Cutts-Thornton family papers, 1762-1890.

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Cutts-Thornton family papers, 1762-1890.

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Correspondence, deeds, accounts, bills and receipts, promissory notes, and other papers, relating chiefly to the business interests and land holdings of a family of merchants and shipowners of Saco, Me.; together with correspondence, writings, and other papers, of Thomas Gilbert Thornton (1768-1824), relating to his political activities and duties as U.S. Marshal for Maine; payment orders and other records (1771-78) of Pepperrellboro District of Maine (Saco); and genealogies of the Thornton and Stoughton families.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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