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The collection contains papers reflecting Allen Pierce's service as master on various vessels, 1850-1881. A small group of personal papers is also included.

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Hand written ledger lists work completed by those employed by Pike who appear to have been repaid mostly in goods, including corn, potatoes, clothing, pistols and other supplies.

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Account book of a resident of Parsonsfield, Maine. Portraits of Benjamin and Nancy Piper pasted inside front cover.

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Ledger, 1890-1893, for Winfield S. Twombly (1861-1930) of Dexter, Maine, a plumber. Includes customer's names and brief description of the service with payments due and received.

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Ledger showing union dues from locals #570 (Rockland, Me.), #217 (Portland, Me.), #717 (Bath, Me.), #138 (Salem, Mass.), and #482 (Gloucester, Mass.)

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Account books of a farmer in Dixmont, Maine recording personal accounts from 1876 to 1890. Included also is a legal account of his estate in 1898 by Stephen Mudgett and Benj. F. Porter, administrators.

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Records of the Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Rail Road Company. The first volume, dating from 1841 to 1847, records bills paid by the company for supplies, equipment and services. It contains many entries mentioning Benjamin T. Reed, the company treasurer. The second volume consists of monthly work record sheets for 1846 and 1847 for company employees.

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Account book of labor, stocks of fish and lobster, financial accounts of Schooner Millie Florence. First entry dated March 1896.

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The business records of the estate of Henry E. Prentiss, as administered by Henry M. Prentiss, concerning timberland holdings. Includes stumpage bills, records of checks received and sent, and correspondence. Also includes the Aroostook Land Company records.

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Miscellaneous items curated by the University of Maine Printing and Mailing Service. Includes: University of Maine at Orono campus map and class schedule (undated), printing journals, accounting (1920-1950) and hourly costs (1932-1981) and printing rates information.

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A collection of materials concerning education and the town of Prospect, Maine.

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A ledger of a general store in Brunswick, Maine. The volume is arranged by customer name and records purchases of goods such as corn, molasses, salt, sugar, raisins, etc.

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Collection includes a daybook, 1854-1856, and three ledgers, 1851-1878, detailing customers and goods sold to them. A fifth volume, 1861-1897, records amount paid for labor done for taking care of and supplying vessels, hauling timber, selling wood, etc.

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Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine.

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A journal, 1867-1870, and a ledger, 1867-1869, from an unidentified business, probably a lumber mill in Kendall's Mills, a locality in Fairfield, Maine.

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Remick family papers include items that date to the late 17th century. Most of the papers concern Oliver P. Remick and his service in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, forerunner of the U.S. Coast Guard, from 1876-1895. Included are some earlier and later family materials, and historical Revenue Cutter Service materials. Also contains unpublished manuscripts of Martha Remick.

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Account books of Frank W. Reynolds, a lobsterman from Addison, Maine. Collection also includes Reynolds' Maine fishermen's license for 1931.

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A financial ledger of Stephen H. Rice dating from 1858-1878. Although the location and nature of the business are not recorded, it appears to have been a general store located somewhere in Somerset County, Maine.

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An account book of a farmer in Canaan, Maine. The account book records farm produce sold and work done on the farm.

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Business records of Edmund T. Ring and scrapbooks documenting the career of his son, Edgar E. Ring, both of Orono, Maine. Edmund appears to have operated a grocery store there and also operated a sawmill under the firm name E.T. Ring and Son.

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Lists names of customers with purchases and their costs. Items purchased include soap, lobster, raisins, coffee, thread, needles, etc.

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Records of the Board of Trustees of the Robert W. Traip Academy including minutes of meetings, deeds and other legal documents, ledgers of financial accounts, and subject files concerning building projects at the school. Of particular interest is a photograph album containing pictures of construction of the original building in 1904.

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Includes accounts of insurance and general store. Many newspaper clippings relating to handicrafts and homemaking pasted in.

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Ledgers recording work done for customers from 1879 to 1884, primarily shoeing horses.

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The account books include one from May 29, 1821 to 1844 with accounts and a name list from Wolfborough, N.H. and Stetson, Maine and one from Dec. 27, 1833 to Oct. 20, 1852.

Abstract Letters to family members in Beverly, Massachusetts. Included are letters to Martha J. Roundy from her brother H. Roundy from ports in East Asia, to Patty from H. Roundy, to M. Jane Roundy from her brother Augustus, to cousin from George describing life as a soldier in the Civil War, and to Hannah C. Smith from John G. Smith describing his life as a soldier in the Civil War. Also included is an account book (owner unknown), a newspaper clipping of The Nation's orphan by Lucy Larcom, and a...

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Ledgers recording sales to and work done for customers at a gasoline service station in York, Maine.

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Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine. Included are account books, cashbooks, journals, and ledgers covering the years 1892 to 1959.

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Financial records of S.S. Herrick and Company, including daybooks of the grocery business 1896-1899 and 1908-1939 listing customer names, purchases and prices paid; and ledgers, 1892-1930s.