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Charles Matthew Abbott Collection,
1881-1949, n.d.
.50
linear feet.
Catalog Number:
M290
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Agency History / Biographical Note:
Charles Matthew Abbott (1879-1956) was the son of John Edward Abbott
(1845-1915) and Alice Greeley Cochrane (1855-1930), and the grandson of
John Stevens Abbott (1807-1881; Bowdoin Class of 1827). John Stevens
Abbott was a descendant of George Abbot of Andover, Massachusetts. (See
the Abbott Memorial Collection (M1) for material
concerning other descendants of George Abbot, the Abbott brothers John
Stevens Cabot, Jacob, and Gorham). Charles Matthew Abbott grew up in
Watertown, Massachusetts, with three sisters: Mabel Louise, Harriette
Frances, and Eleanor Alice. In 1913 he married Frances Tucker, and they
had four sons: John Tucker Abbott, Matthew Cochrane Abbott, Robert Tucker
Abbott, and Charles Whitney "Pete" Abbott.
Scope and Content:
Chiefly portraits of the extended Abbott family. The bulk of the
photographs are of Charles Matthew Abbott's sisters and sons. Also
included are Charles Abbott's military instruction camp certificates, his
mother's (Alice Greeley) household ledger, a genealogy compiled by John
Tucker Abbott, and miscellaneous printed material from the extended Abbott
family.
Finding Aid/Index:
Cite as:
Charles Matthew Abbott Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of
Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
Access Restrictions:
None.
Source:
Purchase and Gift; 2008
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