Online Finding Aids
Allen Family, Collection, 1718-1838
Contents List
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Correspondence, 1737 -
1835
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undated, 1737-1759
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2
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1760-1767
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3
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1768-1769
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2
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1770-1771
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2
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2
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1772
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2
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3
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1773, January - March
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4
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1773, April - December
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3
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1774, January - July
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2
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1774, August - December
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3
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1775
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3
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4
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1776-1777
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4
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1
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1778-1782
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4
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2
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1783-1785
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4
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3
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1786
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4
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4
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1787
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1788
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5
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2
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1789
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5
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3
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1790
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5
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4
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1791, January - May
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5
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1791, June - December
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1792
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2
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1793-1795
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6
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3
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1796-1800
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4
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1801-1805
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6
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5
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1806-1809
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6
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6
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1810-1835
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Documents, 1718 - 1833
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1718-1767
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7
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2
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1768-1769
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7
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3
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1770-1775
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4
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1776-1779
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8
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1
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1780-1783
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8
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2
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1784-1785
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8
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3
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1786-1787
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8
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4
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1788-1790
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Documents, 1718 1833 (cont.)
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1791
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2
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1792
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9
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1793-1802
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9
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4
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1803-1833
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Folio Volume
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Location
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1
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Boston, Mass., and Virginia
Shrewsbury, Mass.
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Nathaniel Allen
Account of Sloop "Three Friends," 1734-1736.26 pp.
General Store accounts, 1758-1766.50 pp.
Labor accounts and miscellaneous accounts, 1735-1763.10 pp.
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2
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Boston, Mass.
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Nathaniel Allen
General store daybook, 1744-1754.256 pp.
[binding broken]
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2a
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Boston, Mass.
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Nathaniel Allen
Letter copy book, 1646/7 February 25 1746 July 24.91 pp. (81
letters)--letters
on commercial affairs to William Welbank, Lane and Caswell, Henry
Allen,
Richard Wilson, Charles Worrall, and others.
[binding is breaking]
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3
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Boston, Mass.
Shrewsbury, Mass.
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Nathaniel Allen
Daybook and ledger sheets, 1747-1754.28 pp.
General store daybook, 1762-1770.74 pp.;
Accounts, 1772-1774.7 pp.
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St. Eustatius, W.I.
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Thomas Allen
Ship and cargo accounts on voyages between New London, Conn., and
St.
Eustatius, W.I., 1775-1776.38 pp.
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5
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see Oversize Volume
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6
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St. Eustatius, W.I.
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Thomas Allen
Invoice and ship book (outfitting vessels), 1756-1758.15 pp. out
of
43 pp.
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7
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St. Eustatius, W.I.
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Thomas Allen
Marine stores and cargo accounts daybook.72 pp.--(purchase of
slave
in Antigua in 1758 [p. 63])
[binding is broken]
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8
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Boston, Mass.
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Nathaniel Allen
General store daybook, 1756-1759.26 pp.
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9
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Marine stores and cargo accounts, 1758-1759.84 pp. (mostly
blank)
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10
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Marine stores and cargo accounts (outfitting brig "Royal
Defiance"),
1758-1759.20pp.
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11
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
General store and cargo accounts daybook, 1758-1759.171 pp.;
Miscellaneous accounts, 1758.3 pp.
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12
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Ship book, invoices of cargoes and cargo accounts, 1758-1761.31
pp.;
Inventory of sundry household furnitu of Thos. Allen, 1765.4
pp.
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
General store daybook, 1758-1763.37 pp.
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14
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Inventory of sundry household furniture, 1765.4 pp.;
Miscellaneous accounts, 1758.2 pp.;
Accounts, 1758.7 pp.
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15
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Cargo accounts, 1758-1762.36 pp.;
"Fortune" account of Thomas Allen, 1758-1765.7 pp.;
List of creditors of Thomas Allen, 1761-1765.3 pp.;
Inventory of sundry household furniture, 1761-1765.5 pp.
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16
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Daybook, 1759.18 pp.
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17
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Daybook and cargo accounts, 1759-1761.22 pp.
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18
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Brig "Hope" cargo account, New London, Conn., to
Grenada, 1762.
13 pp.
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19
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Brig "Mansfield" cargo account, New London, Conn., to
Guadalupe,
1767.30 pp.
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20
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Sloop "Swallow" cargo account, Guadalupe to New London,
Conn.,
1767.15 pp.with copies of legal documents filed for the
journey
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21
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Thomas Allen
West Indies trade cargo accounts, 1767-1783.56 pp.
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22
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St. Croix.
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Thomas Allen
Memorandum book (daybook), 1768.36 pp.
