Collection number: MC 27
Size: 1 box
(0.33 cu.ft.)
About Perkins Family
The Perkins Family resided in Unity, New Hampshire. The principal figure of the family papers is Amos Perkins. Born in 1790, Amos died in 1885 at the age of 95 and was a lifelong resident of Unity. He was a farmer by occupation but also worked as Secretary and President of Unity Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He also served as a justice of the peace, town selectman, and treasurer in Unity, N.H., and he was a Major in the New Hampshire state militia. He worked on the Executive Council of Governor John H. Steele and in 1832 acted as the treasurer of Sullivan county.
The Perkins Family Papers also include information pertaining to other members of the Perkins family, among whom are: Betsey Moody Perkins (1790-1853), Amos’s wife; Amos’s brother, Joseph (b. 1788), an engraver who worked in Philadelphia and New York; Joseph M. Perkins (1819-1886), Amos’s son; Maria Hathorn Perkins (1831-1899), Joseph M. Perkins’s wife; and Abigail Perkins (b.1826), Amos Perkins’ daughter.
About the Perkins Family Papers
The Perkins Family Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, broadsides, accounts, receipts, etchings, drawings, poems, insurance policies, deeds, petitions, indentures, and writs of or pertaining to members of the Perkins family. The collection further includes papers of the Moody family and a number of Unity town records.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Folder], [Box], Perkins Family Papers, 1783-1889, MC 27, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Donated: Fiske Free Library of Claremont, New Hampshire, 1962 (Accession number: 107)
Collection Contents
Series 1: Correspondence
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, June 29, 1814 | |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, July 4, 1815 | |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Jan 5, 1817 | |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Aug 4, 1817 | |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Nov 12, 1817 | |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Jan 1, 1818 | |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, July 5, 1818 | |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Sept 6, 1818 | |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Nov 6, 1818 | |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, March 26, 1820 | |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, March 21, 1819 | |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Oct 18, 1823 | |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Nov 27, 1824 | |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, May 8 and May 12, 1825 | |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Jan 1, 1829 | |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, July 19, 1830 | |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, May 18, 1835 | |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Aug 19, 1835 | |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, July 1836 | |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, March 17, 1838 | |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, July 22, 1838 | |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Feb 20, 1839 | |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Jan 24, 1840 | |
| Box 1, Folder 24 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, Oct 20, 1840 | |
| Box 1, Folder 25 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, July 23, 1841 | |
| Box 1, Folder 26 | Amos Perkins to Abby Perkins, his daughter, Jan. 15, 1854, March 6, 1854, and Jan. 10, 1879 (3 letters) | |
| Box 1, Folder 27 | Various to Amos Perkins, 1861-1889: from S. Warner, July 23, 1861; Mattie Perkins, Jan 12, 1868; Cadia Perkins, May 4, 1868; Jacob Perkins, March 26, 1871; George A. Perkins, July 17, 1880; L.S.H. Crosby, Nov 30, 1881 (6 letters) | |
| Box 1, Folder 28 | Cassandra Hathorn to Maria Hathorn Perkins, 1852-1887 (water damaged) (8 letters) | |
| Box 1, Folder 29 | Various to Abigail Perkins, 1854-1894, : Joseph and Amerlia Perkins, Jan 7, 1854; M.H. Perkins, Dec 20, 1894; E.H. Glidden, undated (very faint pencil) (3 letters) | |
Series 2: Political Papers
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 30 | Amos Perkins, Appointments, 1812-1885 (12 items) | |
| Box 1, Folder 31 | Amos Perkins, County Treasurer, 1832 | |
| Box 1, Folder 32 | Amos Perkins, Selectman papers: Highways and Roads, 1827-1844 | |
| Box 1, Folder 33 | Amos Perkins, Selectman papers: Petitions, Accounts and Records, 1843 | |
| Box 1, Folder 34 | Amos Perkins, Selectman papers: Petitions, Accounts and Records, 1844-1845 | |
| Box 1, Folder 35 | Amos Perkins, Speeches and Political Writings, 1864 and undated | |
| Box 1, Folder 36 | Joseph M. Perkins, Appointment, Justice of Peace, 1875 | |
| Box 1, Folder 37 | Advertisement for the American (“Know-Nothing”) Party, 1843 | |
Series 3: Business Papers
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 38 | Deeds, Moody Family, 1783-1815, 1841 (12 items) | |
| Box 1, Folder 39 | Perkins Family Deeds and Indentures, 1817-1885 (13 items) | |
| Box 1, Folder 40 | Perkins Family Accounts and Financial Records, 1834-1844 | |
| Box 1, Folder 41 | Papers of Amos Perkins, Justice of the Peace, 1832-1866 | |
| Box 1, Folder 42 | Deeds and Indentures signed by Amos Perkins, 1838-1848 | |
| Box 1, Folder 43 | Amos Perkins’s Insurance Policies, 1868-1888 | |
| Box 1, Folder 44 | Insurance Policies, 1833-1843 | |
| Box 1, Folder 45 | Insurance Policies, 1844-1845 | |
| Box 1, Folder 46 | Insurance Policies, 1846-1851, 1874 | |
| Box 1, Folder 47 | E.E. Randall, correspondence to Joseph M. Perkins, 1880-1883 | |
| Box 1, Folder 48 | Copies of two poems, “Young Lady” and “A Night Piece,” etched by Joseph Perkins, undated | |
Series 4: Miscellaneous
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 49 | Chase Family Genealogical notes (Jacob Perkins, Amos’ father, married Mrs. Hannah Chase, April 23, 1788) | |
| Box 1, Folder 50 | Papers and Drawings, undated | |
| Box 1, Folder 51 | Poems by Aurelia Moody, undated | |
| Box 1, Folder 52 | Unity Town Papers: Receipts, Accounts, and Auditors Reports, 1836-1844, 1871 | |
| Box 1, Folder 53 | Unity Town Records: Petitions and Writs, 1834-1848 | |
| Box 1, Folder 54 | Unity Town Records: Miscellaneous, 1844-1849 | |
| Box 1, Folder 55 | Pamphlets, Broadsides, and Published Materials, 1847-1889 | |
| Box 1, Folder 56 | Justice of the Peace Records (Amos Perkins), 1832-1882 | |
