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Records of Samuel Staples & Son

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-094

Abstract

The collection includes letters, bills, receipts, accounts, agreements, charter parties, bills of lading, marine insurance receipts, telegrams, and tax lists, relative primarily to 73 schooners involved in coastwise trade. A few of the represented vessels include include GENERAL PEAVY, COTTAGE, WILLOW, CATHERINE WILCOX, OREGON, and J.R. HAMMOND.

Dates

  • Creation: 1857 - 1909

Language of Materials

English Latin

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

History of Samuel Staples & Son

Samuel Staples & Son were merchants and shipowners of Lubec and Trescott, Maine.

Extent

2 box(es) (ca. 1300 pieces)

Additional Description

Index to Personal Names

NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about John Abrahams in Box 2, Folder 9 of the collection.
Abrahams, John 2/9
Ackley, M.W. 2/7
Allen, Howard W. 1/15, 1/16, 1/17, 1/18, 1/22, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/10, 2/11, 2/12, 2/15, 2/16, 2/19, 2/20, 2/23, 2/24, 2/25
Allen, Lorenzo 2/12
Allen, William H. 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/12, 2/15
Alley, Asia B. 1/19
Andrews, Geroge P. 1/21
Armstrong, Alfred 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/6, 2/7, 2/25
Balch, Hiram A. 1/3
Bancroft, A.B. 1/22
Bangs, James M. 1/19, 1/21
Banker, Lydia C. 1/3
Barnard, E.A. 2/4
Barns, Robert 1/5
Blanchard, George H. 2/11, 2/12
Blunt, Charles E. 2/9, 2/11, 2/12
Bond, Thomas (Mrs.) 2/1
Bowen, Hugh 2/22
Boyd, Joseph B. 1/14
Bradish, M. 2/11
Brandos, Thomas 2/24
Brightham, O.B. 2/20
Brown, Leroy S. 2/4
Bugler, S.N. 2/12
Bunker, Joseph 1/3
Chapman, R.A. 2/7
Chase, Sophia 1/15, 2/8
Clark, E.E. 2/19
Clark, George E. 2/19
Coggins, J.H. 2/19
Coggins, K. 2/1, 2/2
Cook, E.B. 1/17
Coolidge, Newell 1/15
Crandall, H.V. 1/22
Crandall, Maggie L. 1/22
Craycroft, B.B. 2/6
Davis, John A. 1/17, 2/9
Diggins, John 2/2, 2/3, 2/9, 2/10
Dinsmore, Orin 1/14, 1/17
Divine, Brutis (Jr.) 1/22, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/5
Drisko, J.F. 2/6
Eldridge, F.H. 2/11
Fanning, Thomas 1/118
Faulds, William 1/15
Fisher, A.W. 2/10
Fisher, W.J. 2/12
Flint, D.R. 2/1
Foster, M.M. 2/10
French, John H. 2/4
Frye, Jed 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/7, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11, 1/12, 1/14, 1/15, 1/16, 1/17, 1/18, 1/19, 1/21, 1/22, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/10, 2/11, 2/12, 2/14, 2/19, 2/25
Garrison, A. 1/18
Garrison, Lorenzo 1/18, 1/19
