Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1822-1829
Folders C.1.36, x.x
GUSN-173340
Series II, Papers of William Rundlet (1800-1846), 1822-1829 (#C.1.36, x.x), includes an insurance premium and policy, a deed, account of Joseph Salter and two indentures belonging to William Rundlet (1800-1846). The series is arranged alphabetically by record type.
personal papers
Personal papers (1 carton)
MS025
Rundlet-May family papers
1971
MS025.02
Gift
personal papers
Series
Folders C.1.36, x.x
As early as 1821, oldest son William, age twenty-one, and one Oliver Clark, had been consigned a shipment of Rundlet's to Pensacola in the newly annexed Florida. They were apparently unsuccessful as their debt to him of $7726 appears for several years in his yearly accounting as "doubtful." By 1826, Rundlet debits a gift of $1200 to William "for his share in my Estate which is not intended to be repaid." He apparently took over his father's retail business and his advertisements in Portsmouth papers of the time show his stock to be predominately English imported textiles and more coarse native American products, operating out of his father's Market Street stores. He had little opportunity to achieve prominence on his own, however, leaving Portsmouth in 1834, for the promise of the Midwest.
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
