The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 2
Family-history letters & envelopes
17 photographs · 3 document groups
Every photograph in this batch is retained, including envelopes, reverses, repeated views, and details. Camera filenames identify each image. The descriptions are finding aids; the photographs remain the source for exact wording and uncertain readings.
JDT-D004 · Daniel Shaw to Joseph Dow
A letter addressed to Joseph Dow discussing Dow family connections, including Jabez Dow and the family’s movements between Hampton, Portland, and Standish. The accompanying envelope is addressed to Joseph Dow in Hampton and bears annotations naming Thomas Shaw; that envelope annotation and the letter’s Daniel Shaw signature are recorded separately. The two pages, envelope front and back, and closer views remain together.
Envelope front addressed to Mr. Joseph Dow, Esq., Hampton, N.H., with handwritten annotations naming Thomas Shaw and Standish, Maine.
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Reverse of the envelope associated with the Daniel Shaw letter, showing flap, wear, and staining.
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Daniel Shaw letter: first page and addressed envelope photographed together with a ruler.
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Daniel Shaw letter: continuation page and envelope reverse photographed together.
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Daniel Shaw letter, Standish, April 1873: closer view of the first page addressed to Joseph Dow.
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Daniel Shaw letter: closer view of the continuation, family-history account, and Daniel Shaw signature.
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JDT-D005 · Joseph N. Dummer to Miss L. E. Dow
A genealogical reply on Massachusetts Sunday School Association letterhead. Dummer writes that records before 1749 are lost and suggests inquiries to town clerks in Rowley and Newbury. The printed letterhead includes a Massachusetts map and association information. The envelope to Miss L. E. Dow at Warren, Massachusetts, is postmarked September 3, 1895. Its front, reverse, the letter’s two sides, and the supplied details are all retained.
Massachusetts Sunday School Association envelope to Miss L. E. Dow, Warren, Massachusetts; Boston postmark, September 3, 1895.
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Reverse of the Massachusetts Sunday School Association envelope, with handwritten annotation and partial postmark.
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Joseph N. Dummer letter to Miss L. E. Dow, Boston, August 31, 1895: full letterhead and handwritten text.
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Joseph N. Dummer letter: closer view of the map, handwritten reply, and signature.
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Reverse of the Joseph N. Dummer letter, showing folds and print and handwriting visible through the paper.
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Joseph N. Dummer letter: detail of the date, greeting, reply about historical records, and signature.
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JDT-D006 · Merrill to J. W. Little
A two-page letter concerning John Dow, Newbury and West Newbury records, marriage information, and the difficulty of identifying a burial place. The handwritten year is left unresolved here rather than assigned an uncertain date. The joint view, individual pages, and closer views are all included.
West Newbury Merrill letter: both numbered pages photographed together with a ruler.
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Merrill letter to J. W. Little: first page, headed West Newbury and dated August 8; the year is uncertain.
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Merrill letter: second page, with the conclusion about burial records and the signature.
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Merrill letter: close-up of the first page and its discussion of John Dow and Newbury records.
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Merrill letter: close-up of the second page, conclusion, and signature.
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Photographs supplied by Whit from the recovered collection. Group identifiers connect the supplied views and continue from Document Gallery 1.