Lord Family Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
A collection of letters primarily to Nathaniel Lord of Kennebunk, Maine, from merchants and ships' captains writing from the Caribbean and from ports on the eastern coast of the United States. Some of the letters are addressed to Messrs. Tobias Lord & Co. Correspondence concerns transportation and sale of goods, materials purchased and sold, and prices and market conditions. Details of various voyages are contained in the letters.
Collection also contains a letter, 1806, to Capt. Joseph Hatch & Co., Kennebunk; another, June 17, 1806, to James Cunningham, Tobago; one dated May 29, 1820 from T. Lord to William Jefferds; another, Mar. 29, 1821, from Bray & Warren, Great Russell St., Bloomsbury to N.W. & H.(?) E. Vincent, Charleston, S.C.; and a final one, 1842, to Daniel W. Lord.
Dates
- Creation: 1803-1842
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1806
Creator
- Lord family (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Members of the Lord family from Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, Maine, including Nathaniel Lord and his son Daniel Walker Lord, were merchants and owners of ships engaged in trade in the West Indies.
Extent
1 folder (23 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of letters primarily to Nathaniel Lord of Kennebunk, Maine, from merchants and ships' captains writing from the Caribbean and from ports on the eastern coast of the United States.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from The Manuscript Company of Springfield, Springfield, VA.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
Subject
- Lord, Nathaniel, 1776-1815 (Person)
- Lord, Daniel Walker, 1800-1880 (Person)
- Jefferds, William, 1753-1820 (Person)
- Lord, Tobias, 1778-1854 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Kennebunk (Me.) -- Commerce
- Kennebunk (Me.) -- History
- Kennebunkport (Me.) -- Commerce
- Kennebunkport (Me.) -- History
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Lord Family Correspondence
- 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
