Letter from Abby Campbell to Elizabeth Mountfort, c. 1860
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Personal letter from Abby Hobby Campbell, 1806-1886, of East Sangerville, to Elizabeth Mountfort, 1806-1886, of Portland. Campbell was the niece of Mountfort's sister-in-law. The letter highlights the types of work women did on farms in the mid nineteenth century.
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- Title: Letter from Abby Campbell to Elizabeth Mountfort, c. 1860
- Creator: Campbell, Abby Hobby
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1860
- Local Name: East Sangerville
- Town: Portland, Sangerville
- County: Cumberland, Piscataquis
- State: ME
- Media: ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 14 Box 1 fl. 6
- Collection: Portland Anti-Slavery Society Papers, 1844-1866
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
Letters
Campbell, Abby Hobby, 1806-1866--Correspondence
Farms and farming--Maine--Sangerville
Mountfort, Elizabeth, 1806-1866--Correspondence
Manuscripts
People
Mountfort, Elizabeth
Campbell, Abby Hobby
Mountfort, Elizabeth
Campbell, Abby Hobby
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