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Financial records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Asa Smith correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4226
Scope and Content note The collection consists primarily of correspondence, financial invoices and papers, and a handful of legal documents. Represented in this material are Smith’s various business, political, and community ventures, including records of his store stock, supplies required to care for his family and animals, building ventures, and timber and railroad papers. Efforts to build and maintain the community are evident in papers regarding the military road, the Mattawamkeag bridge, and the local...
Dates: 1832 - 1863
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Benton, Clinton, and Winslow, Maine, business records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 129
Scope and Content note

Daybooks and ledgers of Cony & Barton Co., Hinds & Stark Co., Hinds & Lunt Co. and William K. Lunt Col., general merchandisers, all of Benton, Maine; and also an unidentified ledger, probably belonging to a Clinton, Maine firm, and a personal account book, 1851-1897, of Hanes L. Crosby of Winslow, Maine. For cost of timber rafting and the price of lumber and timber products, see Vols. 2-3.

Dates: 1803 - 1897
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Bradford, Maine, town records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 241
Scope and Content note

Tax assessments, payments, real estate taxes, treasurer's accounts, and plantation and town expenses, including those for the support of schools and of paupers.

Dates: 1823 - 1887
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Chase family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4316
Scope and Content note

This collection documents members of the Chase family of York, Me. Contents include correspondence, postcards, genealogies, school and military records, property and financial documents, land deeds, catalogs, a daybook, a letter book, and photographs. The collection reflects the relationships and activities of multiple generations of Chases, as well as their property, finances, and business affairs.

Dates: 1821 - 1920
Found in: Maine Historical Society

E. Christopher Livesay papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4242
Scope and Content note This collection consists of correspondence, invoices and bills of sale, memos, financial records, reports, trip itineraries, publications, and photographs. The material details Livesay’s years as a collector of Maine-related manuscripts and printed matter, including prices, sources, and research. There are drafts of and records related to Livesay’s contributions to The Mirror of Maine: Four Centuries of Great Books published by the Baxter Society and the...
Dates: 1970 - 2018
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Goold family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2996
Scope and Content note This collection contains business and personal papers of the Goold family of Windham and Portland, Maine, from 1751-1946. Some larger items are included, such as tax ledgers, day books, pocket diaries and a broadside. The majority of the papers belong to Nathan Goold, born 1778, however the collection contains a much larger cast of characters, whose relationships are described in the Biographical note. Other families included in the collection are the Gowens and the Clarks, whose daughters...
Dates: 1751 - 1946
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Great Northern Paper Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 2950
Scope and Content note This collection documents the administration and properties of the Great Northern Paper Company in Maine. Consisting of manuscript material (primarily in the form of ledgers and photographs) and drawings (including engineering and architectural) and maps, the collection reflects aspects of the financial and operational activities of the company, as well as its extensive land and facilities management. Manuscript material includes inventories, accounting records, land purchase and sale...
Dates: 1813 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1980
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Hugh D. McLellan family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4231
Scope and Content note The collection consists of personal correspondence, legal documents of various types and purposes, financial papers, receipts and accounts, notes, and essays. The material reflects the personal and professional lives of members of both the McLellan and Lewis families. Contents include veteran bounty land papers filed by Hugh McLellan on behalf of military soldiers outlining claims to land in accordance with Congressional acts and papers and writings documenting the McLellan family history...
Dates: 1800 - 1889
Found in: Maine Historical Society

James Gower papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4239
Scope and Content note

Legal documents, correspondence, financial papers, and various writs, deeds, and agreements of James Gower, his family, and related to his various positions in local government. Included are several documents related to Bowdoin College land sales for which Gower played a role as agent, as well as versions of his own will and testament with details regarding his estate.

Dates: 1810 - 1856
Found in: Maine Historical Society

John Stuart Barrows Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4236
Scope and Content note

Primarily correspondence and legal and financial papers of John Stuart Barrows Sr., including drafts of love letters addressed to Ann Ayer Bradley. Barrow’s day and account books reflect both personal and town financial dealings, and his justice docket details issues heard as Justice of the Peace. Included in the family correspondence are letters to Georgianna Souther Barrows and Samuel Souther, her father, from various correspondents.

Dates: 1802 - 1898
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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