William D. Williamson letter to Jedediah Morse
Collection
Identifier: S-Coll-0008
Content Description
Letter written in 1814 by William D. Williamson, then postmaster in Bangor, to Rev. Jedediah Morse, preacher, pamphleteer, and geographer, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. This letter contains the earliest known reference to a library in Bangor. The library, when opened, was called the Bangor Athenaeum. It was one of the six libraries operating in Bangor in various times between 1814 and 1883 which merged into the Bangor Public Library, founded in 1883.
Dates
- Creation: 1814 May 17
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection are in the public domain.
Full Extent
1 item(s) (in 1 folder)
Subject
- Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826 (Person)
- Bangor Public Library -- History (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bangor Public Library Special Collections Repository