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Barton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-309
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence between members of the Barton Family of Ludlow, Vermont. Topics include members traveling west to mine for gold in California.

Dates: 1848-1870, 1978

Parker Family Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: mss-469
Abstract

Collection consists of diaries kept by Addie, Ella, and Simon Parker of Adamant and East Montpelier, VT.

Dates: 1884-1949

Parker/Fleming Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-048
Abstract

The Parker/Fleming Collection deals primarily with the descendants and relations of Charles Carrol Parker (1814-?), a Congregational minister who preached in various churches in Vermont and Maine, and Elizabeth Fleming Parker (1813-1979), his wife. The letters span the time period of 1835-1909, with the bulk of the collection lying between 1863-1879.

Dates: 1835-1909

Peake Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: mss-049
Abstract The Peake family arrived in the area that would become Addison County, Vermont, in 1779, when William Peake (1740-1813) moved with his family from Nantucket to the frontier town of Monkton. William's son Seth (1784-1827) settled in nearby Bristol in 1810 as a saddler and storekeeper, beginning more than a centry and a half of Peake residency in that community. The Peake Family Papers consist of approximately six linear feet of correspondence, bound manuscripts, diaries and other...
Dates: 1793-1955