Title: Josiah Bartlett of Lee, NH, Papers, 1812-1869
Creator: Bartlett, Josiah, 1787-1860
Accession / Call Number: 1993.038
Object ID: 1993-038
Date: 1812-1869
Physical Description: 1 box ; approximately 436 items
Level of Description: Collection
Scope and Content: The Josiah Bartlett of Lee, NH, Papers, 1812-1869, include bounty and forage accounts, orders for shoes and cockades, papers from the War of 1812, and town papers while he was surveyor, tax collector, county treasurer, etc. Bartlett's War of 1812 papers reflect his positions as quartermaster and recruiter; provide accounts for journeys from Concord, NH, to Portsmouth, NH, carrying messages for Colonel Moody Bedel and Nathaniel Gilman; and provide names and amounts paid as bounties and for forage in Concord. Also included are orders for coats and shoes and cockades, etc. as well as pay slips for Bartlett and a servant. Correspondents include: Moody Bedel, George Packer, Timothy Upham, Timothy Dix, Philip and Obadiah Carrigain, Samuel Gile, Bradbury Bartlett, George W. Rogers, Benjamin Thompson, Zenas Wheeler, Daniel Greenleaf, and many more. The town records include non-resident property inventories for 1820, documentation of a dispute with the town of Deerfield, and documents regarding paupers support.
Arrangment: The materials in this collection are organized into three series: Series I. War of 1812 Series II. Civic Activities - Strafford County Series III. Family Papers
Subjects:
Poverty,
Taxation,
Courts,
United States--History--War of 1812
Locations: Lee, NH
People:
Carrigain, Philip, 1772-1842,
Bartlett, Josiah, 1787-1860,
Nealley, Edward B.,
Bedel, Moody, 1764-1841
Organizations:
Bartlett family,
New Hampshire. Militia. Regiment, 11th,
New Hampshire. Militia. Regiment, 21st
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara Whalen in 1993.
Location Code: TL/1W
Restrictions: Available for research.
Preferred Citation: Josiah Bartlett of Lee, NH, Papers, 1993.038. New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date accessed.