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- catalog abstract "Daybook, ledger, cashbook, account book; unbound papers consisting of letters, bills, ships' papers. White was a shipping merchant of Belfast, Maine.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, ledgers, and unbound papers. Some of the latter relate to shipping as well as to the manufacture of cotton goods. Included are records of the Mousam Manufacturing Company, cotton manufacturing firm of Kennebunk, of which William Lord was president. Two boxes contain papers relating to the manufacture and sale of twine by R. W. Lord and Company, also of Kennebunk. There is also a waste book, 1799-1800, of a general store operated by Tobias Lord, Wells, Me.".
- catalog abstract "Journal of John Erving of Boston, Mass., 1733-1745; accounts and some diary entries of Joseph Prince of Boston, 1746-1754; receipt book of James Russell of Charlestown, Mass., 1747-1754; papers of Albert and Thomas Smith of Hanover, Mass., 1773-1814; scattered papers of Ebenezer and Gorham Parsons of Boston, 1779-1829; receipt book of Joseph Lee of Beverly, Mass., 1780-1831; accounts of Humphrey Howland of New Bedford, Mass., 1785-1806; papers of Nathan Lord of Portsmouth, N.H., 1788-1811; ledger of Jesse Sumner of Boston, 1799-1806; papers of Samuel Salmond of Hanover, Mass., 1816-1853; logbook-like diary kept by Thomas M. Morgan, supercargo on the ship Neptune (R. K. Fisher, master), Philadelphia to Canton, 1817-1818; ship register from Edgartown, Mass., 1821-1844; expense records of Adam and Hugh McCulloch of Kennebunk, Me., 1822-1856; papers of Joseph C. Delano of New Bedford, 1822-1885; accounts of Samuel Varney of Salem, Mass., 1830-1847, of Charles Hitch of New Bedford, 1831-1868, and of Daniel Olney of Buenos Aires, 1803-1805; papers of Octavius Howe of Boston, 1846-1851; cash book of Clark and Somer of Gloucester, Mass., 1856-1880 (including a contract for the building of a ship by Jacob T. Fuller of Hodgin's Mills, Me.); reports of wrecks on Nantucket Island, 1874-1906; and records of various commercial schooners, 1828-1938, collected by Arthur H. Hayden.".
- catalog abstract "Records of predecessor firms include records, 1868-1899, of the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company, Worcester, Mass., comprising about half of the total collection. The material on this company includes stock certificate stubs, stock ledger, directors' records, 1868-1886, bill books, letter books, 1890-1902, miscellaneous volumes and three boxes of folders. There is considerable material on the patent suits of the 1880's and 1890's, and the consolidation of the company into one of the largest in the field of wire making. Records of Washburn and Moen's predecessors include account books of Washburn and Goddard, 1822-1848; Ichabod Washburn, 1835-1842; I. and C. Washburn, 1842-1849; I. Washburn and Company, 1850-1861; and I Washburn and Moen, 1861-1865. Also included are records of Shoenberger, Shoenberger and Blair, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1860-1892; Crown Point Iron Company, Crown Point, N.Y., 1872-1897; Worcester Wire Company, Worcester, Mass., 1877-1899; American Wire Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1882-1898; B. W. Company, Worcester, Mass., 1886-1890; the Cleveland Rolling Mill Railroad Company, Cleveland, 1874-1902; and scattered records of the American Steel and Wire Company, 1899-1910. The collection also contains a large amount of material on the early days of wire making assembled by the American Steel and Wire Company's Industrial Museum. Of particular interest are the biographical folders relating to men prominent in the industry, the company histories, and the descriptions of special phases of wire making. Numerous pictures accompanied the Museum's collection; these have been removed from frames and placed in appropriate categories.".
- catalog abstract "Letters, reports, accounts and other documents relating to various railroads in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.".
- catalog abstract "Minutes, stockholders' records, ledger (1864-1866), labor agreements (1889-1913), reports and statistics, substantially all the records which have survived for this company. With the collection came a few pictures and printed labor agreements and price lists.".
- catalog abstract "Directors' and stockholders' records; account books; payroll, 1908-1909; letter book, 1901-1903; and scrapbooks, 1911-1917. Also included with the collection are financial reports, operating reports, and annual reports.".
- catalog abstract "A remarkably complete collection of the records of Allen-Lane and of the individual mills controlled by Allen-Lane. There are administrative records, general accounts, purchase and receiving records, sales and shipping records, letters, and unbound papers. Some of the personal papers of Jonathan A. Lane and Benjamin C. Lane are included; the latter was active in the United Improvement Association, and some of its records are in the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Waste books, journals, ledgers, cash books, invoices, sales, and letters of a firm of commission merchants of Boston, Mass.".
- catalog abstract "Ledgers, journals, cash books, and sales records.".
- catalog abstract "Letters received in the Boston office of the New England Associated Press, chiefly to William Warland Clapp, president. Also includes letters to Clapp as editor and proprietor of the Boston Journal, clippings and miscellaneous papers.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a small firm in Dover, Mass., which supplied water to about thirty households; files of Richard W. Hale, who was at one time president and later treasurer of the company; general correspondence, bills, legal miscellany, bank statements.".
- catalog abstract "Letter books, 1882-1889, and accounts of investments, 1868-1925, of Elisha T. Loring and his estate; letter books of Thacher Loring, 1882-1921, and Lindsley Loring, 1896-1904; and records of family business interests, including letter books and accounts of Loring Brothers Company of Boston, 1834-1858; minute book of East Boston Wharf, 1833-1866; minute books and general accounts of National Dock and Warehouse Company, Boston, 1865-1913; letter books, general accounts, and other papers of Torch Lake Mining Company of Houghton, Mich., 1864-1924.".
