Portland (Me.) -- Genealogy

Records of lot owners.

Organized by date, June 2, 1854 to March 31, 1883.

Genealogical information along with a manuscript folio containing writings and reflections of Rev. Edward Payson (1613-1691) of Rowley, Mass., later used as an account book by Paul Jewett (1739-1828) also of Rowley.

Six volumes. Memoranda and expense account books containing details of day-to-day business transactions; lists of notes due and notes payable by Smith; descriptions of timber lands, residential, and commercial properties owned; information relating to railroad activities and to brickyard and oil company investments; and some genealogical data on the families of John Moody Smith and John Burleigh, as well as a record of many deaths in Portland.

Records include minutes of monthly, special and annual meetings, rules and regulations of the home, copies of the constitution and by-laws, the indenture of Hannah A. Devine, and other miscellaneous items.