1825 Shipbuilding Document, Steuben, Maine; Names of brothers Philo Lewis & Thompson Lewis; and Tunk Mill owners Mark Wilson & Moses Colson

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January 3, 1825, Steuben, Maine; handwritten document where Philo Lewis and his brother Thompson Lewis are purchasing planks from Mark Wilson and Moses Colson, owners of the Tunk Mill.

A previous contemporary owner of this document wrote "Shipbuilding" in pencil; presumably the Lewis brothers were shipbuilders.

From brief online research: If you have corrections and/or additional information, please leave a comment for the benefit of other family researchers

• Philo Lewis - presumably Philo Lewis (abt 1785-1838); Postmaster of Steuben from 1823-1827; Connecticut native

• Thompson Lewis - presumably Thompson Lewis (abt 1788-1827) - his FindaGrave notes his military rank as Colonel; Connecticut native

• Mark Wilson - presumably Mark Wilson (1782-1866); Maine native, possibly Cherryfield, Maine

• Moses Colson - presumably Moses Colson (1782-1860); Maine native, possibly Cherryfield, Maine

November 1845 Document from Bion Bradbury, Customs Collector at Passamaquoddy, Eastport, Maine, to Customs in Alexandria, Virginia

 

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November 22, 1845 document from Bion Bradbury (1811-1887), Customs Collector at the District of Passamaquoddy, in Eastport, Maine, to the Customs Collector in the District of Alexandria, then, apparently, considered part of Washington, D.C.

The document concerns the Schooner Lucinda Snow of Boston, whose master was then William Hall.

The schooner Lucinda Snow came to grief after a voyage to the Gulf of Mexico, where her cargo was unloaded in Galveston, and she was then chartered by the U.S. Government for use during the Mexican-American War.  During the "great norther" of May 2, 1846, the schooner was cast upon the island of Sacrificios near Vera Cruz, Mexico, and later became the subject of a lawsuit.

Bradury, a native of Biddeford, Maine and graduate of Bowdoin College, was an attorney, before, in 1844, being appointed Customs Collector for the Passamaquoddy District. He served in the Maine State Legislature and ran several times for governor, but was not successful, although, according to a contemporary note in pencil on the document, he did serve as Lieutenant Governor at one time.

See a photograph of him circa 1880, on the Maine Memory Network.  From the July 2, 1887 issue of the Portland Daily Press:

If you have information on Bion Bradbury, William Hall or the Schooner Lucinda Snow, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.  

And if you know of a way for Google Maps to show sea routes, please let me know.

1914 State of Maine for Logging Tax for John W. Hinch, Eugene R. Kelley, Danforth, Maine

State of Maine Treasurer's Office invoice for the State, County and District Taxes on forestry lands in Aroostook County: to "John W. Hinch for Eugene R. Kelley in Danforth, Maine".

This item is the subject of a listing on the online auction site eBay, for October 2022.  

John W. Hinch (abt 1860-1918) - prominent lumberman with interests in Maine and New Brunswick.

Eugene R. Kelly

If you have information on either of these men, please leave a comment for the benefit of other family historians.

Danforth, in Washington County, is adjacent to Weston, in Aroostook County. 

Collection of Early 1900s Invoices/Letters to S. B. Cummings & Son of West Jonesport, Maine

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Collection of early 1900s invoices and correspondence from Maine and other New England companies to S. B. Cummings & Son of West Jonesport, Maine.

Two of the invoices were from the McLean Jones Oil & Supply Company who used a swastika in their logo, in an era before this wouldn't have been seen as a poor business practice.

Images of all of the papers appear at the end of this post.

S. B. Cummings was Samuel Bowden Cummings (1844-1916), a merchant as well as mariner, lighthouse keeper and postmaster.

Papers:

• Williams Stove Lining Company, stove linings and bricks; Taunton, Massachusetts
• July 3, 1902
• September 30, 1902
• Portland Stove Foundry, stoves; Portland, Maine
• January 18, 1910
• May 11, 1910
• July 6, 1910
• August 8, 1910
• September 22, 1910
• November 11, 1910
• November 17, 1910
• November 25, 1910
• July 27, 1916
• Brien Heater Company, stoves; Westfield, Massachusetts
• October 22, 1912
• November 7, 1912
• November 23, 1912
• May 23, 1917 - T. R. Brien
• Frye Phipps & Co., hardware and cutlery; Boston, Massachusetts
• April 24, 1908
• May 17, 1907 - two invoices
• October 9, 1907
• McLean Jones Oil & Supply Co., steamship, mill and railway supplies; Boston, Massachusetts
• dated September 16, 1912
• dated September 27, 1912
• L. N. Littlehale, dealer in flour, corn, oats, cotton seed meal and mill feeds, of Rockland, Maine; December 21, 1906
• Winslow & Co., Inc., Portland Stoneware Co., Portland, Maine; May 26, 1914
• James Bailey Company of Portland, Maine, saddlery and horse furnishings; July 1, 1913 - stamp of W. F. Boyce - presumably William Francis Boyce, born 8 December 1877 in Quebec, according to his naturalization papers; possibly this William F. Boyce with a birth date of 8 December 1876
• Boston, Massachusetts, Office of Quaker City Varnish Company; September 8, 1910 - John Weingartner - presumably John S. Weingartner, Jr. (1865 or 1866-1944) [MA Mason card gives birth year as 1865; grave marker as 1866]
• W. L. Blake & Co., Portland, Maine, steam fitting and plumbing supplies; November 21, 1913 - signed with the stamp of A. W. Blake, Sales Manager - presumably Arthur W. Blake 
• Northfield Knife Company of Northfield, Connecticut; April 1, 1903 - J. K. ?, possibly Oatley - but also possibly Cutlery, not a person.

If you have information to share on Samuel Bowden Cummings or any of the other names that appear, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

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