Archive Relating to the Founding of the Town of Brewer, Maine. Etc.

by Josiah Brewer, Joseph Sewell

$1,750 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Boston, Massachusetts; Brewer, Maine; Augusta, Maine: 1803–1858. 144 manuscript letters, 8vo, 1 manuscript map. A substantial archive of manuscript documents and letters, many of which relate to the early development of the town of Brewer, Maine and the role of Samuel B. Stone as “father of the town,” with letters concerning the administration and development of land in nearby Eddington, etc.

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