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Tug stranded on Hawes Shoal near Vineyard Haven, MA. Operated by Staples Transportation Company for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Includes correspondence, telegrams, telephone transcriptions, weather records, newspaper clippings, report of survey, 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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Lighter stranded on Cape Cod Canal bank near Bourne Bridge, MA. Owned by John B. Astell, New York, NY. Includes correspondence, memorandums, telephone transcriptions, wreck report, charges, and services rendered.

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Fishing steamer went ashore on Sea Flower Reef near Fishers Island, NY. Owned by Wilcox Fertilizer Company, Mystic, CT. Includes letter, telephone transcriptions, wreck report, charges, and services rendered.

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Yacht blown ashore at Groton, CT. Owned by H.L. Merry, Hadlyme, CT. Includes telephone transcription, wreck report, and memorandum of services rendered.

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Steamship caught fire at pier 7, Hoboken, NJ. Owned by United Fruit Company, operated for the United States Army Transport Service. Scott Company furnished divers to Merritt and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, wreck report, expenses, charges, and services rendered.

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Steamship beached after collision in New York harbor. Scott Company furnished diver to Merritt and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company. Includes correspondence and charges.

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Tug damaged in harbor at New London, CT. Owned by T.A. Scott Company, Inc. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, memorandums, marine protest, wreck report, and repair bills.

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Barge grounded in Plymouth harbor, MA. Owned by Howard Transportation Company. Includes correspondence, telephone transcriptions, memorandums, wreck report, charges, and services rendered.