Clapp family papers, 1789-1935.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 3,800 items; 23 containers; 8 linear feetSubject(s): - Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 -- Correspondence
- Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin, 1762-1826 -- Correspondence
- Clapp family
- Dearborn family
- Lee family
- Woodbury family
- Aurora (Schooner)
- Diomede (Brig : 1828)
- Genealogy
- Merchants -- Maine
- Shipping -- Maine
- Ship's papers -- 18th century
- Ship's papers -- 19th century
- Maine -- Commerce
Open to research.
Correspondence, estate and business papers, and genealogical material relating primarily to the family's shipping and commercial activities and to the handling of the family estate. Includes genealogical records of the Clapp, Dearborn, Lee, and Woodbury families; correspondence of Henry Dearborn and his wife, Sara Bowdoin Dearborn; and records for the schooner Aurora and the brig Diomede.
Two silver salt spoons transferred to Blair House, Washington, D.C.
Merchant family of Maine. Family members represented include Asa Clapp, merchant, ship captain, and state legislator; his sons and business associates, Asa W.H. Clapp and Charles Q. Clapp; a daughter, Elizabeth Williams Clapp Woodbury; and a granddaughter, Mary Jane Emerson Clapp.
Collection material in English.
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