Aaron Porter papers
Scope and Content note
Correspondence, deeds, depositions, plans, Biddeford and Saco, Me., land titles, patents, and other legal documents; notes of comment and history; and miscellaneous material including papers collected by Mr. and Mrs. L.D.M. Sweat, of Portland. Me., on a foreign trip, papers on the Mexican War, 1846-1847, and printed matter.
Dates
- Creation: 1629 - 1847
Creator
- Porter, Aaron, 1752-1837 (Person)
- Sweat, Margaret J. M. (Margaret Jane Mussey), 1823-1908 (Donor, Person)
- Sweat, Lorenzo De Medici, 1818-1898 (Donor, Person)
- Ring, Elizabeth, 1902-1997 (Donor, Person)
- University of Maine. Dept. of History and Government (Organization)
Access
Unrestricted
Copyright
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Biographical note
Dr. Aaron Porter, the son of Moses Porter, was born in Boxford, Mass., March 28, 1752, and died in Portland June 30, 1837. Dr. Porter was an eminent physician who practiced first in Biddeford and later at Portland. He was married to Paulina King, half-sister of William King, Maine’s first Governor.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Possibly a gift of Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat, who died in 1908 (acc. no. MS00-8). The accession log book shows Gift: "prior to 1917."
Processing note
The folders were not archival but they were not changed at this point.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Aaron Porter papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Donna Knoblock, Library Volunteer, November 11, 2024
- Date
- December 17, 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository