Nathaniel A. Haven Papers, 1790-1841 – MS101
Source: Gift of Dean F. Jewett in 2005.
Citation: Nathaniel A. Haven Papers (MS101), Portsmouth Athenaeum
Size: 3 Hollinger boxes (1 1/2 linear feet)
Processed by: Courtney MacLachlan in 2010
Scope and Content:
Papers, primarily correspondence, but also including deeds, legal settlements, and shipping accounts relating to Portsmouth physician and merchant Nathaniel Appleton Haven (1762-1831). Bulk date 1790-1799. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author.
Biographical Note:
Nathaniel Appleton Haven (1762-1831) was part of a large family, the son of Reverend Samuel Haven, pastor of South Church, Portsmouth. He graduated from Harvard College in 1779 with a degree in medicine. After the Revolutionary War, in which he acted as a ship’s surgeon, Haven established himself in Portsmouth as a physician and merchant. Eventually he became a successful ship owner and civic leader. Haven was elected as a Federalist to the 11th US Congress (1809-1811). He died in Portsmouth on March 13, 1831 and is buried at the Proprietor’s Burying Ground. He was a proprietor of the Portsmouth Athenaeum.
The Haven house was located on High Street opposite Ladd Street. It burned in 1986.
Nicholas Rousselet, author of many of the letters in this collection, had trade and business connections with Nathaniel Haven. Born about 1760, he was an auctioneer in Boston in 1785, the year that he was naturalized as a US citizen. He lived in Portsmouth for a period of time, marrying Catherine Elizabeth (Betsy) Moffatt, daughter of Samuel Moffatt of Portsmouth, in 1786. Daughter Lucy was born in Portsmouth in 1788. They lived in Philadelphia briefly, then moved to Demerary (now British Guiana). After Betsy died in 1799, NIcholas Rousselet married again in 1806. He died in 1811 in Basse Terre, Guadaloupe.
Historical Note:
These papers had been stored in an attic in Kittery. When the house burned in 1949, the material was saved, but some of the material is very charred. After the fire the collection was stored in the cellar of another house in Kittery until donated to the Athenaeum in 2005.
Folder List
Correspondence
Box 1 FF01: Adams, John to John Haven. Feb. 1798
Box 1 FF02: Adams, John to Mr. Prince. June 5, 1798
Box 1 FF03: Allard, Daniel to N.A. Haven. September, 1798
Box 1 FF04: Amory, Rufus to Nicholas Rousselet. Oct.-Nov., 1790
Box 1 FF05: Appleton, Charles to N.A. Haven. June 12, 1798
Box 1 FF06: Appleton, George W. to N.A. Haven. May-June, 1798
Box 1 FF07: Appleton, Henry to N.A. Haven. March-July, 1798
Box 1 FF08: Appleton, John to N.A. Haven. Feb.-April, 1798
Box 1 FF09: Appleton, Thomas to N A. Haven. Oct. 7, 1797
Box 1 FF10: Atherson, Charles H. to N.A. Haven. Feb. 23, 1798
Box 1 FF11: Beeldemaker & Co. to N.A. Haven. Jan. 1, 1798
Box 1 FF12: Bixby, Joseph to N.A. Haven. Oct. 2, 1797
Box 1 FF13: Brimblecom, Saluel to N.A. Haven. April-May, 1798
Box 1 FF14: Champney, Joseph to N.A. Haven. April 19, 1798
Box 1 FF15: Chase, David to N.A. Haven. April 28, 1797
Box 1 FF16: Chase, Joseph to N.A. Haven. Jan. 5, 1798
Box 1 FF17: Clark & Connor to N.A. Haven. April 6, 1798
Box 1 FF18: Clifford, Eben to N.A. Haven. Oct. 6, 1798
Box 1 FF19: Coit, Joshua to Nicholas Rousselet. 1799
Box 1 FF20: Coster, Joachim to N.A. Haven. Jan. 1, 1798
Box 1 FF21: Cushing, John to N.A. Haven. Nov. 28, 1798
Box 1 FF22: Dana, Samuel to N.A. Haven. Jan. 26, 1798
Box 1 FF23: Dawes, Thomas to N.A. Haven. March 1797 & Feb. 1798
Box 1 FF24: Dennie, Thomas to William Haven. Jan.10, 1798
Box 1 FF25: Dennie, Thomas to N.A. Haven. Dec. 22, 1798
Box 1 FF26: Emerson, Samuel to N.A. Haven. June 23, 1798
Box 1 FF27: Emery, Samuel to N.A. Haven. April, 1798
Box 1 FF28: Frost, G. to N.A. Haven. May-June, 1798
Box 1 FF29: Gardner, John to N.A. Haven. March, 1798
Box 1 FF30: Gilman, Nathaniel to N.A. Haven. Oct. 4, 1798
Box 1 FF31: Greenleaf, David to N.A. Haven. Feb.-June, 1797
Box 1 FF32: Gould & Varney to N.A. Haven. Jan. 30, 1798
Box 1 FF33: Hale, John to N.A. Haven. Nov., 1798
Box 1 FF34: Hale, William to John Haven. Jan. 29, 1798
Box 1 FF35: Ham, Samuel to N.A. Haven. March-August, 1798
Box 1 FF36: Ham, William to N.A. Haven. May 10, 1798
Box 1 FF37: Happart, G. to N.A. Haven. Oct. 8, 1798
Box 1 FF38: Harris & Francis to N.A. Haven. Jan.-July, 1798
Box 1 FF39: Harris, Abel to N.A. Haven. Sept. 26, 1798
Box 1 FF40: Haven, John to N.A. Haven. Jan.-June, 1798
Box 1 FF41: Haven, N.A. to Thomas Perkins. Aug. 11, 1797
Box 1 FF42: Haven, William to N.A. Haven. Jan.-May, 1798
