Liberty Pole Association Records, 1824-1978 – MS085
Provenance: Purchased by the Portsmouth Athenaeum in 2008.
Citation: Liberty Pole Association Records (MS085), Manuscript Collections, Portsmouth Athenaeum
Size: 1 Hollinger Box
Access: No restrictions
Processed by: Courtney MacLachlin, 2008
Scope & Content Records of the Liberty Pole Association, which document efforts to raise money for a flag, flagpole, and a bronze tablet to commemorate early colonial resistance to the British stamp laws. Bulk of the material is between 1907-1913, with other material from the 1970s.
See also: S0982, the subscribers list for a flag in 1834, and PS2063.
Folder List Box 1
FF 01: Subscription List, 1824 (copy)
FF 02: Petition, 1899
FF 03: Subscription List, 1899
FF 04: Appeals for donations – 1834,1899,1913
FF 05: Donor list, 1907
FF 06: Meeting records, 1912-1914
FF 07: Treasurer’s accounts, 1913-1934
FF 08: Receipts for expenditures, 1908-1913
FF 09: Donors, 1913
FF 10: Donor notes, 1913
FF 11: Correspondence, 1910-1912 and undated
FF 12: Correspondence, 1913
FF 13: Bronze tablet, 1913
FF 14: Liberty Pole histories
FF 15: News articles, 1907-1934
FF 16: Liberty Pole Association notes, 1977
FF 17: News articles, 1959-1978
FF 18: Liberty Pole images
FF 19: Drawing of the shield on the Liberty Pole