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This collection contains 7 letters related to members of the Currier family of Freeport, Maine, and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Sally Currier, Ann Currier, and Sarah Ann Currier received letters from family members and friends regarding news from Freeport and Bangor, Maine, as well as news of student life at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

This collection contains 7 letters related to members of the Currier family of Freeport, Maine, and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Sally Currier received the first letter from her sister-in-law, Polly Collins of South Hampton, New Hampshire, who sent condolences on the death of Currier's husband (May 10, 1819). Sarah Ann Currier of Amesbury, Massachusetts, received 5 letters from cousins and acquaintances, who wrote about their daily lives in Maine and shared family news. J. Follansbee addressed one letter to Sarah Ann, care of Joseph Follansbee of Washington, D. C., and described his life at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (January 9, 1843). Anne M. Dunn sent Currier a copy of a letter written by Joshua Follansbee to Dr. Daniel and Martha Sewall concerning the death of his "dear Louisa," including a description of her final illness (February 3, 1844). Mary A. Cushing of Freeport, Maine, wrote of local schools in an undated letter. One additional letter to Ann Currier, then living with Sarah Soule of Amesbury, contains updates on family and friends in Freeport (December 31, 1840).

The Laura Rowell letters are made up of Rowell's incoming personal correspondence from 1853-1860. Family members and friends wrote about their lives in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Kentucky.

This collection is made up of 69 incoming personal letters to Laura F. Rowell of Amesbury, Massachusetts. Her brother, Charles E. Rowell, and numerous cousins and acquaintances, mostly female, commented on their daily lives in New England. They wrote about their social activities, education, marriage, fashion, food, and other subjects. Some of Rowell's correspondents had been her classmates at Peirce Academy in Middleboro, Massachusetts, and they reminisced about their experiences. Mary E. Thomas's letter of October 25, 1857, has an illustrated letterhead showing the Peirce Academy. Tilden Upton, a teacher, wrote about life in Springfield, Kentucky, after moving there in the mid-1850s. In his letter of September 11, 1856, he described his journey to the South, where he saw slaves. Stevens S. Clough, Laura's cousin, wrote a letter from Columbia, California, where he was a miner (November 25, 1858). Rowell's most frequent correspondents were Charles E. Rowell, Tilden Upton, Mary E. Thomas, "Elisa," and "Lizzie." A printed program concerns Peirce Academy anniversary celebrations held in August 1857.