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Atherton Bernard Furlong papers
According to the notes attached to the inventory, there are two, unrelated parts to this collection. The first contains biographical and career information on Furlong and his family. The second contains information on various aspects of John Bundy Brown (1805-1881), a prominent Portland merchant and banker. It is not known how the Brown materials came into the possession of the donor. This information and inventory was done by ESM 6/88.
Augusta D. Boyd papers
Correspondence, diary (1881-1892), school reports, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous items.
Autographs of special note
Baldwin, Maine, town and cemetery records
Town records, including marriage, town meetings, vital records, school records & cemetery records.
Barbara Bardeen Cobb genealogical collection
Genealogy research including charts, internet printouts, pages from books (photocopies), and original documents, such as death certificates, Bible records, newspaper clippings, photographs, memorial cards, and correspondence. Includes photocopies of original documents. Mostly Maine ancestors and names, including Banks, Webster, Donnell, Young, Bradbury, and Wheelwright.
Barclay collection
Bell family papers
Mostly probates and deeds, although there are also stock certificates, a pew deed, World War I records, and estate records.
Benjamin Carson family correspondence
This collection consists entirely of letters written by Benjamin Carson to his wife and son while traveling for work. The letters share details of the towns he visited, the people he met, his sales (and lack thereof), and the weather. A desk calendar from a hotel frequented by Carson in Calais, Maine, is also included.
Benjamin F. Cary correspondence
Benton, Clinton, and Winslow, Maine, business records
Daybooks and ledgers of Cony & Barton Co., Hinds & Stark Co., Hinds & Lunt Co. and William K. Lunt Col., general merchandisers, all of Benton, Maine; and also an unidentified ledger, probably belonging to a Clinton, Maine firm, and a personal account book, 1851-1897, of Hanes L. Crosby of Winslow, Maine. For cost of timber rafting and the price of lumber and timber products, see Vols. 2-3.