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Thaxter, John. [Letter] 1811 Feb. 12, Hingham, Mass. : [to] Mary Robbins, Boston, Mass. / [from] John Thaxter.

Title: [Letter] 1811 Feb. 12, Hingham, Mass. : [to] Mary Robbins, Boston, Mass. / [from] John Thaxter.

Letter is mainly about friends and family but also discusses Dr. Thaxter's "merino mania." His flock appears to have contracted a "small-pox" and is rapidly dying off. The "mania" refers to the eagerness of Americans to purchase merinos that were being sold by Spain as a method to secure ready cash to support their Peninsular wars.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 31 cm.

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Thaxter, John B. Portland business notes and receipts, 1829-1897.

Title: Portland business notes and receipts, 1829-1897.

Miscellaneous letters and papers including: a blank City Hall bond of the City of Portland; agreement (1829 June 6) to hire Miss Minerva Leighton to teach in Windham, Me., for six cents per student per week; conveyance (1880 Aug. 5) by which John B. Thaxter transferred mortgage deed to Katherine Larrabee; and items pertaining to the estate of Edward Robinson.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

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