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Jeannette F. (Lamb) Adams Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0657-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Folded letter with envelope. Letter refers to Joshua Chamberlain. Mrs. Horace G. Allen (nee Grace Dupee Chamberlain) was his daughter.
Dates:
1914 March 7
Thomas Adams Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0659-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter to Charles Cate, son-in-law of Thomas Adams. Relates to J. Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, slavery.
Dates:
February 22 1841
James Alden Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0650-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter between friends and officers. Mentions a check for 45.00 for a bookcase (see letter of May 8, 1869). Update on happenings: political, military and personal.
Dates:
July 1, 1869
James Alden Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0660-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter between friends and officers. Alden updates Walker on his request for additional marines, moving of personal effects, payment of a bookcase and political news.
Dates:
May 8 1869
Fred H. Allen Letters
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0992-sc
Abstract
Letters of a farmer and log driver in the late 19th century.
Dates:
1876-1881
Elisha Ayer Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0654-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Addressed to the "Wright Honarable" Col. Thomas Cutts, Esq. Begins as a personal letter and then turns to business about supplying iron.
Dates:
July 17 1799
George W. Ayer Letter (December 28, 1862)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0653-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter is written "Camping in the woods near Patomac Creek Station, Va," during the Civil War. Mr. Ayer is less than pleased with the organization and leadership of the army and the war, in general.
Dates:
December 28, 1862
George W. Ayer Letter (November 16, 1862)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0652-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter is written in Warrington, Va., during the Civil War. Mr. Ayer is eager to know of news from home. Discusses much information about the war becoming "political" and the "armey" becoming "democrat."
Dates:
November 16, 1862
Parley A. Bailey Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0028
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters written by Bailey to his wife Judith, Judith Bailey's letters to her husband and a few letters written by Bailey's daughter Mary to him while he was serving in the Civil War. Also contains one letter written by Mary to her uncle Montraville Bailey in 1865.
Dates:
1864-1865
Sidney Baldwin Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0655-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Discusses "winter" letters Baldwin sent to Hahn for his historical files.
Dates:
May 18 1934
Lewis W. Ball Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1595-sc
Abstract
Letter written by Ball to his cousin, Mrs. Howard O. Merrill, Morrills Cor., Maine telling of his service in the Spanish-American War as a member of the 8th Company, U.S. Volunteer Signal Corps. The letter discusses his duties, conditions in camp, etc. Collection also contains a letter dated Dec. 27, 1969 from Adelbert H. Merrill, donor of the collection, to James C. MacCampbell, director of Fogler Library, giving his memories of Lewis Ball. MacCampbell's reply and a brief history of the 8th...
Dates:
1898 August 20
John W. Ballou Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0656-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Written on Sheriff's office stationary. Refers to papers sent to Zina about Bowdoinham and asks for acknowledgement of their receipt. Refers to Bro. Plummer and to other personal matters.
Dates:
January 20 1886
David Barker Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0661-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter discusses legal matters.
Dates:
January 18 1849
Alice Barrows Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0894-sc
Abstract
The papers of an American educator. Included are letters, publications, clippings, and notes, relating to Miss Barrows' work in education; a manuscript for an autobiography which she never completed; some family material, particularly concerning Charles Dana Barrows (1846-1892); a genealogy of the Prentice family; deeds (1820-1839) from Fryeburg, Maine; notes on impressions of Thomas Brackett Reed; photographs of family members; and a photocopy of an article about her in Urban Education (v. 9,...
Dates:
1820-1974
Samuel P. Bates Collection on Rudy Vallée
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1777
Scope and Contents
Collection of memorabilia, recordings, correspondence, and photographs that serves to document the relationship between Samuel P. Bates and his family with Rudy Vallee and his wife Eleanor.
Dates:
1914-1990
George Lafayette Beal Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0867-sc
Abstract
Papers of an army officer in the Civil War. Included are handwritten letters by George Lafayette Beal during the Civil War, a photocopy of an autobiography including Beal's service record, and a photograph of Beal.
Dates:
1861-1877
Paul W. Bean Civil War Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0046
Abstract
Contains Civil War correspondence of Frank L. Lemont (Company E, 5th Maine Regiment); letters of Charles Warner (145th New York Volunteers); diaries of John B. Bailey, Ezekiel Ellis, Edwin M. Truell and George Washington Verrill. Also contains record books.
Dates:
circa 1860-1864
Charles Austin Beard Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0662-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter refers to "the views of Locke the Theorist" and of Shaftesbury and to a book on Locke by Fowler.
Dates:
August 11 1942
Beebee, Ludlow & Co. Collection
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0866-sc
Abstract
A small collection of records of a bullion and exchange dealer. The collection includes letters, receipts, and accounts of Beebee, Ludlow & Co. of New York, Beebee & Co. of New York, and Ludlow, Beebee & Co. of Philadelphia. The period covered is 1846 to 1881.
Dates:
1846-1881
John C. Berdeen Letter
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0663-sc
Abstract
Typewritten letter signed. Envelope and brochure (A Five-Year Program for Good Will Homes and Schools 1919-1924) included. Letter from the Assistant Treasurer of the Good Will Home Association in absence of G.W. Hinckley. Refers to mailing of brochure and request for funds.
Dates:
November 14 1919
Edward Robie Berry Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0049
Scope and Contents
Papers include letters, family history, photographs, patent clippings, personal finances, 5 books, a Grasselli Medal for applied chemistry, 1 postccard scrapbook of Maud Henneberry.
Dates:
undated
Hiram Gregory Berry Letter (February 2, 1850)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0664-sc
Abstract
Photocopy of autograph letter signed. Refers to schooner Mary Snow carrying "a load of Boards", sailing to Bucksport.
Dates:
February 2, 1850
Hiram Gregory Berry Letter (May 14, 1861)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0665-sc
Abstract
Photocopy of autograph letter signed. Refers to appointment and transfer for organizing regiment.
Dates:
May 14, 1861
James Gillespie Blaine Letter (August 11, 18??)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0669-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Relates to "Aroostook" and Marshall Stanley.
Dates:
(August 11, 18??)
James Gillespie Blaine Letter (December 26, 1861)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0666-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Letter relates to Bills for transporting troops and war munitions over Maine railroads.
Dates:
December 26, 1861
James Gillespie Blaine Letter (May 2, 1881)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0668-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Relates to taxation of vessels engaged in foreign trade.
Dates:
May 2, 1881
James Gillespie Blaine Letter (May 7, 1867)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0667-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Refers to arrangements for trip to Ireland and Wales which may include Lot and two friends.
Dates:
May 7, 1867
James Gillespie Blaine Letter (undated)
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0670-sc
Abstract
Autograph letter signed. Informal letter (five pages), speaks of electricity, Green Mountain, Handy, Cornell, Edison, running for presidency (probably 1892 election), etc. Blaine directed the recipient (unknown) of this letter to burn it.
Dates:
undated
Jacob Blanchard Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0985-sc
Abstract
Diaries of a resident of Blanchard, Maine. The 4 diaries cover the years 1887, 1888, 1889-June 1890, and 1892-June 1894.
Dates:
1887-1898
James A. Blanchard II Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1749
Abstract
Correspondence from James A. Blanchard II to his wife, June E. (Peterson) Blanchard, and his son, Bob Blanchard, while he was stationed in the Pacific with the U.S. Navy during World War II. Also includes letters from June Blanchard to James A. Blanchard II.
Dates:
March 19, 1940-May 26, 1954; Majority of material found within March 19, 1940-September 6, 1945
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