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Tug sank at Quartermasters Pier, South Boston, MA. Owned by G.H. Breymann and Brothers. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, memorandums, wreck report, charges, and services rendered.

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Schooner broke through launch ways at Crowninshield Shipbuilding Company, Fall River, MA. Built for Rogers and Webb, Boston, MA. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, newspaper clippings, sketches, insurance policy, wreck report, charges, and 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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Vessel beached near Watch Hill, RI, after hitting a reef. Owned by H.D. Dailey, Hope Valley, RI. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, wreck report, charges, and services rendered.