Papers, 1801-1836.

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Papers, 1801-1836.

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The papers of a lawyer and judge in Maine. Included is a summons to either of the constables of the town of Biddeford sent by Prentiss Mellen, Justice of the Peace, dated 1801. Included also are four letters signed by Prentiss Mellen and a personal recommendation for Thomas E. Hale dated July 29, 1807. The letters were sent to Abraham Touva, Isaac Parker, and Henry E. Prentiss. Included also is a summary of Prentiss Mellen's accomplishments and a portrait.

1 folder (7 items)1 folio folder (1 item ; 39 x 24 cm.)

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Touva, Abraham.

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Prentiss, Henry Mellen

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Henry E. Prentiss was born in 1809 in Paris, Maine. A graduate of West Point, he taught mathematics there before being commissioned and joining the Army in Alabama. He left the Army in 1834 and moved to Bangor, Maine where he studied law, later practicing there and in Orono, Maine. He also owned and managed many acres of timberland in Maine and Pennsylvania. Prentiss served in the Maine legislature, 1857-1859, and as mayor of Bangor, 1870-1871. He died on July 1, 1873. From the descr...

Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts, jurist, and educator. From the description of Letter and notes of Isaac Parker, 1790. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454848 U.S. Representative from Maine. From the description of Isaac Parker autograph letter signed, 1798. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979471 Isaac Parker was Harvard's first Royall Professor of Law (1815-1827). From the description of Draft letter to the p...

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...