1742-1904
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摘要
This collection consists primarily of military 论文 of 上校. 詹姆斯 格雷来自纽约州埃普索姆.H. related to his service in the American 牧师olution, 1776-1777; correspondence of his son, 水手 摩西 Parsons Gray, 1797-1805; and correspondence and journals of 牧师. 摩西 马萨诸塞州比菲尔德的帕森斯., 1742-1783.
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上校. 詹姆斯·格雷(1749-1822) 出生在马萨诸塞州纽伯里波特. on 8 10月. 1749. 年轻时，他搬到了纽约州的埃普索姆.H., where he was employed by the town as a 老师. At the outbreak of the 牧师olutionary War, he received a captain's commission in the 新罕布什尔第一团. Gray's military service in the 牧师olutionary War included a post as assistant to the quartermaster general in Medford, Mass., 1776; captain of a company in Col. Thomas Marshall's regiment at the fortification of Boston Harbor, Sep. 1776; captain of a Col公司. 亚历山大 Scammell's regiment at the defeat of Fort Ticonderoga; and commander 1777年斯肯斯伯勒的职位. He married, as his second wife, Susanna Parsons (1753-1826), 牧师的女儿. 摩西 and Susanna (Davis) Parsons, with whom he had a large family. 后 战争，上尉. Gray operated a gristmill and was active in town offices. 他死于埃普索姆 1822年，72岁.
摩西·帕森斯·格雷(1779-1858)他是詹姆斯的长子 Susannah (Parsons) Gray, was born in Epsom, N.H. 1779年6月29日. 作为一个小男孩，他去了 live with members of the Parsons family in Massachusetts, eventually deciding to become a 水手. He made several voyages to the West Indies and other foreign ports. 他回到 Epsom at age 30 and worked as a school老师 and surveyor. 他于11月8日在那里去世. 1858.
牧师. 摩西·帕森斯(1716-1783) 出生在马萨诸塞州的格洛斯特. on 10 1716年6月. A graduate of Harvard College in 1736, in 1744 he was installed as pastor of the 马萨诸塞州比菲尔德的教堂., where he remained until his death on 14 Dec. 1783. 他娶了苏珊娜 Davis and had five sons and two daughters, including Susanna, who married 上校. 詹姆斯•格雷.
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The earliest 论文 in this collection consist of correspondence and journals of 牧师. 摩西 Parsons during his ministry at Byfield, Mass., 1742-1783. 1742年至1744年的日记 documents events pertaining to his calling and installation and lists the births of his 孩子们.
船长的文件. 詹姆斯·格雷来自纽约州埃普索姆.H. relate primarily to his military service in the 牧师olutionary War, 1776-1777, and include accounts for 供应 received from the quartermaster 马萨诸塞州梅德福的商店.1月2日.-12年3月. 1776, as well as returns, pay卷, receipts, orders 为他在Col的公司工作. Thomas Marshall's regiment, and communiques related to the fortification of Boston Harbor, including 论文 on the capture of the 阿比盖尔 while Gray commanded the Noddles Island defenses, June-Nov. 1776. 1777年5月的日记 描述了 his trip to join the troops at the defense of Fort Ticonderoga. 还包括 卷 and returns of his company in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment of Foot under Col. 亚历山大 斯卡梅尔(1777年6月至7月. A journal kept while Gray was commander at Skenesboro, N.Y. 描述了 the action and retreat of the troops to Fort Anne on 6-7 July 1777. 给他妻子的几封信 and father-in-law contain accounts of personal activities and troop movements. 其他字母 pertinent to the war include one from Michael McClary, a former member of Gray's company, describing the military situation and living conditions at Fort St. 约翰，1776年6月4日 account by Jacob Gerrish at Fort Constitution, N.J. 加快. 摩西 Parsons, 9月30日. 1776, describing the evacuation of New York City, its occupation by the British, and the Battle of 华盛顿堡. Other correspondents of this period include Thomas Marshall and 亚历山大 在军事问题上耍花招.
Papers of 水手 摩西 Parsons Gray consist of correspondence with his parents on voyages from Boston to European and domestic ports, 1797-1805, including an ill-fated voyage to Havana 作为船长 戴安娜. 该系列还包括船只 论文 issued by Thomas Jefferson and 詹姆斯 Madison, as well as ships' manifests and consignment invoices for the export of meat, fish, and lumber, and the import of sugar and mahogany. 一个 letter 描述了 the abrupt end of a voyage at Charleston, S.C. 由于粗糙的通道和a 泄漏容器.
Later family 论文 include those of Charles J. 布朗来自纽约州埃普索姆.H. 利记APP官网手机版养老金索赔， 1890-1904, related to his service as sergeant of Co. II, 6th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, 内战期间.
Correspondents include Theophilus Parsons and Benjamin Lincoln.
The collection also contains typed transcripts of the collection made by the Works Progress Administration for the Middlesex County Historical Survey, 1937-1938.
获取信息
11月11日购进. 1973.
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灰色的家庭 论文, 马萨诸塞州历史学会.
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