Papers, 1832-1878.

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Papers, 1832-1878.

The collection includes correspondence, notes, deeds, land records, mortgages of the Old Town, Maine area, and Penobscot River Navigation Company certificates. Folder 1 contains bills, receipts, and letters relating to Old Town from 1833-1878; a copy of the Eagle Literary Fraternity College Gazette, v. 1, no. 3, ca. 1869; a copy of a list of plants analyzed by class in the year 1869 by Heddle Hilliard; letters from G.E. Hammond (1871-1873), E.J. Haskell, and others; and 2 letters to Cornelia M. Hilliard, Old Town, Maine, 1927 and 1929 from George H. Sargent. Folder 2 contains 35 stock certificates of the Penobscot River Navigation Company; and legal documents and miscellaneous papers including pension papers from the United States Department of the Interior to John H. Modery, Alton Village, Maine. Folder 3 contains land records from Penobscot County in the 1830's. Folder 4 contains court records (non land) from mainly Penobscot County.

4 folders (260 items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7715956

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Modery, John H.

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Hilliard, Cornelia M.

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Hilliard, Heddle, 1853-1924,

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Heddle Hilliard was born in Old Town, Maine in 1853, the son of John Heddle and Anna Maria Hilliard. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1872, a member of its first class to graduate there. He was a civil engineer and served Old Town as city engineer and was a member of the Board of Assessors. He had four sons, John Heddle, Edward K., Stanley T., and Sewall. He died in 1924. John Heddle Hilliard, father of Heddle Hilliard (b. 1853) and Cornelia M., was an attorn...

Sargent, George H. (George Henry), 1867-1931

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George H. Sargent was an American author. From the guide to the George H. Sargent papers for "Amy Lowell: a mosaic", 1926., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) George Henry Sargent (1867-1931), American bibliographer and journalist, was associated with the Boston Evening Transcript from 1895 until 1931. He wrote books and articles on bibliography and a column, The Bibliographer, about rare books. From the guide to the George Henry Sarg...

Penobscot River Navigation Company.

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