Large archive of material relating to the Clarke family of Kingstown, Rhode Island

V.p., v.d. 1740-1950. Impressive archive from an important early Washington County family--the Clarkes--and their relatives, including approximately 270 pages of documents, correspondence, deeds, commissions, wills, etc., plus approx. 540 photographs (1880-1950), plus approx. 60 pages of printed matter and news clippings. Overall good to fine condition. The site of the family farm in South Kingstown was the locale of the Great Swamp Fight of 1675, an Indian battle of King Philip's War which wiped out all but about one hundred Narragansetts. Deeds are included for portions of this land as well as many other parcels of the family holdings. This collection also includes the genealogy of the family including a nine-page typescript by an unidentified author, circa 1930. There are Clarke, Hazard, Hull, Brenton, and Lynch papers in this collection, representing intermarried families. Another highlight is Civil War letters written by a Rhode Island soldier who adopted an alias after deserting and joining a Missouri regiment! The collection also includes a dye log book from an early Rhode Island textile mill. The Clarke family was in Newport by 1638, and the earliest papers are from Gideon Clarke (1738-1817) who lived in South Kingstown. His son, John Gideon Clarke (1777-1868), married Almira D. Hull. Their daughter, Almira Hull, married Frank C. Lynch and one of their children was Frances Lynch, born 1903. Thomas B. Lynch was a sea captain. John G. and Almira's son, John Gideon Clarke (1824-1891), married Harriet Maria Hazard and lived in South Kingstown. The several John G. Clarkes were very active in town affairs and held many offices. John G. Clarke is mentioned in A History of Kingston, Rhode Island as being a vice president of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society. The Clarkes are also connected (probably through Jeremy Clarke of Newport) to the Brenton family who were among the original settlers of Newport in 1637. The Brentons were prominent and their descendants are related to both Governor Samuel Cranston and to Roger Williams. The Brenton family was Loyalist during the American Revolution, and some family members fled to England and Nova Scotia. Hazard relatives include Thomas Robinson Hazard (1797-1886), the second son of Rowland Hazard I (1763-1835), and Mary Peace Hazard. He was raised in South Kingstown as a Quaker, and spent three years in a Quaker school in Westtown, Pennsylvania, from 1808 to 1811. He began his adult life in the textile industry, first in his father's mill in South Kingstown, and then after 1821 on his own account. He also farmed and raised sheep, which earned him the nickname "Shepherd Tom." In 1838, he had amassed a sufficient fortune to enter a state of quasi-retirement at his estate in Portsmouth which he named "Vaucluse". In his later years, he was a frequently published author on topics as diverse as capital punishment, local history, African colonization, and sheep raising; he acted as a civic advocate for the poor and mentally ill. Among his books was a collection of political essays titled Facts for the Laboring Man by a Laboring Man (1840); A Family Medical Instructor: Civil and Religious Persecution in the State of New York (1876); and a collection of South Kingstown folklore entitled The Jonny-Cake Papers (1888, reprinted 1915). However, his primary interest was the Spiritualist movement. After the death of his wife, he wrote countless newspaper articles on spiritualism, and held frequent seances at Vaucluse. Hazard married Frances Minturn (1812-1854), daughter of Jonas Minturn of New York, in 1838. Included in the archive: Conveyance of Proprietor's Lot of James Brenton of Pettasquamscutt to his children, April 20, 1743. Signed by Thomas Hazard, Town Clerk. Docketed 1745. 