- catalog abstract "Ledgers, cash books, and production records of a manufacturer of boilers and machine tools located in Portland, Me. During the period covered by these records the firm made a number of locomotives. The ledgers and cashbooks cover the whole period, while the production records start in 1883. Fred Morse (brother of naturalist Edward Sylvester Morse) worked at the Portland Company throughout his life and became company head ca. 1870s.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, general accounts, production records, and papers relating to the company's selling agents, Faulkner & Kimball and Faulkner & Page. Treasurers' letters include those of T. Colony (describing a buying and selling trip, 1856), J. B. Colony (beginning 1894), and John C. Faulkner (beginning 1896). Only the most important series have been carried beyond 1911.".
- catalog abstract "Ledger of Eliphalet Griffin of Newbury, Mass., 1754-1771; ledgers and daybook of Edward and Joseph Holmes of Kingston, Mass., 1827-1888, including accounts of sales of groceries and provisions to ships; ledger of Pyam Cushing of Medford, Mass., 1837-1845; account book of Judah Loring of Medford, Mass., 1839-1852; one volume of technical descriptions of steamers built by W. and A. Fletcher of New York, N.Y., 1858-1882; letters between the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Conn. and their agent in Peking China, 1910-1923.".
- catalog abstract "Account book of a furrier in Brooklyn, N.Y. Includes costs of pelts purchased and accounts of time spent working on furs.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks of Thomas Sheafe, Portsmouth N.H., 1778-1802; account books, correspondence, reports and other records of Boston Long Wharf, 1792-1807; letters, reports, legal papers, and other records of East Boston Dry Dock, 1824-1893; dockage records of Commercial Wharf, Boston, 1845-1850; records of Rotch's Wharf, New Bedford, Mass., 1851-1854, and of an unidentified wharfinger of Gloucester, Mass., 1854-1870.".
- catalog abstract "General accounting records and some letter books mainly for the period 1814-1900. Includes accounts of Thomas B. Wales and Company, 1811-1860; Stanton and Nichols, 1811-1863; India Wharf, 1833-1880; Kennebec Steam Navigation Company, 1826-1828; and Merchants Steam Lighter Company, 1897-1901. The accounts include manifests of cargoes in and out, storage accounts, dockage charges and freight.".
- catalog abstract "Material gathered by Charles E. Ames in writing his book, "Pioneering the Union Pacific" (1969). Includes his reading notes, family scrapbooks, two account books, 1868-1872, of Oakes Ames, copies of pamphlets and documents relating to the railroad, and five reels of film. The film includes part of the autobiography of Grenville Dodge, Department of Interior letters to and from Oakes and Oliver Ames, 1865-1870, and reports by Dodge, 1868-1869, and the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1864-1872.".
- catalog abstract "These records comprise the history of a firm in Boston, Mass. which dealt in both Cuban and domestic leaf tobacco and cigars. After 1868 they also entered into the manufacture of domestic cigars. The collection is especially strong in letters relating to purchases of tobacco by the firm and to sales by agents throughout New England. Personal papers of Charles W. Wilder include records of the Brookline Omnibus Company and records relating to copper mining.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, cash books, invoices, memorandum books, and unbound papers of a Boston firm which dealt in wholesale general store commodities, selling principally to firms in Maine. The firm was organized in 1835 and was succeeded by Fay and Morton. The collection includes accounts of both firms as well as separate accounts for Joel Fay and William Morton.".
- catalog abstract "Incomplete series of ledgers, journals, miscellaneous accounts and letters of a Boston firm which was in the import-export business (trade to Australia, South Africa and South America) to 1890. Thereafter it specialized in hemp, with an office in Yucatan, under the direction of Arthur Peirce, Agent. Letterbooks include ones directed to Plymouth Cordage Company and a private letter book, 1894-1907, of Henry W. Peabody. The greater part of the collection dates from the twentieth century.".
- catalog abstract "Account books of a firm of wholesale grocers, Boston, Mass., dealing in liquors, cigars, candy, nuts, spices, sugar and "fancy" groceries. The volumes include ledgers, daybooks, daily cash accounts, invoice books, sales accounts, inventory and bills. The collection is especially complete for the period 1822-1850.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a Boston firm engaged in the wholesale marketing of groceries. Includes daybooks, sales books, inventory, legal papers, orders, and letters received.".
- catalog abstract "Unusually complete series of cash books, blotters, and ledgers of a firm of wholesale grocers. Most series stop in 1900, but there are directors' minutes and other papers from 1930.".
- catalog abstract "Although there is a ledger for the years 1875-1876, the records date chiefly from 1900-1940. The collection includes cash books, invoice books, sales books, freight and expense books, check registers, inventory records, and miscellaneous account books. The firm engaged also in the making and canning of mince meat, and a subsidiary, Delano Potter and Company, packaged and distributed spices under the Three Crows label. A cash book of the Rockland Dry Goods Company, 1903-1905, is also in the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Business letters of a marble quarrying firm in Brandon, Vt.".
- catalog abstract "Account book, 1792-1800, of Schooner Tryal, out of Boston; memorandum book, 1824-1825, of Sloop Mayflower, out of Boston; account book, 1827-1862, of Turner Carr of Warren, R.I., including records of trips of the Sloop Meridian; two ledgers, 1849-1868, of Joseph Fish, St. George, Me., with accounts for about sixty schooners for which Fish was agent and often part owner; four volumes of records of the New Bedford, Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat Company, 1854-1885. Also included are logbooks for three ships: Siren, 1824; Seraph, 1848-1849; and Island City, 1857-1858.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a cotton commission firm of New Orleans, mainly correspondence with treasurers of New England cotton mills. Also includes bankbooks, receipt books for cotton purchased, and bills of lading.".
