John Stuart Barrows Sr. papers

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 4236

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Primarily correspondence and legal and financial papers of John Stuart Barrows Sr., including drafts of love letters addressed to Ann Ayer Bradley. Barrow’s day and account books reflect both personal and town financial dealings, and his justice docket details issues heard as Justice of the Peace. Included in the family correspondence are letters to Georgianna Souther Barrows and Samuel Souther, her father, from various correspondents.

Dates

Creation: 1802 - 1898

Creator

Barrows, John Stuart, 1791-1845 (Person)

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

John Stuart Barrows Sr. (1791-1845) of Fryeburg, Maine, married Ann Ayer Bradley in 1820, and together they had George Barrows (1823-1904) and John Stuart Barrows Jr. (1825-1849). Barrows Sr. was a lawyer and served as a Justice of the Peace. George Barrows married Georgianna Souther (1828-1914), and together they had a son also named John Stuart Barrows (1865-1943), who was a journalist and the author of Fryeburg, Maine: An Historical Sketch published in 1938.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift of E. Christopher Livesay, June 20 and June 27, 2022 (acc. no. 2023.021).

Related Materials

The Maine Historical Society also holds the following relevant collection:

John Stuart Barrows papers, Coll. 338

Processing note

E. Christopher Livesay gifted these papers to MHS as part of a larger donation of material compiled over decades as a collector of Maine-related manuscripts and books. All of the material from the donation shares accession number 2023.021.

The papers arrived in folders labeled by creator and grouped by record type. A more granular arrangement was designed, incorporating information about content and dates in folder titles. Items were rehoused and the material was processed as an individual collection.