12.5 x16 in. Folded in half, 6pp. Edges slightly frayed, folds, browned. Few small water spots. Bright, legible. Deed of James Wells of Westerly to John Whitehorne of Newport for farm in South Kingstown . February 14, 1755. Signed by James Wells, Mary Wells, John Albro, J.P., seals. Witnessed. 13 x 15 in. folded in half. 2pp. One quarter section missing. Folds, browned. Docketed. Agreement between H. John Overing and Gideon Clarke for sale of two farms "now in possession of James Whitehorne." November 2, 1773. Signed by H. John Overing and Gideon Clarke. Verso "the above sums are settled and provided in the deeds". 7.75 x 12.5 in. 1pp. Verso notes. Folds, browned, slight tears at folds. Deed Henry John Overing to Gideon Clarke. Whitehorne Farm, South Kingston, March 25, 1774, signed by H. John Overing, Mary Overing, two witnesses, seals. 12.25 x14 in., folded in half, 3 pp., docketed on verso. Browned, folds, fine. Deed of Gideon Clarke to son Silas Clarke six acres in South Kingstown. August 26, 1792. Signed by Gideon Clarke red wax seal. Witnessed. Isaac Tanner, J.P. Docketed & recorded on verso. James Helme, Town Clerk. Sheet 7.75 x13 in. 1 p. Folds, browned. Deed of Ephraim Browning to Gideon Clarke, land in Franklin, Connecticut. June 17, 1796. Silas Hartshorn, J.P. Sheet 15.5 x 13 in. Folded in half. 2 pp. Docketed on verso. Folds, browned. Small bite from edge, few words lost. Deed Ephraim Browning to Gideon Clarke, land in Franklin, Connecticut. June 17, 1796. Signed by Ephraim Browning, seal. Witnessed. Signed by Silas Hathaway, J.P., Eli Hyde, Registrar. 8.25 x 13 in. Uneven edges, folds, browned, slight tears at folds. Docketed on verso. Deed from father Gideon Clarke to John G. Clarke fifteen acres in South Kingstown. April 15, 1799. Signed Gideon Clarke, red wax seal. Witnessed. Samuel Helme, J.P. Docketed & recorded on verso. James Helme, Town Clerk. Sheet 8.25 x 13 in. 1 p. Folds, slight tears at folds, brown spot. Deed of Silas Clarke to Gideon Clarke, five acres in South Kingstown, April 4, 1806. Signed by Silas Clarke, witnesses. Docketed in Richmond, John Stanton, J.P. Sheet 7.5 x 12. 5 in. 2 pp. Folds, browned. Deed of Ann Oliphant to Rachel Brenton for land and house in Newport. April 6, 1810. Signed by Ann Oliphant, Elizabeth Bliss, seals. Witnessed. Verso docketed signed by Robert Rogers, J.P., Jonathan Almy, Town Clerk. Printed, filled form, 1 p. 13.5 x 16.5 in. Folds, browning, uneven edges. Bright. Deed of Levi Bradford to John G. Clarke eight and one half acres in South Kingstown. November 18, 1812. Signed by Levi Bradford, Mary Bradford, John G. Clarke, seals. Silas Brown, Town Clerk. Docketed on verso. Sheet 13. 5 x 17 in. 2 pp. Folded in half. Browned, folds. Deed of Prince Robinson ("a man of colour") to John G. Clarke for half an acre in South Kingstown. February 6, 1817. Signed with mark by Prince Robinson and Nabby Robinson. 9.5 x16 in. Folded in half, 2 pp. Jesse Champlin, J.P. recorded. Brown spots, slight tears at folds. Deed of William Greenman to William Hazard five acres north of Kingston village. January 8, 1856. Signed by William Greenman, Sarah Greenman (seals), E.R Potter, J.P. Docketed & recorded. 14 x16.5 in. Folded in half, blue printed filled form. 3pp. Mortgage Deed of George W. Prentice & wife to The Providence Institution for Savings for lot on Waterman Street. July 8, 1870. Signed by Geo. W. Prentice, Maria L. Prentice. 14 x17 in. 2 pp. Docketed, recorded, revenue stamp. Fine. Deed of Moses Willcox to John G. Clark of several tracts in South Kingstown. September 13, 1872. Signed by Moses Wilcox, Maria Wilcox. Printed filled form. Witnessed. Docketed on verso, John G. Perry, Town Clerk. Sheet 11.5 x 17 in. 1 p. browned, folds. Promissory note of Samuel Clarke of Charlestown, R.I,, to General Treasurer for bills of credit. March 18, 1741/2. Signed by Samuel Clark, witnessed. 