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Box 4

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Cash journal "C", 1872 - 1909

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Financial records of multiple enterprises, including store in Andover, Me., store in NYC, farming, BTC tenement building rentals. 148 pages. Note that this is one of five known cash journals maintained by OFS; the other four ("A," "B," "D," and "E") were found in the Norway, Me., recycling center and donated to Andover Historical Society.

Dates: 1872 - 1909

Cash journal "C" inserts and notes, 1872 - 1909

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1a
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Documents and items found tucked inside the journal in various places. Also, notes PMS took on this journal, as well as A, B, D, and E at the Andover Historical Society.

Dates: 1872 - 1909

Paris, Me. farm papers, 1860 - 1909

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Deeds, notes, financial records, and correspondence. Includes dog license for OFS' shepherd Caesar. PMS index number 1.

Dates: 1860 - 1909

Andover store receipts, 1868 - 1894

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Supplier invoices and receipts. PMS index number 7.

Dates: 1868 - 1894

Deeds and notes, Maine and NYC, 1871 - 1883

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Records related to store and properties in Andover, Me., as well as Lisbon, Me. and New York City. Accompanied by PMS notes; PMS index number 2.

Dates: 1871 - 1883

New York City store records, 1880 - 1891

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Supplier invoices, receipts, and correspondence for store at 553 Greenwich Street in NYC. PMS index number 8

Dates: 1880 - 1891

Church matters, Andover and NYC, 1887 - 1890

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Josiah Bailey to OFS, re overdue pew tax for church in Andover, Me., as well as correspondence regarding church matters in New York City. One letter, from Pastor A.W. Halsey of Spring Street Presbyterian, addresses OFS' business problems. PMS index numbers 9 and 10.

Dates: 1887 - 1890

Executor records, Asa Fields and Dr. Lucian Ingalls, 1870 - 1900

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

OFS was named guardian and executor for Asa Fields of Falmouth, Me., who had been deemed "insane." OFS sold a portion of Fields' estate to Dr. Lucian Ingalls, who also named OFS executor of his estate. Accompanied by PMS notes and research; PMS index number 5.

Dates: 1870 - 1900

Lyman D. Small estate records, 1894 - 1895

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Brother of OFS, died after being shot by a deputy sheriff while resisting arrest following a family dispute over land ownership. OFS was executor of his estate. Photocopies and originals. PMS index number 23.

Dates: 1894 - 1895

Papers regarding OFS institutionalization and death, 1909

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between ROS and Dr. Bigelow Sanborn at the Maine Insane Hospital regarding OFS' fourth and final admission in 1909 and subsequent death; letter from OFS' neighbor Sidney Thayer to ROS regarding OFS' state preceding admission; and guardianship and estate related records. PMS index number 19.

Dates: 1909