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1802, Gov. John T. Gilman, N. Hampshire, Levi Bartlett signed J.O.P. appointment
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This document dated 1802, an appointment for Humphrey Jackman, appointed as Justice of Peace for Hillborough County, New Hampshire. Signed at lower right by Governor John T. Gilman, left by Joseph Pearson and on back by Robert Wallace and Levi Bartlett. Document is 8x13, paper loss at seal, folds, overall good condition.John Taylor Gilman (December 19, 1753 – September 1, 1828) was a farmer, shipbuilder and statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782–1783 and was Governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805, and from 1813 to 1816.
Gilman was one of the Minutemen of 1775 and a selectman in 1777 and 1778. Gilman served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1779 and 1781 and was a delegate to the Convention of the States in Hartford, Connecticut, in October 1780. He served as a member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. He was the New Hampshire Treasurer in 1791 and moderator in 1791–1794, 1806, 1807, 1809–1811, 1817, 1818, and 1820–1825.
Gilman served as Governor of New Hampshire between 1794 and 1805 and was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1805. He was again a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1810 and 1811 and again an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1812. He was elected governor and served from 1813 to 1816 and declined to be a candidate for renomination for governor in 1816. He was an ex officio trustee of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (1794–1805 and 1813–1816), and trustee by election (1817–1819). He was president of the board of trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1795–1827, and donor of the oldest property, the 'Yard,' upon which the older buildings stand.Gilman was also elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.
Dr. Levi Bartlett, Esq. (3 September 1763 – 30 January 1828) was a doctor, judge, politician, and post master from Kingston, NH. He was the son of Dr. Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795) of Kingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence and veteran of the Revolutionary War, as well as New Hampshire’s first governor.
Levi Bartlett studied medicine with both his father and Thomas Kittredge of Andover MA, and acquired his legal training from his father. He was a Justice to the Court of Common Pleas in Rockingham County and the Circuit Court, served the community extensively as a doctor, and served in the New Hampshire Militia and as being Kingston’s representative to the NH Legislature.
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