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THBChamberlain Family Archive, Incl. Signatures of Vermont Governors and Revolutionary War Veterans
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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LiveNov 19, 2020
Cowan’s Auctions, a Hindman Company, is pleased to present the November 19 Fall Auction, featuring over 400 lots of historically significant photography, manuscript material, artwork, and other ephemera dating from the 18th through the early 20th century, including the Civil War. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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- Lot Description
Lot of 26 documents spanning 1772-1882 related to the Chamberlain (sometimes Chamberlin) and Bayley families of Vermont. Documents include land indentures, receipts, a bail bond, transfer deeds, military commissions, and more. Military commissions, two of which date to the War of 1812, signed by Vermont governors Thomas Chittenden (1787), Jonas Galusha (1813 and 1816), Martin Chittenden (1814), and Richard Skinner (1821). Indenture signed by Jacob Bayley (1726-1815), officer in the Continental Army and correspondent of George Washington who was appointed Commissary General of the Northern Department of the Continental Army. Accompanied by a brass drum microscope, unsigned, 8 in. h with base approx. 2.75 in. diameter, in custom wooden box, 8.75 in. l x 3.5 in. w x 3 in. h, no slides, with receipt indicating it was purchased from "N.B. Chamberlain" in Boston on March 17, 1850. Revolutionary War veteran Remembrance Chamberlain (1747-1813), served with the Montpelier, VT, "Minute Men" in 1775, then served for the remainder of the war as a scout and guard for various Vermont regiments. After the war he was elected captain, major, and colonel of the Militia. Jacob Bayley was appointed brigadier general of the Militia in the Vermont counties of Gloucester and Cumberland in August 1776. Bayley was also a founder of Newbury, VT, and Haverhill, NH. The Chamberlain and Bayley families were united by the marriage of Remembrance's son, Colonel Moody Chamberlain (1787-1863) with Mary Bayley (1796-1884). The documents offered here span multiple generations of the Chamberlain family.In addition to the military commissions, highlights include the following: a stock certificate dated March 16, 1831, for share number 1179 of the Connecticut River Valley Steam-Boat Company and receipts of yearly assessments; an issue of the Democratic Republican, Haverhill, NH, August 21, 1839; an 1840 receipt for purchase of pew 63 of "The New Meeting House" in Newbury, VT; a 1772 indenture for purchase of land from from Jacob Bayley to Remembrance Chamberlain in Newbury, NY (Vermont), with handwritten note signed in 1786 by Jacob Kent, recorder for for Orange County, Vermont.See also Lot 180 Major Harry Chamberlin Archive.Microscope box in generally good condition with small white scuff on back and one interior microscope mount that has become detached. It appears that microscope is in working order but Cowans cannot guarantee 100% functionality. Some documents with toning, tears at creases, and losses, but most in generally good condition. See pictures for details.
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