- catalog abstract "Statements and weekly reports from the president's office of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1884-1903; statements and reports of the Western Maryland Railway, 1905-1922; one volume of statistics of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad, 1885-1899; stock and mortgage bond holders of the Western Pacific Railway, 1906-1916; and reports by one of the receivers of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, 1912.".
- catalog abstract "The Pacific Steam Whaling Company records contains logbooks kept by Captain George B. Leavitt while on whaling voyages from San Francisco, California to the Arctic Ocean. Six log books document ten voyages made in different steam vessels between 1893 and 1908. The log books describe living conditions in the Arctic, social activities and engagements while wintering in port, work aboard the ship and daily nautical observations. The photographs depict Captain Leavitt, locations visited, land and seascapes, natives and crew members. Also included are two handwritten Thanksgiving menus for 1893 and 1902.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence and other papers of a merchant of New Bedford, Mass. Receipt books, ships' accounts, and letter books relating to whaling, 1831-1838. Among the whalers of which Morgan was agent or owner were the ships Condor, Hector, Hesper, President, Magnolia, Rodman, Pioneer, Frances Henrietta, Clarice, Abigail, Maria, Benezet, Troy, Wareham, and Charlestown Packet. There is also a receipt book, 1834-1835, for supplies for lighthouses and unbound papers, 1820-1865, including bills of lading, accounts current, bills, letters, and miscellany. Also included are two letter books relating to Duncannon Iron Works, Clark's Ferry, Pa., 1841-1850. The iron works were owned by Morgan and William L. Fisher. These private letter books deal with many interests, mainly in Pennsylvania. They are particularly interesting in their reflection of the business depression of the period, and show the hope the manufacturers had in the tariff.".
- catalog abstract "Papers of a Boston man engaged in shipping ventures, importing and exporting, lending money, during the period of the American Revolution and immediately after. Jones was in partnership with Thomas Lee from 1774 to 1782, and worked at various times with M. M. Hays, Henry Jackson, Patrick Jeffrey, and Joseph Russell. A large amunt of material concerns law suits over notes which Jones and some others had endorsed. Because of these notes, Jones acquired interests in the North American Land Company, a canal at Bellows Falls, Vermont, lands in Georgia and in Mississippi. The shipping papers, arranged by name of ship, are probably the most useful part of the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, general account books, letter books, sketches of sales, remittances, stock sheets, and insurance policies. The letters, which form one of the most usable parts of the collection, fall into the following groups: general sales correspondence of the Boston office, letters received from the New York office, letters received from individual dry goods houses (with whom a very large volume of trade was transacted), letters received from the agents of individual mills operated by Lawrence and Company, and letters written to those agents. The subject matter of the letters covers a large range of topics, such as condition of trade in particular lines, condition of trade in general, credit, styles, competition that must be met, policy in regard to prices, raw materials, manufacturing costs, and methods for improving products sold.".
- catalog abstract "Letter books, journals, accounts current, invoices, and order books of an export-import firm in Boston which engaged in the South African trade. Included are records of the export of Nash cars and parts, handled by Thomas J.Burns in the New York office. Also included are papers relating to gold mining investment interests of B. S. Pray: Atrato Mining and Development Company, 1879-1907, and Choco Hydraulic Mining Company, 1886-1896. The mines were located in Colombia.".
- catalog abstract "Captains' letters, bills, accounts, charter parties, insurance papers of schooners in the coastwise trade, 1881-1915. The cargo was largely coal from Baltimore to Boston, Providence or other northern ports. Apparently various goods were shipped south, such as lumber and ice. The agent until about 1900 was William B. Church of Taunton, Mass.; after that date, Henry H. Church was agent. The material was collected and arranged chronologically (by ships) by Rev. Wilton E. Cross of Taunton.".
- catalog abstract "George U. Sands lived in Hong Kong, and these records reflect his activity in the management of the Patent Slip and Dock Company, the Novelty Iron Works, and the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company. Included are account books, letter books, and unbound papers. Material after 1878 relates to Sands' estate.".
- catalog abstract "Clement & Sons was a marble quarrying firm in Rutland, Vt. For the years 1851-1876, these records include a ledger, cash books, accounts current, payroll and a letter book. There are also two journals covering the years 1890-1929.".
- catalog abstract "Records, primarily incoming letters, of a firm of commission merchants of Norwich, Conn. which dealt in manufacturers' supplies, dye-stuffs, paints; also cotton, wool, etc. There are some records of the Griswold Cotton Mill and the Uncas Woolen Mills. The material starts to dwindle by the 1890's. The business was variously known as Crosby and Conkey, Carroll and Crosby, Lucius W. Carroll, etc.".
- catalog abstract "Letter books, account books, and other papers of Samuel W. Comstock and his younger brothers, William O. Comstock and Cornelius Van Ranst Comstock, relating to trade with China, the East Indies, the Hawaiian Islands, the West Indies, South America, and Europe. Includes papers of F. T. Bush, 1855-1856, and records of firms with which the Comstocks were associated: Howland and Aspinwall, 1833-1876; Bush and Comstock, 1840-1851; and Cornelius Comstock and Company, 1850-1879. Samuel W. and William O. Comstock were agents for the New York firm of Howland and Aspinwall, and in 1848 the former became a partner. Bush and Comstock was a Boston firm which traded with California and the Far East. Cornelius Comstock and Company engaged in the California clipper ship trade and in commission merchandising.".