Gaskill, E. 1/18, 1/19
George W. Hunter 1/8, 1/13, 2/1, 2/2
Giese, J. Henry 1/16
Gillise, P. 1/18
Gilmore, Alex 1/5
Godfrey, Peter 1/15, 1/17, 1/18
Gray, Andrew 2/4
Hallet, B. C. 1/15
Hamilton, Ira W. 2/6
Hawxhurst, Oscar 2/10
Hitchcock, W.V. 1/5
Hodgdon, G. Alexander 1/13
Hooper, Daniel 2/3
Horton, Benjamin F. 1/7
Houghton, Nathaniel 1/19, 1/22, 2/2, 2/4, 2/5, 2/7, 2/8, 2/11
Huckins, Joseph 1/19
Hunt, Herbert 2/11, 2/12
Hunter, George W. 2/3
Hyde, J.S. 1/15
Jones, Stewart M. 2/8
Kelley, G.S. 2/23
Kendall, H.L. 1/17
Kennedy, Jeremiah 1/8, 1/18
Laithwate, F.J. 2/11
Lamb, O.D. 2/7
Lawrence, Charles 1/21, 2/4, 2/5
Lincoln, Benjamin 2/4, 2/9
Lindsey, James 1/15, 2/5
Looney, Timothy 1/5, 1/6
Mahlma, Hugh C. 1/18, 1/19, 1/21, 1/22, 2/25
Marston, J.W. 2/21
May, James 2/6
McAllen, William 2/1
McAllis, Davis 1/15, 1/16, 1/17, 1/18, 1/19, 1/20, 1/22, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6
McBride, John 1/15, 1/17, 1/20
McFadden, George W. 1/12, 1/15, 1/17, 1/18, 1/19, 1/22, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/9, 2/11, 2/15
McLean, Colin 2/25
McQuig, Michael 2/10
Merritt, A.J. 1/4
Milliken, B.F. 2/2
Mitchell, Thomas 2/5, 2/9, 2/10, 2/11, 2/12, 2/18
Mowe, Robert 2/3
Muler, William 1/22
Neagle, B. 2/12
Nickerson, Isaac H. 2/9
Nugent, Patrick 2/3, 2/5, 2/8
Parker, Isaac 1/7, 1/15, 1/16, 1/17, 1/18, 1/19, 1/21, 1/22, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/8, 2/9, 2/10, 2/12, 2/14, 2/15, 2/25
Parker, James 2/8
Pike, David 1/2, 1/3, 1/5, 1/7, 1/17
Pike, J.C. 1/21, 1/22, 2/8
Pike, Samuel F. 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/25
Power, James 2/4
Quaig, W.W. 2/3
Rand, William D. 1/16
Reagan, Charles O. 2/5
Roberts, Henry M. 1/4
Rogers, William 1/5
Ross, George W. 1/18
Rotch, William J. 2/9
Sargent, Ingnatuis 1/19
Sears, Charles E. 2/25
Seely, D.J. 2/5, 2/6, 2/11
Small, Elisha 2/3
Small, John 1/15, 1/16, 1/18, 1/19, 1/22, 2/1, 2/3, 2/6, 2/9, 2/25
Small, W.F. 2/11
Smith, J.A. 2/4, 2/5
Smyth, Thomas 2/11
Snow, Aaron 2/5, 2/6
Spoffard, C.A. 1/22
Staples, J.R. 1/3
Stevens, W.B. 1/15
Stevins, N.B. 1/11, 1/18
Swaier, David 2/4
Swasey, S.B. 2/4, 2/7
Sweet, George B. 1/19
Talbot, John C. 1/4
Tate, S.W. 2/3
Thompkins, Joseph T. 1/18
Thurston, Daniel P. 2/2
Todd, Charles F. 2/5
Trott, William F. 1/22, 2/1, 2/10, 2/12, 2/25
Tupper, Edward A. 1/18, 1/19
Turner, Nathaniel 1/15, 1/16, 1/22, 2/2, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/7, 2/9, 2/11
Wadeworth, L.L. 1/10, 1/11
Walker, Charles J. 2/21
Whiting, Clarence C. 2/3
Wilder, F.H. 2/9
Wilder, Isaac 1/18, 2/5
Wood, William 1/17, 1/18
Woodward, S.T. 1/21

