$1,200
Perry, Mehitabel (1705-1797) Archive of Personal and Legal Papers: Collection of letters, promissory notes, inventories, land deeds, et cetera, c. 1705-1800. This collection is centered around Mehitabel Perry, nee Leonard, widow of John Willis, who married Captain Nathaniel Perry (1713-1756) in 1736. Land deeds of her father, Samuel Leonard, are included here, notes related to her first husband, and further material from the time of her marriage to Nathaniel Perry and beyond. Highlights of the archive include a letter by Perry written home from Nova Scotia in 1755, where he served during the French and Indian War (Perry died the following year on deployment in Canada, and so never returned home); a receipt from the purchase of a gun and bayonet from 1758; a complaint from colonial soldiers from 1776, during the American Revolution, addressed to Major General Sullivan asking for recompense for lost clothing; a receipt from 1753 for "blubber oil" bought in Nantucket; a receipt for payment to Perry's troops in the French and Indian War, dated 1755, including "bounty money, 113 men" presumably for Indian scalps; land deeds for Easton, Taunton, and Stoughton, MA; and other assorted material.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
