Massachusetts

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42.36565, -71.10832 Map of Massachusetts

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Power of Attorney document and letter from Joseph Barrell to Samuel Webb

Power of Attorney document and letter from Joseph Barrell to Samuel Webb

A legal document transferring power of attorney from Joseph Barrell to his attorney, Samuel Webb, to collect on debts owed from Richard Sodershorn. The document is dated November 22, 1788. It is signed by John Hoskins, Joseph Barrell, and James [illegible]. The document is notarized by Lemuel Barrett, Justice of the Peace. The document is bound with illegible scraps of other papers to a letter from Joseph Barrell to Samuel Webb dated November 9, 1788.

Barrell, Joseph, 1739-1804

Columbia Rediviva owners accounts log

Columbia Rediviva owners accounts log

An owner’s accounts ledger for the ship Columbia Rediviva accounting for roughly the years of 1787 to 1789. The document contains 11 pieces of varying sized paper adhered in layers to a ledger page backing.

Boston accounts and cargo lists

Boston accounts and cargo lists

a hand-bound logbook containing cargo lists and a ledger of Joseph Barrell’s Boston accounts. The front cover of the book reads, “all the Ship Columbias Papers / Mary Barrell / Millburn, N.J.” The first 15 pages of the book contain a copy of the 1787 cargo lists of the Columbia Rediviva and the Sloop Washington. Joseph Barrell’s accounts book backfills the last 20 pages of the logbook beginning from the back cover of the book and written upsidedown to the first half of the text. There are 18 blank pages separating the two sections of the book.

Barrell, Mary

Account of Cargo of Ship Columbia and Sloop Washington agreeably to Invoice presented Captain Ken...

Account of Cargo of Ship Columbia and Sloop Washington agreeably to Invoice presented Captain Kendrick by the Owners

An account of cargo for the Ship Columbia and Sloop Washington covering the dates from October 1, 1787 through January, 1788. The log includes a record of the cargo aboard the ships when they left Boston on the state of the voyage and fragmented records of expenditures and supply use through January, 1788. The document contains 7 pieces of varying sized paper adhered in layers to a ledger page backing.

Barrell, Joseph, 1739-1804

Portrait of Perley Ayer Ramsay, circa 1856

Portrait of Perley Ayer Ramsay, circa 1856

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a balding man wearing eyeglasses and a suit. Legacy collection records read, "Perley Ayer Ramsay, Born Rumney, NH in 1811, Died Boston in 1902. Fr. D. Mason MS Collect." Photographer's studio card for Fish & Heywood in Boston placed in case tray behind plate. Case made of pressed leather and wood.

Fish & Heywood (Photographers)

Portrait of Reverend C. F. Weaver

Portrait of Reverend C. F. Weaver

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of man, smiling and wearing a suit. His hair is parted on the right and he looks at the camera. Typed note enclosed with the image reads "Rev. Weaver." Legacy collection records indicate this is Reverend C. F. Weaver. Photographer's studio label on the back of the photograph indicates this was taken by C. F. Lamb in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Lamb, C. F. (Photographer)

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