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Wyer Groves Sargent diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 288

Scope and Content note

Diaries recording daily activities and such things as local births, deaths, and marriages; medical formulae, receipts and prescriptions; wind directions; temperatures, and freeze-ups. Some Sargent family genealogy can be found in back of vol. 5 diary.

Dates

  • Creation: 1841 - 1900

Creator

Access

Unrestricted

Copyright

Access to collections at Maine Historical Society is not an authorization to publish. Rights and reproduction requests may be submitted in writing to the MHS Image Services Coordinator or Research & Administrative Librarian, subject to format.

Biographical note

Wyer Groves Sargent (1810-1900) of Sargentville (Sedgwick) Maine, sea captain, shipowner, storekeeper, and bait and egg dealer.

Extent

6 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Unknown.

Processing note

Minerva catalog record indicates some family genealogy can be found in back of vol. 6, but when this list was made in May 2025, it was found that this information is in the back of vol. 5.

Title
Guide to the Wyer Groves Sargent diaries
Status
Completed
Author
Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, May 2025
Date
June 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