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SUB-SERIES Identifier: MS Am 1084

B. Haines papers

Dates

  • Creation: 1724-1933
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1861-1912

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

Biographical / Historical

John M. Haines was a resident of Chichester (N.H.), and served as a private and corporal in the United States Army, New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 3rd from 1861 August to 1864 August. He apparently died before 1880, when his wife Helen M. Haines was listed by the census as a widow in Cambridge (Mass.)

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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