Whipple Traill Spence Collection, 1728-1809 - MS074 Provenance: The letters comprising MS74 were passed down from Mary (Whipple) Traill to daughter Mary (Traill) Spence then to her daughter Harriet Spence Lowell, and later to Frances Lowell Burnett (1914-2001) who donated them to the Portsmouth Athenaeum in 2001. Frances Lowell Burnett lived in Manchester-by-the-Sea , MA . Genealogy chart and transcriptions were done by donor. Citation: Whipple Traill Spence Collection, MS074, Portsmouth Athenaeum Size: 2 Hollinger boxes (1 linear foot) Access: No restrictions Processed by: Processed by Betsy Hamlin Morin in 2005 Biographical Note General William Whipple Jr. (1730-1785) Commander of the 2 nd Brigade, NH Militia, Delegate to Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Married Catharine Moffat, lived in Moffat-Ladd House, Portsmouth 1770-1785. Keith Spence (? - 1826) Spence was a merchant in Portsmouth . He served onboard the Constellation and the Philadelphia from 1798-1805 in the West Indies and the Mediterranean. Was twice captured and released finally in 1805. He then went to Havana and moved to New Orleans where he served as Navy Agent from 1806-1810. He married Mary Traill (1753-1824) of Kittery, ME, daughter of Robert Traill. Mary Traill Spence (1753-1824) was related to the Brackett, Whipple, and Lowell Families. | |
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