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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

John Stuart Barrows Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4236
Scope and Content note

Primarily correspondence and legal and financial papers of John Stuart Barrows Sr., including drafts of love letters addressed to Ann Ayer Bradley. Barrow’s day and account books reflect both personal and town financial dealings, and his justice docket details issues heard as Justice of the Peace. Included in the family correspondence are letters to Georgianna Souther Barrows and Samuel Souther, her father, from various correspondents.

Dates: 1802 - 1898

Joseph Dow family papers

 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

Lewis Wyman records

 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

Libbey family and W.S. Libbey Company collection

 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

Luther Goding papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 342
Scope and Content note

Journals and tax records.

Dates: 1856 - 1871

Mattamiscontis, Maine, town records (copies)

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 254
Scope and Content note

Warrants for and minutes of town meetings (1842-1880); daybook (1887-1904); a ledger (1879-1898); and several publishments of marriage. All the documents are copies.

Dates: 1835 - 1904

North Yarmouth Academy records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 405
Scope and Content note

Includes trustee's records, treasurer's records, student register, and records of the Philologian Society.

Dates: 1814 - 1931

Orange Frost Small papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4281
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the life and family of Orange Frost Small. Contents include correspondence, genealogies, institutional records, diaries, personal writings, account books, property and financial records, and photographs. The collection reflects the work, thoughts, health, and relationships of Orange Small, as well as close family and community members, including his son, Robert Orange Small.

Dates: 1859 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1859 - 1909

Reed, Abbot, Binford, and Hatch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4280
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the activities, relationships, genealogies, and businesses of the Reed, Abbot, Binford, and Hatch families during the 19th and 20th centuries, primarily within the towns of Rumford, Roxbury, and Mexico, Maine. Contents include correspondence, personal papers, diaries, financial and business records, legal documents, scrapbooks, genealogical research, news clippings, photographs (including negatives and cased photos), albums, and maps.

Dates: 1825 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1969

Samuel Philbrick account books

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 340
Scope and Content note

Account books.

Dates: 1809 - 1839