6.25 x 8.5 in. 1 p. printed, filled form. Folds, uneven edges slight foxing, fading. Military Commission to John G. Clarke, Ensign of Third Company of South Kingstown Infantry. June 18, 1799. Signed by Arthur Fenner, Governor and Commander in Chief, Samuel Eddy, Secretary. Filled form, docketed. 8 x13 in., 1 p.  Folds, browned. Indenture of lease. (Draft?).George P. Hazard of South Kingstown and William Hazard of Newport . July 26, 1836. 7.75 x 12.5 in. 2 pp. Browned. Fine. Will of Abigail Handy of Newport . September 22, 1808. Signed by Abigail Handy, three witnesses. Recorded, Jonathan Almy, probate clerk.13.25 x 16.5, folded in half. 3 pp. Folds, water spots, tear at fold, small holes, on p. 3. Court Document naming Elizabeth C. Brenton, executrix of Benjamin Brenton's will. April 5, 1830. Signed Benjamin B. Howland, probate Clerk. Recorded Newport, April 8, 1830. Includes orig. copy of Benjamin Brenton's will. February 3, 1825. Seal with green ribbon. 15 x 18 in. 4 pp. Folds, overall fine. Justice of the Peace Commission to Gideon Clarke. Signed by Arthur Fenner, Governor. May 7, 1796. Filled form, signed Henry Ward, Secretary. State Seal. 12.5 x14 in. 1p. Folded in half, docketed, witnessed, on verso by W. Hammond, J.P., South Kingstown. Commission of John G. Clark to Justice of the Peace, South Kingstown . May 10, 1802. Signed by Arthur Fenner, Samuel Eddy, Secretary. Printed filled form. Docketed on verso, signed by Robert Stanton, J.P. Sheet 7.5 x12 in. 1p. Folds, browned. Commission of "John Clark (son of Gideon)" to Justice of the Peace, South Kingstown. May 7, 1801. Signed by Arthur Fenner, Samuel Eddy, Secretary. Printed filled form. Docketed on verso, witnessed by Samuel Gardner, J.P.  Sheet 7.5 x 12 in. 1 p. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clark to Captain, Third Company of Infantry, South Kingstown. June 28, 1802. Signed by Arthur Fenner, Samuel Eddy, Secretary. Printed filled form. 1 p. State seal. Docketed on verso. J.P. Sheet 7.5 x 12 in. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clark to Justice of the Peace, South Kingstown. May 9, 1836. Signed by John Brown Francis, Governor, Henry Bowen, Secretary. State seal. Witnessed on verso by Thomas R. Wells, Clerk. Docketed. Sheet 7.5 x 12 in. 1 p. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clark to Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County. May 9, 1831. Signed by Lemuel H. Arnold, Governor, Henry Bowen, Secretary. State seal. Witnessed on verso by Matthew Waite, J.P. Docketed. Sheet 7.5 x 12 in. 1 p. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clark to Justice of the Peace, South Kingstown. May 9, 1831. Signed by Lemuel H. Arnold, Governor, Henry Bowen, Secretary. State seal. Witnessed on verso by Matthew Waite, Clerk. Docketed. Sheet 7.5 x 12 in. 1 p. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clark to to Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County. August 10, 1832. Signed by Lemuel H. Arnold, Governor, Henry Bowen, Secretary. State seal. Witnessed on verso by Esbon Sanford, J.P. Docketed. Sheet 7.5 x 12 in. Folds, browned. (2 orig. copies). Commission of John G. Clark to Lieutenant, Third Company of Infantry, South Kingstown. June 19, 1824. Signed by Arthur Fenner, Samuel Eddy, Secretary. Printed filled form. State seal. Docketed on verso. Sheet 7.5 x 12 in. Folds, browned. Sale of Pew #14 in Presbyterian Society to Thomas R. Wells. April 17, 1822. Signed by Thomas R. Wells, Treasurer. Witnessed. Docketed.  Sheet 8 x 13 in. Promissory note signed by John G. Clarke to pay son Latham Clarke $23. June 18, 1844. 2.25 x 8in. Folds, end piece separated. browned.   Receipt of Rebecca Browning to brother John G. Clarke for inheritance. November 24,1817. Signed by Rebecca Browning, Ephraim Browning, witness Anna Clark. Sheet 8.25 x 13 in. Docketed, recorded. