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Deed, purchase of Pentucket, 1642 - Negative, Sheet Film

Deed, purchase of land called Pentucket [including what is now (NH): Salem, Hampstead, Atkinson & Plaistow and (MA): Methuen, Bradford & Haverhill]. Signed John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffin, Hugh Sherratt, William White, (sign of) Thomas Davis, (mark of) Passaquo, (mark of) Saggahew. Date near bottom of first paragraph: fifteenth November 1642. Original document dated 1642; Haverhill's first town meeting was in 1643. See also HG1 Senter...

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Deed, purchase of Pentucket, 1642 - Print, Photographic

Deed, purchase of land called Pentucket [including what is now (NH): Salem, Hampstead, Atkinson & Plaistow and (MA): Methuen, Bradford & Haverhill]. Signed John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffin, Hugh Sherratt, William White, (sign of) Thomas Davis, (mark of) Passaquo, (mark of) Saggahew. Date near bottom of first paragraph: fifteenth November 1642. Original document dated 1642; Haverhill's first town meeting was in 1643. Inscription on vers...

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Deed, purchase of Pentucket, 1642, with transcription and history - Print

Facsimile of deed, purchase of land called Pentucket [including what is now (NH): Salem, Hampstead, Atkinson & Plaistow and (MA): Methuen, Bradford & Haverhill]. Signed John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffin, Hugh Sherratt, William White, (sign of) Thomas Davis, (mark of) Passaquo, (mark of) Saggahew. Date near bottom of first paragraph: fifteenth November 1642. Original document dated 1642; Haverhill's first town meeting was in 1643. Prin...

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Frank Herbert Coffin - Print, Photographic

Frank Herbert Coffin. Studio portrait, half-length. He is standing with arms crossed, facing the camera. He has grey hair and mustache and is wearing glasses, and a military uniform with hat and "U.S.R." on the collar. Written below: "Dr. Frank Herbert Coffin / 1782 - 1935." Photo is 14 x 10 cm mounted on cardboard 30 x 23 cm.

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Fred W. Coffin - Print, Photomechanical

Fred W. Coffin. Vignetted head and shoulders portrait, facing three-quarter left. He has dark hair and mustache and is wearing a suit, shirt and polka dot tie. Photomechanical print of a photograph. Caption below: "Fred W. Coffin was elected Treasurer of the Haverhill Savings Bank March 11, 1889, and held that office until his death, July 29, 1893." From an unidentified publication. Black and white print is 19 x 13 cm mounted on cardboard 36 x 26...

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Hale Hospital Staff, group portrait, Haverhill, 1925 - Print, Photographic

Hale Hospital Staff, group portrait, Haverhill, 1925. Twenty-three men in three rows, seated and standing. They are wearing suits. In the following list, if the doctor did not reside in Haverhill, it appears the name of the town they lived in was added. Typed label on verso: "Hale Hospital Staff - 1925. / Left - right / Top row: / Dr. J. Edward Kelleher / Dr. Eugene W. Gale, Merrimac / Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall, Groveland / Dr. Raymond R. Root, George...

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Hannah Duston's tankard - Negative, Glass Plate

Hannah Duston's tankard, presented to her by Governor Nicholson of Maryland. The pewter tankard is set on a small round table, side view with lid raised. The tankard descended in the Coffin family of Newbury; inscription with print in file: "Photo in house of Emery Coffin (1803-1884 18 Dec) / Broad Street Newburyport / weighs 2 pounds 2 ounces holds more than a quart / King William III on front / unicorn & thistle / lion & rose / top of lid: flow...

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Haverhill 250th Anniversary, Merrimack Street, July 1890 - Negative, Roll Film

Haverhill 250th Anniversary, 154-160 Merrimack Street, July 1890. Union Block. Pedestrians on the sidewalk. Storefronts visible: C. M. Coffin (optician, jeweler). Signs above and in window advertising cigars, tobacco, revolvers and blank cartridges. Round image, probably from early Kodak camera, photographer is Henry Joseph Rivers. See print, HG8 Senter HPH 18-244C.

