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One of the large leather-bound scrapbooks containing Dane's papers at the Beverly Historical Society. (photo by Patrick Murray)

 

 

Dane Digitization Project


Digitization and project management by Marc Mahan under the guidance of Beverly Historical Society director Paige Roberts, collections manager Samantha Grantham, and Beverly High School history teacher W. Dean Eastman

Nathan Dane Manuscript Collection,
Beverly Historical Society
117 Cabot Street
Beverly, Massachusetts

Collections include Commissions, Letters to Dane, Letters From Dane (1786-1830), Notifications (1785-1830), and other Dane papers.

Commissions

BHS Accession Number

Description

Date

Transcription

7504 back
7504 front   

Circular letter, Centennial tax

1782   

7505 front
7505 back  

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signed by James Bowdoin

1786-1787

7506 front
7506 back
    

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, laws & ordinances

April 26, 1787

7507 front  
7507 back
7507 page 2
 

By his Excellency John Hancock Esq., John Avery Secretary  

May 4, 1790

Transcription

7508 front
7508 back

Dane Senator of Massachusetts summoned for convention of all Senators

1794 

7509 front 
7509 back

In the Senate...., Samuel Adams

July 18, 1798

Transcription

7510 front
7510 back

Dane appointed to the Senate by Samuel Adams


7511 front 

Convention of all Senators, Samuel Adams


7512 front 
7512 back 

Meeting of Senators at State House in Boston, Samuel Adams

1797

7513 front
7513 back

Convention of Senators, General Court

1798

7514 front 
7514 back

Dane nominated commissioner of U.S. Congress by President John Adams

1798

7515 front 
7515 back 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts laws & ordinances

1803

7516 front 

In the Senate, Nathan Coffin

1811

7517 front 
7517 back
7517 page 2

Appointed to commission... investigate memorials, Elbridge Gerry

1811

Transcription

7518 front 
7518 back

House of Representatives

1813

Transcription

7519 front 
7519 back

Appointed Justice of the Peace, J. Brooks

1816

7520 page 1  
7520 page 2
7520 back



Transcription

7521 page 1 
7521 page 2

Appointed Justice of the Peace

January 8, 1831

7521 back



 

 
Letters to Dane

BHS Accession Number Origin Author Date Transcription
7522 front
7522 page 2,3

7522 page 4
Boston   June 10, 1786 Transcription
7523 page 1
7523 page 2
7523 page 3
New York Farwell Rayfarking November 22, 1786
7524 page 1
7524 page 2,3
7524 page 4
Boston Stephson Higginson March 3, 1787 Transcription
7525 page 1
7525 page 2
7525 page 3
Boston S. Higginson June 3, 1787 Transcription
7526 page 1
7526 page 2,3
7526 page 4
Boston S. Higginson June 16, 1787
7527 page 1
7527 page 2
7527 page 3
7527 page 4
New York   November 21, 1787 Transcription
7528 page 1
7528 page 2
Philadelphia Col. Pickering   Transcription
7529 page 1
7529 page 2
7529 page 3
Beverly George Cabot May 9, 1788
7530 page 1
7530 page 2
7530 page 3
Boston S. Higginson May 22, 1788
7531 page 1
7531 page 2
7531 page 3
7531 page 4
Boston   June 23, 1788
7532 page 1
7532 page 2
7532 page 3
Poughkeepsie, NY Melanaton Smith June 28, 1788
7533 page 1
7533 page 2,3
7533 page 4
Northbridge Theodore Sedgwick July 3, 1788 Transcription
7534 page 1
7534 page 2
Boston J. Sullivan April 10, 1791 Transcription
7535 page 1
7535 page 2
Boston Thompson Skinner June 11, 1801
7536 page 1
7536 page 2
Boston Perez Morton March 12, 1811
7537 page 1
7537 page 2
Marblehead, MA S. Lewall February 17, 1813
7538 page 1
7538 page 2,3
Washington City   June 14, 1815 Transcription
7539 page 1
7539 page 2,3
7539 page 4
Washington City C. Gore August 1, 1813
7540 page 1
7540 page 2
Boston   October 11, 1814 Transcription
7541 page 1
7541 page 2
7541 page 3
Boston   October 20, 1818
7542 page 1
7542 page 2
7542 page 3
Boston A. Bradford March 12, 1819 Transcription
54 front
54 back
Boston W. Tudorg April 28, 1819


