Amos A. Graffte Lumber Contracts

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 1760-sc

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Lumber contracts between Amos A. Graffte and Great Northern Paper Company, also includes one building contract between Graffte and Moose River Plantation.

Dates

Creation: 1899-1915

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on literary rights available in repository.

Biographical Note

Amos Graffte was born in 1871 on the farm in Dennistown where he spent his entire life. In addition to farming, he was a successful lumberman, having logging crews in Skinner and Holeb, Maine, in the early 20th century. He was also associated with the Jackman Lumber Company and was foreman at the Kellogg Lumber Company in Long Pond, Maine. He was the town clerk of Dennistown for 52 years and town treasurer for 51 consecutive years. He was also superintendent of schools in Dennistown. Amos Graffte married Octavia Moulton in 1893 and they had two daughters. One daughter died as an infant; the other daughter, Marjorie Graffte Prout, married Everett Prout and lived in Massachusetts. Amos Graffte died on October 30, 1945.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Jeffrey T. Albright of Lancaster, PA, December 2017.

Related Materials

Further information on Amos Graffte, as well as his wife, Olivia Moulton Graffte, can be found in collection SpC MS 0207, Amos and Octavia Moulton Graffte Papers.