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clarke to Justice of the Peace, South Kingstown . June 5, 1880. Signed Alfred H. Littlefield, Governor. Joshua M. Adderman, Secretary of State. Printed, engraved, filled form. Witnessed on verso Robert Thompson, J.P.  Sheet 8.5 x 14 in. Folds, signature bleed through, otherwise fine. Commission of John G. Clarke to Clerk of the Supreme Court, Washington County. June 2, 1873. Signed by Henry Howard, Governor, Joshua M. Adderman, Secretary of State.  Printed, engraved, filled form. Witnessed on verso E.R. Potter. Docketed. Sheet 8.5 x 14 in. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clarke to Notary Public. June 1, 1875. Signed (stamped?) by Henry Lippitt, Governor. Joshua M. Adderman, Secretary of State. Printed, engraved, filled form. Witnessed on verso by J. Henry Wells, Notary Public. Sheet 8.5 x 14 in. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clarke to Clerk of the Supreme Court, Washington County .June 18, 1877. Signed by Chas. C. Van Zandt, Governor. Joshua M. Adderman, Secretary of State. Gold state seal. Witnessed on verso by Robert Thompson, J.P. Printed, engraved, filled form. Sheet 8.5 x 14 in. Folds, browned. Commission of John G. Clarke to Clerk of the Supreme Court, Washington County. June 22, 1874. Signed by Henry Howard, Governor. Joshua M. Adderman, Secretary of State. Gold state seal. Witnessed on verso by E.R. Potter, Justice Superior Court. Printed, engraved, filled form. Sheet 8.5 x 14 in. Folds, browned. Masonic Lodge Admittance Certificate of Isaac Page. Royal Naval Lodge of Independence. Wapping, London, March 26, 1803. Sealed. Signed Wm. White, Grand Secretary. Engraved filled form, vellum with illus. of Grecian columns, trumpeting angel, maternal figure with three babes. Br. I. Cole, sculp. Sheet 10.25 x 13 in. Folds, lightly foxed, otherwise fine. Harriet M. Brenton's Poetry Scrapbook. 1828-1830. Bound leatherette with gilt decoration. News clippings pasted in. 6.5 x 8 in.  Approx. 41 pp. Ink. Few pages loose, overall fine. Harriet M. Brenton kept this scrapbook collection of appealing lithographs from newspapers combined with sentimental poetry gathered from various sources. A few titles are "Oh Gaze on Me", "Pity", "the Tear", "Modesty" and several Shakespearean sonnets. A fine example of an educated lady's leisure pursuits. Hull Family genealogical papers. 1823-1889. Approx. 15 pp. 5 x 8 in. to 8.5 x 15 in. Ink, legible. Few tears at folds, browned. The Hulls (Joseph, Tristram, Joseph) were of England, Kingstown, Rhode Island and Stonington, Connecticut. These papers include genealogies from various writers and time periods as well as an original will of Desire Hull of North Stonington from July 23, 1823. A.L.S. from "M.L.B." to Gertrude A. Parker, (care of E.W. Dunham, merchant) New York. Per Packet Avon (?). 10 x 16 in. Folded in half, 4 pp. with integral address. Closely cross written. Folds, slight tears at folds. Small hole at seal. Newsy letter from a traveler in Europe . "By the by we drunk tea at the James...in the American style all round the table. I was surprised as she appeared to be quite frugal (?) foreign (?) in all her portions..." Clarke, Latham H. "Memorandum of remarkable events Commencing January 1, 1841 by Latham H. Clarke. S. Kingston , R.I." 1841-1843. Notebook, wallpaper (beige and blue leaf and dots) cover. Ink & pencil. 4 x 6.25 in.  7 pp. One corner of cover lacking, otherwise fine. Includes some vital records, "March 8, 1841, Mrs. Hubbard died at Stonington " and a description of the Great Comet of 1843. Also some weather notes. History of England. Author ink. Notebook, wallpaper cover (blue, red, white, green, border). 5 x8 in., approx 6pp. Ink, legible. Browned, edges slightly crumbled. Notes of events from English history. Chronologically arranged from "A.C. (sic) 55. Caesar landed at..." to 1701 "Ann, daughter of James 2nd".  