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- catalog abstract "Account books of a general store in West Poultney, Vermont and also of a stagecoach line running to Albany, Rutland and other towns.".
- catalog abstract "Real estate dealer, of Arlington, Mass. Ledgers, cash books, and a few appointment books of the real estate and insurance business which Patterson ran with his son, Francis Alfred Patterson.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, ledgers, cash book, oil well records, unbound certificates, agreements, and leases, chiefly relating to the property and estates of the Hobbs, Merrill, and Veazie families in McKean County, Pennsylvania.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a wool factory in Oberleutensdorf, (now Horní Litvínov) Czechoslovakia. The earlier material (1728-1775) relates to the firm while under the Waldstein family. For the years 1819-1860 the records relate to the firm under the leaseholder, Roemheld and Company. Included are summary financial statements, reports, and letters regarding installation of a steam engine.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a general store in Norwich, Conn. In this collection of ledgers and daybooks, the records show not only the regular general store business but also considerable trading with the West Indies. One daybook (1797-1798) contains accounts of Carew and Perkins, also of Norwich.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, ledgers, and letters of a Boston packer and packager. After 1805 the papers are evidently those of Pico's successors.".
- catalog abstract "Mainly papers of William Hale, Sr., merchant and political leader, and his son, William Hale, Jr., merchant, both of Dover, N.H., and records of family business interests. The bulk of the collection consists of the records of a store in Dover, N.H. operated by George Piper and William Hale, Jr. George Piper dealt in general merchandise in the 1820's; by 1835 William Hale, Jr. was specializing in hardware. There are ledgers, daybooks, cash books, bill books, and letter books. Records of other Hale family interests include: Frederick Mordantt Bell, general store ledger, 1773-1774; Samuel and William Hale, general store daybook, 1787-1789, Barrington, N.H.; William Hale, Sr., attorney, ledger, 1790-1804; Joseph Smith, general store and lumber account books, 1806-1810; William Hale, with A. S. Chadbourne, general store, 1813-1826; a drug store, 1823-1826; Samuel and William Hale, estate accounts, 1823-1848; William Hale, farming, 1827-1848, Lee, N.H.; William Hale, Jr., family and personal accounts, 1829-1856. There are also fifteen volumes of ledgers and daybooks, 1868-1886, of the Bellamy Grist Mill, Dover, with which William Hale, Jr. was connected.".
- catalog abstract "Records, chiefly account books, of Samuel Sewall of Boston, 1685-1689; Hopestill Foster, Jr., of Boston, 1766-1775; Elisha Ford, also a tavern keeper, of Marshfield, 1771-1795; Samuel Hastings of Boston, 1772-1825; Edward K. Wolcott of Oxford and Brookline, 1774-1796; Reed and Gardner of Littleton, 1782-1791; Asa Underwood of Dunstable, 1782-1831; William Tuttle of Littleton, 1790-1804; Laban Hearsey, probably of Suffolk County, 1796-1822; Daniel Putnam, Jr., Putnam & Perkins, and Putnam & Whitney of Fitchburg and Lunenburg, 1798-1821; Robert P. Tolman of Dorchester, 1804-1840; the Collamore family of Pembroke and Boston, 1807-1853; John Claflin of Milford, 1808-1809; Joseph Weaver of Freetown, 1810-1814; William Pope of Spencer (previously of Thomaston, Me.), 1811-1838; William Moseley of Westfield, 1812-1829; Burr & Pritchard of Concord, 1813-1855; an unidentified storekeeper probably from Boylston, 1815-1817; David Fisher, Jr. of Wrentham, 1815-1818; an unidentified storekeeper of Orange, 1815-1818; Joseph B. Varnum of Dracut, 1816-1857; an unidentified storekeeper of Boston, 1818-1820; John Osborn and Company of Boston, 1821-1825; an unidentified storekeeper of Nantucket, 1823-1824; Osgood & Wright of Boston, 1830-1837; H. C. Cushman of Taunton, 1832-1836; and Thomas Aikin and Company of South Yarmouth, 1835-1840. Also records of Morton Eddy and Fred K. Cushing of Bridgewater, 1843-1845; the Wyman family of Charlestown, 1845-1856; an unidentified storekeeper, exact location undetermined, 1846; Walcott & Holden of Concord, 1848-1875; and Mrs. Browning of Hardwick, 1859-1865.".
- catalog abstract "Records, chiefly account books, of Henry Tebbets of Dover, N.H., 1695-1723; Elisha Bartlett of Charlotte, Vt., 1782-1783; Charles C. Chandler of Woodstock, Vt., 1785-1811; Allen and Weld of Walpole, N.H., 1790; Nathaniel Fullerton, Thomas S. Fullerton, James Robinson, and William Y. Henry of Putney, Chester, Springfield, and Weston, Vt., 1791-1827; G. M. Noble of Tinmouth, Vt., 1792-1795; the Freeman family of Lebanon, N.H., 1797-1799; Joseph Leavitt of Lee, N.H., 1799-1810; an unidentified storekeeper of Milford, N.H., 1819-1822; Barron Moulton of Lyman, N.H., 1824-1851; Nathaniel Bradley and Company of Danville, N.H., 1827-1886; an unidentified storekeeper of Sutton, N.H., 1833-1835; Gilbert Bradley of Sunderland, Vt., 1833-1857; Daniel Bachelder of Allenstown, N.H., 1838-1869; Farmers and Mechanics Company of Bath, N.H., 1839-1841; John Woodbury of Pelham, N.H., 1845-1865; Clement and Fish of Center Rutland, Vt., 1857-1858.".
