Correspondence, indentures, receipts, muster rolls, notebook, and other papers of Meshech Weare and members of the Weare (Ware) family, including his grandfather Nathaniel Weare (1631-1718), his father Nathaniel Weare (1669-1755), his uncle Peter Weare (b. 1660), and Richard Weare (d. 1777). Topics in the papers include Meshech Weare's duties with the New Hampshire militia, superior court, and council; various New Hampshire land grant matters; the 1754 Albany Congress; and Richard Weare's service with the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment during the Revolution at Crown Point and Ticonderoga, N.Y., Exeter and Hampton Falls, N.H., and Portland, Me. Correspondents include Henry Dearborn, Joseph Davenport, Silas Hodges, Nathaniel Peabody, and John Pickering.
Microfilm produced from originals and transcripts in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1985. In part, handwritten transcripts. [S.l.].
Continental Army officer, jurist, legislator, and president of New Hampshire (1784-1785)
Collection material in English.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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Davenport, Joseph--Correspondence. Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 --Correspondence. Hodges, Silas--Correspondence. Peabody, Nathaniel, 1741-1823 --Correspondence. Pickering, John, 1737-1805 --Correspondence. Ware family. Weare, Nathaniel, 1669-1755. Papers of Nathaniel Weare. Weare, Peter, 1660- Papers of Peter Weare. Weare, Richard, -1777. Papers of Richard Weare.
New Hampshire. Governor and Council. New Hampshire. Militia. New Hampshire. Superior Court of Judicature. United States. Continental Army. New Hampshire Regiment, 3rd
Albany Congress Albany, N.Y.) (1754 :
Land grants--New Hampshire.
Crown Point (N.Y.)--History. Exeter (N.H.)--History. Hampton Falls (N.H. : Town)--History Maine--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. New Hampshire--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. New Hampshire--Politics and government. New York (State)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Portland (Me.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Ticonderoga (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. United States--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Army officers. Jurists. Legislators--New Hampshire. Presidents--New Hampshire.