Possibly a student notebook. Lynch, Thomas. A.L.S. to wife Jane in Peace Dale , R.I. Elizabethport, New Jersey . October 17. 1870. 6 x 8 in., folded in half. With stamped cover. 2 pp. Fine. "I came in to day and shal get loaded in two or three days Wee had a long Paseg on hed winds all the way...I was going to geet sum cabage hear but they ask two much for then soo I shant geet them." Lynch, Thomas. A.L.S. to wife Jane in Peace Dale, R.I. New Bedford, Mass. July 13, 1885. 8 x 10 in., folded in half. With stamped cover. Blue pencil, lined paper. 2 pp. Fine. Lynch, Thomas. A.L.S. to wife Jane in Peace Dale, R.I. November 18, 1881. With cover postmarked "Arenas Puntal". 8.5 x 10 in. Folded in half, 4 pp. Browned, Fine. Notes severe gales and the loss of the "Wandrer in the Finchem Islands all hands saved by the skin of tharr teath," also the loss of his own mainsail. Lynch, Thomas. A.L.S. to wife Jane in Peace Dale , R.I. October 6, 1881. With cover. 8 x 10 in., 4 pp. Folds, fine. Mentions he will go "to the Seal Rocks I have goot some fine skins under salt but can not go to Sandy Point to ship them." He describes how he saved some men off the rock who had no fire for twenty days in the winter and could not walk or stand when he found them. Mentions the loss of some teeth from scurvy and how he will have a carpenter make some out of hickory for him. Hazard, R. A.L.S. to Capt. Thomas B. Lynch. Providence, December 23, 1882. 8 x 10, folded in half with cover. 1 p. Bright, fine. Sends a rifle as a Christmas present. "It is a heavy weapon but I hope suited to your needs in your far away voyages." Lynch, Jane. A.L.S. to husband Thomas. Peace Dale. July 23, 1895. No cover. 8 x10 in. Folded in half, 3 pp. Folds, slight fading. Writes of going down to pier and wishes she could sail with him. Son Frank fell over a wall while huckleberrying. Sam (?) A.L.S. to cousin Frances Lynch of West Kingston. Roxbury School, Cheshire, Connecticut. September, 1927. 7.25 x 10 in. Folded in half, with stamped cover. 4 pp. Folds, fine. Talks of getting into college and how "Roxbury is a school to get attitudes for Yale." R.B. (Brenton?) to cousin Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, Elams Ville, Wickford. Newport, September 18, 1819. Sheet 10 x16 in. folded in half. Integral address. 4 pp. Browned, lightly foxed, slight tears at folds, piece out of seal. Satire about a "doleful voyage" in poetical form--mentions Gov. Dyer. Note on verso; "I thought you would like to possess this farsical (political?) effusion of your sister....in haste, Rebecca." W.E.S. (?), alias Lewis Perrin. A.L.S. (4 & fragment) to "Mother". Helena ( Arkansas ?), Cairo, Carthage, Illinois, Yazoo River, Ms. 1862-1864. 8 pp. most 6 x 8 in. Ink, slight fading, no covers. Fascinating set of Civil War letters from a soldier who apparently deserted his initial regiment and then re-enlisted under the alias "Lewis Perrin". "Give my love to Mary and her young shoemaker, and her husband and tell him he had better stay at home and let the war go to the devel". "June 19. I am still in Cairo but I am goin in the gun boat Genrl Braggs the one we tuck from the Rebbels at Memphis we shall leave hear in a  few days to join the flotiler." "Dec 22. We expect to attact Vixburg prity soon I don't believe that their will be much of a fight...write me all the news and tell me if eny body is kiled or hurt in the 2nd Redgment George you and Tom better stay at home I am about plaid out." W.E.S. is likely William E. Smith, born 1839, who is found in the 1860 census in Peace Dale in a boarding house his parents own. Also in the house is Capt. Thomas Lynch. According to clues in his letters, he may have originally been enlisted in the Rhode Island 2nd Infantry, the same regiment as Sullivan Ballou, before deserting and joining up with a regiment from Missouri. Marriage Certificate of Frank Osborne Lynch and Almira Hull Clarke. June 28, 1900. West Kingston, R.I. Printed, engraved filled form. 8.5 x 11 in. with cover. Fine.   