The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 25

Hampton wills, plans & militia records

20 photographs · 12 document groups

Wills, estate papers, pew plans, correspondence and militia records, photographed by Whit from the recovered Joseph Dow collection. Related views remain together in the supplied sequence. Reading views are turned upright; full-resolution links preserve the supplied originals. Titles are finding aids and uncertain associations remain open.

JDT-D161 · John Hale to John Moulton — land dispute, 1700

1 photograph

A letter from John Hale discussing Ezra Johnson’s claim to two acres and the possibility of reaching an agreement.

JDT-D162 · Receipt from John Moulton — 1736

1 photograph

A receipt for three pounds. The signature requires further study.

JDT-D163 · Meetinghouse pew plans

3 photographs

Two numbered pew-plan views and their accompanying docket.

JDT-D164 · Thomas Cotton will — 1685

3 photographs

Opening and closing views of the will, with its docket. Related views are kept together.

JDT-D165 · Household wood and labor account — 1812–1813

1 photograph

An account of wood deliveries and household labor across two years.

JDT-D166 · Land survey and docket

2 photographs

A survey plan with boundary measurements and its accompanying docket.

JDT-D167 · Josiah Dow estate inventory

2 photographs

Inventory and docket recording buildings, land interests, livestock and other property.

JDT-D168 · Edward Gove receipt — 1728

1 photograph

A receipt acknowledging payment from brother John Moulton.

JDT-D169 · Hampton assessment for Congress delegates — 1775

2 photographs

Printed assessment notice for delegate expenses, with its reverse docket.

JDT-D170 · Samuel Dow: militia gun requisition — 1758

1 photograph

A Hampton Falls requisition concerning a gun for Benjamin Sanborn’s company and the expedition against Canada.

JDT-D171 · Dolly Philbrick release concerning Josiah Dow’s estate

2 photographs

An estate release dated October 4, 1826, and a recording docket dated December 31, 1829.

JDT-D172 · Fragment of correspondence

1 photograph

A torn letter fragment. Its date and full context remain uncertain.

Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. Descriptions are finding aids rather than complete transcriptions.