Fairfield, John 1797-1847 creator mixed material monographic eng 900 6 3 1.8 Principally letters (1835-1847) from Fairfield to members of his family in Saco, Me., while he served as governor and in the U.S. Congress relating to political affairs in Maine and the U.S., the administration of James K. Polk, the boundary dispute between Maine and Canada leading to the Aroostook War and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842, and dueling in Congress. Includes material relating to social life in Augusta, Me., and Washington, D.C., and to family and personal affairs. Correspondents include Hugh Johnston Anderson, Nathan Clifford, Stephen A. Emery, Amos Nourse, Ether Shepley, C.R. Williams, and Reuel Williams. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 19,264. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1986. U.S. senator and representative and governor of Maine. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009017 Anderson, Hugh Johnston 1801-1881 Correspondence Clifford, Nathan 1803-1881 Correspondence Emery, Stephen A. (Stephen Albert) 1841-1891 Correspondence Nourse, Amos 1794-1877 Correspondence Polk, James K. (James Knox) 1795-1849 Shepley, Ether 1789-1877 Correspondence Williams, C. R. (Catherine Read) 1790-1872 Correspondence Williams, Reuel 1783-1862 Correspondence Fairfield family Great Britain. 1842 August 9. United States. Congress. Aroostook War, 1839 Dueling United States Augusta (Me.) Social life and customs Canada Boundaries Maine Great Britain Foreign relations United States Maine Boundaries Canada Maine Politics and government Maine Social life and customs Northeast boundary of the United States Saco (Me.) History United States Foreign relations Great Britain United States Politics and government 1815-1861 Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs Governors Representatives, U.S. Congress Senators, U.S. Congress mm 80020255 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009017 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009017.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009017 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009017.3 Open to research. DLC 801222 20260227111704.0 mm 80020255