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Letters of a U.S. Representative. Six of the letters were sent to the Daily Globe (Washington, D.C.) office and requested copies of the Globe be sent to his constituents and charged to his Daily Globe allotment. One of the letters was sent to the Commissioner of Pensions.

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A daybook of a watch repairer in Maine.

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The collection consists of selected annual reports of the water districts in Portland (1913, 1948-1979); Augusta (1954-1979); Anson; Bangor; Bath; Biddeford and Saco; Bingham; Brunswick and Topsham; Houlton; Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells; Mexico; Norway; Rumford; Searsport; Van Buren; and Yarmouth.

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Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine.

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A collection of Penobscot elder Watie Akins's papers, focused on Wabanaki music. The collection includes copies of research findings, grant material, correspondence, financial records, and research CD copies of Wabanaki music.

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The papers of Artemus Edwin Weatherbee, a long-time U.S. government employee, include correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings primarily from his years as assistant secretary in the U.S. Treasury Dept. and as director of the Asian Development Bank.

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A letter from Webb probably to J.F. Parkhurst of Unity and Bangor, Maine, containing thoughts on the conduct of the Civil War. Webb asks Parkhurst his opinions about various issues relating to the war: what he would do if he were president, whether he would let the South separate from the Union, how he would deal with slaves escaping to the north, etc. Webb also gives his own opinions of President Lincoln, the War, and the South and its leaders.

Scope and Contents Collection contains papers of Seth Webb, including memorandum books and diaries, 1808-1850s; information about schools at which he taught in 1812 and 1834; legal documents, 1824-1859; and church and fraternal documents. Also included are genealogies of the Webb family and reminiscences written by Seth Webb. The collection also contains letters and documents of Seth Webb's son, Jeremiah Webb, as well as his diaries for various years between 1856 and 1884. A few items of Albion Webb and...

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Ledgers and maps of the timberland business owned by several generations of the Webber family of Bangor, Maine.

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A letter from Daniel Webster to John Haven in which Webster notes that he is enclosing a letter from Peleg Sprague. He advises Haven if he has a case like that mentioned by Sprague he should put it in Sprague's hands. The letter from Sprague to Haven, dated March 21, 1833, and also included, concerns a claim for cargo confiscated in 1811 from the ship Admittance. The ship Horace is also mentioned in Sprague's letter.

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A daybook maintained by Perley Webster from September 1941 to January 1945. The volume records Webster's purchases as well as amounts he earned selling dairy products. It also contains lists of amounts spent on gasoline, oil and repairs as well as groceries. Miscellaneous receipts, notes, etc., accompany the daybook.

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Records pertaining to Wyatt Weed and the family's logging business in Veazie, Maine. Also includes land deeds and clippings about Wyatt's death by electrocution.

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Includes an account book covering household and farming expenses, lumber mill diary, drawings. Covers the period 1855-1866 in Frankfort, Maine.

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A printed volume meant to be used to keep a daily record of farming operations and including descriptions of various pieces of machinery from the John Deere Company. The volume was given compliments of H.O. Nichols, Harrington, Maine, apparently a dealer in farm machinery, and was used by James Vaughn Weeden of Milbridge, Maine, to record a few entries.

Abstract Many of the source files include Dr. Weiner's research notes and provide page numbers, quotations, and responses to each text. Other source files, listed by title and author, contain photocopied and clipped articles but no annotation. The manuscript of Sex, Sickness, and Slavery in Series 3 is a considerably more extensive draft than what was published after editing. Additional material in this collection relates to professional associations, course development and teaching, and the process...

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A daybook used by George L. Welt of Waldoboro, Maine, to record transactions in his marine insurance business. The volume also contains a list of money loaned by George L. Welt & Co.

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A volume used by Carroll Wentworth of Kezar Falls, Maine, to record his daily activities including weather observations, his farm chores and results from his egg business. An egg record for 1911 is included.

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The account books record the practice of a physician in Kittery, Maine in the late 1800s.

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A photograph album by an unidentified compiler containing photographs taken in West Peru, Maine.

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A letter written by Thomas Westbrook to his son-in-law Richard Waldron discussing an unidentified court case. The name Waldo is mentioned several times in the letter, presumably referring to Westbrook's business associate, Samuel Waldo.

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A volume used by Joseph Westcott to record financial transactions from his general store in Castine, Maine. The volume was also used to record information about settling the estate of Joseph Westcott's father, also Joseph Westcott, who died in 1830.

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This collection is a mix of personal and business documents concerning families other than the Westerfield Family. These documents include ships logs and diaries, personal diaries, account books, and letters. A few other family related documents are included.

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Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine. Included are voucher registers, payroll records, distribution records, general ledgers, and asset and expense records.

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Account books of Arunah, Daniel and Eliphaz Weston of Bristol (later Bremen), Maine.

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Ledger from an unidentified wharf possibly in Belfast, Maine. Entries record costs for shipping merchandise for various individuals and companies and on various schooners, including the schooners Earl and Lillian.

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Diaries of a sawmill worker in Bethel, Maine. The diaries cover the years 1898 and 1900 to 1907.

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Interviews conducted as part of research for When I Grew Up Long Ago, by Alvin Schwartz, published by J. B. Lippincott Co., 1978.

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Typescript of a letter in which Whitaker outlines his participation as chief of staff for Gen. George Custer in the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox.

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Inventory and valuation records of the White Mountain Power Company in Maine and the Wakefield Power Company in New Hampshire.

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Collection includes a notebook of dye recipes and tanning procedures for leather with some samples of leather pasted in. Also includes a statistical summary for an unidentified company dated 1926 and three letters to White, 1944 and 1947, concerning orders for dyes and chemicals.