Papers, 1826-1923
MC 146
1 box (.33 cu.ft.)
About the New Hampshire Governors’ Papers
The collection contains papers from the administrations of fifteen New Hampshire governors, spanning the years 1826-1923. The papers are administrative in nature and mostly regard the pardoning of prisoners serving time in the New Hampshire state prison. There are also papers from the administrations of Secretaries of State Ali B. Thompson (1877-1890), Edward N. Pearson (1899-1915), Edwin C. Bean (1915-1928), and Enos K. Sawyer (1923-1925); Chief Justices of the Superior Court Robert M. Wallace (1901-1913) and Robert G. Pike (1913-1917), and various accounts, receipts, bills, and pieces of correspondence concerning the building of the state’s new prison facility, opened for use on November 30, 1880.
Folder Listing:
- Governors
- Secretaries of State
- Chief Justices of the Superior Court
- Building of the New State Prison
I. GOVERNORS
BOX 1 f.1 David L. Morril (1824-7), 1826. f.2 Samuel Dinsmoor (1831-34), 1834. f.3 Henry Hubbard (1842-4), 1843. f.4 Ralph Metcalf (1855-7), 1856. f.5 Joseph A. Gilmore (1863-5), 1864. f.6 Frederick Smyth (1865-7), 1865. f.7 Stearns Onslow (1869-71), 1871. f.8 Person C. Cheney (1875-7), 1876-7. f.9 Benjamin F. Prescott (1877-9), 1877-8. f.10 Natt Head (1879-81), 1879-80. f.11 Charles H. Bell (1881-3), 1882. f.12 Samuel W. Hale (1883-5), 1884-5. f.13 Moody Currier (1885-7), 1885-6. f.14 Samuel D. Felker (1913-5), 1914. f.15 Fred H. Brown (1923-5), 1923.II. SECRETARIES OF STATE
f.16 Ali B. Thompson (1877-1890), 1878-1886. f.17 Edward N. Pearson (1899-1915), 1914-1917. f.18 Edwin C. Bean (1915-28), 1915. f.19 Enos K. Sawyer (1923-5), 1923.III. CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
f.20 Robert M. Wallace (1901-13), 1903-1911. f.21 Robert G. Pike (1913-17), 1914.IV. BUILDING OF THE NEW STATE PRISON
f.22 Correspondence, 1879-81. f.23 Various receipts, accounts, and bills, 1859-89. f.24 Receipts, State of N.H., Office of the Treasurer, 1878-81. f.25 Cancelled checks, First National Bank, 1879-80. f.26 Miscellaneous materials, 1839-1923.