George W. Ingersoll Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of a lawyer, businessman, and Collector of the Port of Bangor, Maine. Included are letters, bills, receipts, and agreements, mostly pertaining to logging in Maine. Also included are typed transcripts of many of the bills and letters. Also included is a copy of the pamphlet A tribute to the dead: Robert Ingersoll's matchless eulogy of Roscoe Conkling. Also included is An Act to incorporate the Bangor Boom Company (approved March 22, 1843)
Dates
- Creation: 1835-1888
- Creation: Majority of material found within ( 1835-1856)
Creator
- Ingersoll, George W., 1803-1860 (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
George W. Ingersoll was born in New Gloucester, Maine, in 1803. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1830, studied law, was admitted to the Maine bar, and went into practice in Old Town, Maine, in 1832. He moved to Bangor where he continued to practice law. He was Inspector of Customs in Bangor and represented the city in the state legislature of 1854 and 1855 and was Attorney-General of the state in 1860, the year of his death.
Extent
4 Folders (circa 100 Items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers of a lawyer, businessman, and Collector of the Port of Bangor, Maine. Included are letters, bills, receipts, and agreements, mostly pertaining to logging in Maine. Also included are typed transcripts of many of the bills and letters. Also included is a copy of the pamphlet A tribute to the dead: Robert Ingersoll's matchless eulogy of Roscoe Conkling. Also included is An Act to incorporate the Bangor Boom Company (approved March 22, 1843)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Allen Goodwin, Palermo, Maine.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
Subject
- Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888 (Person)
- Bangor Boom Company (Organization)
- Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899 (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the George W. Ingersoll Papers
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
