Shipbuilding--Maine--Thomaston
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Levi B. Gillchrest Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-147
Abstract
Letters, bills, accounts, receipts, etc. relating to Captain Gillchrest's maritime activities, chiefly letters to Gillchrest from ship captains, including his father, Joseph Gillchrest, as well as agents such as Baring Brothers, R.L. Gillchrest & Co., and Snow & Burgess, relating to freight rates, market conditions, shipbuilding, difficulties with vessels and crews, etc. Topics include Gillchrest's ownership of shares in numerous vessels involved in coastwise and transatlantic...
Dates:
1833-1865, (bulk 1850-1864), additional information 1979-1980
Found in:
Manuscripts
Samuel Watts Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-152
Abstract
The Samuel Watts Collection consists of 57 document boxes containing approximately 24,000 pieces and 6 volumes relative to the career of a prominent 19th century shipbuilder and shipowner, Samuel Watts of Thomaston, Maine. Included are business correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, disbursements, dividend books, ledgers, and a scrapbook. The bulk of material is concentrated between 1850-1890.
Dates:
1828 - 1950
Found in:
Manuscripts