St. John Smith account books

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 125a

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Six volumes. Memoranda and expense account books containing details of day-to-day business transactions; lists of notes due and notes payable by Smith; descriptions of timber lands, residential, and commercial properties owned; information relating to railroad activities and to brickyard and oil company investments; and some genealogical data on the families of John Moody Smith and John Burleigh, as well as a record of many deaths in Portland.

Dates

Creation: 1844 - 1870

Creator

Smith, St. John, 1799-1878 (Person)

Access

Unrestricted

Copyright

Access to collections at Maine Historical Society is not an authorization to publish. Rights and reproduction requests may be submitted in writing to the MHS Image Services Coordinator or Research & Administrative Librarian, subject to format.

Biographical note

St. John Smith (1799-1878) was a merchant in Portland, Maine, with offices at 270 Commercial St. (Smith's Wharf) and 27 Widgery's Wharf in Portland, Maine.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Peter Jenness, Jr., Belfield Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, June 5, 1975 (acc. no. MS 75-32).

Processing note

All volumes have a typed label with collection and volume number. The collection number is written in the back of each volume. All volumes are fragile.