Manuscript MS-943
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- Rauner Special Collections Library
- Dartmouth College
- 6065 Webster Hall
- Hanover, NH 03755-3519 USA
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Introduction to the Collection
The Ira Colby, Jr. papers contains typed and handwritten correspondence related to the law firm of Ira Colby and Son, Claremont, NH.
Contains correspondence between Hon. Ira Colby, his son Ira G. Colby ("Don", Dartmouth 1894) and various clients, law firms, courts, and businesses. The Colby firm handled settlements regarding wills, lands, and bill collection. Also contains correspondence with family and friends concerning Dartmouth College and teaching posts Colby, Jr. held in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Other materials of interest include diaries for 1850, 1882, 1885-86, alumni correspondence with Dartmouth College, correspondence of Louise M. Colby with her sister Lucy A. Holt.