The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 100

Lot 3P notebook: binding and early Hampton civic records

18 photographs · 3 document groups

Photographed by Whit from the recovered Joseph Dow collection. Descriptions follow visible text and physical evidence; uncertain names, dates and associations remain provisional. Upright reading copies link to the preserved supplied photographs. Galleries 100–105 document one lot 3P notebook in filename order, IMG_4814–IMG_4925. Historical dates in copied entries do not establish the notebook’s date or author.

JDT-D652-4814 · Lot 3P: covers, clasp and binding

Seven exterior and edge views document the worn dark covers, flap or clasp, spine, page block and inner lining. The pink lot marker associates the object with lot 3P. These physical views begin a new volume after the Henry Dow religious manuscript in gallery 99; authorship of this notebook is not established. These views belong to the same lot 3P notebook, record JDT-D652. Group headings are finding aids, not separate document boundaries.

7 photograph(s)

JDT-D652-4821 · Hampton petitions, council proceedings and boundaries

The opening manuscript views contain copied or summarized civic proceedings concerning Hampton, neighboring places, petitions and boundaries. A ruler beside IMG_4821 records scale. Dated entries and references to New Hampshire government appear in the text; these are historical records copied into the notebook, rather than proof of when the notebook itself was written. These views belong to the same lot 3P notebook, record JDT-D652. Group headings are finding aids, not separate document boundaries.

5 photograph(s)

JDT-D652-4826 · Officers, petitions and town affairs

Entries refer to council membership, local appointments, petitions, town affairs and decisions affecting Hampton and surrounding communities. Preserve the consecutive left and right page views and their adjoining text; dates and names require closer reading before a full transcription can be asserted. These views belong to the same lot 3P notebook, record JDT-D652. Group headings are finding aids, not separate document boundaries.

6 photograph(s)

Collection photographs supplied by Whit. Descriptions are finding aids, not full transcriptions. Historical medical and religious texts are presented as archival sources. Original filenames, alternate views, faint writing and blank end leaves are preserved. Additional batches may follow.