Lynch, Frank Osborne. A.L.S. to Mrs. Lynch, Peace Dale, R.I. Lenox, Mass., August, 1903. 5.5 x 9 in. 6 pp. with stamped cover. Lynch writes from a sanitarium or hospital in Lenox. He is suffering from an illness (consumption?) which proves fatal two weeks later. Gough, Tom. A.L.S. to Mrs. Myra H.C. Lynch in West Kingston. Peace Dale , R.I. April 23, 1935. Sheet 7 x11 in. folded in half. 4 pp. Typed with cover, stamp removed. Covers a few generations of the Lynch ancestry. Mills, John M. A.L.S. to Rev. Frederick Lynch in New York. "Three Acres" Bethlehem, New Hampshire. August 23, n.y. 6.5 x 10 in. Folded in half, no cover. 1 p. refers to Irish Lynches. Frank Osborne Lynch. Lecturer. Printed brochure, 1902. 7.75 x 11in. Folded in half. 4 pp. Folds, penciled corrections. Browned. Descriptions of lectures to be given by Lynch: The South Polar regions, Tierra del Fuego, The Holy Land, How the Other Half Lives. Will of Almira H.C. Lynch. August 24, 1951. West Kingston , R.I. Typed, signed. Witnessed. Blue cover and printed envelope. 8.5 x 13 in. 2 pp. Leaves Cold Brook Farm to children. Dye Log and Formula Book. Ca. 1830s (?). Unk. 4 x 10.5 in. 12 pp. Blue paper, hand sewn folded paper cover. Some pages half cut out. Title missing from outside cover. Legible. A wonderful old recipe book for cloth dyes. Small samples of wool had been affixed to the several dozen recipes but most are missing now. The recipes are very legible. "japan ink. 4oz. logwood in 6 quarts water boil. 1 hour strain and make it into 5 quarts while hot add 20 oz Bruised ... galls 4 oz sulphate iron, etc." Photographs. 4 folders. 540 total. (Folder 1) 75 photos, portaits, houses. Carte de Visites, snapshots, studio portraits. 1890s-1930s (?) Sizes range from 1.5 x 2.5 in to 5 x 8 in. About 17 named on back including Norman and Frances Lynch, Valerie Lynch, Jeanette Titus, Cold Brook Farm in Richmond, William A. Parker, Roger Arnold, Sally Thompson Balch, Harriet B. Clarke. Some buildings in Montevideo . (Folder 2) 110 snapshots. Sepia & black & white. Mostly Lynch Family (?). 1890s-1940s. Bulk 1910 through 1930s. Most 3.5 x 4.5 in. Includes two photo business cards from Greywood Guest house in Narragansett, R.I. Miss Frances Lynch. (Folder 3) 200 photos. 1880s- Clarke family (?), Lynch family; some identified Frances Lynch. Varying sizes many portrait photo postcards. Includes the house at Coginaquant, "Uncle Latham and Aunt Aida", "Old House at Shannock Hill", "End of the Year Festival 1924 at Rhode Island School of Design". Ten 8x10s appear to be enlargements of smaller earlier photos. (Folder 4) 155 photos, most snapshots. Lynch family, relatives & friends, mostly unidentified. 1880s-1968. Sepia tones to color. One batch labelled "Cold Brook Farm". Large mounted portrait of "Pinkie" to Aunt Ethel. November, 1934. Newspapers, clippings, misc. printed matter: (1) Rhode Island and Country Journal and Independent Inquirer. November 8, 1844, No. 45. 4 pp. Folds, browned, tears at folds. (2) The Country gentleman. Albany, N.Y. July 16, 1857, whole no. 237. pg.s 41-56. Folds, browned, very good. (3) The Evening Bulletin. Providence. November 27, 1867. 4 pp. Folds, browned, tears at folds. (4) The new England Almanack. 1814. New London, printed by Samuel Green. 4.25 x 6.5 in. disbound. 26 pp. Browned, edges frayed. (5) Narragansett Times and Washington County Advertiser. Wakefield, April 21, 1871. Vol. VII, No. 39. 4 pp. Very good. (6) National Tribune. Washington, D.C. March 19, 1908. Whole no. 1388. 4 pp. Well browned. Wear at folds. (7) Clippings from various newspapers, approx 12, Graduation program from Rhode Island School of Design, 1926, South Kingston High School program, June 27, 1890. M.B. (Brown?) A.L.S. to Mrs. Margaret Champlin in Newport, R.I. Mount Pleasant, Little Rest, R.I.  