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Thomas Allen
West Indies trade cargo accounts, 1768-1772.56 pp.;
Miscellaneous account with Thomas Wilson, 1766-1778.1 p.;
Copy of testimony and correspondence regarding Thomas Allen's
role in
the escape to Britain of his brother, Jolley Allen (see p. 59 of
the Journal
of Jolley Allen [f.v. #36]).7 pp.
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24
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1770.24 pp.
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25
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1770-1772.93 pp.
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26
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Wharfage daybook, 1770-1771.17 pp.;
Sailings from New London, Conn., 1770-1771.3pp.;
Miscellaneous accounts, 1770-1771.5 pp.
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1771-1773.45 pp.
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Wharfage daybook, 1771-1772.18pp.
Marine list, 1771-1772.4 pp.
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29
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1772-ÿ.63 pp.;
Schooner "Swallow" accounts.2 pp.
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30
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Wharfage daybook, 1774.24 pp.
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31
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Stock & expense book (accounts due Allen), 1774-1778.26
pp.
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32
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's accounts & daybook, 1786-1788.34 pp.;
Miscellaneous accounts, 1774.1 p.;
Sailing's from New London, 1774.13 pp.
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33
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1774-1783.37 pp.
Miscellaneous accounts, 1778.1 p.;
Innkeeper's notes, 1786-1787.11 pp.
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34
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1786-1787.53 pp.
Wharfage daybook, 1775-1776.10 pp.
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35
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
"Mount Pleasant Farm" account book,
1777-1778. pp.;
Inventory sundry household furniture at Mt. Pleasant Farm
(bequeathed
by Thomas Allen to Thomas Allen, Jr.), 1778.5 pp.
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36
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[London, England]
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Jolley Allen
"Minute Book," 1779 November 18.83 pp.
--containing memorandum on various transactions, with copies of
letters
and their answers and containing the "Narrative" of
Loyalist
Jolley Allen, "My Case of Part of my sufferings."With an
index.
Dictated and signed by Jolley Allen.
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37
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Farm journal, 1783-1784. 7 pp.;
Farm accounts, 1782-1785.33 pp.
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38
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Farm journal, 1783-1784.32 pp.;
Farm accounts.17 pp.
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39
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Farm journal, 1787-1791.56 pp.
Farm accounts, 1784-1790.25 pp.
Shipbuilding accounts.6 pp.
Miscellaneous accounts.8 pp.
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40
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Innkeeper's daybook, 1785-1788.39 pp.
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41
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Innkeeper's daybook, 1785-1786.66 pp.
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42
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Innkeeper's daybook, 1785-1797.83 pp.
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43
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Innkeeper's account book, 1785-1789.41 pp.
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44
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Innkeeper's account book, 1786-1792.25 pp.
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45
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Innkeeper's daybook, 1788-1789.51 pp.
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46
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Marine list, 1785.7 pp.;
Marine list, 1789.85 pp.;
Miscellaneous accounts.2 pp.
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47
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1789-1790.63 pp.
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48
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New London, Conn.
Pomfret, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1790.48 pp.
Thomas Allen, Jr.
Farm journal, 1820-1838.91 pp.;
Miscellaneous farm accounts, 1790-1836.8 pp.
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49
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Marine list, 1790.93 pp.
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50
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Marine list, 1791-1792.86 pp.
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51
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1791-1792.121 pp.
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52
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's daybook, 1792-1793.48 pp.
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53
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Marine list, 1792.85 pp.
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54
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New London, Conn.
Fisher's Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Farm journal, 1792-1800.79 pp.;
Miscellaneous farm accounts, 1792-1793.3 pp.
Farm accounts, 1795-1797.1 p.;
Miscellaneous accounts, 1792-1799.9 pp.
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55
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Innkeeper's account book, 1793.15 pp.
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56
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New London, Conn.
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Thomas Allen
Marine list, 1793.37 pp.
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57
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Fisher's Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
General store, cargo, & farm labor accounts, 1794-1831.178
pp.
General store account, 1795-1796.4 pp.
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58
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Fisher's Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
General storekeeper's daybook, 1797-1799.24 pp.
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59
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Fisher's Island, N.Y.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
Farm journal, 1800-1814.99 pp.
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60
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New London & Pomfret, Conn.
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Thomas Allen, Jr.
General store, innkeeper's, saw mill, & farm daybook,
1815-1830.
171 pp.
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61
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Waterford & Pomfret, Conn.
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William Allen
General store daybook, 1826-1830.147 pp.
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62
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Waterford, Conn.
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William Allen
General store daybook, 1829-1832.117 pp.
