Manuscript documents, letters, and fragments, 1806, n.d.
Series Description:
This series contains manuscripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, and miscellaneous correspondence and documents from the Mellen family papers. Included in this series are the schooner log of Captain Samuel Patterson, the transcript for "Blue Water Woman," by Lorena Reed and two issues of "The Cunarder" from December 1927 and March 1928. Also included are original and copied manuscript maps of the Kennebec River and environs circa 1797, the coal lands of Peach Orchard, Kentucky, circa 1850(?), locations considered for the Lincoln County Courthouse circa 1764, land distribution around Phillips, Hallowell and Farmington, Maine, in 1797, and annotated maps of the Gardiner, Maine, area circa 1938 and 1943.
Dates
- Creation: 1611 - 1943
Creator
- From the Collection: Mellen, Clara Hawkins (Collector, Person)
Access Restrictions:
No restrictions.
Extent
From the Series: 0.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository