Papers, 1818-1881.

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Papers, 1818-1881.

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The papers of a farmer, businessman, and lawyer, of Atkinson and Bangor, Maine. Chiefly letters to Crosby in his capacity as chairman of the East Maine Kansas Aid Society; together with lists of subscribers and funds collected, reports of progress in recruiting emigrants to go to Kansas, diaries (1818-1880) relating to Crosby's life, and miscellaneous family correspondence. Correspondents include Calvin Cutter, T.W. Higginson, S.G. Howe, J.H. Perkins, John H. Rice, and George Talbot. There are also several letters from groups of Maine settlers in the west describing something of the situation and problems there. Also includes poster for recruitment of volunteers for the Eighteenth Maine Regiment Bangor, July 15, 1862, W.C. Crosby, recruiting officer. Included also is a letter from Daniel Sanborn dated Feb. 9, 1863 verifying the identity of Henry Putnam for payment for service aboard the Colorado (ship). Included also is a public notice dated October 20, 1856, Fredericton to claims of parties authorized to cut timber and signed by James A. Harding and Wm. McD. Dawson. Included also is a report of the U.S. Congressional Investigating Committee sent to the territory of Kansas.

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Rice, John Hovey, 1816-1911

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Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?

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Army officer and surgeon. From the description of Biography of Calvin Cutter, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450093 ...

East Maine Kansas Aid Society.

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Putnam, Henry Howell, 1868-

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Talbot, George F. (George Foster), 1819-1907

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Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880.

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Crosby engaged in lumbering operations in the Penobscot River area near Bangor, Maine and was interested in railroad building in Maine. His business operations were continued by his son Wilson Crosby. From the description of Business papers, 1818-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894318 William Chase Crosby was born in Atkinson, Maine in 1806. He was educated at the Gardiner Lyceum. He moved to Bangor in 1828 and was a businessm...

Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876

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Physician, reformer, and husband of Julia Ward Howe. From the description of Papers, 1868. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46344998 Humanitarian crusader for many causes including Greek freedom, education for the disabled, prison reform, abolition, and black suffrage, Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind and was the chairman of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities. When just out of the Harvard Medical School, he went to Greece as an army surgeon...

Sanborn, Daniel.

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