Letters from Dane 1786-1830

BHS Accession Number Origin To Date Transcription

7453 page 1

7453 page 2

New York   January 10, 1786
7545 page 1
7545 page 2
7545 page 3
New York   June 10, 1786
7547 page 1
7547 page 2
7547 page 3
7547 page 4
7547 page 5
7547 page 6
New York S. Higginson June 9, 1787
7551 page 1
7551 page 2
7551 page 3
7551 page 4
7551 page 5 
7551 page 6
7551 page 7 
7551 page 8
Philadelphia Brown & Thorndike May 2, 1797 Transcription
7552 page 1
7552 page 2,3
    1801
7555 page 1
7555 page 2
7555 page 3
Beverly Joseph Hinkim September 22, 1801
7556 page 1
7556 page 2
Beverly Israel Thorndike February 10, 1803
7557 page 1
7557 page 2
7557 page 3
7557 page 4
Beverly   June 22, 1813 Transcription
7558 page 1 Beverly A. Bradford, Secretary of the Commonwealth June, 1818
7559 page 1
7559 page 2
7559 page 3
7559 page 4
7559 page 5
7559 page 6
7559 page 7 
7559 page 8
7559 page 9
7559 page 10
7559 page 11
7559 page 12
Beverly Josiah Thorndike November 27, 1820 Transcription
7560 page 1 
7560 page 2
Beverly   February 11, 1830 Transcription
7561 page 1 
7561 page 2
  Caleb Strong  
7562 page 1 Beverly Hilliard Gray February 4, 1831 Transcription

 
Notifications (1785-1830)

BHS Accession Number Origin Sender Subject Date Transcription
7563 front
7563 back
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Council Chamber. Boston. John Avery   June 16, 1785 Transcription
7564 front
7564 back
Council Chamber John Avery, Secretary   June 28, 1786 Transcription
7565 front
7565 back
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office. Boston. John Avery, Secretary   January 21, 1790 Transcription
7566 front
7566 back
Boston John Avery, Secretary   May 29, 1793 Transcription
7567 front
7567 back
Massachusetts Historical Society for Promoting Agriculture A. Sexton Dane accepted as a member of the society  
7568 front
7568 back
Boston     January 27, 1807 Transcription
7569 front
7569 back
Commonwealth of Massachusets. Senate. E. Gore   March 5, 1810 Transcription
7570 front 
7570 back
Secretary's Office Benjamin Homans   January 23, 1812 Transcription
7571 front
7571 back
American Antiquarian Society Isaiah Thomas, President   October 23, 1815
7572 front
7572 back
American Antiquarian Society Rejove Newton, Secretary    
7573 front
7573 back
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Department A. Bradford   May 30, 1818 Transcription
7574 page 1
7574 page 2
7574 page 3
American Antiquarian Society MacCarthy, Treasurer   May 26, 1820
7575 front 
7575 back
Wall of Essex Historical Society Benjamin R. Nichols   June 27, 1821
7576 front
7576 back
Bunker Hill Monument Association     June 17, 1775
7577 page 1
7577 page 2,3
Massachusetts Historical Society     February 18, 1829
7578 page 1
7578 page 2,3
7578 page 4
7578 page 5
Boston     February 18, 1830

 
 
Other Dane Papers

BHS Accession Number

Title

Date

12,752 front & back
12,752 page 2,3
   
12,328 front
12,328 back
   
25,324
25,531    State of Massachusetts
   
7546 page 1
7546 page 2
   
7548 page 1    
7549 page 1    
7553    
7554    
Dane federal note    
Dane grave paper front
Dane grave paper back
   
Dane inventory page 1
Dane inventory page 2,3
Dane inventory page 4,5
Dane inventory page 6,7
Dane inventory page 8,9
Dane inventory page 10
Dane inventory page 11,12
Dane inventory page 13
Dane New York page 1
Dane New York page 2,3
Dane New York page 4
   
Prospectus page 1
page 2,3
page 4,5
page 6,7
page 8,9
page 10,11
page 12,13
page 14,15
page 16
   
Dane paper    

 


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