Maine -- Politics and government

Primarily correspondence from Shepard Cary, Rufus Dwinel, Ira Fish, Alvin Haynes, William P. Preble, Albert Smith, Hastings Strickland, and others, about state politics and appointments, but also includes information about personal and business affairs and a letter of Charles Plummer about gold mining in California.

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.