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Epistolary diary : typescript
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0974
Abstract
Consists of a sequence of correspondence written by John Clellon Holmes to his wife, Shirley, between May 18-27, 1974, and form a personal journal recording his reflections and experiences during a solitary trip to a family cabin in Maine.
Dates:
1974 May 18-27
Nellie Day Lawrence papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0903
Abstract
Nellie Day Lawrence (born 1865) was an editor and club officer of the Turner Grange, Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, in Turner Center, Maine. The Nellie Day Lawrence papers consist of articles and drafts, manuscript copies of the Grange Banner, printed ephemera related to the Turner Grange and Maine schools, correspondence, and other writing. Topics range from musings on the weather and animals, to life in Maine, farming, the World’s Columbian Exposition, the...
Dates:
1879-1942
Caroline Pilsbury letters to Hannah Stickney
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0334
Abstract
The Caroline Pilsbury letters consist of autograph copies of letters written by nineteenth century American school teacher Caroline Pilsbury to her friend and former classmate at the Byfield Female Seminary, Hannah Stickney.
Dates:
1820–1821, 1824
Journal of a voyage from Boston to Newfoundland
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0071
Abstract
Ship's log kept by Frederick G. Strong aboard the schooner Lena documenting the shipping voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to The Bay of Islands, Newfoundland, from November 12, 1865, to June 9, 1866.
Dates:
1865 November 12-1866 June 9