- catalog abstract "Records, chiefly account books, of Bayes Manchester of Scituate, R.I., 1762-1769; Curtiss and Graniss of Berlin, Conn., 1784-1800; an unidentified storekeeper of Providence, R.I., 1809-1822; Nathan Sweetland of Pawtucket, R.I., 1811-1816; the Gorham family of Darien, Conn., 1824-1831; Sylvester Robinson of Wakefield, R.I., 1826-1834; Samuel Warren of Providence, R.I., 1828-1831; an unidentified storekeeper of Somers, Conn., 1830-1832; an unidentified storekeeper of Windsor, Conn., 1840-1852 (includes records of a boarding-house in Middletown, Conn., 1841-1845); Almy, Day and Company of Providence, R.I., 1847-1849.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, ledgers, cash books, invoices, sales records, letter books, letters, inventories, consignment records, and other papers of a general store in Fitzwilliam, N.H. Some of the records relate to the palm leaf hat business, which was quite extensive. Includes papers relating to a shoe business, 1792-1847, blacksmith's records and general labor accounts, 1809-1818, and items relating to town business and to the settlement of various estates.".
- catalog abstract "Records of the corporation which was concerned with filling in the Mill Pond in Boston, Mass., putting through streets, and selling land. There are transfers of shares, deeds, letters, and miscellaneous unbound papers. The firm was originally known as the Proprietors of Mill Pond.".
- catalog abstract "Deeds, titles, and letters of Mill Pond Wharf, Boston, Mass., 1643-1840; record book of Lechmere Point Corporation, Cambridge, Mass., 1809-1822; minutes, accounts, and other papers of Penobscot Court House Corporation, Bangor, Me., 1819-1829; deeds, memoranda and personal papers of Amos Patten and Associates, Bangor, Me., 1828-1849; account book of South Cove Corporation, Boston, 1837-1845; real estate listing book of Arnold Buffum, New York City, 1844-1848; records of sales by an unidentified realtor of New York City, 1844-1850; records and accounts of the Union Building, Boston, 1864-1908.".
- catalog abstract "Records, chiefly account books, of William Barker of Pittston, 1776-1786; Josiah Chute of Windham, 1782-1795; Dennett and Eaton of Bowdoinham, 1811-1817; Tristram Scamman and Partners of Saco, 1811-1847; an unidentified storekeeper of Portland, 1812-1816; Benjamin Arnold of Waldoboro, 1817-1824; an unidentified storekeeper of Norway, 1821-1828; Edward Rackleff of Portland, 1823-1826; James Rackleff of Portland, 1824-1826; Jonah Holt of Bluehill, 1825-1860; Thomas Wentworth and Company of Buxton, 1826-1827; Buxton Manufacturing Company store of Buxton, 1826-1833; Jacob Curtis, Jr. of Hampden, 1826-1846; Elisha Gilkey of Camden, 1832-1833; John Stevens of Bluehill, 1832-1872; Silas C. Hatch of Bangor, 1845-1864; Nathaniel J. Miller of Hollis, 1847-1852 (includes account book relating to internal revenue stamp sales, Portland, 1862-1868); an unidentified storekeeper of Cumberland City, 1852-1865; F. O. Thomes of Portland and Standish, 1856-1859; and J. W. & D. Pilsbury of Cape Elizabeth, 1863-1873.".
- catalog abstract "Journals, ledgers, cashbooks, inventory, machinery books, and payrolls of a cotton manufacturer with mills in West Warren and Palmer, Mass. Produced tickings, denims, and awnings. For the Thorndike Company there are 50 volumes of payrolls, and for Thorndike Company and the Warren Cotton Mills there are 58 volumes of accounts. There is a single volume for the Palmer Company.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly records of a general store in Lyndon, Vt. Ledger, with index. There is also a ledger, 1854-1856, recording purchases of flour, corn, hardware, cement, and leather from various places for the store. There are two small account books, 1833-1843, relating to farm expenses and sale of livestock.".
- catalog abstract "Bound volumes include two journals, 1841-1861; one ledger, 1841-1859; six invoice books, 1841-1865; nine letter books, 1841-1876; and checkbooks. The unbound papers are principally letters and accounts current from agents in various parts of the world: Augustine Heard & Company and Russell & Company, Canton; Wolcott, Bates & Company, Shanghai; Russell, Sturgis & Company and Peele, Hubble & Company, Manila; Martin Murray & Company, Bombay; and Baring Brothers, Liverpool and London. Cary & Company were their agents in New York, J. C. Burnham & Company represented them throughout the South, and Henry Mellus was agent for the company in California. The California trade runs back to the period before the Mexican War. The Company was represented by less well-known houses in Matanzas, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, and Antwerp. The firm was owner or part owner of many of the ships which it employed, and the accounts and letters of the captains of these ships form an appreciable portion of the papers. Also included in the collection are records of companies in which the firm had financial interests: Benzinger Coal and Iron Company, St. Mary's, Pa., 1847-1881; Boston Oil Company, 1876-1877; Boston Sugar Refinery, 1837-1843; and Erie Basin Dock Company, South Brooklyn, N.Y., 1864-1880. Sixteen volumes of diaries and letter books, 1813-1861, of William Appleton and other members of the Appleton-Lawrence family have been added to the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Records of two families of Norwich, Conn., including legal papers, accounts and letters, showing for the most part general store transactions. One group of thirteen small volumes in four containers is of the Backus family store, 1793-1814. There are two daybooks, 1834-1850, containing farm accounts of William W. Backus, and unbound orders and letters, 1763-1813, relating to the iron works of Elijah Backus and his sons, James and Rufus. This iron works was of great service to the armed forces during the Revolutionary War.".
