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Hello again everyone, I know this has absolutely nothing to do with stamps but I bought a huge box of covers and on the very bottom I found this jewel below. This is before we were even a country, by far the oldest thing I've ever found. Just wanted to share my find.   |
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Pillar Of The Community
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Great find! Now of course I have to wonder what a house of entertainment was in 1762. A bar? A theater? |
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Sorry, that part of the explanation that came with it was cut off. It was a "Public house of entertainment" meaning it was a pub/tavern.
I also tried doing my best to research that town and it looks like it was officially colonized in 1763, the year after this contract.
So cool |
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Thanks for sharing Dw9540. That is quite a piece of "every-day" history. |
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Just to clarify, the portion of typewritten text in Scan #2 would suggest the document is related to Plainfield, Pennsylvania, when in fact, records would suggest that many of the named individuals in the document are correctly related to Plainfield, Connecticut. http://www.connecticutgenealogy.com...750-1799.htm |
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Wow WT1, this is perfect because some of the signatures in my document match some of names in the article so this is a great link to this document.
The names that link are James Bradford, Isaac Coit, Ezekiel Pierce |
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Believe it or not, if you search some genealogical sites, the "James Bradford" in your document is a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford who came to Plymouth, Mass. on the Mayflower! Actually, I believe you can find more names from your document recorded here if you search for them: https://archive.org/stream/publicre...460/mode/2up |
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| Edited by wt1 - 02/25/2015 3:39 pm |
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That is some great info. Where can I see the family tree linking the Bradfords together? |
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It looks like he was the great great grandson to Gov William Bradford.
It was hard to find on some of the family trees because of all the incest going on. I guess that makes sense when there's only hundreds of people (besides the native Americans) to marry and have kids with when you're the first ones here.
Interesting stuff for sure.
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