Ship's papers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Skolfield family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4230
Scope and Content note
This collection consists of the personal and business-related papers of the Skolfield family. This includes correspondence, personal papers such as schoolwork, and financial records, including bills, receipts, bank books and accounts, for various members of the Skolfield family, as well as the related Dunning family. The bulk of the collection, however, is comprised of ship and ship building records, including account books, employee records, ship inventories and finances, correspondence...
Dates:
1807 - 1944; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1896
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
St. John Smith ledgers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 125
Scope and Content note
Fourteen volumes and one letterbook relating to land and lumber investments in Pennsylvania, letters of instruction to vessel captains, and some pertaining to the Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad, recording the vessels and cargoes at Smith's and Widgery's wharf, some with weather observations.
Dates:
1845 - 1880
Found in:
Maine Historical Society