Other Family Material, 1730 - 1952

This series contains genealogical information, correspondence, and miscellaneous material from several families featured in Clara Mellen's research. The Cony family material includes several certificates of appointment from the state of Massachusetts and a 1784 manuscript document concerning public roads in Hallowell, signed by Samuel Cony. The Harward material includes the last will and testament of William Harward of Jamaica, the notice of Thomas Harward's death and the reading of his will, a journal from the Harward Farm spanning the years 1942-1952, and a blueprint for Harward House (?) in Bowdoinham, 1939. The Hawkins family material includes a copy of the wills of Philemon Hawkins and Clara Hawkins, a copy of a letter by Patrick Henry, and typescripts of Ashton W. Hawkins' Civil War letters. The Manley family material includes a genealogical report by Fannie Spurling, Abbie S. Manley's last will and testament, Samuel Cony Manley's thesis, "Was Maine or Massachusetts the mother of New England?", 1887, and four scrapbooks made by S. C. Manley, dating 1820-1930 (bulk 1880-1930). The Sewall family material includes Elizabeth L. Sewall's 1836 album, correspondence between Henry Sewall, Jr. and his family written to and from the field during the Revolutionary War, copies of Henry Sewall, Jr.'s Revolutionary War diaries, 1776-1790, two volumes of Sewall genealogy, and assorted wills, compositions, property deeds, indentures, and receipts of payment. It also contains oversize documents signed by John Hancock, James Madison, James Monroe, and Samuel Adams.