Index to Corporate Names

NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about A. Gibson & Co. in Box 1, Folder 22 of the collection.
A. Gibson & Co. 1/22
Albert Manufacturing Co. 1/22, 2/8
Albion Lead Works 2/1
Allen & Woodworth 2/4
American Shipmasters' Association 2/15
Amos P. Tapley & Co. 1/16
Atlantic Dock Co. 1/7
B.F. Brown & Co. 1/2, 1/4
Baldwin, Robbins, & Co. 2/23
Bell & Bell 1/22
Bennett, White & Co. 1/1, 1/2
Bigilow & Co. 1/5
Blaney, Brown, & Co. 2/4, 2/11
Boardman Bros. 1/12
Borden Mining Co. 2/12
Boston & Calais Steamboat Co. 2/2
Boston Tow Boat Co. 2/11, 2/12
Bowker Fertilizer Co. 2/12
Burgess, Fobes, & Co. 1/11
Burtt, Alexander, & Co. 2/12
C.B. & E.S. Paine 1/3, 1/7
C.H. Mallory & Co. 2/19
C.N. Millen & Co. 2/11
Charles Richardson & Co. 1/5, 1/12, 1/22
Chase, Talbot, & Co. 2/1
Chesebrough & Burrow 2/15, 2/19
Chipman & Balton 1/3
Coffin & Woodworth 1/16
Coleman, Field, & Horton 2/10
Cushing, Thompson, & Co. 2/11
D.J. & E.M. Sawyer 2/15
D.W. True & Co. 1/11
Dana & Co. 1/1
Dark Harbor Lumbering Co. 1/8
Deering, Milliken & Co. 1/11, 1/13
Delong & Seaman 1/11
Demott & Champlin 1/17
Dorchester Union Freestone Co. 2/3
Driscoll Bros. 1/22
E. & F. King & Co. 1/13
E. Merritt & Son 2/6
E.C. Nason & Co 2/6
E.P. Townsend & Co. 1/3
Eaton Bros. 2/2
Edmund A. Sauder & Co. 1/11
Edward A. Barnard & Son 2/4
Edward T. Russell & Co. 2/8
Emery & Waterhouse Co 1/11, 1/13, 1/18
F.H. Todd & Sons 1/22
Farr & Monson 1/11
Fearing & Hinckley 1/2, 1/3, 1/14, 14/
Fletcher & Co. 1/11, 1/13, 1/15
Frontier Steamboat Co. 1/4
G.A. Philps & Co. 1/21
G.L. Storer & Co. 1/8
G.W. Jones, Heard, & Ingram 2/2
George A. Hunt & Co. 1/16
George F. Filden & Son 1/19
George W. True & Co. 2/10
Gwinn & Co. 1/15
H. Blanchard & Son 2/9
H. Warren Lancey & Co. 1/13, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/7, 2/9
H.L. Gregg & Co. 1/18, 1/19
Haines & Smith 1/11
Hathaway & Langdon 1/6
Henry Atkins & Co. 1/3
Higgins, Snow, & Co. 2/2
Holbrook & Arnold 1/6
Holister & Haden 2/10
Holmes & Brother 1/7
Homer Ramsdell Transportation Co. 2/19
Howard M. Baker & Co. 1/19
Howard W. Spurr Co. 2/15
J.E. & G. Bowly 1/14
J.M. Pike, Jr. & Co. 2/8
J.S. Winslow & Co. 1/14, 1/15, 1/17, 1/19, 2/6
J.T. Lewis & Co. 2/2
James A. Small & Sons 1/18
James Murchie & Sons 1/16, 2/4, 2/19
John S. Emery & Co. 2/19
Jonathan French & Co. 1/5
Joseph Nickerson & Co. 2/6
Joseph S. Hyde & Co. 2/3
Julius & Anderson 1/15, 1/19
Kendall Manufacturing Co. 1/22, 2/1, 2/2
Kimball & Bates 1/19
Knowllin & Co. 1/16
Loiring, Short, & Hammel 2/7
Lord, Haskell, & Co. 1/19, 1/22, 2/5
Loud, Claridge & Co. 2/13, 2/25
M.F. Whiton & Co 2/3
Masten & Wells 2/25
Merrill & Co. 1/11
N. Lindsey & Co. 1/17, 1/19
Palladium Mills 1/16
Parr & Wonson 2/15, 2/19
Peabody & Cummings 2/2
Peter Thacher & Bros. 1/3
Pike & Kelley 2/19
Pike & Peacock 2/24
Red Beach Plaster Co. 2/4
Rider & Cotton 1/21
Robinson & Glenn 2/2
Ross & Howell 2/4
S. & W. Merriams & Co. 1/15
Scammel Bros. 1/15, 1/16, 1/18, 1/19, 1/22, 2/1, 2/3, 2/4, 2/6, 2/9, 2/12, 2/15
Shaw, Hammond, & Carney 1/11
Simmons, Anderson, & Co. 1/11
Sleeper & Rogers 1/2
Souder & Adams 1/21, 2/3, 2/7
Stephenson & Gibson 2/2, 2/3
Stockbridge & Co. 2/12
Tenny, Ballister, & Co. 1/2
Thomas Dana & Co. 2/11
Thomas H. Weston & Co. 1/11
Thomas Laughlin & Son 2/12
Treat & Safford 2/15
Twichell Bros. & Champlin & Co. 1/11
Twichell, Champlin & Co. 1/19, 1/21
Tyler & Co. 1/21
U.S. Marine Hospital Service 1/22
Vroom & Arnold 2/3, 2/25
W. & C.R. Milliken 1/11, 1/13
W. & J. Tiebout 1/19
W.F. Hager & Co. 2/11, 2/15
W.F. Phillips & CO. 2/1
W.K. Lewis & Bros. 1/11, 1/13
Ward, Brooks, & Co. 1/5
Whiton Bros. & Co. 1/11, 1/13, 1/16, 1/18, 1/19, 1/21
William Law & Co. 1/22
William Senter & Co. 2/1, 2/3, 2/4
Winslow Harris & Co. 1/4, 1/5

