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- catalog abstract "Collection consists mainly of correspondence, with a few insurance receipts. The largest groups of letters are those from Abby Sewall to her sister Serena Brown, and those from Augusta Sewall to her mother. The early letters to Serena are signed "OCS" but were obviously written by Abby Sewall; in 1852 she began to sign her own name. Family and business letters to Otis Sewall are included, and letters from friends and family to Abby Sewall and Augusta. These letters provide information about the Sewall family and their daily lives, education, and interests. Subjects addressed include spiritualism, religion and preachers, teaching and teachers, death, loneliness, the Civil War, clothes, business, travel, dancing school, widows, and health.".
- catalog contributor b2072193.
- catalog coverage "Maine Social life and customs.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog date "1837".
- catalog description "Abby Morgridge Sewall and her husband, Otis C. Sewall, lived in Chesterville, Me., with their children, Augusta, Eugene, and Howard. Otis Sewall was appointed postmaster of Chesterville in 1845, acted as business agent for people away from the town, and had brothers who went west. Abby Sewall came from a large family in nearby Litchfield; she and some of her sisters had been schoolteachers. The Morgridge family was also scatterd; a sister, Serena M. Brown, lived in New Harmony, Indiana.".
- catalog description "Augusta Sewall taught school in Maine, New Jersey, and New York. She married Stephen Hawes in about 1866; they lived in Chelsea, Mass.; Indianapolis, Ind.; and Brooklyn, N.Y. Eugene, a carpenter and lumberman, worked in several New England towns. He married Augusta Hutchins in 1857; they lived near his parents and, in about 1866, had a son, Willis. According to a descendent, Eugene had another son, Eugene (ca.1890-1984). According to the same descendent, Howard (born 1835) was in the lumber and real estate business and a builder, and was married twice. His second wife was Carrie Weston, a Vassar graduate; they had a son, Dr. Weston Fullerton Sewall (1904-1986).".
- catalog description "Collection consists mainly of correspondence, with a few insurance receipts. The largest groups of letters are those from Abby Sewall to her sister Serena Brown, and those from Augusta Sewall to her mother. The early letters to Serena are signed "OCS" but were obviously written by Abby Sewall; in 1852 she began to sign her own name. Family and business letters to Otis Sewall are included, and letters from friends and family to Abby Sewall and Augusta. These letters provide information about the Sewall family and their daily lives, education, and interests. Subjects addressed include spiritualism, religion and preachers, teaching and teachers, death, loneliness, the Civil War, clothes, business, travel, dancing school, widows, and health.".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00123".
- catalog description "Originals of copied items in possession of donor.".
- catalog description "Sewall Family Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid.".
- catalog extent ".5 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1837".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Maine Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Maine.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog subject "Clothing and dress.".
- catalog subject "Commercial agents.".
- catalog subject "Country life.".
- catalog subject "Dance Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Death Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Families Maine.".
- catalog subject "Hawes, Augusta Sewall.".
- catalog subject "Health History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Loneliness.".
- catalog subject "Mental health.".
- catalog subject "Mothers and daughters.".
- catalog subject "Mothers and sons.".
- catalog subject "Postmasters.".
- catalog subject "Religion History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Rural women.".
- catalog subject "Sewall, Abby Morgridge.".
- catalog subject "Sewell family.".
- catalog subject "Single women.".
- catalog subject "Spiritualism.".
- catalog subject "Widows.".
- catalog subject "Women Health and hygiene.".
- catalog subject "Women teachers.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1837-1904 (inclusive).".