Hall Family Papers
Scope and Content Note
The papers of a family living in Bucksport, Maine. A large part of the papers are about Daniel Hall and his inventions. Included are correspondence relating to patents and marketing of the recumbent chair and bag tie, and bills of sale which are for supplies and repairs to the schooners Columbia, Lucy, and Yankee out of Bucksport, Maine. Many of the bills of sale refer to Samuel P. Hall and to S.P. Hall & Co. Correspondents include M.H. Wiley from Boston, R.H. Eddy of the American and Foreign Office of Patents, Howard Tilden of Boston, and Daniel Ashton. Included also are scattered issues of Cape Cod Magazine (1923-1925), some of which contain articles written by L.C. Hall and by Ella Matthews Bangs. Included also is patent right #58343, granted to Daniel B. Hall of Bucksport, Maine for his invention of the improved recumbent chair, September 25, 1866 (includes chair design)
Dates
- Creation: 1849-1925
Creator
- Hall family (Family)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Daniel Hall was an inventor living in Bucksport, Maine.
Biographical Note
Samuel P. Hall was a merchant in Bucksport, Maine who sold flour and corn.
Biographical Note
Robert Henry Eddy was a civil engineer and solicitor of patents. He was born in 1812 and died in 1888.
Extent
4 Folders
1 folio folder (1 Item)
Abstract
The papers of a family living in Bucksport, Maine. A large part of the papers are about Daniel Hall and his inventions. Included are correspondence relating to patents and marketing of the recumbent chair and bag tie, and bills of sale which are for supplies and repairs to the schooners Columbia, Lucy, and Yankee out of Bucksport, Maine. Many of the bills of sale refer to Samuel P. Hall and to S.P. Hall & Co. Correspondents include M.H. Wiley from Boston, R.H. Eddy of the American and Foreign Office of Patents, Howard Tilden of Boston, and Daniel Ashton. Included also are scattered issues of Cape Cod Magazine (1923-1925), some of which contain articles written by L.C. Hall and by Ella Matthews Bangs. Included also is patent right #58343, granted to Daniel B. Hall of Bucksport, Maine for his invention of the improved recumbent chair, September 25, 1866 (includes chair design)
Subject
- Hall family (Family)
- Hall, Daniel B. (Person)
- Hall, Samuel P. (Person)
- S. P. Hall and Company (Organization)
- Columbia (Schooner) (Organization)
- Lucy (Schooner) (Organization)
- Yankee (Schooner) (Organization)
- Hall, Lemuel C. (Person)
- Bangs, Ella Matthews (Person)
- Tilden, Howard (Person)
- Eddy, R. H. (Robert Henry), 1812-1887 (Person)
- Wiley, M. H. (Person)
- Ashton, Daniel (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Hall Family Papers
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
