Faith Adams Griefen Papers, 700-1988 (bulk 1800-1934).

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Faith Adams Griefen Papers, 700-1988 (bulk 1800-1934).

Collection is comprised of a wide range of original documents including correspondence, a bible record, deeds, diaries, family registers, marriage intentions, newspaper clippings, probate records, recipes, receipts and wills. There are numerous poems, stories, lectures and addresses written by various family members. The graphics, many of which are identified, include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and a miniature portrait. Collection focuses on the family of William Sydney and Elizabeth Inglesbee (Hallett) Fisher and the family of their daughter and son-in-law, Edward Payson and Ellen (Fisher) Adams. The Hallett and Fisher families lived in Yarmouth and Barnstable, Massachusetts. Born in Castine, Maine, Edward Payson Adams lived on the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) for twenty years before returning to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1885.

3.75 linear ft.

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