- catalog abstract "Incomplete files of the shipping firm of George C. Lord and Company. Includes scattered business records of other members of the Lord family.".
- catalog abstract "Records of mails received and sent at the Bridport, Vt. post office, 1825-1876; records of postage and box rentals, Cambridgeport, Mass., 1861-1873.".
- catalog abstract "Four volumes of letters collected together and bound from the correspondence of a number of merchants engaged in trade between Boston and Newport, R.I., and relating to details of cargoes and prices of merchandise. Includes letters concerning the oil trade with William Rotch of New Bedford, Mass. Correspondents include Henry Lloyd, William Powell, Samuel Barrett and Company, David Lopez, Jr., Moses M. Hays, and John Powell, all of Boston; and Aaron Lopez and Christopher Champlin, both of Newport. Letters from John Powell to Champlin comprise a full volume.".
- catalog abstract "Material about New Bedford whaling ships (1783-1906) compiled by Joseph Dias, and (1835-1852) compiled by Samuel W. Rodman; records of chandlers, agents, and owners of whaling ships, including John Alden, 1774-1816; Frank E. Brown, 1877-1922; Matthew Howland, 1858-1879; William B. Coffin, 1827-1844; William I. Rotch, 1871; John Swain, 1789-1826; Swift and Perry, 1859-1883; and Taber, Reed and Gardner, 1870-1874; records of individual ships, including the bark Addison, ship Corinthian, ship Daniel Webster, ship Ganges, ship George Howland, brig Leonidas, schooner Lottie Beard, ship Milton, bark Callao, bark President, bark Vernon, and ship William Wirt. Includes records of the ship Reindeer, with diary entries, 1856-1857 and 1859-1860, kept on board by the wife of Captain Edward R. Ashley. Also includes a book of handpainted whaling signals and a small memorandum book labeled "Capt. Holley Whaling Grounds" with accounts of the experiences of many ships near New Zealand.".
- catalog abstract "Business records and personal papers of several generations of the Heard family. The oldest group of papers, 1770-1834, is that of John Heard, who made his wealth from the manufacture and sale of rum, the outfitting of privateers, and trade with the West Indies. The largest and most important group of papers in the collection is that of Augustine Heard and his various partnerships. His papers cover, first, his travels as supercargo for Boston and Salem merchants who were trading in the Far East, then his activities as partner in the great shipping firm of Russell and Company. In 1836 he left Russell and Company. By 1840 he had become the head of his own firm, Augustine Heard and Company, founded with Joseph Coolidge.".
- catalog abstract "This collection consists of records of businesses in which Charles W. Wetmore played a significant role either as an officer or financial backer. They relate principally to western iron mines and facilities for rail and water transportation of the ore. Particularly important are the papers of the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, one of the original holding companies in the United States, and the North American Company, which was its successor. The North American Company's earliest investments were in railroads, but it soon began acquiring control of electric light and power properties around Milwaukee and Wisconsin. The papers include corporation stockholders' and directors' minutes, incorporation agreements, earnings and expense statements, correspondence, indentures, briefs in legal cases, and other materials relating to investments.".
- catalog abstract "Letter books and general accounts relating to the manufacture and exportation of shoes by James Maguire and Company of Boston and Randolph, Mass., 1852-1870. It had a branch office in Melbourne, Australia. Daybooks, ledgers and cash books of R. W. Turner Company, Randolph, Mass., a firm dealing in groceries and coal, 1843-1888. Coal records predominate for the later years. Also included are records of the Hermitage Mining Company, El Dorado, Calif., 1866-1871, in which the Maguires and Turners had interests.".
- catalog abstract "Ledger accounts for agents, cash books, letter books, records of subscriptions and mailings, and unbound papers. There are extensive files of copyright entries and of advertising circulars. Also included are papers relating to Allen's other business interests, particularly the Kennebec Steamboat Company. The collection is an important resource for a study of the beginnings of both the mail order business and mass advertising. There is very little material on the editorial side of the business.".
- catalog abstract "Cotton textile manufacturing firm of Grafton, Mass. Daybooks, journals, and ledgers relating to the production of sheetings, shirtings, jeans, and other cotton goods. Includes a list of tenants on the firm's mill property, charges for board at the mill boarding house, and payments for labor in the mill.".
- catalog abstract "Records include journals, ledgers, cash books, letter books, letters received, and diaries (1805-1822, 1825-1838). There is a memorandum book on Frederic Tudor's Rockwood Estate in Lynn, 1806-1814.".
- catalog abstract "Daybook, journals, ledger, cash books, and unbound papers of a firm of retail coal dealers in New Bedford, Mass. The firm was founded in 1838 by Ellis Perry and Philip Sherman. There are also two volumes which relate to coastwise freight trade carried on by Captain Solomon Perry, the father of Ellis Perry.".
- catalog abstract "These shipping papers from Portsmouth, N.H. include accounts of ships, disbursements, freight lists, and charter parties for shipments to various European ports and to San Francisco.".
- catalog abstract "In the early part of the nineteenth century William Ropes, originally from Salem, Mass., was engaged in the commission business in Boston under the firm names of Ropes and Pickman, Ropes and Ward, and with William Reed. In 1832 he moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, establishing the firm of William Ropes and Company. Information about William's activities are detailed in the letters, covering the years 1810-1841. There are account books for William's father, Samuel of Salem and William's brother, Hardy, who moved from Salem to Boston. A long series of Hardy's diaries, from 1819 to 1875, are also included. The correspondence includes business letters between William, Hardy and their father Samuel and family letters regarding life events, news and daily activities.".
