John Stuart Barrows papers
Scope and Content note
Personal and business correspondence, including letters of Deacon William Barrows, John Black, Richard Bradley, David Bronson, Thomas Amory Deblois, Moses Emery, Stephen Emery, John Fairfield, Rev. Joseph P. Fessenden, Robert K. Goodenow, Isaac Hodsdon, and others; also some correspondence between William G. Barrows and George B. Barrows, a Fryeburg voting list (ca. 1844) containing names of Whig and Liberty Party voters, Hebron Academy ephemera, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous legal papers, and bills, receipts, etc. Includes two personal sketches of Deacon William barrows, done from memory in 1897.
Dates
- Creation: 1810 - 1940
Creator
- Barrows, John Stuart, 1791-1845 (Person)
Access
Unrestricted
Copyright
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Biographical note
John Stuart Barrows was an attorney from Fryeburg, Maine.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Gift of Mr. Bruce W. Hazelton (acc. no. MS84-3).
Source
- Hazelton, Bruce W. (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Hebron Academy (Organization)
- Whig Party (U.S.) (Organization)
- Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the John Stuart Barrows papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, March 2025
- Date
- March 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository