Letters
Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:
John Stuart Barrows papers
John Stuart Barrows Sr. papers
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.
Joseph Clark Jr. papers
Business and financial correspondence and papers of Joseph Clark. The material relates to his various business ventures and expenditures, including items purchased for trade and for hotel operations, as well as correspondence regarding business and financial dealings.
Joseph Dow family papers
Josiah Harris papers
Lee Webb collection
Libbey family and W.S. Libbey Company collection
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.
Longfellow Statue Association papers
Correspondence, subscription records, certificates of membership, bills, receipts and invoices.
Lora May (Dyer) Merrill papers
Genealogical correspondence and papers of Lora May Merrill and of her daughter, Marion Dyer Merrill, tracing lines from William Brewster (1560-1644), Stephen Hopkins (d.1644), and Thomas Rogers (d. 1621) for membership in the Mayflower Society and from Henry Clark (1717-1804), Ambrose Dyer (b. 1731), and Ebenezer French (1755-1841) for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Lothrop Lewis Maine statehood papers
Collection documents the contributions of Lothrop Lewis to the separation of Maine and Massachusetts and the establishment of Maine's statehood in 1820. Contents include correspondence, minutes, legal documents and resolutions, financial accounts, inventories, field books, and land surveys. Material reflects myriad logistical tasks necessary to the establishment and early management of the state of Maine.