The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 4

Hampton town, land & court records

19 photographs · 4 document groups

Fronts, reverses, docket inscriptions, folded views, and close-ups are preserved with their original camera filenames. The additional boundary-agreement detail from this upload joins JDT-D009 in Document Gallery 3. Descriptions are finding aids; uncertain dates and readings remain open.

JDT-D010 · Appleton versus inhabitants of Hampton

1798 · Court writ and return of service · 6 photographs

A manuscript court paper concerning Jesse Appleton, described as minister of the Congregational Society and church in Hampton, and an action against the town’s inhabitants. The front is dated July 9, 1798; the reverse records service on July 11. Copy notations are visible. Full front and reverse views, the docket, and closer details are retained.

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Appleton versus inhabitants of Hampton: full reverse with docket, return of service, folds, and staining.
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Appleton court paper: reverse docket detail naming Hampton and August 1798.
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Appleton court paper: detail of the July 11, 1798 return of service and associated charges.
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1798 writ summoning Hampton inhabitants in Jesse Appleton’s action: full front photographed with rulers.
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Appleton writ: closer view of the front, naming the Congregational minister and the action against Hampton inhabitants.
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Appleton writ: detail of the damages, July 9, 1798 date, clerk’s signature, and copy notation.
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JDT-D011 · Christopher Palmer–John Moulton land exchange

1748 · Deed and acknowledgment · 6 photographs

A land-exchange deed naming Christopher Palmer of Rye and John Moulton of Hampton. The written terms describe land and its bounds; the front includes witnesses, a signature, and a red seal. The reverse records an acknowledgment dated December 26, 1748, before Samuel Palmer, justice of the peace. The unfolded sides, details, and folded view remain together.

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Christopher Palmer to John Moulton land-exchange deed, 1748: full front, witnesses, signature, and red seal.
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Palmer–Moulton deed: full reverse with acknowledgment, folds, and transferred ink.
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Palmer–Moulton deed: detail of Christopher Palmer’s acknowledgment, December 26, 1748, before Samuel Palmer, justice of the peace.
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Palmer–Moulton deed: detail of the opening, parties, land exchange, and property description.
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Palmer–Moulton deed: detail of the concluding terms, 1748 date, witnesses, signature, and seal.
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Palmer–Moulton deed: folded view showing annotations, worn edges, and ink transfer.
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JDT-D012 · Smallpox compensation demands

August 11 · Handwritten year under review · 6 photographs

Statements addressed to Hampton’s selectmen by Samuel Palmer Jr. and Jeremiah Moulton describe the use of houses during a smallpox outbreak, disruption of work and household life, and demands for compensation. The year is not assigned pending a clearer reading. These descriptions summarize what the paper states, without independently verifying the events. Front, reverse, docket, and details are preserved.

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Smallpox compensation demands to Hampton selectmen by Samuel Palmer Jr. and Jeremiah Moulton: full written side.
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Smallpox demands: full reverse with docket and folds; display rotated to read the docket.
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Smallpox demands: closer view of the reverse docket naming Palmer, Moulton, and Hampton.
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Smallpox demands: close-up of Samuel Palmer Jr.’s account of the use of his house and claimed losses.
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Smallpox demands: detail of the end of Palmer’s statement and Jeremiah Moulton’s statement and signature.
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Smallpox demands: another full reverse view showing the paper’s folds, wear, and docket; display rotated for reading.
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JDT-D013 · Great Ox Common proprietors’ meeting notes

October and November 1749 · 1 photograph currently supplied

A long manuscript view recording meetings of the owners and proprietors of the Great Ox Common. The visible votes concern marsh, flats and beach grass, division of land, committees, payments, and restrictions on cutting. A damaged fold interrupts some text. This group remains open for related views in later batches.

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Great Ox Common proprietors’ meeting notes, October and November 1749: full supplied written view, showing votes, divisions, payments, and damage along a fold.
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Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. Document groups continue across upload batches; related views are kept together.

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