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22 November 1776

Weare, Meshech, 1713-1786

Document signed

Title: to the keeper of the goal in the county of Hillsborough

Weare signs as Chairman of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety. Prisoner transfer document to the keeper of the jail in Hillsborough County. Includes names of Tory prisoners from New York who were "violently disaffected with the Measures pursuing by the American States" that are being moved to New Hampshire. Also includes instructions to the keeper on what to do with the prisoners.

GLC01412.30

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