Smith family papers

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Smith family papers

1774-1907

Contains legal papers of Manasseh Smith, Sr., Joseph Emerson Smith, Samuel Emerson Smith and other members of the Smith family who practiced law in midcoast Maine, Boston and Chicago from the late 18th century to the early late 19th century. Also contains papers relating to the real estate and paper mill business of Dudley W. Moor and Edward W. Heath.

4.5 linear feet (11 document boxes)

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French, E.B. (Elizabeth Bayard), 1931-

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Appleton, John, 1804-1891

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Clark, Henry.

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Kelley, John E.

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Smith, Hannah, 1976-....

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Hayden, E. D.

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Morton, Oren F., 1857-1926

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Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

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Spaulding, Joseph Whitman

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Libbey, A.

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Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853

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Simon Greenleaf was born on December 5, 1783 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he attended the Latin School from 1790-1799. In 1801, he entered apprenticeship in Ezekiel Whitman's Gloucester, Maine law office. In June 1806, Cumberland County, Maine admitted Greenleaf to the Bar. On September 18, 1806, Greenleaf married Hannah Kingman, daughter to Capt. Ezra Kingman of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. From 1807-1817, Greenleaf practiced law in Gray, Maine before moving his law practi...

Otis, William, 1783-1837

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Shepherd, John Hannibal.

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Blake, George, 1802-1871.

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Mellen, Prentiss, 1764-1840

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Chief justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, of Portland, Me. From the description of Prentiss Mellen autograph letter signed to John R. Parker, 1821. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214322137 Prentiss Mellen, a Senator from Massachusetts, was born in Sterling, Worcester County, Mass., on October 11, 1764. He graduated from Harvard University in 1784; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1788 and commenced practice in Sterling and Bridgewater, Mass...

Gentlemen, Charles Marcy.

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Wood, Edward H.

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Smith, Edwin, 1912-1971

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Harvard College (1780- )

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Special students were those who took courses in Harvard College but were not degree candidates; they had not gone through the standard admissions process completed by AB degree candidates. From the description of Records of special students, 1876-1907. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064523 It is unclear whether F.C. Fabel ever attended Harvard College. F.C. Fabel may be Frederick Charles Fabel, who received an AB from the University of Rochester in 1893. ...

Very, John C.

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Packard, Daniel L.

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Warren, James, 1974-....

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Barker, Samuel P.

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Smith, Manasseh, 1779-1822.

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Jarvis, Russell, 1790-1853

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Smith, Silas.

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Smith family.

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Prentiss, Henry M.

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Colby, Charles S.

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Smith, Samuel Emerson, 1788-1860

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Page, Samuel, 1574-1630

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Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830

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Ingalls, Henry

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Bailey, John M. (John Martin), 1928-

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Smith, S. Emerson.

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Sawyer, Frank O.

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Prentiss, Abba.

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Willard, Calvin.

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Blaney, Andrew

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Miller, John, QC

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Civil War soldier. From the description of Letters of John Miller, 1863-1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959255 John Miller sold groceries, dry goods, tobacco, and whiskey, along with many other items, including wine, rum, coffee, peach brandy, oil, silk, molasses, sugar, butter and gin. Miller's store was located in what is now Westmoreland County. From the description of Day book of John Miller, 1817-1824. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldC...

Jackson, Frank H. (Frank Harry), 1924-

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Snow, T. T.

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Seavey, James O.

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Vose, Thomas W.

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Bradbury, Bion.

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Fowler, Bradford

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Fuller, Fred A.

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Yates, George Washington, 1872-

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Hughes, James, 1959-

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Merrill, Thomas J.

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Engley, Isaac G.

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Rice, Warren.

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Walter, Lynde.

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