John Fairfield correspondence, 1828-1876 (bulk 1835-1847).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 900 items; 6 containers; 3 microfilm reels; 1.8 linear feetSubject(s): - 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. Treaties, etc. United States, 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 -- Maine
- Representatives, U.S. Congress -- Maine
- Senators, U.S. Congress -- Maine
- Microfilm edition available, no. 19,264.
Open to research.
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.
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.
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