Hawkes family letters and diary, 1847-1907.

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Hawkes family letters and diary, 1847-1907.

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Original letters of Horace A. Hawkes written from California to his family in Maine until his death in 1907; bound transcription of the letters; and bound transcription of the diary of (Mary) Louisa Hawkes Barrows, including descriptions of teaching school in Otisfield, her religious beliefs, and the jockeying for control over her father's estate.

.25 linear ft.

Maine Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621963

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Hawk family.

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Holt, Edward A.

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Hawkes family.

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Daniel Bucknam Hawkes lived in Minot, Me., and in 1824, married Mary Chandler Gower. Mary died in 1837 leaving Daniel with four young children. As a tanner by trade, Daniel traveled often and therefore relied on family members to raise his children. His daughter, Mary Louise Hawkes (whose transcription of her diary is found in this collection) was given to her cousin, Dr. Horace A. Barrows and his wife, of Bolster's Mills (Harrison), Me., to be raised as their child. She later used the name (Mar...

Dorman, Mary Louisa Hawkes Barrows, 1834-

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Hawkes, Daniel Bucknam

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Hawkes, Horace A., -1907

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