Conant family papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 621", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"621", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Conant family papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1802-1834", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1802/1834"}

physdesc

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abstract

{"value"=>"Papers of the Conant family of Alfred, Maine, dated 1802-1834. The papers largely consist of deeds for land bought and sold in the towns of Alfred and Lyman, Maine by members of the Conant family. They also include some correspondence about the purchase of goods and legal matters, and several invoices from Boston merchants Mitchell & Freeman and Hitchcock & Nash. The names on these documents include: Alvah Conant, Cyrus Conant, John Conant, Nathaniel Conant, Andrew Conant, Daniel Conant, Ruth Conant, Louisa Conant, Benjamin Whitten, Joshua Whitten, Calvin Whitten, Humphrey Whitten, George Burnham, Abiel Hall, Daniel Holmes, William Parsons, John Holmes, John Roberts, Samuel Roberts, John Sayward, John Griffin, Clement Sheckley, Eunice Sands, Jonathan Farnum, Clarissa Whitten, and many others Alvah and John Conant were merchants in Alfred, Maine"}

date_inclusive_start

1802

date_inclusive_end

1834

origination

{"value"=>"Conant family", "type"=>"famname"}

keydate

1802

prefercite

{"value"=>"Conant family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1802

date_end

1834

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