Letters.

Title:

Letters.

Creator:

Sawyer, Luther Dearborn.

Accession / Call Number:

1987-005

Object ID:

1987-005

Date:

1823-1878

Physical Description:

1 box (88 items)

Scope and Content:

Luther Dearborn Sawyer was a lawyer held in high esteem in Ossipee & Wakefield, N.H. He was also Assistant Clerk of the N.H. Senate in 1846, County Solicitor for Carroll County for several years, a Representative in the N.H. Legislature in 1859 and 1860, and, when he died in 1884, the oldest member of the Carroll County Bar and President of its Association. Sawyer was politically active and most of the collection is letters to Sawyer concerning the Republican party and various candidates and conventions, particularly Joel Eastman vs. Gilman Marston. Also included are several requests for Sawyer's help in obtaining various appointments, and several military commissions, an honorable discharge, and law licenses granted to Sawyer through the years. For additional information see: Merrill, Georgia Drew, History of Carroll County, 1971 reprint.

Subjects:

Sawyer, Luther Dearborn. , Law New Hampshire.

Locations:

Ossipee (N.H.)
Wakefield (N.H.)
Carroll County (N.H.)

Level Description:

Item