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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

John Fairfield papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 145
Scope and Content note

These are primarily letters to John Fairfield from various political figures, family members and his law partner, William P. Haines, from 1821-1847. Letters in each folder are in chronological order with the letter writer’s name, date and location. Papers also include documents, accounts, and certificates. Some of the items are from after John Fairfield’s death.

Dates: 1802 - 1859; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1847

John Harris Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4228
Scope and Content note The collection consists primarily of business and financial papers, including bills, receipts, inventories, promissory notes, and legal records. The business and financial papers reflect John Harris’ personal and professional activities, including the accounts of his store and his position as collector for the First Baptist Society. The collection also includes the records of legal disputes presented to Harris during his tenure as Justice of the Peace, as well as documents related to his...
Dates: 1811 - 1848

John Hill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 1044
Scope and Content note

Consisting of about 800 letters and manuscript documents, concerning legal and financial transactions in Kittery, Berwick and York, Maine. Personal names include: Hill, Hobbs, Langdon, Shapleigh, Chadbourne, Lord, Leighton, Gerrish, and Frost.

Dates: ca. 1709-1761

John Lynch papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 398
Scope and Content note

Primarily political correspondence from or to other politicians, also including formal invitations from presidents, cabinet officers, and other dignitaries.

Dates: 1861 - 1891

John Mead Gould papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 337
Scope and Content note Papers containing genealogical material relating to the ancestry of Mager Gould (d. 1781) of Ipswich, Mass.; an historical sketch of the Portland Society of Natural History and newspaper clippings relating to the Society’s seventieth anniversary celebrations; letters written by J.M. Gould to his parents while a student at Gould Academy, Bethel, Me.; correspondence from Percival Proctor Baxter, William Bingham, 2nd, J.N. Bolling, Jonathan Prince Cilley, William Pierce Frye, Wendell Phillips...
Dates: 1854 - 1930

John Neal collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2125
Scope and Content note Family, business, and miscellaneous correspondence; mss. of poems, short stories, and translations; photographs and graphic material; newspaper clippings; printed books, pamphlets, and periodicals; ms. books and albums; bound periodicals; and other materials.Much of the material in the collection was either written or collected by Neal's children: Mary (Neal) Sherwood, Margaret Eleanor Neal, and John Pierpont Neal. Correspondents of John Neal include his mother Rachel (Hall) Neal...
Dates: 1786 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1814 - 1876

John Stuart Barrows papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 338
Scope and Content note Personal and business correspondence, including letters of Deacon William Barrows, John Black, Richard Bradley, David Bronson, Thomas Amory Deblois, Moses Emery, Stephen Emery, John Fairfield, Rev. Joseph P. Fessenden, Robert K. Goodenow, Isaac Hodsdon, and others; also some correspondence between William G. Barrows and George B. Barrows, a Fryeburg voting list (ca. 1844) containing names of Whig and Liberty Party voters, Hebron Academy ephemera, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous legal...
Dates: 1810 - 1940

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 Clark Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4238
Scope and Content note

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.

Dates: 1837 - 1875

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