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APPENDIX.

To Doctor A. R. Cutter In Portsmouth.

Newbury 16 Feb 1773.

Dear Sir. As I am uncertain whether you received an Answer to your last letter I now inform you that I wrote Col. Bayley of Cohoss [Coos] for a List of the Amphibious Animals you speak of, but have not yet heard from him, but shall forward it as soon as it arrives. As you were so obliging as to compliment me with naming the Town for Reasons I specified in my last, I thought of none that would be more agreeable than Dummer*-In Honour to Governor Dummer, the Founder of this School,† which has been as open to New hampshire as this Province, a great Number from there now.-So great a Friend and Benefactor to the Republic of Letters I would be glad should be had in everlasting Remembrance. I should be very glad to know the Situation of our Town, &c. &c.

Your assured Friend & Serv

SAMUEL MOODY.

Letter of Hughes & Whitelock, May 10, 1774. To Doct' Ammi Ruhe Cutter att Portsmouth New England.

Cap. Giddings Ch. Q.D.C.
London 10th May 1774.

Sir-By the Dartmouth Cap' Giddins who is bound directly to Piscataqua, Have Ship'd the Goods you order'd 3a March last agreeable to the Enclos'd Invoice & Bill of Lading wch we wish safe to your hands. The Cortex Peru is scarce & dear owing to the great demand for it abroad & not a sufficiency Imported into Spain last year—The late Riots at Boston wth the destruction of the India Companys Tea has Exasperated Governm' to Block up that Port & there are two Acts of Parliament now ready for the Royal Assent wch are for regulating the Police of that Province-if any resistance is made to these Laws the consequence will be fatal as the Innocent may suffer with the Guilty-We heartily wish that Affairs may be amicably adjusted & a Happy Union Establish'd with great Britain throughout all the Provinces, By first Vessel expect to receive your favours & are Sr Your Very hum Serv1s

To Doct' Am. Ru. Cutter.

HUGHES & WHITELOCK.

Letter of Judge David Sewall, of York, Nov. 11, 1774.

To Doc. A. R. Cutter In Portsmouth.

Nov 11th 1774.

Sir:-Matthew Parker tells me as tho' Gov' Wentworth was about Erecting a mill Between our mill & the Dam Erected at the foot of Crooked pond. If there be the place I take it his Excellency has been somehow misinform'd. For if we have any grant of a mill priveledge

*Dummer, Coos Co., N. H.

+ Dummer Academy, of which Mr. Moody was Preceptor.

from the Prop' it includes all them Falls. The Words of our Grant are the land and falls in Wolfborough commonly called the mill priviledge with the Falls Stream and appurtenances contains one hundred Acres-together with a Certain Island in Smith pond called mill Island suppos" to Contain 100 Acres. Please to enquire a little into the matter &c. and prevent our enter into a Controversy with his Ex'. Your Hum' Sv . DAVID SEWALL.

P. S. I shall likewise be glad to know what we have granted us for mill Island.

Doc Cutter.

Letter of General Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

To Doc' A. R. Cutter at Portsmo.

favd by Mr Fowle.

Dear Sir

Exeter 25th May 1775.

We have had the same flying Report here, you mention, but give no Credit to it. Shod any interesting intelligence arrive here, you may depend on have it as soon as possible. I am very sorry to hear Col. Fenton has left the Town.* I think it cannot be in Consequence of the message he received from the Congress. I am sure it was not their intention either to hurt or frighten him; but if it's his choice to leave the province I hope every body will acquiesce in it, least any reports sho" be spread to the disadvantage of the Congress. I inclose you a Coppy of the letter sent him in which I think there is nothing terrifying. With my best Respects to the Committee

I am Your Most Humb1 Svt

W. WHIPPLE.

Dear Sir

Letter of Dr. Isaac Foster, July 10, 1777.

Boston July 10, 1777.

