Sewall family correspondence and documents

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 4249

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Mostly correspondence, but also includes documents.

Dates

1801 - 1975

Creator

Sewall, Dummer, 1737-1832 (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

Sewall family of mid-coast Maine.

Col. Dummer Sewall (1737-1832) was born in York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, to Capt. Samuel Sewall and Sarah Batchelder. He married Mary Dunning on December 16, 1760, in Bath. They were parents of at least four sons and six daughters, including Mary. Col. Sewall died in Bath, Maine.

Charles Sewall of Wiscasset, Me., was a botanist who served on the field expedition aboard Donald Baxter MacMillan's schooner Bowdoin to the Arctic region. He was married to Ruth Groves.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (shares a box with Coll. 4250)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

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

Processing note

E. Christopher Livesay gifted this collection 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.