- catalog abstract "Logbooks of whalers which sailed from New Bedford or Fairhaven, Mass. Ships represented are: Stanton (1824-1827), Charleston Packet (1825-1829), William Wirt (1833-1837, 1838-1842, 1846-1850), Phillip de la Noye (1855-1860), and California (1886-1889).".
- catalog abstract "Logbooks of whalers sailing from Fairhaven, Nantucket, New Bedford, or South Dartmouth, Mass. Ships represented are: Enterprise (1836-1840, 1854), Fenelon (1842-1844), Barclay (1847-1851), William C. Nye (1857-1861), Charles and Edward (1858-1860), Governor Troup (1862-1865), President (1865-1867), Laetitia (1875), and Minnesota (1879).".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, ledgers, journal, cash book, invoice books, and other papers relating to the importing of goods from Europe and the sale of them to merchants in New England and Philadelphia. This Boston firm imported from various European cities cloth of all kinds, hardware, cutlery, wines, stationery, cheese, white English salt, and Bibles. They sold these imported goods to merchants in New England and Philadelphia through "Trade Agreements". An interesting part of the collection is a package of drafts for supplies for the French fleet under Admiral de Grasse, 1781-1782.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence and other papers, including account books of the Hunt-McKenzie overland party to Astoria, Or., and the Pacific Fur Company, 1806-1823; a small number of letters, invoices, and agreements relating to the Pacific Fur Company, the American Fur Company and the China trade; and letter books, 1813-1848, relating to the China trade, the fur trade, Wisconsin land speculation, insurance, banking, and railroads. Includes papers of Nathan Goodell, 1842-1861; Henry S. Baird, 1847-1875; and J. S. Baker, 1875-1891.".
- catalog abstract "Various types of records, including account books, ledgers, and letter books, of merchants engaged in domestic wholesale marketing: Ebenezer Storer, Jr. of Boston, Mass., 1761-1788; Alexander Hill of Boston, 1769-1775; Robert Grant and Company of Boston, 1775-1776; Daniel Parker of Watertown, Mass., 1781-1783; an unidentified merchant of Philadelphia, Pa., 1785-1786; Goodman Morris of Halifax, N.S., 1786-1795; Appleton Prentiss of Boston, 1786-1797; Prince Gardner of Nantucket, Mass., 1788-1798; John Gregory of Boston, 1789-1795; an unidentified merchant, probably of Boston, 1793-1797; Edward and Michael Toppan of Boston, 1817-1824; John Fairfield of Boston, 1822-1826; John P. Lathrop and Company of Demerara, British Guiana, 1823-1824; Joshua C. Oliver and Company of Philadelphia, 1823-1831; an unidentified leather dealer of New York, 1828-1835; Abraham Bell and Company of New York, 1831-1844; Waterson, Pray and Company of Boston, 1832-1833; Benjamin Winslow of Boston, 1832-1834; French and Greeley of Bangor, Me., 1834-1838; Griggs and Weld of Boston, 1835-1848; Samuel Bigelow of Boston, 1836-1837; John K. Pickering of Portsmouth, N.H., 1837-1841; Hatch and Fearing of Boston, 1838-1839; N. F. Cunningham and Company of Boston, 1841-1851; James Morris Whiton of Boston, 1843-1906; Ghriskey and Caldwell of Philadelphia, 1849-1859; George Hussey of New Bedford, Mass., 1850-1871; and John B. Peirce of Lynn, Mass. and Boston, 1852-1854. Also records of: Williams and Rodgers of Boston, 1852-1854; Gilbert, Palmer and Company of Boston, 1854-1855; H. W. Bates and Son of Boston, 1857; J. and D. Miller of Portland, Me., 1857-1864; W. and J. G. Flint of Milwaukee, Wis., 1858-1862; John S. Fleek of Newark, Ohio, 1862-1895; L. C. Chase and Company of Boston, 1865-1879; an unidentified merchant of Richmond, Va., 1866-1867; Joseph Pope of Spencer, Mass., 1867-1871; and James Stillman of New York, 1867-1871.".
- catalog abstract "Account books, including a complete series of daybooks, an almost complete series of ledgers, cash books, supply and stock records of a family in Dexter, Me., which operated a store, engaged in the wholesale feed business, and shipped produce, especially potatoes. Chiefly the records of Pulaski McCrillis and Charles Pulaski McCrillis. The store records cease with its closing in 1923, but a record of personal expenses continues to 1946.".
- catalog abstract "Letter book containing copies of outgoing letters kept by Abbot while he was American consul at Sheffield, England.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly account books and ledgers of stores whose primary business was the retail selling of food. Includes records of Thomas Prime of Rowley, Mass. (1747-1757), Thomas Austin of Boston, Mass. (1796-1814), Gamaliel Manning of Billerica, Mass. (1796-1826), an unidentified merchant of Harwich, Mass. (1816-1819), Edward F. Jacobs of South Scituate (now Norwell), Mass. (1821-1836), Z. Porter of Danvers, Mass. (1824-1837), A. G. Wyman of Boston (1828-1831), Freeman C. Tobey of Barnstable, Mass. (1829-1830), Jonathan Ireland of Boston (1829-1831), Robert Ingraham of New Bedford, Mass. (1829-1849), Noah Coombs of Medway, Mass. (1835-1847), Benjamin Shreve of Saco, Me. (1837-1844), Thomas W. O'Brien of Saco, Me. (1842-1865), George Darling, probably of Mendon, Mass. (1848-1852), and J. F. Wheeler, probably of Providence, R.I. (1851-1853)".
