Joseph Sewall papers
Contributors: Sewall, Frederick Dummer, 1826-1907
Language: eng
Number of pages: 3700
Subjects: Correspondence; United States; United States. Dept. of the Treasury; History; Customs administration; United States. Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Description: General business correspondence, including correspondence with the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, account books, printed documents, receipts, abstracts, and business files relating to Sewall's position as collector of customs, 1832-1842.  Includes correspondence, certificates, and military papers of Frederick Dummer Sewall, who served as a U.S. Army officer during the Civil War and special agent in the office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.  Joseph Sewall's correspondents include John Campbell, U.S. Treasurer, and Levi Woodbury, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, American Antiquarian Society, 1935.

Adjutant general of Maine and collector of customs for the District of Bath.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012043