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Gregory Townsend fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1719-1798.

Reference:

R13240-0-2-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3963373

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Gregory Townsend fonds
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Date(s):

1719-1798.

Place of creation:

Nova Scotia

Added country of publication:

Massachusetts

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of family correspondence (1758-98), including letters during early voyages to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, and letters to his niece Sarah from New York and Halifax after his enforced removal from Massachusetts; together with papers (1719-50) of Rev. Jonathan Townsend (1697-1762), including notations of vital records of Needham, Massachusetts, and sermons (1746-1763) of his son, Rev. Jonathan Townsend (1721-1776), of Medfield, Massachusetts.

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Townsend, Gregory, 1732-1798

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Townsend, Gregory, 1732-1798 : Gregory Townsend was a Loyalist of Boston (Massachusetts) and commissary general in the British Army at Halifax (Nova Scotia).

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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-770.

Source:

Private
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Microfilm reel [R13240] M-9645

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