English ancestry, travel & the bundled collection

Five written pages of a letter addressed to Joseph Dow, headed Exeter, New Hampshire, January 25, 1870. The writer recounts visits to ancestral places in England, including Hampton and the Yarmouth area, and comments on local churches, history and records. The opening page and numbered continuations are arranged in reading order, ending with the signed page. The signature has not been assigned a firm reading.

Four views documenting the papers as grouped and tied: folded edges, several bundles arranged together, and handwritten wrappers. Visible labels include college compositions and correspondence. These photographs preserve the collection’s physical arrangement; wrapper labels are not treated as a complete inventory of the papers beneath them.