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Jeremy Belknap papers [textual records (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1637-1891, predominently 1758-1799.

Reference:

R13206-0-3-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3960748

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Jeremy Belknap papers
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Date(s):

1637-1891, predominently 1758-1799.

Place of creation:

Massachusetts

Added country of publication:

Nova Scotia

Extent:

5 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of papers of Jeremy Belknap, Congregational clergyman, historian, and one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He was pastor at the First Church, Dover, N.H., 1767-86; and minister of the Federal Street Church (now the Arlington Street Church), Boston, Mass., from 1787 to his death. Among his historical writings are the History of New Hampshire, The Foresters, and American Biography.

The fonds contains historical papers collected by Belknap, in particular materials related to the Louisbourg Expedition during the French and Indian War, and his contemporary correspondence and papers; sermons and notes (1762-1798); materials on his writings; materials on the Oneida Indians and the Society for Propagating the Gospel among Indians and Others in North America; letters to Belknap in response to his questions relating to the history of slavery in Massachusetts; diaries, many in interleaved almanacs (1758-1798); a letterbook (1768-1788); commonplace books (1766-1798); and miscellaneous papers and small volumes. There is also a meteorological journal (1798), Joseph Belknap's account book (1748-1812), genealogical materials, poetry, an unidentified account book (1829-55), and statistical tables on N.H. towns. Correspondents include scholar and businessman Ebenezer Hazard, John Eliot, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster, and many others. Individuals represented in the historical documents include William Shirley, William Pepperrell, Jeremiah Dummer, and Joseph Dudley.

Library and Archives Canada copied only 5 of the 11 microfilm reels. First, the documents relating to Newfoundland and Acadian collected by Belknap (sections 61A to 61C; reels M-xxxx to M-xxxx). Second, the documents relating to Indian Affairs and rights, 1789-1796 (sectio 161B, p.I & II, reels M-xxxx and M-xxxx).

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 : Congregational clergyman, historian, and one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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(Electronic) Consult the finding aid on the internet website of the Massachussets Historical Society at the following address: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0246 (90: Open)

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General note:

Microfilming of the documents was done in 2005, thanks to financial assistance provided by the Cultural Affairs office of the United States Embassy to Canada.

Location of originals note:

Originals are kept by the Massachusetts Historical Society, call number P-380.

Related material:

See also Louisbourg Expedition records (R13210) and William Pepperrell papers (R13200).

Source:

Private

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2009-00732-8
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Textual records: microform

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Microfilm reel [R13206] M-9611--M-9615

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