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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

Sewall family correspondence and documents

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4249
Scope and Content note

Mostly correspondence, but also includes documents.

Dates: 1801 - 1975

Sheldon family papers and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4282
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the Sheldon family’s summer trips to Maine’s Katahdin region in the first half of the 20th century, through both written accounts and photographs. Contents include correspondence, diaries, calendars, maps, photographs, photo albums, and negatives.

Dates: 1900 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1951

Shepard Cary papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4232
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...
Dates: 1808 - 1889

Shepard Cary papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 411
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.

Dates: 1829 - 1857

Skolfield family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4230
Scope and Content note This collection consists of the personal and business-related papers of the Skolfield family. This includes correspondence, personal papers such as schoolwork, and financial records, including bills, receipts, bank books and accounts, for various members of the Skolfield family, as well as the related Dunning family. The bulk of the collection, however, is comprised of ship and ship building records, including account books, employee records, ship inventories and finances, correspondence...
Dates: 1807 - 1944; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1896

Smith family and Wolfe's Neck Farm papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4327
Scope and Content note This collection documents the establishment and operations of Lawrence M.C. and Eleanor Houston Smith's Wolfe's Neck Farm, in Freeport, Maine, as well as the Smiths' property purchases and land conservation and historic preservation activities in the state. Contents include correspondence, inventories, financial records, legal documents and agreements, deeds, news clippings, printed material, photographs, and property maps and drawings. The collection reflects the Smiths' contributions to...
Dates: 1805 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1985

Swett family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4224
Scope and Content note

Letters, documents, and photographs, as well as photocopies of letters, photographs, certificate. Includes volume (spiral bound) compiled by Elena L. Swett McHerron and Judith Ann McHerron in 2003 of photocopies of the letters by Henry Augustus Swett, and related material.

Dates: 1852 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1864

Thomas Gilbert Thornton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 21
Scope and Content note Correspondence with deputy marshals at Augusta, Bath, Belfast, Castine, Eastport, Ellsworth, Machias, Warren, and Wiscasset, Me., and with district attorneys, customs officials, and judicial officers; bills, receipts, and abstracts of expenses and compensation for court officers; letters of marque and other papers relating to privateers active in the War of 1812, disposition of prize vessels, and prisoners of war; bills, receipts, and accounts relating to transportation, security, and...
Dates: 1798 - 1824

Tom Jones photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4246
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the work and career of Maine photographer Tom Jones. Contents include photographic prints, negatives, slides, and contact sheets, as well as correspondence, financial records, personal papers, legal documents, news clippings, albums, CDs, and ephemera.

Dates: 1963 - 2017

Waterfront Alliance records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4093
Scope and Content note

Agendas, minutes, correspondence, printed material, supporting documents, and financial records. Manuscript notes by the donor can be found throughout the collection, as well as in Box 1, Folder 4.

Dates: 1990 - 2019