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An account book of a farmer in Vassalboro, Maine.

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Papers relating to the logging industry in Maine and the Great Northern Paper Company.

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The papers include assessments and valuations for various towns, wildlands, rail roads, and industries from the 1870's to the 1890's. Included also are records of prison and jail inspections 1890 and 1896-1897 and letters from Gilman 1902-1903.

Abstract The records include cashbooks, 1855-1887, and ledgers, 1854-1866, recording transactions with customers. There are also a daybook and two ledgers, 1873-1878, recording purchases at a general store, perhaps the company store for the sawmills. The collection also contains a labor time book recording names of workers, their duties, number of days worked and amounts paid for each job. Typical duties included working on lath machines, sawing boards, rafting, working on shingle machines, etc. A...

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An account book and loose letters and notes kept by a lawyer practicing in Brunswick, Maine in the late 19th century.

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A volume used by Edward S. Goodwin of South Berwick, Maine, to record days of work done by various individuals as well as records of various goods purchased. Typical work included cutting and hauling wood, use of oxen, breaking roads, etc. Goods included hay, potatoes, corn, etc. Information on the estate of Thomas Goodwin from 1858 is also included.

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The papers of a banker in Portland, Maine. Included are 6 account books listing family expenses covering the period 1827 to 1892. Included also are a record of meetings of the committee to make arrangements for the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Mission and a few papers of Congregational Churches in Portland. Included also are family and business correspondence.

Abstract A volume used by Nathan Gove of Edgecomb, Maine, to record his business and postal transactions from 1846 to 1891. Part of the volume records his activities as postmaster in 1851 and 1852 and includes names of postal customers, numbers of letters sent, and the cost of each. The rest of the volume records Gove's varied business transactions. The exact nature of his business is not clear but the book notes dealings in lumber and the costs for labor such as hauling stone, moving timber, etc. It...

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A volume used by William Gowen, a resident of Westbrook, Maine, to record names of customers in his milk business and the number of gallons of milk purchased on a daily basis.

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The collection reflects the business and civic activities of both Amos A. and Octavia Moulton Graffte. The collection is enriched by notes of explanation added to most items by the Grafftes' daughter, Marjorie Graffte Prout, the donor of the collection.

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Account book of Seth E. Gray and Gray Bros. and Dresser, possibly from Machias, Me. Includes listings of goods sold and work done on an unidentified farm, probably a blueberry farm. Accompanied by another account book from Machias, 1883-1884, listing prices of groceries and dry-goods. Names mentioned in this volume include C.W. Vose, S.W. Pope & Co., S.S. Hall, and J.O. Pope & Co.

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A volume used by Wiilian H. Hall to record work done for customers in Belfast and Belmont, Maine. Hall, probably a resident of Belmont, supplied various types of lumber including hemlock, spruce, pine boards, etc., as well as selling goods such as molasses, honey, salt, and flour. He also did plowing, haying, wood cutting, etc. for individuals in both towns.

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Business records of a sawmill located near Whiting, Maine, along with information about the history of the mill, area homesteads, and the logging industry in Washington County, Maine

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Ledger of a shoemaker from Shapleigh, Maine, listing names of customers and work done for them, primarily making or mending shoes. Accompanied by an index volume arranged by name of customer.

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Back accounts book for John E. Hammond Jr.'s blacksmith shop in Eliot, Maine. Contains entries for 1892-1908 which show payment for blacksmithing services.

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Accounts of a general store in West Eden, Maine. Includes name list and items bought.

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One ledger is a surveyor's ledger of timber lots by type and quantity from Dec. 18, 1869 to July 3, 1891. It includes a church ledger, Machiasport, Maine, 1905-1907. The second ledger is an account book for the schooner Beta from April 1892 to August 1896. It includes a church ledger, Machiasport, Maine, 1907-1908.

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Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine from 1911 to 1920.

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Account book kept by Benjamin Hatch for schooners Paragon and James Bliss.

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A diary and account book of a farmer's wife in East Winthrop, Maine during 1912 to 1914. accounts.

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An account book of a ship builder in Maine. The account book lists hours worked and wages paid.

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Financial account of the estate of William Heath. Includes a copy of warrant (p. 27) for Mrs. Hannah Heath as a widow of a Revolutionary War veteran for bounty land (200 acres) from the state of Maine.

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Cashbook from 1860 to 1870 of a general store in Vassalboro, Maine.

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Account book containing records of taxes assessed and paid for labor and materials on highways in Belfast, Me. to Warren H. Paul, one of the surveyors of highways in Belfast. Includes a list of residents deficient in paying their tax.

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The collection contains personal papers and business records of members of the Hill family, early residents of Kittery and Berwick, Maine.

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The business records of a jewelry company in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Included are account ledgers, bank statements, cash books, invoices, correspondence, receipts, sales and use tax returns, shipping records, and tax records.

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Financial records a local electric and water utility in Maine. Included are a ledger and a journal and voucher record for the years 1915 to 1917.

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Materials in the collection generally include newspaper clippings, original records and copies of original records, and notes from various sources. Genealogies also include Barbara Dunn Hitchner correspondence.

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Financial records of a tailor in Bucksport, Maine. Included are an account book from 1847 to 1871 and two daybooks from 1864 Jan. to 1867 Nov. 27 and 1869 Dec. 1 to 1879 Oct. 9 with invoices from 1886.