Collection is open for research.
Permission to publish material from Asa F. Horn Account Book and Family Correspondence must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Asa F. Horn Account Book and Family Correspondence was completed in November 2012.
This collection was acquired by Special Collections prior to 2009.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Asa F. Horn Account Book and Family Correspondence, Ms2012-071, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The collection includes an account book belonging to Asa F. Horn in addition to three letters, two written from Joel B. Ricker to "Cousin Gilman" (possibly Gilman Horn) and one from Emma Horn to "Brother Freeman" (perhaps Asa F.?) All are most likely from the area surrounding Acton, Maine, though it is unclear how they are related. The letter (1861) from Emma Horn was dictated by a John, mentioned along with Freeman in the first of the Ricker letters, and discusses his illness and ongoings at their mill. In the Ricker letters (1860), Joel writes to Gilman about happenings in the town since Gilman left, including the fact that John and Freeman sold a mill.
The Horn family lived in Acton, Maine, predating the 1790s. In 1790, the family opened up Acton's first saw mill, and in 1830 they started up an additional grist mill.
The collection is arranged by material type. The correspondence is in chronological order.