- catalog abstract "The collection consists of seventy-five photograph albums that document the United Fruit Company's operations and holdings in Central and South America, the West Indies, and the United States. The albums contain approximately 10,400 photographs taken between 1891 and 1962, with the majority dating from the 1920s through the 1950s. The photographs depict the agricultural operations, construction, and research activities undertaken by the United Fruit Company's many operating units. These units produced bananas, sugar, abaca (for use as hemp), cacao, palm oil, cattle, mahogany, and other products. The agricultural activities illustrated include planting, spraying, irrigation, and harvesting. The photographs also depict the construction and operation of many of United Fruit Company's properties and holdings, including railroads, wharves, company towns, schools, hospitals, and recreational facilities.".
- catalog abstract "Incomplete records of a retail furniture business, which may have included undertaking in the early years. Includes accounts of F. L. Graves and Company, Webster, Mass., 1884; daybook of Willard H. Graves, Waltham, Mass., 1879-1880; and ledger of Rubon Manufacturing and Supply Company, Waltham, 1904-1905. There is a record of sale of furniture on a lease-payment basis for the years 1912-1914.".
- catalog abstract "Draft of Benson's part of proposed book on advertising by Benson and Walter A. Gaw. Benson, who had been president of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, wrote on ethical standards in advertising.".
- catalog abstract "Account books and unbound business papers of a New York advertising firm founded by Artemas Ward. It was one of the first advertising firms to systematize streetcar advertising. Includes records of the Inter-City Car Advertising Company, concessions at Coney Island and Brighton Beach, and Brighton Beach Music Hall.".
- catalog abstract "Records of shoe stores: John Hicks Rogers of Boston, Mass., 1830-1888; B. N. and A. Baker of New Hartford, Conn., 1837-1857. Records of dry goods stores: Paul Revere, Jr. of Boston, 1847-1848; Sarah Curtis of Hampden, Me., 1862-1866; Chandler and Company of Boston, 1872-1900; William Tobin of Pittsfield, Mass., 1875. Records of a jewelry store: James Garrish of Brandon, Vt., 1831-1859. Records of book stores: The Boston Book Store, Boston, 1785-1790; an unidentified book store in Boston, 1836. Records of hardware stores: Godfrey and Walsh of Albany, N.Y., 1823-1832; an unidentified hardware store in Boston, 1860-1872. Records of drug stores: George Goodwin and Company of Boston, 1874-1892 (heavily annotated price list); Downing's Drug Store of Hanover, N.H., 1882-1884. Records of department stores: James T. Ford and Company (later Nathaniel Ford and Sons) of Duxbury, Mass., 1826-1910; C. F. Hovey Company of Boston, 1837-1920; A. and W. Bacon of Roxbury, Mass., 1864-1867; Harvard Cooperative Society of Cambridge, Mass., 1882-1942 (chiefly copies of minutes and secondary material); and D. L. Bodfish of Palmer, Mass., 1895-1903.".
- catalog abstract "These are the office files of Louis E. Kirstein. Although there are some papers relating to Filene's store, the focus is on business interests of Kirstein, his philanthropic and community activities, the Associated Merchandising Corporation, the Federated Department Stores, and the Associated Retail Federation.".
- catalog abstract "Papers relating to certain non-business interests of Filene. Included are some materials on industrial relations and papers of the National Committee for a Department of Education, of which Filene was chairman.".
- catalog abstract "Journal, ledgers, cashbook, and unbound papers reflecting activity in the livestock business.".
- catalog abstract "Photocopy of a typescript report to the Smithsonian Institution on a survey of materials for a possible history and exhibit relating to department stores in the United States. Includes summary statement of proceedings and findings, lists of stores contacted, list of stores with materials, and appendices containing inventories of such materials. Also includes a working bibliography.".
- catalog abstract "The Forbes family business records contain an enormous amount of material pertaining to the one of the most important families of Boston merchants engaged in the China trade during the nineteenth century. The collection consists mainly of account books, letter books, and loose correspondence relating to the China trade beginning with brothers Thomas Tunno, Robert Bennet, and John Murray Forbes and later with Paul Siemen Forbes and Francis Blackwell Forbes. The correspondence and account books document commercial trade activities of Forbes family members as partners in the firm Russell & Co. Business partners and correspondents include Augustine Heard, Houqua, John Perkins Cushing, Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Abraham Ellerman, Augustine Heard, Perkins and Company, Baring Brothers & Co., J. & T.H. Perkins & Sons, Bryant & Sturgis, Purdon and Wiggin, and Walker and Wren . Also included is correspondence of John M. Forbes while serving as United States consul at Hamburg and Copenhagen, and United States agent at Buenos Aires. Forbes family members were closely connected to Shewan-Tomes Company, Perkins& Company, Russell & Co., and the Shanghai Navigation Company. Later materials relate to the private banking investment firm J.M. Forbes & Co. consisting of financial records, estate and trust accounts, and the records of companies that J.M. Forbes & Co. held significant shares of. The material related to J.M. Forbes & Co. documents the extensive administration and redistribution of wealth made by Forbes family members during the China trade and the establishment of trusts in order to ensure continued prosperity. Also included is material relating to W. Cameron Forbes consisting of correspondence, financial and legal papers, and material relating to his appointment as governor-general of the Philippines, interests in Forbes-Perkins Company, and commissioner of the Massachusetts Street Railway Commission. The collection includes original and copied documents and claims of the ship Macedonian pertaining to two separate seizures in 1819 and 1820 by the Chilean Navy. Correspondence and other documents relate to efforts for recompense of stolen monies and goods.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence concerning personal investments, scrapbooks. Some letters are photostats.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly papers relating to the Bank for International Settlements. Includes correspondence, files of Central Banks, monthly and quarterly reports and statements. There are also earlier files relating to McKittrick's years with Lee, Higginson as well as some personal papers.".
