Watrous and Bacon Family Collection
Scope and Content
The Watrous and Bacon business papers consist primarily of correspondence with various customers, but also includes receipts and invoices. Their business included the manufacting of glass moulds and in later years an automatic hanker for cordage companies. The business papers of Jabez Watrous, Jr., include stock records from his tenure as clerk of the Mystic National Bank and as executor of the estate of his cousin Delight Crouch, also papers concerning the Lantern Hill Silex Company. The family papers consist of land deeds for the Watrous family; the correspondence of Phebe and Miner H. Bacon, as well as their children Miner J. and Mary. Also the papers of Jabez Whipple, a cousin to the Watrous and Crouch families.
Dates
- Creation: 1897 - 1915
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 the Watrous and Bacon Families
Stephen Watrous was born in New London, Conn. on Sept 11, 1830 and died on July 10, 1901. Miner H. Bacon was his business partner and cousin by marriage. Miner H. Bacon was born in New London, Conn. in 1832 and died after 1914, he was married to Phebe A. Watrous. Jabez Watrous Esq. was Phebe's brother. He was an attorney and also the clerk of Mystic National Bank.
Extent
9 box(es) (1500 pieces)
1 volume(s)
Abstract
The Watrous and Bacon Family Collection contains the papers of the Watrous and Bacon Manufacturing Company, and the family papers of Phebe and Miner H. Bacon. It also contains the legal papers of Jabez Watrous, Esq, and the legal papers of Jabez Whipple, cousin to the Watrous family.
Genre / Form
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Occupation
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- Title
- Watrous and Bacon Family Collection(Coll. 301)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of the Collection at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org