Correspondence between members of the Daggett family and other related families from Calais, Vermont between the years 1832 and 1873. The earliest letter is addressed to Marietta Daggett, written by her cousin-in-law, John Robinson, in rather flowery language. Several of the letters from the 1830s were written by James S. Daggett to his mother and other family members, giving news of his business affairs in Massachusetts where he wasa running a tavern, and later working in a boot factory. In a letter dated January 5, 1838, he announces his marriage to Elizabeth Vinton on October 10, 1837. Several other letters were written by his wife, Elizabeth (Vinton) Daggett about domestic matters and about her work "sewing straw". The letters written in the 1840s and 1850s are almost all from Deborah Daphne (Curtis) Tabor, though there is one letter, dated November 22, 1845, from John Van Rensselaer Kent, giving gossip about Calais people. Daphne was writing to to her mother, Mary (Daggett) Curtis, with news about friends and relatives. There are two letters from 1863. The first is from Joel E. Robinson, a private in Company C, 13th Vermont Infantry Regiment, stationed at Wolf River Shoals, dated February 26, 1863 and addressed to his cousin, William Robinson. In it, he describes a heavy snowfall and news of Calais men in the Army. The second letter was written by Rev. Lemuel H. Tabor and is dated September 15, 1863, responding to the news of Joel's death from typhus and the death of several other family members from the same disease. The final two letters date from 1867 and 1873. The first letter was written by "Cousin" Azubah of Milford, Massachusetts to Catherine (Daggett) Robinson, dated January 27, 1867, writing about religion and her loneliness. The second letter was written by Deborah Daphne (Curtis) Tabor, also to Catherine (Daggett )Robinson, dated March 30, 1873. In it she describes the economic situation in Norway, Maine and the availability of good jobs for women and girls.
