Autographs of special note
Scope and Content note
Documents containing autographs. Documents are chiefly from 19th century local and national notables, some of whom were important in Maine history. Local notables include: Edmund Andros, Ralph Owen Brewster, Nelson Dingley, Neal Dow, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Hannibal Hamlin, James Augustine Healy, John Holmes, Sarah Orne Jewett, Nathan Lord, John Neal, Thomas B. Reed, Laura Elizabeth Richards, Lorenzo De Medici Sweat, E.B. Washburne, Wallace H. White, Tobias Lear, Samuel Finley Breese Morse and Kate Douglas Wiggin. National notables include: John Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Clara Barton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington and Daniel Webster. Autographed documents include correspondence, depositions, deeds, invitations, and some promissory notes.
Note that document type is described in folder notes fields, and includes ALS (autograph letter signed), ADS (autograph document signed), certificate, note, hymn, account, drawing, and signature.
Dates
- Creation: 1650 - 1950
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.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Person)
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 (Person)
- Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714 (Person)
- Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 (Person)
- Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961 (Person)
- Dingley, Nelson, 1832-1899 (Person)
- Dow, Neal, 1804-1897 (Person)
- Gookin, Daniel, 1612-1687 (Person)
- Gookin, Hannah (Person)
- Gorges, Ferdinando, Sir, 1565?-1647 (Person)
- Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 (Person)
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Person)
- Healy, James Augustine, 1830-1900 (Person)
- Holmes, John, 1773-1843 (Person)
- Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 (Person)
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Person)
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 (Person)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Person)
- Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870 (Person)
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 (Person)
- Neal, John, 1793-1876 (Person)
- Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902 (Person)
- Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943 (Person)
- Sweat, Lorenzo De Medici, 1818-1898 (Person)
- Waldron, Richard, 1615-1689 (Person)
- Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887 (Person)
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Person)
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 (Person)
- White, Wallace H., Jr. (Wallace Humphrey), 1877-1952 (Person)
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 1856-1923 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Autographs
- Autographs -- Maine
- Autographs -- United States
- Deeds
- Depositions
- Invitation cards
- Letters
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Autographs of special note
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- October 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