Manuscripts

Orderly books of Ebenezer Thayer, Jr

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Description: Orderly books of Ebenezer Thayer: 1) 1776, Aug. 16 - Nov. 28, Boston and Dorchester, Mass.; 2) 1780, Aug. 20 - Oct. 27, Howland Ferry, Newport, Butt Hill, R.I., and 3) 1786, May 9 - 1791, Apr. 3, Dorchester, Braintree, Roxbury, Mass.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1776-1791.
Call number: mssHM 594
Creator: Thayer, Ebenezer (active 1776-1791)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Also included are "Return of Officers Elected in the First Division, First Brigade of Militia of this Commonwealth, 1789, Aug. 6 - Sept. 3 (ff. 127 v. - 129), and Ebenezer Thayer's letters, reports, and communications addressed to William Heath, 1780, Aug. 11 - Sept. 23
Dimensions: 20 cm :
Associated people: Heath, William, (1737-1814,)
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