Hemminway in Hannah Dawes Newcomb Diary, 1818
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Title
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Hemminway in Hannah Dawes Newcomb Diary, 1818
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Type
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Text
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Creator
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Hannah Dawes Newcomb
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Date
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1818-01-27
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Description
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Hannah Dawes Newcomb records that a Black man named Hemminway has taken Adaline Putman to Littleton. Hemminway is likely Scipio Hemminway.
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Massachusetts Historical Society
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Contributor
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Witham, E.
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Rights Holder
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Massachusetts Historical Society
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Partial Transcript
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“Tuesday moderate fine day. Arose early in the morning and send off Adaline Putman whom I have now sent to Littleton- hired Hemminway black man to carry her- let him have our horse and provision for both of them- 6 cents for the horse and 50 cts cash this to pay him for his time and trouble- he to return in three days”
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Location
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Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, US
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Littleton, Massachusetts, US
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Bibliographic Citation
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Hannah Dawes Newcomb diary, 1806-1821, Massachusetts Historical Society, http://balthazaar.masshist.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBRecID=135528&v1=1&SEQ=20240113161348&PID=D-FLjvJsr3nOEJw_v5GroYq4F7XsS.