MC 27
1 box (.33 cu.ft.)
About the Perkins Family
The Perkins Family resided in Unity, New Hampshire. The principal figure of the family papers is Amos Perkins. Born in 1790, Amos died in 1885 at the age of 95 and was a lifelong resident of Unity. He was a farmer by occupation but also worked as Secretary and President of Unity Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He also served as a justice of the peace, town selectman, and treasurer in Unity, N.H., and he was a Major in the New Hampshire state militia. He worked on the Executive Council of Governor John H. Steele and in 1832 acted as the treasurer of Sullivan county.
The Perkins Family Papers also include information pertaining to other members of the Perkins family, among whom are: Betsey Moody Perkins (1790-1853), Amos’s wife; Amos’s brother, Joseph (b. 1788), an engraver who worked in Philadelphia and New York; Joseph M. Perkins (1819-1886), Amos’s son; Maria Hathorn Perkins (1831-1899), Joseph M. Perkins’s wife; and Abigail Perkins (b.1826), Amos Perkins’ daughter.
About the Perkins Family collection
The Perkins Family Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, broadsides, accounts, receipts, etchings, drawings, poems, insurance policies, deeds, petitions, indentures, and writs of or pertaining to members of the Perkins family. The collection further includes papers of the Moody family and a number of Unity town records.
Folder Listing
| f.1 | Joseph Perkins to Amos Perkins, 1815-1841. |
| f.2 | Amos Perkins, personal correspondence, 1854-1881. |
| f.3 | Cassandria Hathorn to Maria Hathorn Perkins, 1852-1887. |
| f.4 | Abigail Perkins, personal correspondence, 1854-1894. |
II. Political Papers
| f.5 | Amos Perkins, Appointments, 1812-1885. |
| f.6 | Amos Perkins, County Treasurer, 1832. |
| f.7 | Amos Perkins, Selectman, Roads & Highways, 1827-1844. |
| f.8 | Amos Perkins, Selectman, Papers, 1843. |
| f.9 | Amos Perkins, Selectman, Papers, 1844-1845. |
| f.10 | Amos Perkins, Speeches and Political Writings, 1864 and undated. |
| f.11 | Joseph M. Perkins, Appointment, Justice of Peace, 1875. |
| f.12 | Advertisement, American (”Know-Nothing”) Party, 1843. |
III. Business Papers
| f.13 | Deeds, Moody Family, 1783-1815, 1841. |
| f.14 | Deeds and Indentures, Perkins Family, 1817-1885. |
| f.15 | Perkins Family Accounts & Financial Records, 1834-1844. |
| f.16 | Papers of Amos Perkins, Justice of the Peace, 1832-1866. |
| f.17 | Deeds and Indentures signed by Amos Perkins, 1838-1848. |
| f.18 | Amos Perkins’s Insurance Policies, 1868 & 1880. |
| f.19 | Insurance Policies, 1833-1843. |
| f.20 | Insurance Policies, 1844-1845. |
| f.21 | Insurance Policies, 1846-1851, 1874. |
| f.22 | E.E. Randall to Joseph M. Perkins, 1880-1883. |
| f.23 | Copies of two poems, “Young Lady” and “A Night Piece,” etched by Joseph Perkins, undated. |
IV. Miscellaneous
| f.24 | Chase Family Genealogical notes (Jacob Perkins, Amos’ father, married Mrs. Hannah Chase, April 23, 1788). |
| f.25 | Papers and Drawings, undated. |
| f.26 | Poems by Aurelia Moody, undated. |
| f.27 | Unity Town Papers: Receipts, Accounts, and Auditors Reports, 1836-1844, 1871. |
| f.28 | Unity Town Records: Petitions and Writs, 1834-1848. |
| f.29 | Unity Town Records: Miscellaneous, 1844-1849. |
| f.30 | Pamphlets, Broadsides, and Published Materials, 1847-1889. |