Osgood N. Bradbury correspondence

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 4241

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Correspondence to and from Osgood N. Bradbury. Some letters are personal but the vast majority concern local, regional, and national politics. Included are letters regarding the National Greenback Party and attempts to muster support for party representatives in a coming election.

Dates

Creation: 1879 - 1880

Creator

Bradbury, Osgood N. (Osgood Nathan), 1828-1897 (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

Dr. Osgood Nathan Bradbury (1828-1897) of Norway, Maine, married Ellen Reed Scribner and together they had three children, only one of whom survived into adulthood. In his early adult years, Bradbury held various jobs, including as a clerk in a counting room and as a miner in California. In 1860 he returned to Maine and studied medicine, graduating from the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College in 1864. He served as a Civil War Union army surgeon until 1866, at which point he went into private practice as a physician in Springfield, Me., before moving to Norway. Throughout his career, he served in various state legislative positions, was a member of the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was active in politics.

Extent

0.25 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 material by Osgood N. Bradbury:

History of Forest Lodge, No. 148, of Free and Accepted Masons, of Springfield, Me., from July 4, A.D. 1868, to Dec. 31, A.D. 1869, Call No. Ms Sp84f
Norway in the forties, Call No. M N83.7
Norway scrapbook, Coll. 3498

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 marked miscellaneous and were joined into a collection based around Bradbury. Items were rehoused and the material was processed as an individual collection.