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Diaries
Letters

Instructional and Reference Works
Newspapers and Journals

Pictures and Photographs
Maps
Money

Private Records
Public Records
Secondary Sources
 

 
Diaries
  The Diary of Martha Ballard 1785-1812, McCausland, Robert and Cynthia, eds. (published transcription: 863 pages)
Henry Sewall's Diary, Sewall, Henry (diary: 13 pages)
The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles, Vol. 3, Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (published transcription: 4 pages)
Martha Ballard's Diary, Ballard, Martha (diary: 1430 pages)

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Instructional and Reference Works
  A Complete Practice of Midwifery, Stone, Sarah (book: 27 pages)
A Dictionary of the English Language, Johnson, Samuel (book: 2 pages)
The Instructor, or American Young Man's Best Companion Containing Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetick, Fisher, George (book: 9 pages)
A Treatise on the Art of Midwifery, Setting Forth Various Abuses Therein, Especially as to the Practice with Instruments, Nihell, Elizabeth (book: 63 pages)
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery (Volume One), Smellie, William (book: 24 pages)

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Letters
  Letter from Sewall to his son, in Henry Sewall's Diary, Sewall, Henry (letter: 3 pages)
Letter to George Thatcher in Boston, Sewall, Henry (letter: 3 pages)
Letter with medical remedies, Vaughn, Benjamin (letter: 1 page)
Letters from Benjamin Vaughn to Dr. Page, Vaughn, Benjamin (letter: 7 pages)

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Maps
  Bird's Eye View of the City of Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine, Ruger, A. (view: 1 sheet)
District of Maine, Carleton, Osgood (map: 1 sheet)
A General Map of North America, American Atlas, Smith, Reid, and Wayland (map: 1 sheet)
Map of Hallowell Parishes, Ballard, Ephraim (map: 1 sheet)
View of Augusta in North's History of Augusta, Searle, Cyril (view: 1 sheet)

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Money
  Five Shilling and Six Pence Note, (money: 1 piece)
Hallowell Bank Check, (money: 1 piece)
Massachusetts One Dollar Bill, (money: 1 piece)
Spanish Head Pistareen, (money: 1 piece)

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Newspapers and Journals
  Advertisement for Drugs and Medicines, Page, Benjamin (newspaper: 1 page)
Advertisement for inoculation against Cow or Kine Pox, Page, Benjamin (newspaper: 1 page)
Death Notice for Martha Ballard, (newspaper: 2 pages)
"Memoir of Benjamin Page, M.D.", The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal (Vol. 33, no. 9), (article: 12 pages)

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Pictures and Photographs
  Bird's Eye View of the City of Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine, Ruger, A. (view: 1 sheet)
Fort Western photograph, Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie (visual: 1 image)
Portrait of Increase Sumner, Johnston, John (visual: 1 image)
Portrait of Robert Treat Paine, Savage, Edward and Coles, John Jr. (visual: 1 image)
Pownalboro Courthouse photographs, Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie (visual: 3 images)
View of Augusta in North's History of Augusta, Searle, Cyril (view: 1 sheet)

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Private Records
  Benjamin Page account of transactions with William Mathews, Page, Benjamin (account book: 4 pages)
Henry Sewall's Diary, Sewall, Henry (diary: 13 pages)
Letter from Sewall to his son, in Henry Sewall's Diary, Sewall, Henry (letter: 3 pages)
Letter to George Thatcher in Boston, Sewall, Henry (letter: 3 pages)
Letters from Benjamin Vaughn to Dr. Page, Vaughn, Benjamin (letter: 7 pages)
Martha Ballard's Diary, Ballard, Martha (diary: 1430 pages)

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Public Records
  District of Maine, Carleton, Osgood (map: 1 sheet)
Foster v. North, Supreme Judicial Court (court record: 8 pages)
Hallowell Town Records (Original), Town of Hallowell Officials (town record: 19 pages)
Hallowell Town Records (Transcription by John Sewall), Town of Hallowell Officials (town record: 12 pages)
Land deeds of Rev. Foster, Lincoln County Courthouse (deed: 9 pages)
Map of Hallowell Parishes, Ballard, Ephraim (map: 1 sheet)
Moore v. The First Precinct in Rochester, Plymouth County Court of Common Pleas (court record: 4 pages)
The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Court (law: 10 pages)
Probate Court Inventory of the Ben Page Estate, Kennebec County Probate Court (probate record: 7 pages)
Sewall v. Commonwealth, Lincoln County Court of General Sessions of the Peace (court record: 3 pages)
U.S. Census of Population, Occupations, Vol. 5, U.S. Census Bureau (book: 2 pages)
Walker v. Foster, Lincoln County Court of Common Pleas (court record: 5 pages)

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Secondary Sources
  The History of Augusta, Nash, Charles Elventon (book: 7 pages)
The History of Augusta, North, James W. (book: 26 pages)
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Bolton, Robert (book: 2 pages)
Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760-1820, Taylor, Alan (book: 6 pages)
A Midwife's Tale, Rogers, Richard (dir) and Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie (producer/writer) (film: 5 clips)
A Midwife's Tale, Ulrich, Laurel (book: 126 pages)

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