February 16, 1816. 9.75 x 16 in. Folded in half, 4 pp. Integral address. Browned, tears at fold, hole at wax seal. Discusses aspects of the Baptist religion and a friend "Miss W-M- is so far advanced to that happy state that I wish every mortal to enjoy, & may the good spirit never leave...I very much approbate her proposal to admit the blacks, a great proof of the sincerity of her profession & humility, the best trait in a Christian." Crandall, George F. Demand of Nancy Hazard for inheritance rights in the estate of her late husband John Alfred Hazard. Office of Oliver and Hazard Stevens, Attorneys, Boston . August 31, 1880. Printed signed (Nancy Hazard) form. 8.5 x 14 in. 2 pp. with cover addressed to William Hazard, Esq., South Kingston, R.I. Stamps removed. Deed of Job W. Watson to William Hazard for three acres in South Kingston. April 13, 1855. Signed, sealed, Job and Phoebe Watson. Witnessed. 13 x 15.5 in. Blue paper, folds, 2 pp. Docketed. (RHODE ISLAND). Bristol County, Mass. Signed, sealed Christopher and Zara Comstock. Recorded. 13 x 16 in. folded in half, 3 pp. Folds, fine. Deed of William T. Slocum et al to William Hazard for lot in Newport. February 23, 1833. Signed by twelve persons, William S. Nichols, Atty. Signed for others. 13 x 15 in, folded in half, 3 pp. docketed. Slightly browned, separated at edge. Deed of Thomas R. Hazard of Portsmouth to William Hazard of South Kingstown two tracts in North Kingstown. November 30, 1841. Sheet 11.5 x 17 in. Printed, filled form. Signed, sealed by Thomas R. and Fanny Hazard, Benj. H. Howland, J.P. Docketed. Browned, edges slightly frayed.   Deed of Rouse R. Clarke of Northbridge, Massachusetts, a tract in South Kingstown to William Hazard. January 1, 1857. Sheet 7.75 x 13in. 1 p. Blue paper. Signed, sealed Rouse R. Clarke. Docketed. Witnessed John R. Capron, Notary. Folds. Indenture of lease of George P. Hazard to William Hazard to farm land in South Kingstown. September 14, 1838. Sheet 12 x 15in. folded in half. 3 pp. Signed, sealed by George P. Hazard, William Hazard. Witnessed. Folds, browned, few small wormholes. Deed of Thomas Slocum of New York City to Thomas G. Hazard of Newport a two acre lot in Newport. April 21, 1831. Signed, sealed by Thomas S. and Mary N. Slocum. Filled, printed form. 13.5 x 17 in. Verso witnessed, signed. Inventory of William Hazard of South Kingstown, deceased. West Kingston, R.I. March 25, 1892. Signed by three appraisers. Mrs. Harriet H. Clarke, administratrix. 12 x 17 in. folded in half, printed lined paper. 1p., docketed. Attached is a 5 x8 in. form signed by H.B. Perry, probate clerk recording same. Brenton, S. S. A.L.S. to Harriet M. Brenton of Newport. Grand Isle, Vermont. June 15, no year. Sheet 8 x 12.5 in. Folded with integral address. 4 pp. Browned, folds, hole at seal. Darrow family left for Canada, Marvilla has consumption, will sell share in house. Also includes note to "Dear Aunt" news of family and friends. Mrs. Brenton. A.L.S. to daughter Eliza Brenton, care of Mrs. Greenleaf in Bristol. n.d. 1820s (?). Newport. 10 x 16 in., folded in half, 3 pp., with integral address. Bottom third separated. Browned. Had the cholera morbus, speaks of Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Champlin, says she will help her move. R.B. (Brenton?) A.L.S. to Harriet Brenton. Newport, October 4, 1825. 9.5 x 16 in. Folded in half with integral address. 3 pp. Folds, browned, slight tear at fold. Includes Mrs. A.R. Ellery's Soliloquey on the Marriage of her daughter Miss Martha Ellery. (Clarke), Latham. A.L.S. to Harriet Clarke. West Kingston, July 20, 1891. Sheet 4.5 x 7.25 in., 2 pp. pencil. No cover, Fine. Child's letter with penciled drawings. (Clarke), Latham. A.L.S. to Myra Clarke. West Kingston , March 7, 1891. Sheet 5 x 6.5 in., 1 p. ink. No cover, Fine. Child's letter. (Clarke), Harriet. A.L.S. to Myra Clarke. West Kingston, 189-. With integral note from "Mother". 