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PHILEMON PUTNAM (1789-1867) PAPERS, 1817-1876
Collection Summary | |
| Repository: | The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 132 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-9500 Fax: 978-531-1516 |
| Creator: | Putnam, Philemon, 1789-1867 |
| Title: | Philemon Putnam (1789-1867) Papers |
| Dates: | 1817/1876 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear feet (1 box) |
| Abstract: | The Philemon Putnam papers document the activities of this Danvers, Massachusetts, ship captain and merchant. |
| Collection Number: | MH 192 |
Series List
SERIES I. Shipping Papers
SERIES II. Personal Papers
Scope and Content Note
The Philemon Putnam papers document the activities of this Danvers, Massachusetts, ship captain and merchant. The collection has been organized into two series.
Series I. Shipping Papers contains the papers of
eight ships as well as a little handwritten book of pro forma invoices and notes on
Rio de Janeiro. Shipping papers include accounts, invoices, bills of lading, and
letters of instruction. The account book also contains some personal accounts.
Series II. Personal Papers consists of personal
correspondence, appointments as postmaster and justice of the peace, New Hampshire
Iron Factory Company correspondence and accounts, legal documents, deeds, and some
ephemera. It also includes some tax bills and correspondence about those tax bills
from Wright County, Iowa. The personal correspondence includes letters to Philemon's
wife as well as a letter dated 1826 from A. L. Peirson informing Captain Putnam that
his daughter, Lucy Blythe Putnam, had died after contracting chicken pox. An 1831
letter discusses the loss of his three-year-old son, Henry Bridges Putnam. The
agreement in folder 17 is between Joel Streeter and David M. Montgomery to submit
their dispute to the arbitration of Philemon Putnam and two others. Montgomery, a
teacher in the Lisbon school, was accused of stabbing Joel Streeter, Jr. with a
knife and severely injuring the boy. The deeds include a deed to a pew in First
Church, Danvers, and a deed to a parcel of land in Danvers. The 1863 letter from
nephew George Sinclair in folder 22 discusses the conditions of the 89th Regiment of
the Illinois Volunteer Militia and the Army's reaction to Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation.
Biographical Sketch
Philemon Putnam was born on October 12, 1789, in Danvers, Massachusetts, the son of Jethro (1753-1815) and Mary (Holton) (1760-1840) Putnam. He was a mariner and shipping merchant. In 1829, he was appointed Postmaster of the town of Franconia, New Hampshire. He also served as Justice of the Peace for Grafton County, New Hampshire, and was an agent for the New Hampshire Iron Factory Company.
In 1822 he married Lucy C. Blythe and they had two children. After her death, he
married Mary Carleton Noyes in 1842 and they had 3 children. He died on September 9,
1867.
Index Terms
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Administrative Information
Copyright
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Preferred Citation
Philemon Putnam (1789-1867) Papers, MH 192, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Provenance
This material was purchased. The account book was a gift of Wilbur F. Haggett on September 4, 1935.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tamara Gaydos, October 2016.
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