- catalog abstract "Records of the Plymouth Bank of Plymouth, Mass. The bank was organized in 1803 and became a national bank in 1865. Material includes incomplete series of various types of record books kept by the bank--daybooks, journals, ledgers, cash books. There is one letter book, 1837-1858, in the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Material includes a complete set of directors' records and stockholders' records for the entire period, as well as innumerable types of account books, record books, and letter books (mostly form letters) primarily for the years 1902-1903.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a savings bank in Keene, N.H. Includes minutes, journals, ledgers, cash books, loans, receipts and payments, letter books. The accounting series are unusually complete and include records of individual depositors. The bank was reorganized in 1898, and the records remained in the custody of the Cheshire County Superior Court. Also included are records, 1855-1881, of the Ashuelot Savings Bank of Winchester, N.H. and accounts, 1879-1895, of the Connecticut River Savings Bank of Charlestown, N.H. There is also an expense account book, 1848-1851, of E. Farrar, a lawyer of Keene and a letter book, 1894-1898, of Batchelder and Faulkner, a law firm.".
- catalog abstract "Incomplete records of a firm of private bankers in Portland, Me. John B. Brown first engaged in the grocery business in a small way, then organized the Portland Sugar Company, for which there are two volumes of records, 1855-1872. After the sugar plant was destroyed by fire in 1866 he turned to private banking, taking in as partners his sons, Philip Henry Brown and John Marshall Brown. Records include ledgers, daybooks, and a letter book.".
- catalog abstract "Partial records of two savings banks in Boston, Mass., the Suffolk Savings Bank (founded 1833) and the Franklin Savings Bank (founded 1861). The two banks merged in 1957. The depositors' records for the Franklin Bank are especially complete. There are also general ledgers, cash books, and statement books, but no correspondence.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, plans, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Boston real estate in the late 19th century, particularly the Charles River Embankment Company; together with papers relating to the Boston Real Estate Exchange, of which Viaux was secretary-treasurer, and Boston Associated Board of Trade, of which he was a member.".
- catalog abstract "Day books, 1897-1904, ledgers, 1896-1913, and household expenses, 1918-1919.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a Boston, Mass. law firm composed of Edward D. Sohier and Charles A. Welch. Includes supplemental Welch family business papers; pleadings and evidence collected by Sohier and Welch for cases in which they were counsel, appearing in state and federal courts, 1838-1883. There is also a letter book, 1849-1856, of John P. Welch, clerk of the Fitchburg Railroad, including many letters to Samuel M. Felton; letters and other papers relating to the ship Gibraltar, 1833; and indentures, deeds, and other papers of the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation, 1854-1869.".
- catalog abstract "Elish Lothrop Avery operated an academy for boys in New York City. The records consist of daybooks and ledgers containing entries for tuition, copybooks, and stationery.".
- catalog abstract "Ledger of a New York City merchant showing dealings with the Gouverneur family of Curaçao, with the West Indies, and Bermuda; accounts of separate voyages; and accounts with John and Jacob Wendell of Boston and John and Nicholas Roosevelt of New York.".
- catalog abstract "Material includes miscellaneous letters and agreements of the two banking houses: Jay Cooke and Company and Charles D. Barney and Company, many of which have to do with Jay Cooke and Company in bankruptcy. There are manuscripts relating to the Northern Pacific Railroad, numerous smaller railroads, mining enterprises, and land companies, many of which were western investments. Among the best papers in the collection is a lengthy memoir written by Jay Cooke when he was about 75 years old. Agreements constitute one of the most valuable parts of the collection--one particularly, a contract between Jay Cooke and the Northern Pacific Railroad dated 1869, being significant.".
- catalog abstract "Accounts of disbursements of the ships Nancy and Montgomery, out of Charleston, S.C., 1799-1809; invoice book of the ship Resource, Canton, China, 1803; accounts and records, 1807-1825, of the following ships which sailed from Boston to Canton: Dromo, Sultan, Eagle, and the brig Frederick; deposition made in Calais by the captain of the ship Florida, 1829; abstract of log and letters of the Vancouver, New York to Hong Kong, 1849-1850; account book of the schooners Delaware, Mary, and Louisa, out of Edgartown, Mass., 1856-1860; account book of the ship Napoleon, Boston to Melbourne and Calcutta, 1856-1860; account book of the ship Shirley and bark Solomon between Hong Kong and San Francisco, 1869, including logbook of the Solomon; records, including accounts of cargo sold for the sloop Polly, New London, Conn., 1793, brig Polly, Boston, 1797-1810, brig Brutus, 1818-1819, and ship Eagle, Boston to Buenos Aires, 1820-1821; papers of the brig Jason, Salem, Mass., 1810-1812; and accounts and papers of the ship Marmion, Boston to Batavia, 1817-1821.".
- catalog abstract "Papers relating to a number of legal cases and papers relating to estates settled by Judge Webb.".
- catalog abstract "Accounts kept by Redford Webster of Boston, Mass. for medicines and drugs sold to doctors in Boston and other New England towns, 1784-1787; bills of James H. Pierrepont of Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-1845; ledger of Thomas Jewett of Rindge, N.H., 1815-1844; two daybooks of Joseph Osgood of Buxton, Me., 1841-1847; and one combined ledger and cash book of William H. Cutler of Ashburnham, Mass., 1856-1862.".
- catalog abstract "Account books, including entries for farm labor and produce as well as for legal services. Cooke had dealings with Daniel Webster from 1802 to 1807. There are also accounts for the Congregational Church of Keene, 1818-1827, of which Cooke was treasurer.".