- catalog abstract "Letters and bills of a Boston merchant concerning domestic and foreign marketing. They brought sugar from Havana, cotton from Charleston, sail cloth from St. Petersburg, iron from Liverpool, steel from Sheffield, Swedish iron from Gothenburg. They exported pearl ash, cotton, clover seed, flaxseed, flour, turpentine, and whale oil.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a firm of merchants and importers of Philadelphia, including letters, accounts current, and invoices. The firm Samuel Coates succeeded the firm Reynell and Coates in 1776. The papers prior to that date are for the partnership. Both firms were primarily importers of a wide variety of commodities, as well as merchants handling domestic goods.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, ledgers, cash books, invoice books, foreign exchange books, domestic and foreign letters sent, letters received, commission sales books, credit reports, and miscellaneous accounts of Nathan Trotter and Company and related business interests of the Trotter family. Among these other investment interests included in the collection are the Buck Mountain Coal Company, Carbon County, Pa., 1830-1901; Iddings, Wells and Trotter, a Philadelphia dry goods firm, 1845-1850; Magnetic Iron Mining Company, Michigan; and Philadelphia Tin Plate Company.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly records of Thomas Wigglesworth, successor to Sawyer and Wigglesworth, dealing in importing, exporting, handling of bills of exchange and insurance, and general commission business. Volumes include blotters, 1806-1810 and 1815-1822; letter books, 1806-1816 and 1819-1823; distribution record, 1823-1835; and invoice record, 1824-1847. Earlier records, 1758-1765, relate to the firm of Townsend and Wigglesworth of which Edward Wigglesworth was a partner. Include two daybooks and one ledger.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, ledgers, cash books, letters, annual statements (1868-1920), and sample bills of a family firm located in Sargentville, Maine (now part of the town of Sedgwick) which engaged in shipping, selling of bait, lime, ice, and granite, as well as general retail and wholesale business. There is also a small segment of papers relating to ships owned by the company. Wyer G. Sargent, a sea captain, founded the business in 1843. In 1920 the store was sold to Henry B. Webb of Portland, Maine.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a family of merchants of Salem, Mass., including letter books and account books of Horace Gray, 1819-1847; and account books of William Gray, 1801-1807; Henry Gray, 1805-1826; and John Gray, 1846-1855.".
- catalog abstract "A nearly complete run of account books and ledgers of the general store, 1806-1892. Also included are records of the Castine Brick Company, 1866-1881, in which the Witherles were interested. There is also considerable material on the fishing industry, the outfitting of fishermen, the importation of salt, particularly from Cadiz and Liverpool, and shipping and shipbuilding.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks (1748-1881), ledgers (1727-1884), bill books (1821-1829), letters, bills (to 1820, sample years 1830, 1840, 1850, 1859 thereafter), and other accounts. There is an account book for John Burleigh (father-in-law of George II), who owned a store in Newmarket; the volume covers the years 1764-1789. Included in the collection are wood and lumber accounts (1806-1833) and packet accounts (1818-1822) of George Frost II. There are also accounts for Mellen and Frost (1821-1827) and Mooney and Frost (1826-1836), and for Moses Hall, Durham (1817-1818).".
- catalog abstract "Early reports and letters, a long run of wage receipts (1828-1881), and much unbound material for later years of the company. Includes directors' records for the Indian Head factories (1825-1830) and for the Jackson Company (1830-1916). Treasurers' letters include those of Joseph H. Adams (1825), George Searle (1826), Thomas Searle (1826), James K. Mills (1832), and letters to Frederick Amory (1908 and later). Agents' letters include those of Ira Gay (1824), A. Benjamin (1824), George Searle (1832), and Robert Reed (1835).".
- catalog abstract "Records and papers of Enoch Cousens and F. H. Cousens, businessmen and public officials in Kennebunkport, Me. The main portion of the collection relates to the general store operated by Enoch Cousens. There are also accounts, 1843-1849, of Enoch Cousens as postmaster; accounts, 1853-1888, as deputy collector of customs; accounts and papers, 1862-1893 and earlier, relating to Kennebunkport town affairs. There are papers, 1857-1909, relating to investments of the two men, and records of the Kennebunkport Sea Shore Company and the Ocean Bluff Hotel. Papers of F. H. Cousens include accounts with Portland banks, 1900-1916, and his accounts with Enoch Cousens, 1901-1913. There are also insurance papers of the two men and legal papers relating to inventories, appraisals, and estates.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a firm of merchant traders and shipbuilders founded in Plymouth, Mass. in 1800. There are letters, account sales, invoices, and freight lists, arranged by ship. Bound volumes include a waste book, 1818-1825; a daybook of merchandise, 1818-1827; and a letter book, 1818-1820. The firm was known as Daniel Jackson and Son after 1818. Ships owned included the brigs Ganges, Aurora, Union, Lucy, Commerce, and Orion.".
- catalog abstract "Logbooks of voyages to the West Indies, Europe, China, India, and other locations.".
- catalog abstract "The material includes letters; accounts of cargoes sold, and invoices of goods purchased at various ports; accounts current, with captains of vessels; insurance papers. In the main the papers constitute the records of a shipping merchant for the years 1778-1818. Closely allied to these papers are two boxes of material running as late as 1899, relating to the French Spoliation Claims. There are also papers relating to the Boston Sugar Refinery and the Provident Institution for Savings, Boston.".
