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Archive Pertaining To Asher Merrell, Soldier Killed During American Revolution, To Ensure Payment For His Service

Archive Pertaining To Asher Merrell, Soldier Killed During American Revolution, To Ensure Payment For His Service by (REVOLUTIONARY WAR)

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
Title
Archive Pertaining To Asher Merrell, Soldier Killed During American Revolution, To Ensure Payment For His Service
Author
(REVOLUTIONARY WAR)
Seller
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
(CONTINENTAL ARMY SOLDIER). This archive consists of the following three items related to a Continental Army soldier, Asher Merrell, who was killed: a.DS. 1 pg. 4 x 6. January 12, 1781. Hebron. Document signed Sam Gilbert Jus Pea and addressed To the Committee of Boy Soldiers: This may certify that Asher Merrell of Hebron is Natural Guardian & Parent to Asher Merrell Jun of Hebron a Soldier in the Continental Service Deceased he was a Minor and Under Age at the Time of his Death. b.DS. 1 pg. 4 x 6. January 12, 1781. Hebron. This is a document signed by two Selectmen of Hebron: This may certify that Asher Merrell Jun. Served in Connecticut Line in the Continental Army in Col. Chandlers Regiment before the fifth of Jany 1780. c.DS. 1 pg. 6 x 8. March 10, 1781. Hartford. A printed document indicating payment of Nine Pounds eight shillings & five pence as the payment due since January 5, 1780 to Asher Merrell Junr Deceased and Paid to Asher Merrell Parent. These three documents reflect the documents certifying the death of Asher Merrell and his payment for his service in the Continental Army. Ensuring timely payment for casualties of war has long been a difficult task, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries with limited records and overwhelmed governments. So, a positive resolution in 14 months was relatively fortunate for Merrells family. Additionally, Merrell fighting as an underaged soldier reflected a common occurrence in an era before verifiable birth certificates, and the existence of a Committee of Boy Soldiers reflected such regularity. All three documents are in very good condition and unique windows into wartime bureaucracy during the American Revolution. Included with the archive is a typed page with additional contextualization.
[Letter Concerning Sheep Farming in Australia]. ; Women

[Letter Concerning Sheep Farming in Australia]. ; Women by Burrell, Mrs

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Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC
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[Letter Concerning Sheep Farming in Australia]. ; Women
Author
Burrell, Mrs
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Broken Hill, Australia, 1937. Good. Two 8¾” x 6 7/8” sheets folded inside original 3½” x 5½” envelope. Four-page handwritten letter, about 575 words plus sketched drawing. Letter very good, creased at old folds; envelope about good, lacking 2” section, though both addresses unaffected. This is a fantastic letter written by an American woman describing sheep farming and fleecing in the Australian outback. Signed “Aunty” and addressed to “My dear Charles” (clearly a nickname for the recipient, one “Miss Alice C. Smith” of Watertown, Massachusetts), this letter goes into all-encompassing detail about working with sheep on an Australian farm. Mrs. Burrell observed that her present location, Netley Station, was “much like our large ranches in the west” and ran to about 600,000 acres with a whopping 85,000 sheep. “This is shearing time,” she wrote, and “it is very interesting.” The letter meticulously describes the work entailed in shearing and transporting the animals, sorting and grading the fleece, and the climate affecting the whole process. She also addressed other aspects of her sojourn (“I have not yet been into one of the mines – women are not very welcome underground”) and sketched out a drawing of the “sheep run and sheds,” tables and stalls where the fleecing occurred, and the “press where wool is baled.” A delightful introduction to sheep farming in Australia written by an American woman.

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