Box 1 FF43: Hinckley, David to N.A. Haven. Feb. 12, 1798
Box 1 FF44: Hubbard, John to N.A. Haven. May, 1798
Box 1 FF45: Huse, Thomas to N.A. Haven. March 8, 1798
Box 1 FF46: Jaffrey & Rupette to N.A. Haven. March 20, 1798
Box 1 FF47: Johnson, William P. to N.A. Haven. March-Oct., 1798
Box 1 FF48: Lenox, Robert to N.A. Haven. April-May, 1798
Box 1 FF49: Livermore, Arthur to N.A. Haven. Sept. 28, 1798
Box 1 FF50: Lovering, Samuel to N.A. Haven. Nov. 14, 1798
Box 1 FF51: Morse, Eliakim to N.A. Haven. April 6, 1798
Box 1 FF52: Moulton, Nathan S. to N.A. Haven. Nov. 15, 1792
Box 1 FF53: Norton, William B. to N.A. Haven. May 16, 1798
Box 1 FF54: Odavin, Lucy to N.A. Haven. 1798
Box 1 FF55: Oram, Captain to N.A. Haven. March 5, 1798
Box 2 FF01: Perkins, Thomas to N.A. Haven. Nov. 1797-Jan.,1798
Box 2 FF02: Perkins, Thomas to N.A. Haven. Jan.-March, 1798
Box 2 FF03: Perkins, Thomas to N.A. Haven. March-May, 1798
Box 2 FF04: Perkins, Thomas to N.A. Haven. April-May, 1798
Box 2 FF05: Pike, Joshua to N.A. Haven. January 21, 1798
Box 2 FF06: Richardson, J. to N.A. Haven. Dec. 20, 1798
Box 2 FF07: Roberts, Moses to N.A. Haven. 1798
Box 2 FF08: Rousselet, Lucy to Maria Haven. Oct. 1, 1792
Box 2 FF09: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. 1790
Box 2 FF10: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Papers, 1791
Box 2 FF11: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Jan.-Feb., 1791
Box 2 FF12: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. March, 1791
Box 2 FF13: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. April, 1791
Box 2 FF14: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. May-June, 1791
Box 2 FF15: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. July, 1791
Box 2 FF16: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Aug.-Sept., 1791
Box 2 FF17: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. October, 1791
Box 2 FF18: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Nov.-Dec., 1791
Box 2 FF19: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Jan.-Feb., 1792
Box 2 FF20: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Oct.-Dec., 1792
Box 3 FF01: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Jan.-Feb., 1793
Box 3 FF02: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. April-May, 1793
Box 3 FF03: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. July, 1793
Box 3 FF04: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. Feb.-June, 1794
Box 3 FF05: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. July-August, 1794
Box 3 FF06: Rousselet, Nicholas to N.A. Haven. 1797-1798
Box 3 FF07: Seavey, Thomas to N.A. Haven. March-April, 1798
Box 3 FF08: Sigourney & Sons to N.A. Haven. June 28, 1798
Box 3 FF09: Smith, Edward James & Co., to N.A. Haven. Oct. 26, 1797
Box 3 FF10: Smith, Jeremiah to N.A. Haven. April 24, 1798
Box 3 FF11: Smith, William to N.A. Haven. May 16, 1793
Box 3 FF12: Stiles, Barnard to N.A. Haven. Jan. 29, 1798
Box 3 FF13: Wheeler, John to N.A. Haven. Nov. 30, 1798
Box 3 FF14: Whipple, Oliver to N.A. Haven. Dec. 12, 1798
Box 3 FF15: White, John to N.A. Haven. August 20, 1798
Box 3 FF16: Whitelaw, James to N.A. Haven. Sept. 20, 1798
Box 3 FF17: Whiting, Samuel to N.A. Haven. January 19, 1798
Box 3 FF18: Williams, Samuel to N.A. Haven. August 8, 1798
Business records
Box 3 FF19: Advertisement: Rocheteau & Co., Surinam, 1798
Box 3 FF20: Attachment of property of Edward Melcher, 1833
Box 3 FF21: Attachments of property for debt, various people, 1834
Box 3 FF22: Attachments of property for debt, various people, 1835
Box 3 FF23: Attachments of property for debt, various people, 1836
Box 3 FF24: Attachments of property for debt, 1838
Box 3 FF25: Attachment of property for debt, 1841
Box 3 FF26: Bill of sale, Nicholas Rousselet to N.A. Haven. 1793
Box 3 FF27: Deed of pew. N. Rousselet. Apr. 2, 1790
Box 3 FF28: Deeds: Cutts lot, Fore St., Portsmouth. 1818-1827
Box 3 FF29: Deeds: Brick Store, #2 Merchants Row, Spring Hill. 1799
Box 4 FF01: Deed: House & land on High Street, 1807 & 1810
Box 4 FF02: Deeds: Farm on Newington Rd. & field on Wibird Hill
Box 4 FF03: Petition by N. Rousselet to sell land. Nov. 14, 1791
Box 4 FF04: Price list for imports. Dec. 28, 1797
Box 4 FF05: Settlement: Saml. R.C. Moffatt estate, part 1. 1813-1827
Box 4 FF06: Settlement: Saml. R.C. Moffatt estate, part 2. 1813-1827
Box 4 FF07: Shipping accounts (in Dutch). July 7, 1797
Box 4 FF08: Summons to Daniel Lamprey, Hampton. 1832
Box 4 FF09: Undated/unidentified