I received your favour of the 3a Inst. am much obliged to you for your Care and Attention, and hope it will not be long before I shall be able to join you. Two loads of Medicine set off this Day for Danbury, amongst them are a Cask of Brimstone and another of litharge they are directed to the Care of Capt. Berrien and will be delivered out to either you or Doctor Burnets order. I much wish I could hear from Dr. Jackson; an Apothecary is wanted immediately. A Gentleman I met with from Portsmouth says he is well assured he will not accept. If I do not hear by Saturday night I shall be under the necessity of appointing another. There is a Gentleman here well recommended who would accept and join the Hospital immediately. I cannot learn that there are any regimental surgeons about here, what few I found I sent on. I have heard nothing from either Doctor Wolcott or Doctor Senter, nor do I expect to before I return to Danbury. If we do

Col. John Fenton, of Plymouth, N. H., loyalist.

not by then, I shall consider their not having signified their Acceptance as declining the service, and request that Others may be appointed in their places. Altho' I shall not be able to procure every Article we wanted, I am like to succeed much better than I expected, and shall leave an Agent here to purchase medicines from time to time as they may be wanted, also another to purchase other Stores as Capt. Berrien may order. I should take it as a favour if you would quicken M' Bailey about the instruments, I wrote Doctor Turner on that subject but have heard nothing from him. You may depend upon seeing me as soon as the Business I came upon is in any degree accomplished. Until when I am with much respect

Your Obedient and most humble Servant

Doctor Cutter.

ISAAC FOSter.

P. S. My best regards to Dr. Burnet, shall send him two very nice hospital tents next week.

Letter of Dr. I. Ledyard, July 21, 1777.

To A. R Cutter Esq' Physician General to the M. Hospitals E. D. Peeks Kill. Return of Express.

Dear Sir

I reca your Letter Stephen-shall send the Meden you OrderedCan get no Sheets from M Weeks; shall go to Mr Brinkerhoof this afternoon on the same business.

Gen' Sulivan is fast on the Recovery; is troubled with nothing at present but Lasitude from sudden depletion.-Maj' Courtland is not so well as when you went away; he commonly has two paroxisms Day, one in the middle of the forenoon, & one towards Evening.-The Division left a great many sick behind them when they went away.

One who was shot (by accident) thro. the hand I believe will require Amputation.-Snow is dead & old Graves followed him without much ceremony.-The deaf Man is just gone also & Denison died this Morning.-If I should go on much farther with my dead List I believe you will think I am about clearing the Hospital, but I do assure you they would not obey my Orders to live, so I was obliged to give them a Furlow.

I have a great deal of business now. If you send any sick from Peeks Kill please to let me know timely that I may engage more Buildings, for we are full & running over.

If you see my Cousin Lieut. Seymour of the Light Dragoon, I should think it a particular favour if you would tell him that as his Cap' is ordered to the Northward, I think it an ill time to exchange Companies on acc' of Dissatisfaction. I do not know how he can leave the Comp' with honour.-His Capt will now be glad to treat him as becomes a gentleman. I wish he would consider the matter disinterestedly & cooly; he is the best judge in his own situation, please to give my love to him.

I promise myself the happiness of seeing you tomorrow by Evening in the meanwhile

I am my dear Sir with the utmost Respect

Your most obliged & most obd' humb' Serv

Fish Kill, July 21st 1777.

I. LEDYARD.

P. S. Mr & Mrs Graham return their Compts very heartily. You have missed the pleasure of a Visit which Ms Storm makes us this afternoon. Ut antea

Dr Sir

Answer to Doc. Turner's, July, 1777.

I. L.

Fish Kill, 29th July 1777.

