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The vessel went ashore on Savin Rock near New Haven, CT, on Nov 25, 1912. She was owned by E.I. White of Machias, ME. Includes correspondence, telegrams, transcriptions of telephone conversations, a bill, a memorandum of charges, and a memorandum of services rendered.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...

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The vessel sank in Massachusetts Bay in Oct 1912. Includes correspondence and bills for services rendered.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...

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The vessel sank near the dock of Pardie and Young, Fall River, MA, on Dec 3, 1912. She was owned by Edgar F. Luckenbach and Company, New York, NY, who tried unsuccessfully to raise the barge but did remove most of the cargo before calling the Scott Company for assistance. Includes correspondence, telegrams, transcriptions of telephone conversations, bills, memorandums of charges, diver's reports, and a memorandum of services rendered.

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The vessel went ashore near Orient, NY, on Dec 21, 1912. She was owned by John Hendrickson, Noank, CT. Includes correspondence, telegrams, transcriptions of telephone conversations, and a bill for services rendered.

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The vessel struck the eastern breakwater at Point Judith, RI, on Dec 24, 1912. As a large rock stuck in her bow, she was towed to New London, CT, and then to Bridgeport, CT, her original destination. She possibly was owned by A.S. Faulkner of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Scammell Brothers of New York, NY, acted as agents for the schooner. Includes correspondence, transcriptions of telephone conversations, a report of survey, a memorandum of charges, and a memorandum of services rendered.

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The vessels all went ashore on Bartletts Reef, New London, CT, on Dec 24, 1912. They were owned by the Lehigh Valley Railroad of Perth Amboy, NJ. Includes correspondence, transcriptions of telephone conversations, bills, memorandums of charges, and memorandums of services rendered.

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Includes correspondence and copies of addresses read and hymns sung at a memorial service, May 19, 1906, for John Knight Bucklyn, founder and long-time teacher in the Mystic Valley Institute.