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Haverhill 250th Anniversary, Merrimack Street, July 1890 - Print, Photographic

Haverhill 250th Anniversary, 154-160 Merrimack Street, July 1890. Union Block. Pedestrians on the sidewalk. Storefronts visible: C. M. Coffin (optician, jeweler). Signs above and in window advertising cigars, tobacco, revolvers and blank cartridges. Cropped modern print, photographer is Henry Joseph Rivers, see original negative HG8 Senter F120 3-38.

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Haverhill Fire Department, Engine and Hose Company No. 1, ca. 1898 - Print, Photomechanical

Haverhill Fire Department, Engine and Hose Company No. 1, group portrait of eleven firefighters, circa 1898. Photomechanical print of a photograph from an unidentified publication. Six are standing, five are seated in front. The men are in uniform with hats. Studio portrait with painted backdrop. Printed caption: "Engine and Hose Co. No. 1 / S. C. P. Jordon - Clerk E. W. Tilton - F. S. Fisher - C. A. Pinknam - C. E. Coffin - C. T. Merritt / K. N....

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House, unidentified, possibly Tristram Coffin House, Newbury - Print, Photographic

House, possibly the Tristram Coffin House in Newbury, Mass. Three stories, clapboard, cross gabled roof, two story section in the rear, front portico with gable roof and rustic pillars (tree trunks with short branches). Vines growing on the front of the house. A person wearing a hat and long dark coat is standing on the left. View of front and left sides of house. Another house visible in background, shed partly visible on the left. Trees on the ...

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Joshua Coffin - Print, Photomechanical

Joshua Coffin, John Greenleaf Whittier's schoolmaster. Halftone photo reproduction, top arched. Head and shoulders studio portrait, facing three-quarter right. Coffin has white hair and is wearing a dark coat, suit, shirt and tie. Ink inscription at bottom right: "J. Coffin." From an unidentified publication; see lantern slide, HG2 Senter GLS 3-29. Original image probably mid 19th century. Housed with Historical Photographic Print Collection.

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Joshua Coffin - Transparency, Lantern Slide

Joshua Coffin, John Greenleaf Whittier's schoolmaster. Copy of a halftone photo reproduction, top arched. Head and shoulders studio portrait, facing three-quarter right. Coffin has grey hair and is wearing a dark suit, shirt and tie. Whittier verse, To My Old Schoolmaster, printed below: "Olden teacher, present friend, / Wise with antiquarian search, / In the scrolls of State and Church; / Named on history's title-page, / Parish-clerk and justice...

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Original deed of the land of Pentucket (text) - Manuscript

Text of the Original Deed of the Land of Pentucket, typed transcript. Text at head: "This is a photograph of the deed given by the Indians to the settlers of haverhill. The original deed is owned by the Haverhill Historical Society and is deposited in the Haverhill Savings bank. The following is a correct copy of it." The deed transcription begins: "Know all men by these presents that wee Passaquo and SaggaHew with ye consent of Passaconnaway; h...

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Original deed of the land of Pentucket (text) - Negative, Glass Plate

Text of the Original Deed of the Land of Pentucket, from unidentified publication. The deed begins: "Know all men by these presents that wee Passaquo and SaggaHew with ye consent of Passaconnaway; have sold unto ye inhabitants of Pentuckett all ye lands wee have in Pentuckett;" Date of original deed was November 15, 1642. The money exchanged for the land was three pounds ten shillings. The signers were: John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffi...

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Original deed of the land of Pentucket (text) - Print, Photographic

Text of the Original Deed of the Land of Pentucket, from unidentified publication. The deed begins: "Know all men by these presents that wee Passaquo and SaggaHew with ye consent of Passaconnaway; have sold unto ye inhabitants of Pentuckett all ye lands wee have in Pentuckett;" Date of original deed was November 15, 1642. The money exchanged for the land was three pounds ten shillings. The signers were: John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffi...

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The General Grant, Haverhill's first steam pumper fire engine, Haverhill, ca. 1866 - Print, Photomechanical

The General Grant, Haverhill's first steam pumper fire engine, Haverhill, circa 1866. Four firefighters are standing near the engine, which is probably on Court Street. The men are wearing hats, shirts and overalls or uniform shirts. Other people in the background. Signs legible left to right: [?] Shop ; Shaker; Last Factory. Printed caption: "City's First Steam Engine, 'The General Grant,' Placed in Service in May, 1866, at Court Street Station....

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