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Nathaniel Pettit collection [textual record]

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Date:

1639-1882.

Reference:

R3681-0-8-E, MG23-HII18

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102537

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Nathaniel Pettit collection
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Date(s):

1639-1882.

Place of creation:

Massachusetts

Extent:

0.8 cm of textual records (36 p.) : photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of petitions, memorials, correspondence and land grants of Nathaniel Pettit, 1776-1846, including orders and instructions for the recruitment of loyalists, 1776; a copy of a petition by John Wheelwright and others of Exeter, Mass., 1639, with genealogical notes, 1639-1880; and an obituary notice for Laurence Lawrason, 1803-1882.

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Pettit, Nathaniel, 1724-1803

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Pettit, Nathaniel, 1724-1803 : Nathaniel Pettit was named a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1766. In 1776, he raised a loyalist unit, in co-operation with Col. Joseph Barton. He served three years in the Legislative Assembly of New Jersey, and 1792-1796 in that of Upper Canada.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive list of documents which includes date, name of author, subject and the number of pages of each document. MSS0402 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001470.pdf

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General note:

Photocopies made from originals in the National Archives of Canada, the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives, and other locations, gathered over a period of years by Miss Pearl Wilson of Chatham, Ont., and received from her in 1962.
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Land grants, [1776-1846] Nathaniel Pettit, 1639,1776-1846,1882

United Empire loyalists - Recruiting, 1776 John Wheelwright,1639

Obituaries, 1882 Exeter,(Mass.), 1639-1880

Exeter(Mass.) - Genealogy, 1639-1880 Laurence Lawrason, 1803-1882

Nathaniel Pettit - Correspondence, [1776-1846]

Petitions, Right of, 1639,[1776-1846]

Memorials, [1776-1846]
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Private

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MG23-HII18
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG23 H II 18] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 402] 43

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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