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3 October 1785
Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
to Joshua Mauger
He will visit the Canadian colonies in the spring. He hopes Mauger's condition improves.
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12 October 1785
Comments on Mauger's illness. Encloses a letter from Leslie Groce [Not in collection.]
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29 October 1785
Mauger will come to London for the election of a Trinity Brother.
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5 November 1785
He will visit General D'Auvergne tomorrow. He comments on the pageantry of the coming week and the executions to follow.
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26 November 1785
He has not heard from Mauger and is worried. Families of property from Nantucket are settling at Dartmouth. Watson foretold the minister that this would happen as a result of the Alien Laws of the United States.
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28 December 1785
Discusses a case of theft and the weather.
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21 December 1786
Encloses a letter from Mr. Sharp and hopes that Mauger will be cleared. [See letters # 239 & 240.]
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16 October 1763
Butler, John, 1749-1791
Describes a naval engagement between "Rebel Fleet" and the King's Fleet on 10/13 on Lake Champlain. The American fleet tried to escape but on 10/15 was destroyed except for three ships which escaped to Ticonderoga. Crown Point now abandoned and...
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3 December 1766
Marked "Duplicate" at the top. He writes about accounts which he is handling. The province is applying for a paper currency. He advises Mauger to consult with Benjamin Franklin, who is visiting London and is "very sensible and well acquainted with...
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April 30, 1776
News concerning Mauger's friends and neighbors in Halifax. A rumor that Quebec was captured by the American army on 3/20. He fears the province may fall to the rebel army.
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11 May 1776
[Fragment: 2nd sheet] Continued May 5. Writes regarding the army and plans for the governor to jail someone.
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9 June 1776
He sends a receipt for payment of £ 15 from Philip D'Auvergne to Joshua Mauger.
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9 December 1782
Responding to news of Michael Francklin's death. [Third digit of the year is difficult to make out, but Francklin died on 11/8/1782, so that seems likely to be an 8.]
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11 January 1787
John Butler endorsement on a debt owed to Joshua Mauger. The location is written simply as Yeovil; it is not clear which country it originated from.
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1763-1783
D'Auvergne, James, fl. 1771-1788
He asks Mauger if his presence is needed in town, however, he would rather lament his loss in private. [Could refer to the death of his wife (and Mauger's daughter) Sarah. Letter # 206 of William Dean dated 10/24/1772 mentions settling the will of...
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25 June 1825
Hale, Horatio, fl. 1821-1826
to Sarah W. Hale
This letter is from Horatio Hale to his sister Sarah, written from Brazil. In the letter, he refers several time to Sarah's health, advising her to show "a degree of fortitude beyond most of your sex," because he thinks that positive thinking has a...
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05 May 1826
Hale, Aurelia, 1798-?
to Horatio Hale
This letter to her brother may have gotten wet at some point, because much of the text is blurred and difficult to read. She mentions concerns about "negroes" several times during the letter, saying that an area which she traveled to (the name is...
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27 May 1828
This appears to be the first letter to her sister in many months. She speaks at length about matrimony and says that she has spent eighteen months deliberating on it. She says that she has been reflecting on whether to "marry a respectable, pious and...
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19 September 1829
She expresses that she is deeply unhappy with their move to Mount Meigs following her husband buying land in the area, saying that although being a planter in the area can be very lucrative (which she measures in money and in number of slaves), it is...
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06 March 1830
She is sad that she is separated from her friends and family, and urges her sister to come visit if her physcians will permit it, and asks if their brother James can loan them the money for travel or if she will have to borrow it. She also suggests...
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25 July 1830
She addresses the logistics of her sister Sarah's planned visit and promises to pay the full cost. She enclosed $50 with the letter and promises to send another $50 soon. She expresses concern for Sarah's health, writing that she hopes it will...
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11 August 1830
She encloses another $50 in this letter as promised, and continues to plan for her sister's arrival. She also speaks at length about the comforts of their home, including a "very valuable negro woman" who keeps the house "well attended to." She hopes...
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10 October 1830
She continues to plan for her sister's arrival. She is very excited that they can "meet on this side of the grave again." A drought has made the river low, so Aurelia suggests her sister remain in Mobile until the steamboats start to run again. She...
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22 May 1832
This letter was written shortly after Sarah departed from Alabama. In it, Aurelia says that she hopes Sarah was able to avoid the storm that came about a week after she left, which appears to have destroyed much of her property. She describes several...
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29 June 1832
Aurelia is very glad to hear that Sarah managed to avoid the storm. It was followed by a drought, and they were afraid the crops would fail, but there has been rain this week. Her husband, Jefferson, has been trying to find work for Horatio, who has...
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