Israel B. Lunt Financial Records
Scope and Contents
Includes bills for items such as salt, sugar, flour, and sundries sold by Lunt to various customers. Materials were often paid for with fish or labor as well as with cash.
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1853
Creator
- Lunt, Israel B. (Person)
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Israel B. Lunt (1796-1861) and his brother Amos C. Lunt, Jr., sons of Amos Coffin Lunt, Sr. and Mary Bartlett Lunt, were early settlers on Long Island, Maine, arriving around 1822. Other Lunt family members soon followed and the Lunts were instrumental in establishing the community there. Israel Lunt started a business of shipping wood, dried fish, and paving stones to various places on the Maine coast and to Boston. He also established a store on the island and owned a wharf and interest in several schooners. Lunt purchased the whole island in 1835 and employed many island residents in hauling fish to dry, unloading supplies and working on his vessels. Israel Lunt died in 1861.
Extent
1 folder (8 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Includes bills for items such as salt, sugar, flour, and sundries sold by Lunt to various customers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Dan Casavant Rare Books, Waterville, Me. in 2006.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
- Title
- Guide to the Israel B. Lunt Financial Records
- 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
