Businessmen -- Maine -- Houlton

Scope and Content note The collection includes correspondence, land leases, business and financial records, estate papers, maps, printed matter, and various account books and ledgers. This material relates primarily to Cary’s varied business enterprises, including his lumber operations and sales, employee records, and land leases and management. A portion relates also to his political positions and roles. Correspondence regarding his position as sutler, and his ensuing removal, are included, as are a handful of...

Scope and Content note

Primarily correspondence from Bion Bradbury, Anson Gancello Chandler, John Hodgdon, Gorham Parks, Timothy Pilsbury, Edward G. Rawson, Collins Whitaker, and others, about political affairs, but also some regarding lumbering and other matters; also included are cancelled checks and twelve letters to Collins Whitaker, Cary’s business partner.