- catalog abstract "Records of an auction business, Salem and Boston, Mass. Includes sales books; letter book, 1820-1826; and unbound letters, bills, and receipts. Many of the letters are addressed to Thomas Taylor, of Hanley, Staffordshire, England who sent china to be sold by the Peabody firm.".
- catalog abstract "Partial records, gathered for a case study, of a department store in Dayton, Ohio which closed in 1950. There are balance sheets and/or monthly reports, except for the war years; also inventory records (1933-1947) and merchandise plan figures (1934-1948, with gaps). A few figures for later years relate to the Johnston-Shelton Company, department store of Dayton.".
- catalog abstract "A gathered collection consisting largely of clippings from Women's Wear Daily and other newspapers, some photostats and printed items. The main alphabetical series includes both names and subject, and there are also manuscript notes by the donor on many of these topics. A second, smaller, series contains material on men's clothing stores. There are also notes for Resseguie's work in progress on Alexander T. Stewart. Resseguie worked for nearly forty years for Fairchild Publications, publishers of Women's Wear Daily. Because the Fairchild publications have not been indexed, the Resseguie Collection offers a valuable resource to researchers.".
- catalog abstract "Papers relating to a survey of the Higbee Company, a department store in Cleveland, Ohio, conducted by E. H. Stewart of the Associated Dry Goods on behalf of the store's creditors, 1932 and subsequent years. Includes correspondence, reports, financial statements, and questionnaires.".
- catalog abstract "Copyads (reduced copies of newspaper advertisements) of a Boston, Mass. department store. Only the following sample months for each year have been kept: January, April, September, and December.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence (foreign and domestic), bills, accounts, and other records of Asa P. Morse and Company. Also included are some letters relating to Morse's political career and some family correspondence and papers. There are also papers concerning lumbering in Woodstock Valley, Conn.".
- catalog abstract "These papers refer to various legal suits before the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony against John Gifford, the agent of the owners of the Iron Works. The cases involve questions of land ownership and of the payment of wages and other debts. The papers include summary of evidence, articles of agreement, deeds, letters, account sheets, various testimony, jury's verdict.".
- catalog abstract "Minutes, account books and unbound materials of a firm which was one of the first to distribute low cost shoes by means of concessions leased in stores across the country. There are records for predecessor firms, including Boston Sample Shoe Shop, Inc. (of Philadelphia and Seattle), Boston Shoe Shop, Inc. (Portland, Me.), Sample Shoe Shop, and Berland Sample Shoe Shop. Records of the concessions in some sixty-nine stores include copies of leases, tax papers, and correspondence; bound accounts are especially complete from 1928 to 1932. The firm went into bankruptcy in 1932.".
- catalog abstract "Account books and business papers of a hardware store in Cincinnati, Ohio. There are four boxes of letters and bills, 1813-1867; two daybooks, 1827-1837; and two ledgers, 1828-1837. There are also two account books of J. L. Wayne's furniture store, 1833-1840, also of Cincinnati.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a Boston firm engaged in trade with the Far East. Includes letters, accounts of ships' expenses, and accounts of cargoes bought and sold, 1852-1855. They were shipping out cotton goods, lead, boards, spars, and coal. They were bringing back tea, silks, matting, and chinaware from Canton, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. They brought pepper from Penang, rattan from Singapore, indigo and coffee from Manila, sugar from Pernambuco and Matanzas. Also included in the collection are records of the Boston Sugar Refinery, 1796-1880. Material includes letters, bills, invoices, accounts of sales, and reports. The Boston Sugar Refinery imported sugar from Havana, Manila, Matanzas, and Pernambuco; refined the sugar and sold it in Boston, New Bedford, New York, Philadelphia, Mobile, and San Francisco. Thomas Lamb served as treasurer of the company. Also included are a small number of papers relating to the Provident Institution for Savings, Temple Place Savings Bank, Proprietors of Temple Place, James Clifford and Barrett & Hooper.".
- catalog abstract "Account book, 1849-1860, of Abraham Burger, of Ulster Co., N.Y., showing first cost, profit and retail price. At the end of the book are some accounts possibly of James M. Reed, Hampton, N.H. Twenty memorandum books and one box of papers, 1859-1877, relating to business trips, expeditions, and items secured and peddled by Morillo Noyes, a master peddler of Burlington, Vt. Noyes employed twelve peddler-assistants in 1859, and together they covered a large area of country in Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts. Noyes made business trips to Boston and New York and fur-buying expeditions to Canada.".
- catalog abstract "The material contains primarily bills and letters relative to both the purchase and sale of the usual types of goods handled by a jewelry concern. The early years (ca. 1830-1865) are well documented, but there are serious gaps in the subsequent record. Much of the purchasing was from Europe, especially watches from England and Switzerland. The sales were not only within the territory immediately surrounding Boston but very frequently to quite distant parts of the country. One interesting group of papers for the early 1850's concerns a customer of considerable importance, Major James Henry Carleton, then stationed at Fort Union and Albuquerque, New Mexico. His orders were large and frequent, and his letters often include interesting glimpses into the life of an army officer in the Apache country. One letter refers to his friend, Kit Carson. Bigelow, Kennard and Company found, as was then usual, that in general as the market area increased so did the difficulty in collecting debts.".
