Henry Alexander Scammel Dearborn Papers
Scope and Contents
March 23, 1822 letter from J.B. Davis of Boston to H.A. S. Dearborn, October 10, 1850 letter from H.A.S. Dearborn to Hon. David A. Linman of Massachusetts, undated letter from John L. Kerr to General Dearborn and an undated invitation written by someone else from General [Richard] Mason to General Dearborn.
Topics are legal matters and personal matters.
Dates
- Creation: 1822, 1850, undated
Language of Materials
English
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Biographical Information:
Henry Alexander Scammel Dearborn was born in New Hampshire and died in Maine. He was an American lawyer, author, statesman and soldier. Dearborn was also the first President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and the author of many books.
He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1803.
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Purchase. Accessioned as 1992.39.
Physical Description
4 items
- Title
- Guide to the Henry Alexander Scammel Dearborn Papers
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Anne Johnson.
- Date
- 2009-12-02
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository