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The materials represented in this guide may be accessed through the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College. The Rauner Library is located in Webster Hall. The materials must be used on-site and may not leave Rauner Library.

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Introduction to the Collection

The Papers of Sylvester Blood consist of receipts and itemized receipts, promissory notes, and itemized bills (many of which document New Hampshire liquor sales), as well as folio deeds, guardianship papers of Cyrus Blood, and handwritten correspondences between Sylvester Blood and family and friends in Lowell, MA.

The papers document the personal life and financial affairs of Sylvester Blood, as well as Orford, NH local history and business, and the significant role Lowell, Massachusetts, played in the economic and educational growth of many New Hampshire families of the time.

Biography

Sylvester Blood was born in Orford, NH, on September 25, 1793. During his life, he served as a liquor agent and farmer in Grafton County, NH, and was married three times to a Tabitha Marston, Hannah Corlissa, and Fannie Beal, respectively. He had one daughter Louisa Webster (Blood) Powell and one son, George. He also cared for an orphaned nephew and charge, Cyrus Blood. Sylvester Blood died September 14, 1874, in Orford, NH.

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