Historical Artifacts
The ownership of the properties at Russell Corner is documented by real estate lawyer Jeremy O'Connell in this 1985 letter to Linny.
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Phillips Academies: Check out this description of a connection to Phillips Exeter Academy, the Mayflower, and more. Then read about how Theresa Bates Walley Richardson served as the librarian at Phillips Academy Andover, and read this letter written by her from "Locust Lawn."
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Click here for the All of Us letter.
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Click here for a transcription of the letter that Thomas Russell wrote to the guardian of Maria Louisa Wiswall, requesting her hand in marriage, and read the letter he wrote his grandchildren many years later about how Maria created the conditions for a family home.
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Letter from Edward Dana Densmore to his daughter Carol while he was a patient at Battle Creek Sanitarium.
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