Here’s a Pair of Documents Signed by War of 1812 Veteran, New Hampshire Politician, and Leader of the “Doe-Faces” Party

JOSEPH DOE

(1776 – 1860)

·       WAR OF 1812 VETERAN SOLDIER IN CAPTAIN PETER HERSEY’s REGIMENT,

·       7-TERM EARLY AMERICAN FEDERALIST PARTY MEMBER OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and ARTICULATE LEADER OF THE PARTY,

·       FOUNDER and LEADER OF HIS OWN POLITICAL PARTY KNOWN AS THE “DOE-FACES”

·       DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRES’S CHIEF SPOKESMAN IN THE LEGISLATURE, and TOWN POLITICIAN, CONSTABLE, and JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,

·       PROMINENT BANKING EXPERT – ELECTED DIRECTOR OF THE STRAFFORD BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1810-1819, and

·       FATHER OF CHARLES C. DOE (1830-1896) CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT.

HERE ARE TWO (2) DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY DOE – STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COURT DOCUMENTS, 1p., DATED AT SOMERSWORTH, STRAFFORD COUNTY, IN JAN. & MARCH, 1818, and SIGNED BY DOE AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, CONCERNING JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL COURT INVOLVING THE PAYMENT OF DEBTS.

The Verso of Both Documents Bear an Autograph Note Signed by Prominent Maine State Politician

SAMUEL WENTWORTH CARR

(1794 – 1853)

·       STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DOVER, ME 1831-1832, LATER MOVING TO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: JOSEPH DOE

Joseph Doe (1776-1860) was born at Newmarket, Rockingham County, NH on Nov. 15, 1776. He married at Somersworth, NH 25 Nov 1811 to Mary Bodwell Ricker. Doe Was active in town affairs 1799 to 1811; constable 1802 to 1809; soldier in the War of 1812 in Capt. Peter Hersey’s Co., May 24th to July 6th, 1814; took up residence in Rollinsford NH.

Was elected director of Strafford Bank of New Hampshire in 1810 to 1819; was a large land owner and successful farmer; although not professional lawyer he wrote legal documents and filled many offices of trust. He sold land and buildings in Rome and Belgrade, Kennebec County, Maine in 1815.

Doe was a man of powerful intellect and exerted a controlling influence in the surrounding community. In 1821, Joseph was elected Somersworth's representative to the Lower House of the New Hampshire General Court. He became one of the most articulate leaders of the Federalist Party and formed a party known as the "Doe-faces." In 1826, he was re-elected and became the chief spokesman in the state for the business community. He was an expert to whom special banking questions were referred.

After serving seven terms in the House, Joseph was appointed Justice of the Peace & Quorum.

His political tradition defined the forces of moderation, which became his son Judge Charles Cogswell Doe's constitutional principle. Joseph was supporting the last stand in New Hampshire on behalf of government by gentry. He gained the conviction that the democratic process could only survive if wedded to the rights of property and the protection of commerce. This was the political legacy that he passed on to his son Charles C. Doe (1830-1896) who eventually became Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Joseph Doe died on Feb. 28, 1860 and is buried in Old Town Cemetery, Rollinsford, Strafford County, NH.

Samuel Wentworth Carr was born on 6 October 1794, in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Col James Carr, was 46 and his mother, Susannah Wentworth, was 33. He married Rebecca Hanson Odiorne on 13 November 1825, in Dover MM, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States in 1850. He died on 25 November 1853, in Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 59.

Samuel Wentworth Carr (803) born in Dover N. H., Oct. (), 1794, married Kebecca Hanson Odiorne, of John and Sarah (Hanson) Odiorne, of Rochester, N. H., Dec. 15, 1825. She was born in Rochester, June 24, 1804. He settled in Dover, and was a representative in the legislature in 1831-2. In 1836 he moved to Coffeeville, Miss. He died in Lexington, Miss., Nov. 25, 1853. Their children were,

1512 1. Henry Oliver Carr, b. Sept. 28, 1827, d. Nov. 1, 1846.

1513 2. Elizabeth Landen Carr, b. Nov. 1, 1829, m. Thomas.

1514 3. Sarah Odiorne Carr, b. Jan. 4, 1831, m. E. Eggleston.

The documents measure approx. 8” x 12” and are in very fine condition for their advanced age.

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