The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 76

Lot 3I: a tied research bundle and the 1810 North Hampton census

16 photographs · 7 document groups

Photographed by Whit from the recovered Joseph Dow collection. Descriptions draw on visible names, dates and subjects; uncertain readings remain provisional. Reading copies are turned upright, and each image links to the unchanged full-resolution original.

JDT-D576 · The tied bundle, edges and separated contents

The Lot 3I packet is photographed tied, from the side, and opened into its separate components. A worn dark cover, pale wrappers and narrow papers establish the physical arrangement before individual leaves are examined. These overview photographs preserve evidence that would be lost if only the written pages were shown.

5 photographs

JDT-D577 · A pension-related statement about Cyrus M. Truell

The note identifies Cyrus M. Truell of Candia and service in Company K of the First Heavy Artillery. It describes an injury while firing a salute after Richmond’s fall and proposes corroboration by a fellow soldier. It is a working statement associated with a pension claim, not proof that a pension was awarded; the year and all details require verification against the original and service records.

1 photograph

JDT-D578 · Hampton town officers, 1800–1817

A tabular list organizes moderators, town clerks, selectmen, treasurers and representatives by year. Repeated names, including John Dearborn, Edmund Toppan and Josiah Dow, make continuities in local office visible. Empty spaces and additions suggest a reference table still being completed.

1 photograph

JDT-D579 · A receipt for work on a Hampton mill

A short copied receipt acknowledges money from Joseph Dow for work for John Tuck and associates in building a mill at Hampton. Henry Dow and John Tuck appear in the concluding writing. The passage connects named townspeople with a collaborative construction project; its abbreviated dating is left to direct examination.

1 photograph

JDT-D580 · North Hampton census wrapper, 1810

The folded wrapper identifies an 1810 census of North Hampton and gives summary counts of 651 inhabitants and 110 heads of families. Close views preserve both the title and the totals. These are the manuscript’s own figures and are not presented as independently reconciled census statistics.

3 photographs

JDT-D581 · The census opened: a long folded schedule

An extended view shows how the population schedule unfolds into a long series of columns. A closer view records its damaged heading and first rows. The format helps explain why multiple overlapping photographs are necessary to preserve one document.

2 photographs

JDT-D582 · Households and age or status columns

Three detailed views continue the census rows, with named household heads and tally marks across the ruled categories. The pages make a household-level source available beyond its wrapper’s total. Column headings and overlaps should be checked when transcribing so a repeated section is not counted twice.

3 photographs

Collection photographs supplied by Whit. Descriptions are finding aids, not full transcriptions. Names, dates and associations remain provisional where the handwriting is uncertain.