Papers, 1849-1977.

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Papers, 1849-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/575326798

Collection contains papers of various members of the Peirce and Williamson families of Maine. Included are a photograph album, copybook of poetry and a typescript of a journal, 1851-1853, of Ada H. Peirce Williamson; the journal was edited by her niece Ada Peirce McCormick. Also included are a few letters written to Ada C. Williamson and Frances Williamson Peirce by their parents as well as a typescript of reminiscences of Frances Peirce. Materials gathered by Robert B. Williamson concerning the Peirce family genealogy as well as items belonging to Ada Peirce McCormick that Williamson received after her death are also found in the collection.

1 document box (9 folders)

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7762621

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Pierce family.

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Williamson, Ada Peirce.

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McCormick, Ada P.

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Williamson, Robert B., Jr.

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Williamson family.

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Ada H. Peirce Williamson, daughter of Waldo T. and Hannah Jane Hills Peirce, was born in 1834. She married Joseph Williamson, a lawyer and author from Belfast, Maine in 1857 and they had three children: Joseph Williamson (b. 1869), Ada C. Williamson (b. 1858) and Frances Williamson Peirce (b. 1860). Ada H. Williamson died in 1872. Joseph Williamson, son of Ada and Joseph Williamson, married Vallie Burleigh, daughter of Maine governor Edwin C. Burleigh, and they had two c...

Williamson, Ada Clendenin, 1880-1958

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Painter; West Chester, Pennsylvania. From the description of Ada Clendenin Williamson papers, 1890-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82983850 ...

Peirce, Frances Williamson.

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Williamson, Joseph, 1828-1902

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Lawyer, historian, and author, of Belfast, Me. From the description of Joseph Williamson letters, 1819 and 1888. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 233979500 Joseph Willliamson was born in Belfast, Me., 5 Oct. 1828. He attended Bowdoin College, graduating in 1849. He received a Doctor of Literature degree from Bowdoin in 1896. He began his legal practice in 1852, serving as a lawyer, Belfast police court judge, and Belfast city solicitor. He wrote severa...