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9 autograph letters signed, totalling approximately 34 pages, chiefly between family and friends of Maria L. Patterson, concerning her disappearance en route from New York City to Saco, Maine in March 1867. Letters dated chiefly between April and October 1867, with one undated letter, and one letter by Maria dated 1861. Some letters mention the consultation of a clairvoyant who claimed Maria could be found in Lowell, Mass., but she was apparently never located. From Maria L. Patterson, Albany, to her cousin Mary, Nov. 19, 1861 -- From Margaret (Maria's sister), Saco, Maine, to Mary, April 2, 1867 -- From Charles L. Snow, New York, to Post Master, Lowell, Mass., May 30, 1867 -- From Mary, New York, to Maria, Lowell, Mass., May 30, 1867 (copy) -- From Benjamin Patterson (Maria's father), Saco, Maine, to Charles L. Snow, New York, June 19, 1867 -- From Benjamin Patterson, Saco, Maine, to Charles L. Snow, New York, July 20, 1867 -- From E.P. Davis, Newark, N.J. to her brother, Oct. 4, 1867 -- Margaret, Saco Maine, to friends, Oct. 8, 1867 -- Benjamin Patterson, Saco Maine, to Charles L. Snow, New York, Oct. 8, 1867 -- Charles L. Snow, New York, to a friend, dated Monday morning; with embossed stamp of Snow & Richardson Commission Merchants, 23 South St. N.Y.
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Source of acquisition--From the library of Seymour Durst.
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