- catalog abstract "Complete set of records of the Commercial Insurance Company, 1823-1831. Included are stockholders' records, minutes, accounting records, policy records, schedules of risks and notes, proposal book, and incoming letters. Papers (mainly letters and bills) of Moses L. Hale continue until 1867.".
- catalog abstract "Letter books and incoming letters dealing principally with insurance on lumber.".
- catalog abstract "Daybooks, ledgers, and bills of a farm family from Thompson, Connecticut. Volume 10 lists cost of postage and newspapers from July 1858 to July 1862. Volume 13 records accounts of George Dike with S. Slater and Sons, 1870-1874.".
- catalog abstract "Papers of Edmund Pike Graves (1856-1913), an American wool buyer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1898-1913. Correspondence, specifications, invoices, bills, and personal papers of Graves, who was originally from Newburyport, Mass. He purchased wool for Bigelow Carpet Company, among others. Also includes personal papers of his son, Edmund Pike Graves (1891-1919).".
- catalog abstract "Incoming letters and orders to pay of Brewster, Sweet and Company, Boston, Mass., 1870-1873; two letter books of Henry Seligman of the New York firm of J. and W. Seligman and Co., 1884-1915; prospectuses of mines in the United States, Canada, and Mexico gathered by J. E. Dearborn and Company, Boston and Nashua, N.H., 1899-1907; security records of American, British and Continental Corporation, Wilmington, Del., 1925-1927; clippings, reports and announcements relating to various investment trusts collected by Edgar Higgins of New York, 1925-1929; and a tape and transcript of a 1971 interview with Paul C. Cabot concerning the State Street Investment Corporation, Boston.".
- catalog abstract "Incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports to the head office of the Bank of China, cables, and some bank records. A small portion of the collection is in Chinese.".
- catalog abstract "Incomplete records concerning the development and sale of lands in the Back Bay area of Boston, Mass. Included are stock records, journals, ledgers, cash books, unbound letters, bills, checks, and receipts. Nathan Matthews, Dwight Foster, N. C. Munson, and J. P. Farley were active in the business. Evidences of connection with the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation, the City Mills, Mill Dam Foundry, and numerous railroads are recorded.".
- catalog abstract "Seventeen volumes of completed policies issued by an insurance company of Boston, Mass. Filled-out forms for policies on buildings, 1808-1841, with some gaps, and on goods, 1802-1823, covering Boston and surrounding area and showing name, payment, term, location, amount, brief description of property, date. The volumes from 1823 to 1841 are indexed by personal name and street name. Notes of assignments and payments are occasionally found on the back of the form.".
- catalog abstract "The largest portion of this collection comprises records of Oriental Bank (Boston, Mass) and Nahant Bank (Lynn, Mass.), two banks that went into receivership after the panic of 1837. Included are some stockholders' and directors' records, bills, accounts, and incoming letters. The Oriental Bank had interests in the South Cove Corporation and in the brig Oriental. The Nahant Bank had interests in the Boston and Lynn India Rubber Manufacturing Company of Lynn, for which there is also a case of records, 1833-1843, and in Maine lands. There are also a letter book and accounts of distribution of Revolutionary War pensions of Commonwealth Bank, Boston, 1825-1838; and inventories and accounts of Whitney and Dorr, general store of Boston, 1799-1813.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, speeches, appointment books, clippings, and photos, relating to Aldrich's activities as president of Chase National Bank and ambassador to Great Britain as well as his interests in the New York World's Fair, the National War Fund, and other business, philanthropic, and personal interests.".
- catalog abstract "Account books, correspondence and documents from Fahnestock's years with Jay Cooke, 1862-1877, and with the First National Bank of New York, 1877-1914, as well as from his investments on his own account. There are two journals, 1852-1857, from his Harrisburg period. During his years with Cooke and with Baker, Fahnestock and Garland, which controlled the First National, he corresponded with senators, state officials and businessmen on financial and policy matters, such as the Virginia Deferred Securities matter and the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. His investments involved him in railroads, waterworks, including the Reading, the Tide Water Company, and the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.".
- catalog abstract "Records of a firm of patent attorneys of Boston, Mass. Includes ledgers, 1881-1903; journals, 1893-1903; cash books and journals, 1893-1948; and other accounts.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, ledgers, agency procedures book, policies (marine and fire), cash books, bills, receipts, monthly financial statements, scrapbook, and other insurance records of: William Morland & Henry Hudson, Newburyport, Mass., 1781-1783; Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Boston, 1798-1876; New Bedford Marine Insurance Co., New Bedford, Mass., 1805-1825; Commercial Insurance Co., Boston, 1812-1813; Joseph Balch, Boston, 1813-1823; Union Insurance Co., Portsmouth, N.H., 1815-1821; Mercantile Marine Insurance Co., Boston, 1823-1873; Nathan White, Bucksport, Me., 1839-1874 (includes ledgers and papers relating to insurance with the Thomaston Mutual Fire Insurance Co.); Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., Newark, N.J., 1845-1903; Maverick Mutual Fire Insurance Co., East Boston, Mass., 1849-1851; Thomas P. James, Philadelphia, Pa., 1856-1861 (includes insurance of shipments with the Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Co.); Boston Mutual Benefit Association, Boston, 1857-1878; Williams & Gould, Boston, 1858; Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Boston, 1866-1876; The London Assurance, Philadelphia, 1907-1909; and unidentified monthly financial statements, 1795-1806, for a firm in Boston. There is a microfilm copy of records and papers, 1839-1854, of the Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Milwaukee. It also includes Civil War letters of Robert Chivas and J. L. Mitchell.".
- catalog abstract "This volume is a personal expense book of Samuel K. Brooks of Boston, for three months, April-June, 1814. There are many entries for traveling, theater tickets and cash borrowed and lent. The few business items concern the selling, buying, and advertising of sheep.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence relating to Luce's investments and to political matters affecting the investment business.".
