Bucksport (Me.)

Abstract

A receipt book (4 pages) showing business conducted with J.P. Hooper, a merchant tailor in Bucksport, Maine.

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...

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A ledger listing ships by name, including type of ship, age, weight, value, and share owners.

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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.

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Account book of a resident of Bucksport, Maine. Included are records of work done for W.T. Trevor, Armour Company, J.E. Witham and Company, Armour Fertilizer Company, F.M. Mooney, W.R. Moorehead, Dr. Crawford, and Dr. Snow. Included are records for work "paid out on place."

Scope and Contents

15 diaries, 1885-1910, of John Dana Payson, a teacher, summer resort keeper, and pastor. Payson was born in Cushing, Maine in 1861. Diaries date from his time at seminary in Bucksport, followed by stations in Bangor, Dexter, Southport, Camden, and Union. Payson notes the weather, church activities such as marriages and funerals, and daily activities.