The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 1
Genealogy correspondence & notes
16 photographs · 3 document groups
Complete photographic documentation of this supplied batch, including written sides, reverses, blank areas, dockets, and close-ups. Original camera filenames are shown so each view can be identified. The descriptions below are brief finding aids; the photographs remain the record for names, dates, and uncertain readings.
JDT-D001 · Seymour Morris to Miss Dow
A genealogical inquiry on Seymour Morris’s letterhead, addressed to Miss Dow. The letter asks about Moses Tucker and Johannah Dow and includes a request for information about their marriage and her ancestry. The full front, reverse, and detail photographs are kept together.
Seymour Morris letter to Miss Dow, Chicago, May 23, 1894: complete front with rulers.
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Reverse of the Seymour Morris letter, with the handwritten docket and visible show-through.
Shown rotated 90° counterclockwise for readability; the full photograph is retained.
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Seymour Morris letter: closer view of the letterhead, date, greeting, and text.
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Seymour Morris letter: closer view of the genealogical inquiry, closing, and signature.
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Seymour Morris letter: close-up of the reverse docket, “Morris about Dow”.
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JDT-D002 · Francis Dow genealogy note
A separate handwritten note mentioning Francis Dow, Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, and settlement in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The references to 1650 and 1651 are dates discussed in the note; they do not date the paper itself. The reverse is included alongside the written side.
Undated handwritten note about Francis Dow, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and Salisbury, Massachusetts.
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Reverse of the Francis Dow note, retained even though no clear writing is visible on this side.
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JDT-D003 · S. A. Dow to Miss L. E. Dow
Two handwritten pages on illustrated People’s Market Co. letterhead, naming S. A. Dow as manager. The letter supplies Dow family-history information. The first page, continuation, their reverses, and all supplied details are retained. The printed portrait is part of S. A. Dow’s letterhead.
S. A. Dow letter to Miss L. E. Dow, Concord, New Hampshire, November 2, 1892: first page.
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Reverse of the first S. A. Dow letter page: ruled paper, folds, and show-through.
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S. A. Dow letter: continuation page with family names, dates, closing, and signature.
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Reverse of the continuation page: ruled paper with the S. A. Dow docket.
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Close-up of the handwritten “S. A. Dow” docket on the reverse.
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Continuation page: close-up of the People’s Market Co. letterhead and upper handwritten entries.
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Close-up of the printed portrait and S. A. Dow name on the People’s Market Co. letterhead.
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Continuation page: closer view of handwritten family entries, closing, and signature.
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First page: closer view of the greeting to Miss L. E. Dow and handwritten family-history account.
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Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. Document identifiers group the supplied views; they do not imply that every page of an original correspondence is known.