- catalog abstract "Material concerning two New York department stores collected by Louis Broido, New York City lawyer. Includes land use study, labor contracts, financial statements, and pension study.".
- catalog abstract "The collection consists of 227 letterpress copybooks created by Charles H. Gilman & Company of Portland, Maine, between 1894 and 1949. The books contain copies of the firm's outgoing correspondence and records of sales, transfers, and other transactions. The collection is arranged in two series: Letter books, 1894-1949, and Statement books, 1922-1949.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly source material gathered and used by Ralph M. Hower for his study of Macy's department store of New York. Includes correspondence, copies of advertisements, forms, interviews, and a numbered documentary history prepared by Mildred L. Hartsough in 1928-1929. Also includes hearings in the case of Macy et al. vs. United States, 1958 and selected papers of Donald K. David as director of Macy's, 1942-1955.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly papers of Stanley Griswold (1763-1815) and his son Henry W. Griswold (d. 1834). Stanley Griswold began as a clergyman in Connecticut, became acting governor of the Michigan Territory, and ended as a judge in Illinois Territory. There are papers relating to the Connecticut Land Company, of which Stanley Griswold was one of the proprietors. Henry W. Griswold graduated from West Point in 1815. He served in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Captain, until his death in 1834. His papers include accounts, official army letters and documents, and family letters. In 1825 Griswold married Ann Heard, daughter of John Heard Jr., and the Griswold family papers came to the library with the Heard family papers.".
- catalog abstract "Scattered records gathered by Alden S. Foss for a talk before the Cambridge Historical Society in 1964. Two boxes and a bundle contain patent papers going back to 1867. Also includes a history of the firm by Alden S. Foss.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, diaries, ledgers, legal documents, daybook, cash book, wills, agreements, protests and other legal records of: Joel Day of Springfield, Mass., 1768-1830, including accounts of William Chapin, 3rd; Christopher Gore of Boston, Mass., 1785-1810, including accounts of Gore Mansion, Waltham, Mass; Amariah Frost of Milford, Mass., 1786-1801; Moses Eastman of Salisbury, N.H., 1797-1820; Aaron Everett of Wrentham, Mass., 1797-1826; William Botsford of St. John, N.B., 1799-1804; John C. Williams of Berkshire County, Mass., 1801-1823; Wildes P. Walker of New York City, 1815-1870, including legal papers of John Merrill and Arthur Hunter of Topsham, Me; M. C. Paterson of New York City, 1820-1837; Ellis Gray Loring of Boston, 1830-1833; Henry R. Winthrop of New York City, 1840-1843; George O. Shattuck and Peleg W. Chandler of Boston, 1848-1879 (civil suits and railroad cases); H. H. Hobbs of South Berwick, Me., 1851-1863; Henry Chase of Sycamore, Ill., 1858; E. H. Green vs. Estate of Jonathan Russell, 1868-1886, including papers relating to the firm of Russell and Sturgis, Manila; T. T. Snow of Portland, Me., 1870-1879; and Edmund M. Parker of Boston, 1902-1912. There are also four small memo books, 1719-1767, with records of legal service probably in the area of Framingham, Mass. and Portsmouth, N.H.; and records, 1808-1811, of an unidentified justice of the peace, probably of Pompey, N.Y.".
- catalog abstract "Partial records of a Boston investment banking firm and its predecessors. Includes ledgers, 1836-1912, of J. E. and Nathaniel Thayer, predecessors. Kidder, Peabody & Company material consists of letter books, 1883-1929; record of stocks carried by the firm, 1907-1913; circulars, 1889-1929; histories of issues, 1916-1931, 1934-1943; and a box of unbound historical material.".
- catalog abstract "Ledgers covering farming and other activities of the Willard family of Newington, Conn. Volume one, 1732-1763, includes accounts for malt house, labor, and blacksmithing. Volumes two and three, 1800-1865, include accounts of Daniel Willard's estate, wood and timber, the Newington Woolen Company, and Barber and Howe, publishers, a firm with which William F. Willard was connected.".
- catalog abstract "Journals, ledgers, cash books, trial balances, property and purchase records.".
- catalog abstract "Diary of activities in the farming and nursery business located in North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Also includes expense and income figures, 1838-1855, and family expense accounts, 1863-1865.".
- catalog abstract "Partial records of Hayden, Stone & Company, plus stock accounts of Charles Hayden and his estate, of J. Willard Hayden, and of certain trusts. Included also are records, 1930-1941, of the Equitable Trust Company of New York and a journal, 1927-1936, of the Charles Hayden Foundation.".
- catalog abstract "Journals, ledgers, letter books and other accounts. The series of letter books are particularly extensive, while statement books, containing monthly reports to the treasurer, are complete from 1830 to 1870. Accounts of the Manhattan Company and of Parish family interests are also in the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Directors' records, Boston Bank, 1803-1813; reports and other papers of New England Commercial Bank, Boston, 1818-1850; records of Bank of Portland, Portland, Me., 1819-1852; register of notes discounted, Society for Savings, Hartford, Conn., 1821-1827; dividend book of American Bank, Boston, 1825-1835; records of Bunker Hill Bank, Charlestown, Mass., 1825-1906; stockholders' dividend book, Bank of Rutland, Rutland, Vt., 1826-1850; records of Sutton Bank, Sutton, Mass., 1828-1831; records of the Cairo City and Canal Company account with the New York Bank and Trust Company, 1831-1858; stockholders' records, Middling Interest Bank, Boston, 1836-1842; discount books, State Bank, Boston, 1852-1857; directors' records, First National Bank of Newburyport, Mass., 1864-1889; directors' records, Monument National Bank, Charlestown, Mass., 1872-1905; records of Washington National Bank, Boston, 1883-1903; ledgers and balances, American Loan and Trust Company, Boston, 1887-1915; liquidation records, Central National Bank, Boston, 1906-1912.".
