Oversized documents
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 7.2
Scope and Contents
Mostly newspapers, some with relevant obituaries and stories, others of historical note; certificates and public notary commissions for Josiah Pierce and Archelaus Lewis, some with notable autographs including John Hancock and Samuel Adams; Revolutionary War muster rolls; maps of proprietors, town, and Pierce property. These documents are housed in no particular order, nor have they been cross-listed with the relevant series. The are listed from top to bottom, when one opens the box.
Dates
- Creation: 1705 - 2000
Creator
- From the Collection: Pierce family (Family)
- From the Collection: Hill family (Family)
- From the Collection: Barker family (Family)
- From the Collection: Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis, Archelaus, 1753-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gooch, Sarah R. P. (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, George Washington, 1805-1835 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1792-1866 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, William Curtis (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1720-1799 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Phebe Thompson, 1862-1839 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sanborn, Phebe Elisabeth, 1823-1883 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Daniel, 1805-1856 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1946- (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1756-1830 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Hannah, 1788-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1811-1866 (Person)
- From the Collection: Crocker, Ruth Pierce, 1794- (Person)
- From the Collection: Freeman, Nancy Pierce, 1796- (Person)
- From the Collection: Freeman, Charles (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Harriet, 1798-1829 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Lewis, 1832-1915 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Henry Hill, 1875-1940 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Katherine Robinson Curtis, 1882-1970 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Elizabeth Neall Gay, 1907-2005 (Person)
Access
Unrestricted.
Extent
From the Collection: 23 Linear Feet (+ 1 oversized box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository