Name: [Letter from Arthur G. Merriam to his sister-in-law Mary Cecilia (Bowers) Merriam]

Barcode: 44727

Image Number: 44727

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/44727.0001

Alternative Title: Letter to "My dear sister"

Date/Date Range: Aug 20th, 1896

Language: English

Notes: This letter was written in Springfield, Massachusets by Arthur G. Merriam (1859-1916) to his sister-in-law Mary Cecilia (Bowers) Merriam (1866-1958), wife of his brother Henry H. Merriam (1851-1930). He describes in detail his family vacation in Maine and New Hampshire featuring tourist sites such as Portland, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Old Orchard Beach, Poland Springs and Biddeford, all in Maine. Included are side trips to the Weirs in New Hampshire and Lake Winnipesaukee.

The letter contains the following inserted images and clippings:
Bathing Scene, Kennebunk Beach, ME.; View at Kennebunk Beach.; Canoe Race on River at Kennebunkport.; Old Orchard Beach. Maine.; Union Station Portland; Fort Preble.; Map of Casco Bay Maine Showing Route of the Harpswell Steamboat Co.; Whitehead, Cushing's Island.; [Untitled images of people canoeing, and one untitled image of sailboats.]; [Untitled images of a man canoeing, a rocky shore, and men fishing in a canoe.]; The Boating Carnival.; Longfellow's Birthplace.; Public Library.; Custom House. - All out for island steamers.; Centre Harbor, N.H.; The Weirs; Danville Junction, (the Poland Springs station.); Main Dining Hall.; Interior Court.; Poland Spring House.; Union Station, Springfield, Mass.; [Untitled map of Portland region]

Accession Number: OML-1896-56