6 x 9.25 in., 6pp., no cover. Ink. Fine. News from home, visit to Catholic church.   Clarke, Latham. A.L.S. to Myra and Hattie (Clarke). July 15, 1890. With note from Mother. Sheet 7.75 x 9.75 in., 5pp. no cover. Folds, ink. fine. Mowing the grass for hay. Misses them. Mother writes of dresses, visiting Mrs. Carpenter, warns about food in hot weather. Hoxsie, William S. A.L.S. to John G. Clarke. Richmond, R.I., 1864 (?). Sheet, Pink lined paper, 8 x 10 in. Folded in half, 3 pp., no cover. Ink, slightly faded. Wants wood, will settle up. (Hazard?) Hattie. A.L.S. to "Dear Lizzie". No date. 4 x 6.25 in., 6 pp. No cover. Light pencil. Went to New York, asks about cousin Henderson. R.B. (Brenton "Mother"). A.L.S. to Eliza Brenton in Bristol. South Kingstown, October 15, 1815. Sheet 8 x 13 in, 4 pp. folded in half, with integral address. Folds, tear at seal, bottom quarter missing, no apparent loss. Unless she comes to leave at home, will have to hire a housekeeper. Death of Mrs. Newman, poem "Bewailing my own Inconstancy". Allen, Irad (?). A.L.S. to Eliza R. Brenton in Newport. North Hero, June 24, 1827. Sheet 8 x 12.5 in. with integral address, 1 p. Browned, tears, piece missing, few words lost. Introduces himself as her mother's (second husband?) and invites her to come visit. Hoxsie, William S. A.L.S. to John G. Clarke in South Kingstown. No date. Sheet 8 x 10 in., 2 pp., with cover, top torn off. Wants to settle up. "Cousin." A.L. to John G. Clarke, Griswold, Dec. 24, 1849. 4.75 x 7 in., folded in half, no cover. 3 pp. Ink, fine. Note in rhyme included with a Christmas gift of slippers. Hazard, Harriet M. A.L.S. to "Dear Sister". April 2, 1851. 7.5 x 8.5 in, 2 pp., blue paper, no cover. Ink, fine. Have 42 chickens and another hen, "Nancy told us about a little girl who was bitten by a cat and now can climb anywhere a cat can and cannot talk since she was bitten." [!] Receipt. John G. Clarke. Feb. 17, 1881. 5 x 8 in. 1 p. Folds, ink. Oliver A. Briggs pay. Deed of G.B. Perry of Philadelphia to John G. Clarke for lot in Stonington, Illinois. May 26, 1837. Signed by G.B. Perry, witnessed. Signed by Thomas Moffett, J.P. and Benjamin Talbot in Illinois. 7.75 x12 in., 3 pp. Browned, folds. Will of Gideon Clarke. May 21, 1816. Signed with wax seal by Gideon Clarke. 10 x 15.25 in. folded in half. 4 pp. with cover. Witnessed by Silas Brown, town clerk of South Kingstown, and three others. Deed of John G. Clarke to John G. Clarke, Jr. for twenty acres in South Kingstown. October 5, 1858. Printed filled form signed by John P. Clarke and two witnesses. Docketed, and recorded on verso by John G. Perry, town clerk. 7.5 x 13 in., 2 pp. Deed of Albert G. Wilcox et ux to John G. Clarke for three tracts in South Kingstown. Newport, March 19, 1879, printed, filled form. Signed, sealed, by Albert and Priscilla Wilcox, James and Sarah Ann Bannister, Henry N. Ward, Notary.14 x 16 in, folded in half, 3 pp. Inventory of the Estate of the Hon. John G. Clarke, late of South Kingstown , by Harriet H. Clarke. January 26, 1892. Printed, filled form. 11 x 17 in., folded in half, 3 pp. Signed by appraisers Jesse Watson, Henry E. Tabor,  John A. Woodmansee. Fine. Trust for the Children of Harriet Clarke under Item 5 of will of Mary E. Hazard in account with the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. Providence, August 1, 1899. Signed by Samuel R. Dorrance, V.P. Sheet 14 x17 in., lined paper folded in half. 2 pp. Fine. Indenture of Lease Thomas R. Hazard of Portsmouth to William Hazard. December 19, 1843. 9.5 x 16 in. 6 pp. Signed by Thomas R and William Hazard. Seals, witnessed. Ink, bound with ribbon at top, seal. Fine. Ten year lease for two parcels in South Kingstown to be paid for with three thousand pounds of pork per year. Item #56178

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