- catalog abstract "Papers of Thatcher Magoun, Sr., and Thatcher Magoun, Jr., merchants of Boston and Medford, Mass., relating to trade in many parts of the world. Includes correspondence, journals, waste books, ledgers, invoice books, and ships' books. The Magouns sent their ships to ports in Europe, South America, West Indies, Chincha Islands, India, Singapore, Honolulu, Manila, San Francisco, and southern ports in the United States. The commodity most extensively dealt in was guano, which they procured from the Chincha Islands and shipped to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Havre, and Great Britain.".
- catalog abstract "Accounts current, bills and other papers of Melatiah Bourn, Silvanus Bourn, Timothy Bourn, Nathaniel Holmes, and Samuel Sturgis, Boston merchants engaged in trade in the U.S., the West Indies, Nova Scotia, and Europe, and in fishing and whaling expeditions off the African coast. Includes references to whalers Friendship, Hannah, and Endeavor, and merchant vessels Wheel of Fortune, Lydia, Betty, and Molly.".
- catalog abstract "Account books and ledgers of Betts and Raymond, Wilton, N.Y. (1801-1826); an unidentified storekeeper, probably of Halifax County, Virginia (1808-1811); William H. Moore, Berkshire, N.Y. (1811-1848); Henry Fairfax, Dumfries, Va. (1822-1823); an unidentified storekeeper from Cincinnati, Ohio (1826); Chesebrough and Weaver, Cincinnati, Ohio (1827-1828); Lewis Stratton Jr. and Company, Catskill, N.Y. (1830-1847); M. A. Malott, Leesville, Iowa (1831-1834); Moses Kneelands, Le Roy, Wis. (1843-1846); Ira Hicks, Roxbury, N.Y. (1844-1873); James N. and William Crane, Lower Horton, Nova Scotia (1848-1869); A. J. Bennington, Forestville, Mich. (1860); and an unidentified storekeeper from Paradise, Nova Scotia (1863-1864).".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, account books, and other papers of a Boston merchant engaged in trade in Hawaii and other Pacific islands. Although the bulk of the collection relates to James Hunnewell, there are business papers of James F. Hunnewell, Charles Brewer, and Henry A. Peirce. There are letters from a number of missionaries, including a few native ones. There are extensive ship papers and a dozen logbooks; ships represented by the most material include the Eliza Warwick, John Gilpin, Polynesia, Syren, and Washington Allston. There are papers relating to the Kansas Aid Fund (the Middlesex County Committee for) and the Sailors' Home Society, of Honolulu.".
- catalog abstract "Mainly records showing charges for farm labor and sales of farm products. Includes accounts of William Bassett, Nathaniel Brintnall, Frederick Cone, Phineas Goodrich, Joseph Heald Jr., Job Knapp, Collins Moore, Dennis Northrup, William H. Odiorne, Charles Porter Phelps, Otis Sherman, Tuttle Farm, Harrison Whiting, and Stephen Williams, diary of William Hosmer, and accounts of Knight Day, a storekeeper.".
- catalog abstract "This collection is fairly complete for the period, 1880-1912, and for the last years of the company, 1929 to 1935. There are administrative records, journals, ledgers, cash books, payrolls (incomplete), production and sales records.".
- catalog abstract "The largest portion of the collection consists of the records (ledger and account books) of T. F. & T. Jewett, a firm in South Berwick, Maine which dealt in general store merchandise, lumber, and also built ships. Besides T. F. & T. Jewett, there is an account book for William D. Jewett & Company, storekeepers, South Berwick, 1834-1836; of an unidentified Jewett who imported tobacco for making into cigars in Berwick, 1823-1836. There are agreements for building the ship Marion, 1823-1824; and accounts of the brig Perseverance and the ship Resolution, 1810-1812; the ship Olive and Eliza, 1826-1844; and the ship Harriet Rockwell, 1838. The Jewetts served as assignees for Colcord & Cogswell and Hayes & Cogswell, 1826-1840. There are also four volumes of ledgers and daybooks, 1840-1859, of Dr. Theodore H. Jewett of South Berwick, recording fees for visits and charges for medicines.".
- catalog abstract "Business records of David A. Neal and his son Theodore A. Neal, merchants and financiers of Salem, Mass. The earlier material relates to foreign marketing and includes journals, letter books, 1818-1819, 1831-1836, ledgers, and cash books. The later material is concerned chiefly with the Neals' connections with the Associates of the Illinois Land Agency, an agency formed to develop land along the Illinois Central Railroad. These records include journals, letter books, stock books, plans, claims, and sales of titles. Also included is a typewritten copy of David A. Neal's autobiography.".
- catalog abstract "Accounts of Homer & Palmer and Adams & Hudson for advertisements for various individuals and firms appearing in The Boston Daily Centinel, Gazette, and Palladium.".
- catalog abstract "Accounts of a general store keeper of Ashfield, Mass. who had branch stores in several nearby towns under various partnerships. He was also concerned with the manufacture of palm leaf hats and broom handles.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly records of a general store in Freetown, Mass. operated by Job and Ebenezer Peirce. The collection consists of ten daybooks and four ledgers. Unfortunately the books for the years 1830-1847 are missing. The accounts show that the business interests of the Peirce family were exceedingly diverse. The Peirces not only conducted a general store which supplied every variety of consumers' needs but, in order to supply the many commodities sold in their general store, they entered into West Indies trade, building and owning their own ships. They were likewise part owners in a sawmill and a forge.".
- catalog abstract "Letters, 1843-1857, written to Grant and Ensign and inventories of the shoe business. Ledger, journals, and cash books of the real estate business, 1858-1893.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, 1807-1839, ledgers, and miscellaneous accounts of a general store in Kingston, Rhode Island.".