The History of the White Mountains from the First Settlement of Upper Coos and Pequaket

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2588

Description

This book contains the autobiography and recollections of Lucy Crawford, who was of the Crawford family that were among the first settlers in Coos County, NH. It contains detailed information on the town and family lives of the time, the mountains and surrounding areas, and images, poems, and notes that were added in 1886 by H. W. Ripley. Physical Description: Blue-green hard cover with decorative markins in black along the top and bottom. In gold is the bust of a man and the inscription "Abel Crawford"

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Geography, Town life, Mountain passes, Drawings, Drawings, Landscape architecture, Mountains

Search Terms

Artists Falls (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Bartlett (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Bethlehem (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Coos (New Hampshire : county), Crawford Notch (New Hampshire : valley), Glen House (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Hart's Location (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Lancaster (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Maine (United States : state), Massachusetts (United States : state), New England (United States : general region), New Hampshire (United States : state), North Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Pequawket (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Portland (Cumberland county, Maine : inhabited place), Presidential Range (Coos county, New Hampshire : ridge), Ripley Falls (Carroll county, New Hampshire : waterfall), Rosebrook, Mount (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak), Saco (York county, Maine : inhabited place), Vermont (United States : state), Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : mountain), Webster, Mount (Coos county, Carroll county, New Hampshire: peak), Willard, Mount (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Willey House (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Natural Beauty

Book Details

Author

Crawford, Lucy, Lucy, Wife of Ethan Allen Crawford, Esq.; New edition with added illustrations and preface by Henry Wheelock Ripley

Edition

2nd

Publisher

B. Thurston & Company

Place Published

City

Portland

State/Province

Maine

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1845 - 1886

Notes

Date: 1886 Copy No.: 6

Condition

Notes

09/06/2012- MS- Edges are a little worn; some discoloration on cover.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Written in the inside: Z. L. Patten Presented by Hon John A Peters. Chief justice of the State of maine October 1886-- a good book very interesting E M B Written in the inside: 1st history of white mtn. first pub. in 1845 Written in the inside: 27.50 (possibly from yardsale or thrift store)