Bell Family Papers, 1789-1921
- Title:
- Bell Family Papers, 1789-1921
- Creator:
- Bell family
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1963.049
- Object ID:
- 1963.049
- Date:
- 1789-1921
- Physical Description:
- 2 boxes ; 579 items
- Level of Description:
- Collection
- Scope and Content:
- Samuel Bell, lawyer, Governor, and U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. Correspondence and commissions, chiefly from Bell's years as Governor and Senator, particularly relating to the feud between Jacksonian Democrats and those led by Bell in New Hampshire; correspondence, commissions, and railroad maps, of Bell's son, Samuel Dana Bell (1798-1868), lawyer and judge, relating to the industrial development of Manchester, N.H. Includes papers of Gov. Charles Henry Bell (1823-1893), Gov. John Bell (1765-1836), and Col. Louis Bell (1837-1865), those of the latter relating especially to the Petersburg, Va., campaign, 1864. John Bell to Abiel Foster, Chester.
- Organizations:
- Bell family
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the estates of members of the Bell family.
- Location Code:
- TL/1W
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Preferred Citation:
- Bell Family Papers, 1963.049. New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date accessed.
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