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1764-1802, undated
GUSN-175677
Series I, Papers of Stephen Little (1719-1793), 1746-1802, undated, includes letters sent during the American Revolution; a list of accounts (1773); a undated draft of a will; a quitclaim judgment against Stephen Little; and contracts for land sales and purchases. The series is arranged alphabetically in three subseries according to material type.
wages
real estate
correspondence
financial records
wills
contracts
legal documents
8 folders
Paper finding aid available in Library and Archives
MS016
Little family papers
1986
MS016.01
Bequest
Little, Stephen, 1719-1793 (Correspondent)
correspondence
financial records
wills
contracts
legal documents
Revolutionary War
Subgroup
Stephen Little was born May 19, 1719 and died August 30, 1793. His first wife was Judith and second was Mary (1723-1798). He was one of the grantees of Newbury, Vermont, in 1763 and also owned lands in Bath and Hampstead, New Hampshire and in Cumberland and Lincoln counties, Maine. He was a representative to the legislature in 1776 and probably held other town offices. He was a man of sterling integrity, a prominent member and deacon of Dr. Spring's church at Newburyport.
This subgroup is arranged into the following series:1. Correspondence, 1776, undated2. Financial records, 17733. Legal papers, 1746-1802
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