Josiah Bartlett family papers, 1710-1931 (bulk 1800-1890).
- 10,000 items. 28 1 containers plus oversize. 17 microfilm reels. 11.6 linear feet.
- Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries and Notebooks, 1737-circa 1865; Series 2: Correspondence, 1710-1931; Series 3: Legal Papers, 1728-1913; Series 4: Financial Papers, circa 1789-circa 1913; Series 5: Speech File, circa 1800-1913; Series 6: Miscellany, 1775-1931; and Series 7: Addition, 1783.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, speeches, notebooks, legal and financial papers, genealogical material, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers reflecting the professional affairs of rural New England physicians and the daily activities and concerns of a rural New England family in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Topics include the War of 1812, national and New Hampshire state politics, Republican and Whig politics in New Hampshire, the Missouri Compromise, slavery, the Seminole War, the Panic of 1837, life in the U.S. Navy, military hospitals during the Civil War, and commerce in New England following the Civil War. Includes an account by an American combatant of the British attack on Fort McHenry and Baltimore, Md., in 1814.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
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Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) physician, jurist, and delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress from, and governor of, New Hampshire; his sons Levi (1763-1828) and Ezra (1770-1848), physicians and jurists, and Josiah (1768-1838), physician and member of Congress; Ezra's son Josiah (1803-1853), physician; and other family members.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003056
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Bartlett family.
United States. Navy. Republican Party (N.H.) Whig Party (N.H.)
Depressions--1836-1837. Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875. Medicine--Practice--New England. Missouri compromise. Seminole Indians--Wars. Slavery--United States.
New England--Commerce. New England--Rural conditions. New England--Social life and customs. New Hampshire--Politics and government. United States--Economic conditions--To 1865. United States--History--War of 1812. United States--History--Hospitals.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Politics and government.
Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress--New Hampshire. Governors--New Hampshire. Jurists. Physicians.