1837 Letter from A. K. Moore at Skowhegan, Maine, to John T. Heard, Esq. at Boston, Massachusetts

1837 letter from A. K. Moore at Skowhegan, Maine, to John T. Heard, Esq, at Boston, Massachusetts.   

The letter contains the Moore's response to a job offer relayed by Heard on behalf of Boston & Eastern Railway. It looks as though the word "Machias" is struck out.  Moore admits that he is young and of limited experience.

Heard may have been John Trull Heard (1809-1880), whose biography appears on page 19 of Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, which still operates today.

I'm hoping that a reader will have information of an A. K. Moore or A. ? Moore, who was in the Skowhegan, Maine, area in 1837 and who had a brother, as mentioned in the letter.  Perhaps he was Albion K. Moore or Albion K. Parris Moore, but he would have been exceptionally young for such responsibility.

3 Invoices - 1864-1904 - from Businesses at Skowhegan, Maine

3 invoices, dating from 1864 to 1904, from businesses located in Skowhegan, Maine.

Above: July 21, 1969 invoice from Blunt & Coffin [The E. G. in Coffin, crossed out], Dealer in Hardware, Iron & Steel, Nails, Glass, Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc", of No. 2 Coburn Block, Water Street, Skowhegan, Maine. To Mr. Joel Colby

Above and below: front and reverse of an 1864 invoice from F. A. Williams, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hard-Ware, Iron, Steel, Castings, Nails, Glass, Lead Pipe, Plows, Carriage Trimmings, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc., at No. 1 Dinsmore's Block, Water Street, Skowhegan, Maine. To Mr. William Blackden (?)

Below: 2 page invoice dated September 8, 1904 from H. B. Goodwin, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter and Builder, located at the head of Water Street, Skowhegan, Maine; To William Heselton. 

If you have information to share on the businesses and men mentioned above, please leave a comment.

1898 Letter in Birchbark Envelope from Mattie in Hartland, Maine, to Lizzie A. Linn in South Boston, Massachusetts

August 1898 letter from Mattie in Hartland, Maine, to Miss Lizzie A. Linn at Head House, City Point in South Boston, Massachusetts.  Lizzie was also from Hartland, Maine.

Read about the ornate City Point Head House, constructed about 1897, here. Presumably Lizzie was working or visiting there.

Elizabeth A. Linn (1879-1973), "Lizzie", was the daughter of William A. Linn and Luella Hannah (Green) Linn of Hartland, Maine. 

Interestingly, the 1880 Census shows a William Linn, wife Emma and daughter Lizzie A. Fuller. Was Emma Ella? Was Lizzie the daughter or adopted daughter of William and Emma/Ella? There was a Fuller connection to the larger Linn family, as a genealogy of the the Linn family of Hartland, Maine, shows. 

This genealogy contains a section describing Lizzie's immediate family and a family photograph.  Another photograph and short bio of Lizzie appear on the website of the Hartland Historical Society - mentioning that she was active in the suffragist movement in Hartland - you'll have to scroll down a bit more than halfway.

Lizzie would return to Hartland, Maine, by 1900 and spend the rest of her life there. 

Perhaps a reader will weigh in with the identity of Mattie.

In the letter, Mattie talks about:

• working for the Brown family and speculates that Mrs. Brown might be pregnant - they might have been Attorney William B. Brown (1866-1938) and Helen M. (Whittredge) Brown (1864-1938), "Nellie", whose first child, a daughter, was born in 1899.
• mentions the "little Smith girl"
• mentions moving into Dr. Bean's house - presumably the house of Dr. Edwin Augustus Bean (1848-1898)
• mentions Mr. Hale from Waterville
• mentions Mr. Wallace Grey - perhaps Wallace L. Grey (1871-1962)
• mentions Mr. Lidstone - perhaps Rev. Isaac Harold Lidstone (1865-1937), if he ever pastored in Hartland
• uses phrases from various languages, including French, Italian, Latin, German
• says she is "way down in the valley of the blues"

January 1946 Issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, with News of Area Men and Women Serving During World War II

January 1946 issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, a newspaper with news of area men women serving during World War II.  Sadly, this copy is missing the overleaf sheet.

This issue is one of a collection of papers, including a few duplicates, from February 1944 to January 1946.  It's the last issue in this particular collection, but I don't know if it's the last issue of the periodical, which ceased publication in 1946.

For more information on the Harmony Tribute and to see images of the pages of all of the issues in the collection, click here.

The paper covers news of 4 area towns, primarily - with advertisements and news from other towns in the area:

• Athens, Maine, in Somerset County
• Cambridge, Maine, in Somerset County
• Harmony, Maine, in Somerset County
• Wellington, Maine, in Piscataquis County

November 1945 Issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, with News of Area Men and Women Serving During World War II

November 1945 issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, a newspaper with news of area men women serving during World War II.

This issue is one of a collection of papers, including a few duplicates, from February 1944 to January 1946.  

For more information on the Harmony Tribute and to see images of the pages of all of the issues in the collection, click here.

The paper covers news of 4 area towns, primarily - with advertisements and news from other towns in the area:

• Athens, Maine, in Somerset County
• Cambridge, Maine, in Somerset County
• Harmony, Maine, in Somerset County
• Wellington, Maine, in Piscataquis County

October 1945 Issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, with News of Area Men and Women Serving During World War II

October 1945 issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, a newspaper with news of area men women serving during World War II.

This issue is one of a collection of papers, including a few duplicates, from February 1944 to January 1946.  

For more information on the Harmony Tribute and to see images of the pages of all of the issues in the collection, click here.

The paper covers news of 4 area towns, primarily - with advertisements and news from other towns in the area:

• Athens, Maine, in Somerset County
• Cambridge, Maine, in Somerset County
• Harmony, Maine, in Somerset County
• Wellington, Maine, in Piscataquis County

September 1945 Issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, with News of Area Men and Women Serving During World War II

September 1945 issue of the Harmony Tribute of Harmony, Maine, a newspaper with news of area men women serving during World War II.

This issue is one of a collection of papers, including a few duplicates, from February 1944 to January 1946.  

For more information on the Harmony Tribute and to see images of the pages of all of the issues in the collection, click here.

The paper covers news of 4 area towns, primarily - with advertisements and news from other towns in the area:

• Athens, Maine, in Somerset County
• Cambridge, Maine, in Somerset County
• Harmony, Maine, in Somerset County
• Wellington, Maine, in Piscataquis County