- catalog abstract "The records are unusually complete, including general accounting series, administrative papers, minutes (on film), and reports, records of trusts and mortgages, incoming letters (to 1933), outgoing letters (to 1939).".
- catalog abstract "A segment of Warburg's office files relating especially to his family and outside interests. Includes letters from Herbert Hoover, A. S. W. Rosenbach, and William Howard Taft.".
- catalog abstract "Selected correspondence, 1911-1945 (scattered before 1933), and seven volumes of minutes, with indexes, of the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board, 1914-1948.".
- catalog abstract "Chiefly correspondence of Elizur Wright relating to insurance matters and a smaller group of papers of his son, Walter C. Wright, consulting actuary.".
- catalog abstract "Letters, 1903-1915, 1919-1921, chiefly of a personal nature, relating to family affairs, the Harvard Class of 1897, trustee matters, and such subjects as the single tax.".
- catalog abstract "Legal papers, exhibits, corporate directors' and stockholders' records, receivers' statements, depositions, shipping articles, logbook, hearings, and briefs filed by litigants in the Federal courts of Massachusetts: the U.S. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) prior to 1911; and for later dates, the U.S. District Court (Massachusetts) and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (1st Circuit). Includes papers relating to J. C. Crookshank's Concession for lumbering in Nicaragua, 1891-1897; exhibits in an infringement case involving National Cash Register Company, Boston, 1886-1896; directors' and stockholders' records of Crocker Pen Company, Boston, 1908-1921; receivers' records, New York and New England Railroad, 1895; papers relating to the S.S. Prussian, 1887-1893, and to the ship Prince Edward, 1898; logbook of the whaler Adelia Chace, 1893-1896; papers relating to Bell Telephone vs. Peter A. Dowd, 1879, Western Union vs. American Bell, 1881-1892, and William Filene's Sons Company vs. Gilchrist Company, 1911-1922; and hearings in a suit involving Bay Head Orchard Company, Boston real estate company, 1915-1921.".
- catalog abstract "Brief, 1790-1799, of case of William Wilson and Company vs. Andrew Clow and Company, Philadelphia; records relating to investment in Morris Canal Company stock by James Alexander Hamilton of New York through brokers, Nevins, Townsend and Company, 1835-1841; records of daily high and low quotations on the Boston Stock Exchange, 1860-1917; record of stock prices in Boston, 9 January through 12 June 1862, kept by Nathaniel L. Hooper; record book of transactions of the Boston Stock Exchange by Foote and French, stockbrokers of Boston, 1881.".
- catalog abstract "Small ledgers showing general farming and labor accounts of several generations of the Eaton-Chase family of Haverhill, Mass. including Joseph Eaton, his son Samuel, Francis Chase and James A. Davis.".
- catalog abstract "A composite collection of material on banks and banking: Typed memoirs, 1969, of J. Paschal Dreibelbis, lawyer and banker of Dallas, Texas, Washington, D.C., and New York City; unpublished manuscript, ca. 1940, of a book on banking, accounting, and corporation law by Thomas York; microfilm of letter books, 1823-1840, of Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States; statistics on banks in New York City, 1853-1911, collected by Gamaliel Bradford, V; scattered records of the National Bank of Nicaragua, 1912, 1937-1938; speech by Carter Glass in the House of Representatives presenting the Currency Bill, 1913; a box of material gathered in setting up an N.R.A. Banking Code for Massachusetts banks, 1933-1934; and transcript of interviews, 1967, with William Arthur Mitchell, partner with J. P. Morgan & Co. and later chairman of the Central Trust Company, Cincinnati.".
- catalog abstract "Accounting records, correspondence, photographs, recordings, printed matter, and historical materials. Much of this material was put in shape and recorded by the company at the time of 150th anniversary in 1949. Bourne Spooner, Caleb Loring, Augustus P. Loring, Francis C. Holmes, Gideon F. Holmes, Ellis W. Brewster, and William Phipps were among those actively connected with the company, and some of their papers may be found in the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence and other papers relating to Higginson's investments, philanthropic interests and political interests. Investments in which Mr. Higginson was interested, and for which there are records, include: Ecuador Coal Company, Gage Company, Ecuador Trading Company, Cherry River Land Association, Reynolds Chocolate Company, New Metals Process Associates, Jones Step Process Trust, John T. Jones Holding Company, Burn-Boston Battery, Submarine Signal Company, Standard Lessee Corporation, Standard Alcohol Company, St. Louis Cable and Western Railway Company, and St. Louis and Suburban Railway Company. Higginson's interests in Harvard, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Carnegie Institute, and in properties such as Sheldon Farm and Split Rock Forest are also represented. Business correspondents include Alexander Agassiz, Charles Fairchild, John M. Forbes, Henry Lee, Charles E. Perkins, Samuel G. Ward, and Charles W. Wetmore; political correspondents include Henry Cabot Lodge, James M. Curley, John F. Fitzgerald, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft. A ledger and journal, 1856-1865, of James J. Higginson; an account book, 1799, of Salisbury and Higginson; and various estate papers and family correspondence are also in the collection.".
