Henry Augustus Peirce papers, 1629-1866.
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of correspondence, deeds and other records of land transfer, surveyor's plans, bills, receipts, and a diary. The main part of the collection is the papers of Joseph Peirce (1745-1828) and his son Joseph Hardy Peirce (1773-1832) who were agents of the Twenty Associates Land Company (officially called the Twenty Associates of the Lincolnshire Company) disposing of 100,000 acres of land in Maine centered on Camden and Hope. These records start with a grant in 1629, the founding of the Company in 1719, and chiefly between 1791 and 1832 when the Company was actively selling land. Another part contains the papers of Henry Augustus Peirce (1808-1886), son of Joseph Hardy Peirce, who was a trader in the Pacific, diplomat, and had dealing with a cotton plantation in Mississippi in 1866.
Dates
- 1629-1866
Creator
- Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections material is non-circulating, requires staff retrieval, and is available to NEHGS members (Research level and above) during normal library hours.
Extent
2 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
General
The finding aid for this collection is available online in American Ancestors Digital Collections; folder level control.
Processing Information
Original processing sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities: RC-33644-79-167.
- Appleton (Me.) -- Surveys.
- Camden (Me.) -- Surveys.
- Cotton growing -- Mississippi -- Yazoo County.
- Deeds -- Maine -- Appleton.
- Deeds -- Maine -- Camden.
- Deeds -- Maine -- Hope.
- Deeds -- Maine -- Liberty.
- Diplomats and diplomacy.
- Freedmen.
- Griffon (Brig)
- Hall, Marcus Peirce.
- Holland, Samuel May, 1798-1833.
- Hope (Me.) -- Surveys.
- Land companies -- Maine -- Knox County.
- Leverett, John, 1662-1724.
- Liberty (Me.) -- Surveys.
- Olive Branch (Cargo ship)
- Peirce, Henry Augustus, 1808-1885.
- Peirce, Joseph Hardy, 1773-1832.
- Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828.
- Peirce, Marcus Tullius, 1799-1834.
- Probate records -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Real property -- Maine -- Appleton.
- Real property -- Maine -- Camden.
- Real property -- Maine -- Hope.
- Real property -- Maine -- Liberty.
- Scotland Plantation (Yazoo County, Miss.)
Creator
- Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828. (Person)
- Peirce, Joseph Hardy, 1773-1832. (Person)
- Twenty Associates. (Organization)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Repository
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
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