Name/Title

Manuscript

Entry/Object ID

2000.012.0001

Scope and Content

Thesis Entitled Improving the Time: The Philbrook Letters From Islesborough, Maine, 1855 - 1859 Thesis by Nancy Payne Alexander, University of Maine, 2000. Study of Maria Philbrook's letters to Ambrose Philbrook. They present life in an island community (700 Acre) which was changing more slowly than other parts of New England from preindustrial to industrial economy and society.