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31 October 1746
Shirley, William, 1694-1771
to Samuel Waldo
Discusses an expedition into Canada and various officers who could lead such an expedition. Lower right hand corner of the 3rd page is missing.
GLC02437.08934
4 March 1747
Pepperrell, William, 1696-1759
[Certificate]
Certifies that Samuel Waldo has been appointed to the position of Brigadier General over the troops from Massachusetts.
GLC02437.08936
25 August 1747
Folger, Timothy, fl. 1747
to James Bowdoin
Discusses how his whaling business is not doing so well and therefore is going to the Bahamas on a trading voyage in order to make money for a bond. Place writ obscured due to a patch. Possibly Nantucket, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.08938
31 March 1749
[Extract]
Extract of a deed to Daniel [Brgele ?] from Samuel Waldo describing a tract of land.
GLC02437.08947
30 May 1750
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
[Deed]
Grants Thomas Flucker the rights to an estate and property. Signed by James and William Bowdoin, with several other people. Includes notes from Joshua Winslow as Justice of the Peace signed Boston 15 June and a note of receipt from Ezekiel...
GLC02437.08950
1 June 1750
Bayard, Belthazar, fl. 1750
Deed of land from Belthazar Bayard to Thomas Flucker. Includes a note from Thomas Hubbard dated Boston 15 June and a note of receipt from Ezekiel Goldthwait dated 16 June.
GLC02437.08951
1750
[List]
List of papers relating to French and English boundaries. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.08953
3 August 1751
Bowler and Abbot, fl. 1751
to Thomas Flucker
Discusses a bill to Flucker's account and a negotiation regarding prices of merchandise. Noted as written in Colchester, state and/or country unknown.
GLC02437.08954
17 October 1752
Debts due to Isaac Winslow, listed by the name of the debtor.
GLC02437.08959
October 1752
List of people sent to a settlement. Includes unrelated notes regarding finances.
GLC02437.08960
circa December 1752
[Account]
Lists transactions regarding provisions sent to Isaac Winslow by date, starting in November 1752.
GLC02437.08961
29 June 1753
Davis, B., fl. 1753
List of people and supplies.
GLC02437.08965
31 December 1753 - 8 August 1754.
Bulfinch, John, fl. 1753
[Sale of land]
Contract for the sale of land. Signed by John Philips and Jacob Ridgway as witnesses, with notes of receipt from John Philips, dated 31 December 1753 and Ezekiel Goldthwait dated 8 August 1754.
GLC02437.08972
1753
Lists passengers from Amsterdam by name and date of arrival.
GLC02437.08973
1753-1755
List of supplies for Isaac Winslow for a settlement. Transactions listed by date.
GLC02437.08978
12 March 1757
Phillips, Anderson, fl. 1757
[Note]
Note stating that Thomas Flucker has paid Phillips.
GLC02437.08985
18 July 1757
Bearsman, Henry, fl. 1757
[Bill of sale]
Sale of various items to Thomas Flucker, including a pan to boil sugar, copper ladles and other items. Also signed by William Belcher and James Hills as witnesses.
GLC02437.08989
7 May 1760
Accounts for the late James Bowdoin, with an inventory of his estate. Notes that James Pitts is his executor.
GLC02437.08999
15 October 1762
Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763
to Samuel Waldo et. al.
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
8 July 1762
to William Bollan
Illegible signature. Apparently discusses claims on land bordering the Earl of Stirling's land, possibly in the Waldo patent.
GLC02437.09010
26 February 1747
Burns, William, fl. 1747
[William Burns's declaration regarding the Muscongus settlement]
Burns discusses his settlement on Samuel Waldo's Muscongus Patent (also known as the Waldo or Linconshire Patent, land in present-day Maine). Discusses improvements Burns made to a stone house, and mentions his black cattle. Burns was given command...
GLC02437.10410
Campbell, John, fl. 1747
[John Campbell's declaration regarding the Damariscotta River settlement]
Attests that he took up land in an area under the charge of Colonel [David] Dunbar. Dunbar was replaced by Colonel Samuel Waldo, and some families left the area while others remained. The greatest concentration of settlers dwelled in the township...
GLC02437.10411
circa 1758
Noted as a copy. A list of settlers at St. Georges River, "Medumcook" [Meduncook], and Broadbay, Maine. Settlers are listed by town. Docket notes the list was supposedly written by Captain John North the original list is in Samuel Winslow's...
GLC02437.10641
17 October 1754
Lawrence, Robert, 1692-?
[An Act for making Current seventy thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit for adjusting his Majesty and the Neighboring Colonies to dispossess the French from his Majesty's Land on or near the River Ohio, and for providing a fund for the Defense of the Frontiers...]
Fair copy of the act passed by the New Jersey House of Representatives near the beginning of the French and Indian War. Passed with some amendments, the act was meant to raise revenue for expenses during the French and Indian War. The bills...
GLC00276
1722
Conductor Generalis, or the office, duty and authority of Justices...
Modern blind calf; Evans 2327; First American book on procedural law. Full title: Conductor Generalis, or the office, duty and authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Gaolers, Coroners, Constables, Jurymen, Over-seers of the Poor, and...
GLC00286
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