Clapp family papers, 1789-1935. 

 - 3,800  items. 23  containers. 8  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 5 series.  Series 1: Family Correspondence and Genealogical Material, 1802-1935; Series 2: Asa Clapp Papers, 1789-1876; Series 3: Asa W.H. Clapp Papers, 1825-1904; Series 4: Mary Jane Emerson Clapp Papers, 1851-1915; Series 5: Oversize, 1811-1889. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Two silver salt spoons <br/>Blair House, Washington, D.C. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011143 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79015909  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 --Correspondence.<br/>Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin, 1762-1826 --Correspondence.<br/>Clapp family.<br/>Dearborn family.<br/>Lee family.<br/>Woodbury family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Aurora (Schooner)<br/>Diomede (Brig : 1828)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Genealogy.<br/>Merchants--Maine.<br/>Shipping--Maine.<br/>Ship's papers--18th century.<br/>Ship's papers--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Maine--Commerce.