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1. Bartlett & Bradley family signatures - Negative, Glass Plate

   Bartlett and Bradley family signatures, clipped and mounted on paper. Top to bottom: Richard Bartlett; Samuel Bartlett (1717); Thomas Bartlett Junr (1734); Israel Bartlett (1744); Israel Bartlett (1810); Henry [Bartlett]; Emmeline Bartlett Bradley; Maria Gilbert Bradley (the last two dated 1901).

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2. Buttonwoods Museum collections, Bradford copy of the Declaration of Independence - Negative, Sheet Film

   Photograph of the Bradford copy of the Declaration of Independence. Inscription on housing: "The Bradford copy of the Declaration of Independence / Read at West Parish Meetinghouse 1776 / Reread in 1876 / Reread in 1976 / Now in a cannister at Buttonwoods." Date of image unknown.

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3. Commonwealth of Mass. document, assessment of taxes, Haverhill, 1782 - Transparency, Lantern Slide

   Lantern slide of original printed and signed document, dated March 18, 1782, from Henry Gardner, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Orders to the Haverhill Selectmen regarding "An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds", January 1782. Written in blank space: "Thirteen hundred forty pounds"; manuscript note on the left: "[Pound symbol] 1340." From a series of lantern slides, box dated 1933, image proba...

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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. Exchange Club presents Haverhill Public Library with historic documents, 1965 - Print, Photographic

   Exchange Club presents Haverhill Public Library with copies of historic documents, 1965. Inscription on verso: "1. Charles F. [sic M.] Fleischner [Librarian/Director, Haverhill Public Library] / 2. Stanley Haynes / Vera L. Lindsley / Frank J. Barberio / Exchange Club presents / Copies of Historical Documents / Apr. 22, 1965." Fleischner and Haynes are on the left, holding a mounted copy of a document from the 38th Congress of the United States, i...

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8. Hannah Duston's confession of faith, ca. 1724 - Negative, Glass Plate

   Hannah Duston's manuscript confession of faith, circa 1724. Photograph of original. In which Hannah expresses thanks for her comfort in captivity from scripture, psalms; desires present Ministry to receive her into the Church. Signed "Hannah Duston wife of Thomas [?] Etat 67." Photo by Thomas Bailey.

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9. Hannah Duston's confession of faith, ca. 1724 - Negative, Sheet Film

   Hannah Duston's manuscript confession of faith, circa 1724. Photograph of original. In which Hannah expresses thanks for her comfort in captivity from scripture, psalms; desires present Ministry to receive her into the Church. Signed "Hannah Duston wife of Thomas [?] Etat 67."

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10. Hannah Duston's confession of faith, ca. 1724 - Negative, Sheet Film

    Hannah Duston's manuscript confession of faith, circa 1724. Photograph of original (high contrast, copy). In which Hannah expresses thanks for her comfort in captivity from scripture, psalms; desires present Ministry to receive her into the Church. Signed "Hannah Duston wife of Thomas [?] Etat 67."

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11. Hannah Duston's confession of faith, ca. 1724, with transcript - Print, Photographic

    Hannah Duston's manuscript confession of faith, circa 1724, with typed transcript. Photograph of original. In which Hannah expresses thanks for her comfort in captivity from scripture, psalms; desires present Ministry to receive her into the Church. Signed "Hannah Duston wife of Thomas [?] Etat 67." Photograph is 10 x 15 cm, typed transcript is 22 x 21 cm, mounted together on cardboard 36 x 26 cm.

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12. Hannah Duston's confession of faith, pieces of quilt, blanket and "scalp cloth" - Print, Photographic

    Hannah Duston's letter and possessions. Three photographs, all 9 x 14 cm mounted on one piece of cardboard 32 x 21 cm, chipped at bottom edges. 1. Hannah Duston's manuscript confession of faith, circa 1724. Inscription on verso: "Hannah Dustin Letter of Admission to Church." In which Hannah expresses thanks for her comfort in captivity from scripture, psalms; desires present Ministry to receive her into the Church. Signed "Hannah Duston wife of...

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13. Hannah Duston's knife, Ezekiel Elliott Dustin, Dustin-Duston Family, 1933 - Negative, Sheet Film

    Framed typed document signed by Ezekiel Elliott Dustin of Plymouth, New Hampshire, attesting to the authenticity of Hannah Duston's knife, also framed. Presented to the Dustin-Duston Family Association by Miles H. Dustin, Clifton H. Dustin, and Cecil C. Dustin (noted on frame) in 1933. The document, which is notarized and dated July 4, 1911, attests that Ezekiel was told by his father that he was the great great grandson of Hannah Duston (spelled...

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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. Proclamation from Haverhill, England, for Haverhill's 250th Anniversary, 1890 - Negative, Glass Plate

    Proclamation sent from Haverhill, England, in honor of Haverhill's 250th Anniversary. The ceremonial document is bordered with an elaborate design of vines and flowers, with insets of two buildings in the English city of Haverhill, and is written in gothic lettering. The top has a moiré fabric scroll cover attached. It is signed at the bottom by the Ministers of Religion and the Chairman and staff of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction (of Haverhil...

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18. Proclamation from Haverhill, England, for Haverhill's 250th Anniversary, 1890 - Negative, Glass Plate

    Proclamation sent from Haverhill, England, in honor of Haverhill's 250th Anniversary. The ceremonial document is bordered with an elaborate design of vines and flowers, with insets of two buildings in the English city of Haverhill, and is written in gothic lettering. The top has a moiré fabric scroll cover attached. It is signed at the bottom by the Ministers of Religion and the Chairman and staff of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction (of Haverhil...

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19. Proclamation from Haverhill, England, for Haverhill's 250th Anniversary, 1890 - Print, Photographic

    Proclamation sent from Haverhill, England, in honor of Haverhill's 250th Anniversary. The ceremonial document is bordered with an elaborate design of vines and flowers, with insets of two buildings in the English city of Haverhill, and is written in gothic lettering. The top has a moiré fabric scroll cover attached. It is signed at the bottom by the Ministers of Religion and the Chairman and staff of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction (of Haverhil...

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20. Proclamation from Haverhill, England, for Haverhill's 250th Anniversary, 1890 - Print, Photographic

    Proclamation sent from Haverhill, England, in honor of Haverhill's 250th Anniversary. The ceremonial document is bordered with an elaborate design of vines and flowers, with insets of two buildings in the English city of Haverhill, and is written in gothic lettering. The top has a moiré fabric scroll cover attached. It is signed at the bottom by the Ministers of Religion and the Chairman and staff of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction (of Haverhil...

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