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- Spear Family
- Title: Spear Family Papers
- Dates: 1793-1942
- Extent: Two cartons, two oversize bound volumes
- Abstract: Richard Spear (1737 - 1788) moved to Shelburne, Vermont, from Braintree, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1783. He died five years later, but his sons Asahel (1778 - 1849) and Elhanan W. Spear (1782 - 1869) remained in Shelburne and raised families there. The Spear Family Papers contain an interesting variety of manuscripts from the 1790s to the 1940s.
- Cargill family
- Title: Cargill Family Papers
- Dates: 1863-1885
- Extent: 0.4 Linear feet1 box
- Abstract: The collection contains several folders of correspondence, including a number of letters from George Cargill documenting his service during the Civil War. Also included are many of George Cargill's collected poems and songs. Also in the collection are account books, a war conscription notice and miscellaneous scraps.