Livesay, E. Christopher
Person
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Asa Smith correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4226
Scope and Content note
The collection consists primarily of correspondence, financial invoices and papers, and a handful of legal documents. Represented in this material are Smith’s various business, political, and community ventures, including records of his store stock, supplies required to care for his family and animals, building ventures, and timber and railroad papers. Efforts to build and maintain the community are evident in papers regarding the military road, the Mattawamkeag bridge, and the local...
Dates:
1832 - 1863
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Bell family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4250
Scope and Content note
Mostly probates and deeds, although there are also stock certificates, a pew deed, World War I records, and estate records.
Dates:
1862 - 1978
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Benjamin Carson family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4234
Scope and Content note
This collection consists entirely of letters written by Benjamin Carson to his wife and son while traveling for work. The letters share details of the towns he visited, the people he met, his sales (and lack thereof), and the weather. A desk calendar from a hotel frequented by Carson in Calais, Maine, is also included.
Dates:
1917 - 1934
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Benjamin F. Cary correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4233
Scope and Content note
The collection consists of letters to and from various members of the Benjamin F. Cary family, including between Cary and his wife Sophia during their courtship and marriage, and to their children. Envelopes for letters sent between 1861 and 1869 are included and labeled with numbers corresponding to the letters. Overall, the letters concern family matters and shed light on domestic life. Letters sent by Cary to his family during the Civil War years provide insight into local and national...
Dates:
1842 - 1886
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
E. Christopher Livesay papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4242
Scope and Content note
This collection consists of correspondence, invoices and bills of sale, memos, financial records, reports, trip itineraries, publications, and photographs. The material details Livesay’s years as a collector of Maine-related manuscripts and printed matter, including prices, sources, and research. There are drafts of and records related to Livesay’s contributions to The Mirror of Maine: Four Centuries of Great Books published by the Baxter Society and the...
Dates:
1970 - 2018
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Edward C. Owen and Dennison family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4240
Scope and Content note
This collection consists entirely of correspondence from Edward C. Owen to members of the Dennison family. The letters detail his experiences living and working in the timber industry in northern California. Filed in each folder are the original envelopes, numbered to correspond to the letters.
Dates:
1862 - 1889
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Glenn Skillin papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4317
Scope and Content note
This collection houses the personal and research papers of Glenn Skillin, documenting his life, relationships, genealogical research of the Skillin family, and research conducted for his book A bibliography of Maine imprints 1785-1820. Contents include correspondence, notes, writings, reports, vital records, genealogical data and charts, publications, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Dates:
1789 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2022
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Hugh D. McLellan family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4231
Scope and Content note
The collection consists of personal correspondence, legal documents of various types and purposes, financial papers, receipts and accounts, notes, and essays. The material reflects the personal and professional lives of members of both the McLellan and Lewis families. Contents include veteran bounty land papers filed by Hugh McLellan on behalf of military soldiers outlining claims to land in accordance with Congressional acts and papers and writings documenting the McLellan family history...
Dates:
1800 - 1889
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
James Gower papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4239
Scope and Content note
Legal documents, correspondence, financial papers, and various writs, deeds, and agreements of James Gower, his family, and related to his various positions in local government. Included are several documents related to Bowdoin College land sales for which Gower played a role as agent, as well as versions of his own will and testament with details regarding his estate.
Dates:
1810 - 1856
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
John Harris Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4228
Scope and Content note
The collection consists primarily of business and financial papers, including bills, receipts, inventories, promissory notes, and legal records. The business and financial papers reflect John Harris’ personal and professional activities, including the accounts of his store and his position as collector for the First Baptist Society. The collection also includes the records of legal disputes presented to Harris during his tenure as Justice of the Peace, as well as documents related to his...
Dates:
1811 - 1848
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
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- Letters 18
- Financial records 11
- Account books 5
- Deeds 4
- Legal documents 4
- Business records 2
- Daybooks 2
- Pews and pew rights 2
- Photograph collections 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
- Abbot (Me.) 1
- Agreements 1
- American literature -- Maine -- Bibliography 1
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration 1
- Aroostook War, 1839. 1
- Book collecting -- Maine 1
- Book collectors -- Maine 1
- Botanists -- Maine -- Wiscasset 1
- Bounties, Military -- Maine 1
- Business enterprises -- Maine -- Aroostook County 1
- Business enterprises -- Maine -- Caratunk 1
- Business enterprises -- Maine -- Houlton 1
- Business enterprises -- Maine -- Mattawamkeag 1
- Businessmen -- Maine -- Houlton 1
- Businessmen -- Maine -- Caratunk 1
- Butterflies -- Collectors and collecting -- Maine 1
- Calendars 1
- Cambridge (Mass.) 1
- Clergy -- Maine -- Hebron 1
- Collectors and collecting -- Maine 1
- Compact discs 1
- Congregational churches -- Vermont -- Lunenburg 1
- Correctional personnel -- Maine -- Portland -- Correspondence 1
- Cumberland County (Me.) 1
- Dockets 1
- East Sumner (Me.) -- Biography 1
- Essays 1
- Estate administration records 1
- Estate records 1
- Executors and administrators -- Maine -- Machias 1
- Farmers -- Vermont -- Lunenburg 1
- Fathers and daughters -- Maine 1
- Fathers and sons -- Maine -- Wiscasset 1
- Fort Devens (Mass.) 1
- Fort Jones (Calif.) 1
- Gorham (Me.) -- History 1
- Hebron (Me.) -- Church history 1
- Hotelkeepers -- Maine -- Caratunk 1
- Hotels -- Maine -- Calais 1
- Hotels -- Maine -- Caratunk 1
- Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements) -- Maine 1
- Insurance policies 1
- Justices of the peace -- Maine -- Abbot 1
- Justices of the peace -- Maine -- Franklin County 1
- Justices of the peace -- Maine -- Fryeburg 1
- Justices of the peace -- Maine -- Machias 1
- Koblenz (Germany) 1
- Land grants -- Maine 1
- Land ownership -- Maine 1
- Lawyers -- Maine -- Fryeburg 1
- Leases 1
- Legislators -- Maine 1
- Legislators -- Maine -- Houlton 1
- Lepidopterans -- Maine 1
- Love-letters 1
- Lumber trade -- California 1
- Lumber trade -- Maine -- Aroostook County 1
- Lumber trade -- Maine -- Trescott 1
- Machias (Me.) -- History 1
- Maine -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 1
- Maine -- Bibliography 1
- Maine -- Genealogy 1
- Maine -- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Maps 1
- Massachusetts -- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Mattawamkeag (Me.) 1
- Merchants -- Maine -- Trescott 1
- Military discharge 1
- Military passes 1
- Mills and mill-work -- Maine -- Trescott 1
- Mirror of Maine : one hundred distinguished books that reveal the history of the state and the life of its people 1
- New Hampshire -- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Newspapers -- Maine 1
- Norway (Me.) 1
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Phillips (Me.) 1
- Poetry 1
- Politicians -- Maine -- Aroostook County 1
- Portland (Me.) 1
- Printing -- History -- Maine 1
- Prisoners -- Maine -- Cumberland County 1
- Prisoners -- Maine -- Portland 1
- Probate records 1
- Promissory notes 1
- Publishers and publishing -- Maine 1
- Real property -- Maine -- Sebago Lake 1
- Real property -- Maine -- Standish 1
- Real property -- Vermont -- Lunenburg 1
- Recipes 1
- Registers of births, etc. -- Maine -- Machias 1 + ∧ less
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