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Autographs of special note

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 77

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

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