I receiv'd yours of 21d Inst. two Days ago, & am very much surpris'd at many Passages in it. I can account for it in no other way, than your egregiously misapprehending mine from Peeks Kill. I only meant a friendly letter, and to make up of such Freedom as I should not have taken amiss from you or any Gentleman in the Department of equal standing. Doc. Burnet had wrote me to desire my coming to Peekskill. I did not think it derogatory to comply with his Request, & found more than 150 sick in the General Hospital there and the number encreasing fast, the Doctor wanted much to be absent a few Days and urged my tarrying till he returned. I had left Gen. Sullivan and Maj. Courtlandt his Aid de Camp very sick at Fish Kill with more than 160 sick in the Hospital, it was therefore very inconvenient for me to tarry at that time. I proposed making you a Visit with him but his business was so urgent as to oblige him to set over that Afternoon in consequence of which I agreed to tarry three Days and to desire you by letter to spend the remaining few Days till his return.-these were my Reasons for writing a few lines in a Hurry, just as Dr. Belcher was setting out to bring Medicines.-Your Answer is full of Asperity, the first I ever receiv'd from you, and as I was unacquainted with your method of writing your sincere friends appear'd to me very unusual.-'twould take up too much time & paper to write all I have to say on the Subject & as we must meet soon on the Business of filling the Vacancys in our department shall impend the matter till then-when I came to this post I found Doc. Holmes, am much pleased with him as a Surgeon & Physician, and as he is fully employed here, can't think of parting with him at present. have sent Doc. Blanchard who has been in ye Hospital from the first of the War doubt not he'll suit you. You may perhaps think Dr. Belchers Removal was at my Instigation, it was not. Dr. Curtis suppos'd his motion the more difficult & desired the choice of his mate which was granted. Have sent a Memo. of Medicine much wanted here, which you'll please to give Doc. Foster if arriv'd; if not order them by Conveyance.

Yr Hum Servt.

Letter of Betsey Cutter, Æ. 15.*

To Ammi Ruhamah Cutter Esq'

A. R. C.

Phisician General of the Hospitals Eastern Department

My Dear Papa

at Fish Kills. Portsmouth 15th September, 1777.

It is with great pleasure I once more resume my pen to write to the most affectionate of parents. Tho it seems to be an Age since I wrote you & a half a Dozen Ages since I saw you. I will not say much at present of your Absence as I know it must be as tedious to

* Vide Cutter Hist., viii. §1, 3.

you as it is to us. I do asure you sir nothing ever gave us so much uneasyness as to hear you were so ill; your indisposition struck a damp upon our souls & on the other hand the joy to hear you were so much better cant be discribed. never did I spend such a tedious and uneasy week as the last week and we have now a more tedious one if possible to go through before we can hear one word from my Papa we shall be in the greatest anxiety til Friday comes.-Mama Desires you would return home as soon as you think you can without Danger to recover your health as the Wether will soon be cold and the People are very desirous for your return-The four Familyes are all well except my Grand Mama who has been very unwell these three days.

* I refer you to my uncle for all Foreign news as he told me he should write you. Miss Sarah Ann has got one tooth & puts in her vote for your return. Mamma sends her love to you and says you must take great care of yourself and not go out too soon, as the happyness of so many Persons depends upon your life you ought to be exceeding carefull of yourself-all of us who are so happy as to call ourselves your Children send our Duty to you and hope soon to be so happy as to embrace you in Portsmouth. Your friends all desire to be remembered to you. Mamma with us all Desire to be remembered to M' Wainright-and that the Divine Creator & Benefactor may keep & preserve restore to perfect health & strength and return in safety my Dear Papa is the fervant prayer of your Dutifull Daughter,

BETSEY CUTTER.

P. S. Uncle has not wrote he says you must excuse it as he was detaind with the Overseers last evening later than he expected.

B. C.

GERSHOM CUTTER'S MEMORANDUM.

[Vide pages 31 and 84.]

THIS memorandum, discovered since the above pages were printed, is comprised in a small pocket book with sheepskin covers, secured by a brass clasp, and embracing seventy-four leaves, mostly blank-two of which only are missing. The paper, yellow with age, is well preserved. On the outside is the signature," Gershom Cutter." The memorandum, though devoted to the affairs of Gershom Cutter, Senior, is in the handwriting of Gershom Cutter, Junior, his son. The items are meagre, and are entered evidently at widely different periods and several at a time. On the first leaf is the inscription

Gershom Cutter his Booke.

My father Cutters estat indebted to me for three years and three months & twenty scuen days saaruis [service] after j was twenty one years of age at £10 pur year.

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1 Richard Cutter, his father, died 1693, when Gershom was 40 years old. Gershom Cutter, Jr., was born 1679. 2 Ephraim Cutter, his brother. [Vide ii. 5.]

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