After my parents passed away I ended up with old family documents stuck in drawers, chests and boxes. I have been organizing them and preserving the most historically interesting ones in archival folders and fireproof safes. In some of my blog posts I have included documents related to the person I was writing about. But there are additional miscellaneous documents and I thought it would be fun to share a few of them. I’ll add to it as more documents of interest come to light.

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1737 Personal note presumably written by Ruth Curtis Miller (1693-1742) to “brother and sister Curtis”

 

 

 

1784 financial accounting by Nathan Miller of rum, supplies for making barrels, shingles, sugar, etc. He may well have been doing this on behalf of the Rhode Island militia.

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1760 Newport Mercury
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1785 Purchase by Nathan Miller of 1/3 interest in a sloop

 

 

1762 Nathan Miller’s Will, proved 1790

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1811 Appointment of Joseph Smith as Justice

 

 

1795 This document appears to give permission to shipowner Caleb Eddy to trade in Norway and Denmark but I need to get it translated

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1800 Certificate insuring the Schooner “Nancy Wright” on a voyage from Bristol to Havana and back

 

 

1884 Greeting to Elizabeth Eddy on her 84th Birthday, apparently written by a daughter

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1860 This lovely letter captures the utter joy of George Marcellus Ransom upon the birth of his daughter Marcia while he was serving aboard the USS  Narragansett

 

Patent Application by George Marcellus Ransom for a “Double Elevating Gun Screw”