Joseph Dow trunk archive · Documents 7

Papers, deeds & a sawmill agreement

Thirty-three photographs supplied by Whit, preserving collection arrangements, folded covers, deeds, a jury summons and a sawmill agreement.

This is an evolving documentary archive. Covers, reverse sides, overlapping views and details are retained. Descriptions are finding aids; uncertain readings and associations are explicitly left open. Select any photograph to examine the full-resolution image.

Collection arrangements and reference views Bundled papers Jonathan Moulton deed wrapper William Blake to Jonathan Moulton Sawmill agreement and covers James Perkins estate inventory cover Seth Fogg to John Moulton cover Jeremiah Marston deed Proprietors’ deed to Dow: recording cover John Moulton junior land allotment Joseph Hobbs document cover Moulton or Dow case cover Rand to Moulton recording cover John Moulton jury summons and address Webster bond to John Moulton Henry Dow’s offer to John Swamp measurement memorandum

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Collection arrangements and reference views

These views preserve how the papers, envelopes, wrappers, notes and newspaper clippings were arranged together. Several photographs overlap deliberately. Dates on individual envelopes or notes do not date the whole group.

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Overview of papers arranged on the photography table.
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Boundary notes, folded papers and a Lucy E. Dow envelope.
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Folded letters, wrappers and blank reverse surfaces.
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Salisbury–Hampton boundary report cover marked 1657 and the correspondence wrapper.
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Boundary correspondence wrapper, handwritten notes, cards and newspaper clippings.
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Massachusetts Bay journal extracts and Joseph and Lucy Dow envelopes.
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Stationery advertisement, notes and addressed envelopes.
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Lucy Dow envelopes, a forwarded Joseph Dow cover and a Samuel Dow note.
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Overlapping blue papers and addressed envelopes.
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Partly covered early deed showing John Hobbs, Hannah Dow’s mark and Henry Dow.
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Overlapping view of boundary notes and Lucy Dow envelopes.
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Blue boundary papers held open; the cover reads Boundaries of Towns, 1701.
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Close view of journal extracts with writing in more than one direction.
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Overview of reverse surfaces and folded papers.
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Bundled papers

The stack and its ties document the physical grouping of the recovered papers.

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Jonathan Moulton deed wrapper

Wrapper labeled as Jonathan Moulton’s deed from Joshua Wingett. The adjacent Blake deed is a different transaction; this wrapper is retained separately pending a matching opening.

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William Blake to Jonathan Moulton

Deed concerning two half shares in Hampton’s common lands, dated December 29, 1701. The photograph preserves the writing, acknowledgment and black seal.

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Sawmill agreement and covers

An opened agreement concerning a sawmill at Little River, followed by covers headed “Agreement about a Saw Mill. 1712” and “The Agreement about the saw mill.” These are presented together as a possible association. The cover date is not treated as a verified date of the opened agreement.

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Sawmill agreement and covers — cover or reverse view
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James Perkins estate inventory cover

Cover identifying an inventory of the estate of Lieutenant James Perkins, late of Hampton. The inventory’s contents are not visible in this photograph.

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Seth Fogg to John Moulton cover

Folded document labeled Seth Fogg to John Moulton. The fold and visible edge of a red seal are preserved.

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Jeremiah Marston deed

Opened portion of a deed dated May 17, 1759, naming Jeremiah Marston. Samuel Palmer and Simon Nudd appear as witnesses. This photograph does not show the entire instrument.

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Proprietors’ deed to Dow: recording cover

Cover recording receipt on July 2, 1789, with a Strafford recording reference to book 10, folio 485, and John Smith, third recorder. The faint description of the proprietors requires further reading.

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John Moulton junior land allotment

Hampton, February 1722: a memorandum of seven acres laid out to John Moulton junior in the quarter of a mile, in compensation for a lost lot. Christopher Page and Joshua Winget appear at the foot.

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Joseph Hobbs document cover

Partially visible folded deed cover naming Joseph Hobbs. Identification of the full transaction remains open.

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Moulton or Dow case cover

Folded cover headed November 1783 and “Moulton or Dow case.” The place name needs further reading; printed text shows through from the reverse.

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Rand to Moulton recording cover

Rockingham recording cover: received May 18, 1793; book 133, folio 435; Samuel Brooks, recorder.

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John Moulton jury summons and address

Address panel to Mr. John Moulton in Hampton, followed by a summons to serve as a petty juror at Portsmouth, signed by Thomas Packer. The year in the January 6 date needs confirmation. Their association is provisional.

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John Moulton jury summons and address — document view
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Webster bond to John Moulton

Bond naming Isaac Webster of Woburn and Ebenezer Webster of Kingston, with John Moulton, constable of Hampton. Dated April 1706; Robert Moulton and Henry Dow appear as witnesses.

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Henry Dow’s offer to John

Letter signed Henry Dow offering John land, meadow, common rights, a house and barn, and a black, white-faced ox. Preserve the wording as evidence; the precise date and family relationship remain unconfirmed.

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Swamp measurement memorandum

Small memorandum dated March 19, 1678 or 1679, concerning swamp land associated with Edward Colcord and John Bradbury. The date and several names require confirmation.

Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. No items are offered for sale on this archive page.