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Correspondence and Documents, 1756-1875, n.d.

 Series
Identifier: M180.1

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Series Description:

Correspondence between Charles Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan, Benjamin Vaughan, Frances Western Apthorp (later Vaughan) and other family members concerning day-to-day family life as well as business and financial matters and politics. The correspondents also include Joseph Priestly, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, and George Washington. Letters reflect life and business in Jamaica, London (England), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Boston (Massachusetts) and Hallowell (Maine), among other places. Also contains a few legal and financial documents and a poem by 17-year old Charles Vaughan, and an atlas of 18th century maps of manuscript plates depicting Revolutionary War campaigns, English counties, and Jamaican slave-holding properties.

Dates

  • Creation: 1756-1875, n.d.

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically (undated material at the end).

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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