Asa French Papers from Weare, New Hampshire, 16 Documents
This archive of sixteen documents includes various official papers related to the career of Revolutionary War veteran Asa French, of Weare, New Hampshire. Items include bills, receipts, a court summons, a promissory note, and two letters.

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] Archive of 16 documents, related to the life of Asa French, 1792-1853. 17 pp., various sizes. Expected folds; some staining and edge tears; very legible.

Excerpts
Asa French, Promissory Note, April 13, 1813
"For value received I promise to pay Jacob Gibson two Cows the girt of each Cow is to be five feet and one inch and one quarter of an inch and likewise both to be with calf or calves by their side when delivered and likewise said Cows are to calve in good season for the use of the ensuing years after. When delivered said Cows are not to exceed seven years old when returned and I hereby agree to return or deliver said Cows in four years from the above date. / Asa French"

Tax Receipt, October 31, 1816
"Received this 31 day of October 1816, from Asa French the sum of ––– dollars and 49 cents for direct tax upon the property of sd French in the town of Weare in the third collection district in the State of New-Hampshire, under the act of Congress to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States. / S. Johnston / Deputy Collector of the first division in the third Collection District N. Hampshire."

Certificate of Birth, July 21, 1832
"Extract from the Records of Births of the town of Billerica, County of Middlesex, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
"'Asa, son of Asa & Hannah French, was born July ye 7th 1760'
"Certified at Billerica on this twenty first day of July A.D. 1832 / Marshall Preston Town Clerk"

Medical Bill
"Concord, Sept. 25, 1838
Asa French
To Timothy Haynes, Dr.
For Medical Attendance and Medicine, from July 15 1837 to Sept. 25 1838$3.50
Received Payment, T. Haynes"

Asa French (1760-1841) was born in Massachusetts and served in the Massachusetts militia for six months in 1776 and eight months in 1778 during the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Polly Lovejoy (1761-1845) in 1782 in Andover, Massachusetts. They settled in Weare, New Hampshire, by the following year. He later moved to Concord, New Hampshire.

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