Box 1
Contains 15 Results:
PMS notes and research, 2010 - 2021
General research and notes about family members and genealogy, including summaries of OFS and ROS letters, and correspondence with Riverview Psychiatric Center (formerly Maine Insane Hospital) regarding records for OFS and for Freelove Chase Billings, PMS' great, great grandmother and a long-term resident of the hospital (d. 1880).
Sibling correspondence, 1863 - 1905
Letters to OFS from his siblings Noble, Cortina, Martha, Almira, Thomas, Joshua Jr., and Dora, as well as letters from Dora to ROS. Accompanied by PMS notes.
Frances Moorhead correspondence, November 10, 1865
Letter from OFS to "Frankie" of New York, girlfriend at the time. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 17.
Mary Moubery Small correspondence, 1870 - 1874
Letters to and from Mary Small, first wife of OFS, including early love letters and a note regarding their wedding date. Also includes invoice for her funeral and burial. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 12.
John Moorhead correspondence, 1874 - 1880
Letters to OFS and to Cortina Colby regarding the estate of John Moubery (father of Mary Moubery Small) from John Moorhead, who managed the estate. ROS was one of the four heirs, after Mary Small's death in 1874. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 4.
Mabel Small correspondence, April 17, 1879
Letter from niece (daughter of OFS' brother Thomas) to OFS while he is in Falmouth, Me. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 16.
Eliza Douglas Small correspondence and papers, 1881 - 1906
Correspondence from Eliza, second wife of OFS, to OFS and ROS, as well as statement of divorce signed by OFS. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 14.
Katie Dillon correspondence and papers, ca. 1887-1888
Letters, poems, and writings about, to, and from Katie Dillon, who OFS courted while living in New York, along with poems and writings. PMS note indicates that there was a photo of her in The Family Record book (Box 1/Folder 13) that was removed and sent to OFS at his request. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 13.
Emily Small correspondence, 1890 - 1901
Letters to and from Emily Small, third wife of OFS; one to OFS. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 15.
Addie Small Ottigan correspondence, 1894 - 1895
Letters from Addie (niece) to OFS, accompanied by a printout of an 1894 newspaper description of the killing of Lyman Small. Lyman was shot by a deputy sheriff in Andover during an attempted arrest in response to a family dispute, in which Addie was directly involved. PMS index number 11.