- catalog abstract "Minutes of directors' meetings, reports, and letters relating to the Northern Railroad Company of New York which ran from Ogdensburg to Rouses Point; law letters, including many relating to property in Maine; letters, deeds and accounts relating to Chandler's other interests including land in Brasher, N.Y., Brookline Land Company, American Canal Coal Company, St. Lawrence Copper Company, Victoria Lead Company, Rossio Lead Mine, Ontario Lead Company, Malone Sandstone Company, and Malone Stone Quarry.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence; articles; speeches; files relating to the New York Evening Post , 1917-1923, and The Saturday Review of Literature, 1924-1948; records, 1906-1916, of Lamont, Corliss and Company; clippings, and photos. Relates to Lamont's partnership in J. P. Morgan & Company, his Exeter and Harvard connections, various directorships, congressional hearings which concerned him, properties, charitable interests, and especially to his role in the World War I Peace Conference and subsequent monetary and reparations commissions. Correspondents include well-known literary and political figures of this country and abroad during the 1920's and 1930's.".
- catalog abstract "Account books relating to whaling voyages in which J. and H. Coggeshall and Coggeshall and Russell of New Bedford, Mass. had interests. Among the whalers mentioned are Midas, Stephania, New England, William Rotch, Augusta, Mayflower, Hibernia, Phocion, and Barque Mary Ann.".
- catalog abstract "Minutes, 1875-1913; record of prices of sugar, 1875-1889; cashbook; scrapbook; and photo album, containing pictures of individual grocers.".
- catalog abstract "Ledgers and daybooks of a family blacksmith enterprise in South Orange, N.J.; mainly records of David J. Beach, but includes records of his father and grandfather and accounts kept by later members of the family: David N. Beach, J. W. Beach, Alden Walkley, and Stephen Walkley. The family made bayonets for a local military company during the Revolution, and later some of them lived in Southington, Conn.".
- catalog abstract "Accounts of sundry investments include "adventures" in numerous ships, opium accounts, accounts of manufacturing, insurance, railroad and real estate interests, as well as substantial accounts with Bryant and Sturgis who apparently acted as his bankers. Also includes correspondence, 1857-1862, household accounts, and papers relating to his will.".
- catalog abstract "Account books and ledgers on household expenses of: George Homer of Boston, Mass., 1790-1801; the Barnett family of Philadelphia, Pa., 1792-1861; Samuel Bradlee of Boston, 1800-1810; Edward Whitman, Jr., of Henniker, N.H., 1810; Willard Williams of Boston, 1813-1828; Arthur Blaney of Damariscotta, Me., 1820-1824; the Alden sisters of Boston, 1822-1844; William H. Gardiner of Boston, 1825-1871; Roaul Williams of Augusta, Me., 1829; Matilda Oliver of Boston, 1833-1885; Joseph L. Richards of Boston, 1833-1897; an unidentified expense book probably from Andover, Mass., 1834-1841; Cornelia W. Loring of Boston, 1835-1859; John McDuffie of Cambridgeport, Mass., 1849-1852; R. Stuart Chase of Haverhill, Mass., 1850-1886; Thomas Matthews of Yarmouth, Mass., 1852-1874; John H. Jarvis of Castine, Me., 1857-1889; Jonathan Lane of Boston, 1858-1865; W. H. Swift of Boston, 1858-1862; Theophilus Parsons of Cambridge, Mass., 1862-1882; Henry W. Dodd of Boston, 1869-1881; F. L. Brown of Charlestown, Mass., 1869-1919; Lucius R. Dodge of Milford, Mass., 1889-1946; C. C. Smith of Everett and Newton, Mass., 1892-1924; and Frank H. Howes of Newton, 1898-1910.".
- catalog abstract "Accounts of Stephen S. Stinson of Topsham, Maine, who hauled logs, did sawing, surveying of timber, and was a shoemaker as well. Also accounts for the removal of timber from the Tuttle lot in Barrington, N.H. Some of the timber was sold for shipbuilding.".
- catalog abstract "Minute books, financial records, records of dues; the series are incomplete. Included are records of dues for the Unity Lodge of the Knights of St. Crispin, an earlier union, and records of the Lasters' Mutual Benefit Association and the Lynn Lasters' Aid Association.".
- catalog abstract "Consists of letters to Ripley, special examiner on the consolidation of railways for the Interstate Commerce Commission, from railroad officials regarding proposed consolidations.".
- catalog abstract "Contains subscribers' agreements to contribute funds to help members; page of dues paid by members; and accounts of various individuals with the Association.".
- catalog abstract "Transcripts of hearings relating to negotiation of contracts and settlement of grievances with Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Shipbuilding Division (1947), Lever Brothers (1948-1949), Republic Steel Corporation's Gadsden Plant (1951), and West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company (1948-1952). Also documents of Westvaco Chemical Division of Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation and a scrapbook of press releases and clippings.".
- catalog abstract "Committee material mimeographed for distribution, replies from companies on various policies and practices, and other selected records of the Association.".
- catalog abstract "Ledgers, 1900-1957; cash books, 1938-1958; minutes of meetings, 1900-1937; reports; stockholders' records; and other papers of a real estate trust, established in 1900, disbanded, 1958, which held property in Boston and Cambridge. Includes letters, 1944-1950, of Augustus P. Loring, Jr., trustee.".
- catalog abstract "Selection of trust accounts relating to Gardner family interests, mainly 1857-1934. Real estate interests represented include Roque Island (Me.) and Albion Estate Association. Earlier records include an account book, 1853-1858, of Gardner and Coolidge, cotton brokers of Boston, Mass.; letters, 1792-1824, of Samuel Pickering Gardner; estate papers, ca. 1780, of Captain John Gardner; accounts, 1857-1876, of a Payson family trust; and letters, 1864-1881, of George A. Gardner.".
- catalog abstract "Correspondence, bills, receipts, promissory notes, and other papers relating to farming at Greenland, N.H. and Westford, Mass., and to business activities of a New England clergyman.".