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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Chapman-Doten family collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4113
Scope and Content note

Correspondence, photographs, Wellesley English assignments, poetry, illustrations, book reviews, newspaper clippings, papers related to the Junior League of Portland and a financial ledger, among others.

Dates: 1865 - 2001
Found in: Maine Historical Society

E.C. Jordan & Co. records and family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4276
Scope and Content note This collection includes the personal, professional, and family papers of Edward C. Jordan (ECJ1), his nephew Henry I. Jordan (HIJ), and his grand-nephew Edward C. Jordan (ECJ2), as well as select records of their mutual engineering firm E.C. Jordan & Co. Contents include correspondence, essays, ledgers, records, publications, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs, and drawings. Also included are detailed genealogies compiled by HIJ of the related Boody, Frost, Jordan, Leach, Pennell,...
Dates: 1748 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1995
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

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

Joseph Dow family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4227
Scope and Content note The collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, account and day books, and legal papers of Joseph Dow and other members of the extended Dow family. Included are deeds and correspondence between Dow family members and the related Marstons, as well as a selection of Civil War letters from James Bradbury to his family. A significant portion of the collection is comprised of the legal writs and complaints presented to Joseph Dow during his tenure as Justice of the Peace in...
Dates: 1812 - 1894
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Orange Frost Small papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4281
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the life and family of Orange Frost Small. Contents include correspondence, genealogies, institutional records, diaries, personal writings, account books, property and financial records, and photographs. The collection reflects the work, thoughts, health, and relationships of Orange Small, as well as close family and community members, including his son, Robert Orange Small.

Dates: 1859 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1859 - 1909
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Reed, Abbot, Binford, and Hatch family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4280
Scope and Content note

This collection documents the activities, relationships, genealogies, and businesses of the Reed, Abbot, Binford, and Hatch families during the 19th and 20th centuries, primarily within the towns of Rumford, Roxbury, and Mexico, Maine. Contents include correspondence, personal papers, diaries, financial and business records, legal documents, scrapbooks, genealogical research, news clippings, photographs (including negatives and cased photos), albums, and maps.

Dates: 1825 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1969
Found in: Maine Historical Society

Shepard Cary papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4232
Scope and Content note The collection includes correspondence, land leases, business and financial records, estate papers, maps, printed matter, and various account books and ledgers. This material relates primarily to Cary’s varied business enterprises, including his lumber operations and sales, employee records, and land leases and management. A portion relates also to his political positions and roles. Correspondence regarding his position as sutler, and his ensuing removal, are included, as are a handful of...
Dates: 1808 - 1889
Found in: Maine Historical Society

William and Hatevil Bell family ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4243
Scope and Content note This collection consists solely of ledgers. These ledgers reflect the treasury and tax records of Trescott as maintained by William Bell, as well as the management, operations, and financial records of Bell family lumber and mercantile enterprises. There are two unlabeled ledgers in the final folder, one of which includes Bell family information but has a much wider scope. The other contains financial records related to Philadelphia between 1822 and 1842. These items arrived...
Dates: 1815 - 1887
Found in: Maine Historical Society

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