Index to Vessel Names

NOTE: The fraction(S) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about the schooner ABIGAIL in Box 1, Folder 3 of the collection.
ABIGAIL (Schooner) 1/3
ATLAS (Steam tug) 2/6
BENJAMIN (Schooner) 1/2, 1/3
CALEDONIA (Steamer) 2/8
CAMILLA (Steam tug) 1/7, 2/11
CARL D. LATHROP (Schooner) 1/17, 1/19, 1/23, 2/1, 2/5
CATHERINE WILCOX (Schooner) 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/10
CHARLES A. ROPES (Schooner) 2/11
CHARLES ALLEN (Steam tug) 2/10
CHARLES E. SEARS (Schooner) 1/18, 2/6, 2/10, 2/11, 2/12, 2/15, 2/19
CLARA JANE (Schooner) 1/18, 1/19, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/10, 2/12, 2/20
COMMANDER (Schooner) 1/7, 1/8
COMMODORE DURYEA (Steam tug) 2/12
COMPLIANCE (Schooner) 1/7, 1/8
COTTAGE (Schooner) 1/2, 1/3, 1/6
D.S. STETSON (Steam tug) 1/8
DEAN RICHMOND (Tug) 1/8
DEL NORTE (Schooner) 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 2/25
DOLLY BARDEN (Schooner) 2/19
DOLPHIN (Steam tug) 1/7
ESTER ELIZA (Schooner) 1/2
EVIE REED (Bark) 2/15
EXCHANGE (Steam tug) 2/10
FANNIE FLINT (Schooner) 2/19
FANNY F. COIT (Schooner) 2/12
FLORENCE (Steam tug) 2/12, 2/20
FRANK BARKER (Schooner) 1/19
FRANKLIN (Schooner) 1/2, 1/7, 1/8
GALLOPER (Schooner) 2/4
GENERAL MEADE (Schooner) 1/5, 1/7, 1/8, 1/10, 1/14
GENERAL PEAVY (Schooner) 1/2, 1/3, 1/5
GUN ROCK (Schooner) 1/2, 1/5
HAMIT NEAL (Schooner) 1/5, 1/7
IDA M. DALBY (Steam tug) 2/12
IDEWILDE (Schooner) 2/6, 2/8
IMBRIM (Schooner) 1/3
JACOB SINEX (Steam tug) 2/11, 2/12, 2/15
JASON (Steam tug) 2/10
JOE (Steam tug) 1/4
KATE (Steam tug) 2/5
KING PHILIP (Schooner) 2/10, 2/11
LAHANIA (Schooner) 1/22, 2/8, 2/10, 2/11
LARK (Schooner) 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5
LEOPARD (Schooner) 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8
LIZZIE DEWEY (Schooner) 2/10
LOUIS (Steamboat) 1/7
MARY (Schooner) 1/4, 1/6, 1/7
MARY A. HARMON (Schooner) 1/18, 1/19
MARY E. STAPLES (Schooner) 1/19
MARY F. PIKE (Schooner) 2/4
MECCA (Schooner) 2/12
NELLIE J. DINSMORE (Schooner) 1/22, 2/2, 2/6, 2/8, 2/11, 2/12, 2/15, 2/17
NEW BRUNSWICK (Steamer) 1/16
NEW ENGLAND (Steamer) 1/15
OREGON (Schooner) 1/5, 1/6
PENTA (Schooner) 1/12
PENTAGOET (Steamer) 2/25
S.J. Gilmore (Schooner) 2/15
SAMUEL FORD (Schooner) 1/18, 1/19, 1/22, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6, 2/8, 2/9, 2/10, 2/11, 2/25
T.H. VETTERLEIN (Steam tug) 1/7
T.R. HAMMOND (Schooner) 1/8
UNION (Floating elevator) 1/8
VICTORY (Schooner) 2/10
VIM (Steam tug) 2/12
VIRGINIA (Schooner) 1/19, 2/3, 2/5
W.H. SCOTT (Steam tug) 1/19
W.S. ANDERSON (Steam tug) 2/6
WARRIOR (Steamer) 1/12
WENONAH (Schooner) 1/7
WILLIAM STROUD (Steamer) 2/5
WILLOW (Schooner) 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 2/12
WINTHROP (Steam ship) 2/19
YOUNG AMERICA (Steam tug) 2/9

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Title
Records of Samuel Staples & Son (Coll. 94)
Subtitle
An Inventory of Records at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
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