Bickford-Leavitt Papers, 1797-1950, bulk 1840-1900

Title:

Bickford-Leavitt Papers, 1797-1950, bulk 1840-1900

Creator:

Bickford, John W., 1803-1891
Leavitt, Frederick B. T., 1815-1844

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

2005.002

Object ID:

2005.002

Date:

1797-1950

Physical Description:

2 boxes ; 0.63 linear feet

Scope and Content:

This is a collection of scattered financial and legal records of unrelated families who lived in the Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, area. It contains the daybooks of Ezekiel B. Andrews, M.D., for 1894 and 1908, which contains lists of his patients, their treatments, and births and deaths he attended in Wolfeboro and surrounding towns. Papers centering around John Bickford include depositions and documents around a law suit that involved him and his mother, Mary; and financial documents (receipts, deeds) and legal matters involved in settling the estate of his father, Wilmot Bickford. There are scattered financial records of Frederick Leavitt and his son, Samuel, George and Charles. Also included are daybooks of another physician, David Murray, from an unidentified location. A few town records for Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, include some tax records for 1819 and 1822, a railroad waybill register for 1917/1918, and ephemera (newspaper clippings) written by Noyes Moore about serving on the front in World War I. Currency includes an 1832 $5.00 bill issued by the state of Maine. There are no photographs, and there are two locks of Wilmot Bickford’s hair.

Subjects:

Money, Deeds, Law, Medicine--Practice, World War, 1914-1918, Soldiers, Physicians

Locations:

Wolfeboro, NH

People:

Andrews, Ezekiel B., Dr., 1861-1928, Bickford, Dorothy, 1775-1872, Bickford, John, Leavitt, Charles, 1854-1933

Credit Line:

Gift of Joan E. Kimball.

Restrictions:

Available for Research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

Bickford-Leavitt_Papers_2005.002.pdf