John Mead Gould papers, 1854-1930.

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John Mead Gould papers, 1854-1930.

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Genealogical material relating to the ancestry of Mager Gould (d. 1781) of Ipswich, Mass.; an historical sketch of the Portland Society of Natural History and newspaper clippings relating to the society's seventieth anniversary celebration; letters written by J.M. Gould to his parents while a student at Gould Academy, Bethel, Me.; and correspondence from Percival Proctor Baxter, William Bingham, 2nd, J.N. Bolling, Jonathan Prince Cilley, William Pierce Frye, Wendell Phillips Garrison, Obadiah Gardner, James Augustine Healy, Asher Crosby Hinds, Charles Edgar Littlefield, Knute Nelson, Charles Edward Pickering, and others.

.25 linear ft.

Maine Historical Society Library

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