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Includes accounts, bills, and receipts for the house of Thomas A. Scott at Pequot Avenue and School Street, New London, CT.

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Includes correspondence, reports of conditions, articles of agreement, accounts due, and trial balance sheets of the New London Marine Iron Works, New London, CT. Thomas A. Scott became president of the company in Feb 1912.

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Includes correspondence, reports, a map, contracts, and pamphlets of the Colorado River Improvement Company of Portland, ME, regarding construction of a dam and power plant at the junction of the Colorado and Green Rivers in San Juan County, Utah. (See also Box 6, Folder 11.)

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Includes correspondence, reports, a map, contracts, and pamphlets of the Colorado River Improvement Company of Portland, ME, regarding construction of a dam and power plant at the junction of the Colorado and Green Rivers in San Juan County, Utah. (See also Box 6, Folder 10.)

Abstract The vessel was stranded near Nixs Mate in the harbor at Boston, MA, on Jan 12, 1913. Vessels from several Boston firms aided in the salvage operations, which were carried out during a 50-mile-an-hour gale. The vessel was owned by the Metropolitan Steamship Company, New York, NY. Includes correspondence, telegrams, memorandums, bills, a chart showing the location of the wreck and position of salvage vessels, blueprints, reports of surveys, salvor's arguments presented to underwriters, and...

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The vessel sank on the east side of the channel off Fields Point at Providence, RI. Includes correspondence, telegrams, transcriptions of telephone conversations, a bill, memorandums of charges, and memorandums 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...

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The vessel became water-logged near Fields Point, Providence, RI, on Jan 17, 1913. Includes correspondence, telegrams, bills, and a memorandum of services rendered.

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The vessel sank off South West Ledge near New London, CT, on Jan 21, 1913. She was owned by McWilliams Brothers Towing and Transportation, New York, NY. Includes correspondence, telegrams, transcriptions of telephone conversations, bills, a memorandum of charges, and a memorandum of services rendered.