 signatures, Leach being the first. Documents that privateer Hugh Hill was the captain, and that the ship was in the agency of John...
GLC01450.006.02
[Memorandum book with accounts]
1770-1802
Bromfield, Henry, 1727-1820
Includes genealogical data on the Bromfield and Copley families. There are two notes about the death of Edward Clarke and distribution of his estate dated 1770 and 1771. Bromfield's wife Hannah was a Clarke. One entry details Bromfield's thoughts...
GLC01450.030.01
to Nathan Seele
August 21, 1778
Panny, John, fl. 1777-1780
Panny writes to Seele asking him to come home and care for his dying father. First paragraph is Seele's father's words written by Panny, who is a neighbor, imploring Nathan Seele to come home and care for him. Second paragraph is signed by Panny and...
GLC01450.043
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