Eyewitness Accounts from the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Eyewitness Accounts Arranged by Document Format
Diary/Journal
Bangs. Occupation: Soldier
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Isaac Bangs journal, 1776
Brown. Occupation: Soldier
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Obadiah Brown diary, 1776-1777
Cheever. Occupation: Merchant
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William Cheever diary, 1775-1776
Deming. Occupation: Resident
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Sarah Winslow Deming journal, 1775
Edes. Occupation: Resident
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Peter Edes diary, June-October 1775
Ober. Occupation: Soldier
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Nathaniel Ober diary, 15 May - 3 September 1775, with accounts and notes, 1776-1781
Financial accounts
Green. Occupation: Resident
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Estimate of damages done during Siege, list by Jonathan Green, 7 May 1776
Green. Occupation: Resident
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Account of damages done during Siege to Jonathan Green, [7 May 1776]
Letter
Adams. Occupation: Member of Continental Congress
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Letter from Samuel Adams to Samuel Purviance, 19 May 1775
Andrews. Occupation: Merchant
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Letter from John Andrews to William Barrell, 1 June 1775
Andrews. Occupation: Merchant
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Letter from John Andrews to William Barrell, 6 May 1775
Eliot. Occupation: Minister
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Letter from Andrew Eliot to his son, 23 April 1775
Eliot. Occupation: Minister
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Letter from Andrew Eliot to Thomas B. Hollis (copy), 25 April 1775 and letter from Andrew Eliot to unidentified recipient (draft), 31 May 1775
Harrison. Occupation: Soldier
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Letter from Robert Harrison to Loammi Baldwin, 13 November 1775
Jackson. Occupation: Merchant
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Letter from William Jackson to the Continental Congress, 6 July 1776
Thomas. Occupation: Soldier
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Letter from Gen. John Thomas to Hannah Thomas, 9 March 1776
List
Williams, H. H.. Occupation: Resident
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List of items belonging to Henry Howell Williams destroyed in 1775, 10 March 1787
Map (facsimile map)
Unidentified. Occupation: Unidentified
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A Plan of Boston in New England with its Environs, including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin [sic], Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, Parts of Malden and Chelsea, with the Military Works Constructed in those Places in the Years 1775 and 1776
Map
Unidentified. Occupation: Unidentified
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Manuscript map of Boston and Boston Harbor, 1776
Williams, R. Occupation: Soldier
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A Plan of Boston, and its Environs shewing the true Situation of His Majesty's Army
Meeting minutes
Boston freeholders and inhabitants. Occupation: Resident
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Boston town meeting minutes, 22 April 1775
Military orders
Doolittle. Occupation: Soldier
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Orders to take cattle issued by Col. Ephraim Doolittle to Capt. Nathan Fuller (copy), 30 May 1775
Military pass
Graves. Occupation: Soldier
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Pass issued on behalf of Rear Admiral Samuel Graves to Henry Howell Williams allowing access to Noddles Island, 1 May 1775
Poem
Unidentified woman. Occupation: Resident
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Poem about British by an American Lady, 11 Feb. [1776]
Statement
Burbeck. Occupation: Soldier
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Statement of William Burbeck certifying that he received help from Henry Howell Williams in April 1775, written on 17 April 1776
Flint. Occupation: State official
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Statement of Royal Flint certifying the status of Mr. Henry Howell Williams's claim regarding his property on Noddles Island in June 1775, written on 1 April 1787
Gill. Occupation: Soldier
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Statement of Moses Gill certifying that the horses taken from Noddles Island in 1775 were turned over to those in charge of supplies for American troops, 20 March 1786
Gill. Occupation: Soldier
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Statement of Moses Gill certifying that the horses, cattle, and sheep removed from Noddles Island in June 1775 were used for the benefit of American troops, undated
State committee. Occupation: State committee
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Report of the committee appointed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to consider the petition of Henry Howell Williams, 14 February 1792