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Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4227
Scope and Content note
The collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, account and day books, and legal papers of Joseph Dow and other members of the extended Dow family. Included are deeds and correspondence between Dow family members and the related Marstons, as well as a selection of Civil War letters from James Bradbury to his family. A significant portion of the collection is comprised of the legal writs and complaints presented to Joseph Dow during his tenure as Justice of the Peace in...
Dates:
1812 - 1894
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 377
Scope and Content note
Diaries recording daily activities.
Dates:
1803 - 1856
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4229
Scope and Content note
The collection consists of a mixture of personal, business, and legal correspondence, financial records, various vital records for the town of Machias, disputes and writs, and administrative material related to personal estates. This material reflects the personal and business activities of Josiah Harris, as well as his various positions in local and regional government. Through the town’s vital records, the development and management of Machias is reflected, as are marriages in the area....
Dates:
1787 - 1867
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4245
Scope and Content note
This collection documents research collected and conducted by Joyce Butler on an array of Maine-related topics. Contents include news clippings, publications, pamphlets, printed articles, and notes. The material in Boxes 2-4 relates to Butler's research on various aspects of Maine’s 19th century social history, and includes a collection of notes on index cards organized both alphabetically and topically. Correspondence filed with this material indicates this research may have been conducted...
Dates:
1961 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1972 - 2000
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 1007
Scope and Content note
Manuscript receipts and accounts and some printed materials, chiefly for Daniel Knight who was a sergeant with the 5th Company of Maine Militia (1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, 5th Division). Persons represented include Stephen Knight.
Dates:
ca. 1835-1858
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2928
Scope and Content note
This collection documents Lee Webb’s research into Maine history from 1820-1920, as well as his personal papers. Contents include journal articles, academic papers, newspaper clippings, photocopies and originals of primary sources, reports, notes, drafts, memos, correspondence, and publications. These items reflect Webb’s extensive research into various topics of Maine history, including his academic writings and annotations, as well as his long involvement in community and political...
Dates:
1820 - 2021
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 176
Scope and Content note
The general store, in various periods, was under ownership of Wyman and Bennett, Wyman and Stilson and Lewis W. Frost, Wyman’s nephew. Records include general store daybooks, ledgers, and cashbooks. Also contain Wyman’s Justice docket containing a record of cases heard and marriages performed, and his commissioner’s docket relating primarily to county roads.
Dates:
1856 - 1899
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2889
Scope and Content note
The Libbey family and W.S. Libbey Co. collection brings together the business records of the W.S. Libbey Co.; the documents of the Libbey family; documents of the history of Lewiston, Maine; the business records of the Libbey family’s land and business management company, the Spring Street Company; and all constituent photographs. Compiled by the family, it was given to MHS in a single donation.
Dates:
1857 - 2013
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 383
Scope and Content note
Deeds, bills and receipts of William Libby (1763-1856) and his son William Libby (1798-1873), also pocket accounts, estate and probate papers, genealogical data and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1788 - 1961
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 1259
Scope and Content note
Licenses of ships and photocopies of colonial muster rolls from Wiscasset, Maine.
Dates:
1722 - 1879