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Oversize Volume
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1
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Thomas Allen, Account
Book, 1755-1758;
Thomas Allen, Jr., and
William
Allen, Daybook, 1799-1815;
Miscellaneous Accounts,
1798-1827
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Nathaniel Allen (1699-1770), born in London, England, in 1699 was
commander of a packet ship that sailed between London and Boston, Mass. He
married and had two sons, Nathaniel and Jolley, both born in London. He
married, second, Dorcas Bowes ( -1779), of London, ca. 1726. Allen, his
wife Dorcas, the first two of their twelve children, Thomas and Samuel,
and a sister, Sarah ("Sally") Mann (1695-1766), came to Boston ca. 1734,
where Capt. Allen opened a shop. In 1757, Allen, his wife, his sister, and
perhaps some of his children moved to Shrewsbury, Mass., where he bought a
farm. Nathaniel Allen died in Shrewsbury on 1 November 1770.
Jolley Allen (1718-1782), born in London, married, in 1739, Eleanor Warren
(1724-1776). In 1754 he, his wife Eleanor, and several children came to
Boston where, for twenty-two years, he worked as a merchant. An ardent
Loyalist, Allen lost much during the Revolution, including his wife and
his eldest son. Jolley Allen returned to London in 1777 and remained there
until his death.
Thomas Allen (1728-1793), the son of Nathaniel and Dorcas Bowes Allen,
was
born in London, England, on 19 September 1728. He came to Boston, Mass.,
along with his father, mother, brother, and aunt ca. 1734 and was a
shopkeeper with his father. Some time after 1749 and up to 1752, he moved
to the Island of Madeira, where he made a large fortune. Upon his return,
he settled in New London, Conn., and became a merchant. He married, on 29
October 1753, Elizabeth Christophers Shackmaple (1714-1783), the widow of
John Shackmaple, Jr. She had five children by her first husband, and one
child, who lived, by Allen, Thomas Jr. Thomas Allen, Sr. married second,
on 7 July 1784, Mary Adams Allen, the widow of his brother, Lewis Allen.
They had no children. Thomas Allen died in New London on 19 November 1793.
Lewis Allen (1747-1782), the son of Nathaniel and Dorcas Bowes Allen, was
born in Boston. In 1757 he went to Shrewsbury with his parents and in 1770
married Mary Adams ( - ). He bought an estate in Leicester, Mass., in 1779
and named it "The Mount Pleasant Estate." Lewis Allen died in Leicester on
7 November 1782 and was buried on his estate.
Thomas Allen (1755-1842), the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Christophers
Shackmaple Allen, was born in New London, Conn. on 10 September 1755. He
married, on 23 April 1778, Amelia Taber (1758-1838); they had twelve
children. Thomas kept a farm named "The Mount Pleasant Estate." Beginning
in April 1793 and until 1812, he rented Fisher's Island, N.Y. for an
annual fee of $2600. His family and twelve other families, who were his
tenants, lived on the island. In 1812, Thomas, his wife, and eight of
their children moved to Pomfret, Conn., where he bought the Nightingale
farms. Thomas remained in Pomfret, except for a few years spent in New
London, until his death on 16 May 1842.
William Allen (1785-1833), the son of Thomas and Amelia Taber Allen, was
born at "Mount Pleasant" on 13 March 1785. He married Emily Chandler
(1793-1882) on 18 January 1815. They had ten children and lived on
Nightingale farm in Pomfret, Conn., then at Rope Ferry, East Lyme, Conn.
William Allen died at Rope Ferry on 20 March 1833.
This collection reflects the widespread economic activities of Nathaniel
Allen, his sons, Thomas, Jolley, and Lewis; Thomas' son, Thomas Jr.; and
Thomas Jr.'s son, William. There are one thousand three hundred
sixty-eight pieces of Allen family correspondence (two hundred twenty-five
of which are family or personal), for the period 1737 to 1835; the balance
refers primarily to shipping and farming ventures.
The majority of the collection relates to the economic activity of Thomas
Allen, a general storekeeper and innkeeper, who later engaged in shipping
from New London, came to own sixteen vessels, and was heavily involved in
the West Indian trade. He originated the first marine lists in New London.
Many of the loose documents are connected to the bankruptcy of Thomas
Allen in 1765. Some good letters relate to the exiled Loyalist Jolley
Allen in London.
There are also three boxes of documents, bills, receipts, and miscellany
covering the period from 1718 to 1833.
There are also general store accounts of Nathaniel Allen and his son,
Jolley Allen, and farming accounts and day books of Thomas Allen, Jr., and
William Allen.
The documents in boxes seven, eight, and nine, the sixty-two folio
volumes, and the oversize volume have not been cataloged.
The correspondence has been cataloged.
The undated correspondence, the correspondence for the years 1737 through
1764, and the documents for the years 1718 through 1766 are available on
microfilm.
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