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Box 4
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Henry Augustus Peirce papers, 1629-1866.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-20
Abstract
This collection relates to Joseph Peirce (1745-1828) his son, Joseph Hardy Peirce (1773-1832), both of Boston, Massachusetts, and his grandson, Henry Augustus Peirce (1808-1885) of Boston and Honolulu, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii).The collection contains records of the Twenty Associates Land Company from when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk in 1794 until 1832 when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney, died at sea. The records consist chiefly of...
Dates:
1629-1866
Found in:
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
Copy of deed by Joseph Peirce to John Dorr; extracts of letters from Joseph to Joseph H Peirce; Proposition of Dorr, 1810-1815
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 125
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1810-1815
Affidavits of Samuel Jacobs, Joseph Peirce (includes copies of letters), & Joseph Jones, 1825-1827
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 126
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1825-1827
Correspondence with John Dorr, 1828 March-April
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 127
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1828 March-April
Correspondence with Judge Peter Oxenbridge Thacher, 1828 July-October
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 128
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1828 July-October
Correspondence with Judge Peter O. Thacher, 1829
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 129
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1829
Joseph H Peirce v. John Dorr: lists of papers & documents, minutes from letters, 1811-1828
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 130
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1811-1828
Correspondence to Joseph Dorr, 1807-1812
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 131
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1807-1812
David Fales v. Joseph Peirce, 1823-1825
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 132
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1823-1825
Lucy Hubbs v. Edward Little, 1831-1834
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 133
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry A. Peirce Papers consists chiefly of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyors’ plans and bills and receipts. There is also one diary. The collection is divided into two parts. The first contains the records of the Twenty Associates Land Company, which controlled 100,000 acres in Maine during the period from 1794 when Joseph Peirce was chosen clerk, until 1832, when Joseph Hardy Peirce, who had been acting as his father’s attorney for many years, died...
Dates:
1831-1834