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Wiscasset Families Materials, 1751-1930, n.d.

 Series
Identifier: M171.2

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Series Description:

Correspondence, financial records, and other documents, mostly from the Foote and Wood families and Moses Carleton. Foote family materials include Erastus Foote's appointments as collector of customs for the District of Wiscasset (signed by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson), and appointments as attorney general of the State of Maine. Also included are Erastus Foote, Jr.'s compositions and diaries from his time as a Bowdoin student in the 1840s. Additional materials concern the Foote family connection with Lime Island and the Waldo Coal, Iron, Marble and Lime Mining and Manufacturing Company, Wiscasset, Maine (incorporated in 1835).

Dates

  • Creation: 1751-1930, undated

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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