History of Samuel Staples & Son
Samuel Staples & Son were merchants and shipowners of Lubec and Trescott, Maine.
Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
J.R. Hammond (Schooner)
Catherine Wilcox (Schooner)
Cottage (Schooner)
General Peavy (Schooner)
Oregon (Schooner)
Willow (Schooner)
Places:
Maine–Commerce–West Indies
West Indies–Commerce–Maine
Subjects:
Coastwise shipping–Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
International trade
Merchants–Maine–Lubec
Shipowners–Maine–Lubec
Shipping–Maine–Lubec
Shipping–Maine–Trescott (Township)
Document Types:
Affidavits
Agreements
Bills of lading
Charter-parties
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Administrative Information
Coll. 94, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Indexes
Detailed Description of the Records
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Business papers; 1857-1909 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Papers including receipts and checks with banking firms in Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine; 1857 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Papers including receipts and checks, in addition to bills of lading for the schooners GUN ROCK, LEOPARD, GENERAL PEAVY, ESTER ELIZA, BENJAMIN, LARK, COTTAGE, and FRANKLIN; 1858 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Papers, including letters, account, and checks, in addition to bills of lading for the schooners LEOPARD, LARK, COTTAGE, ABIGAIL, GENERAL PEAVY, BENJAMIN, WILLOW, and IMBRIM; 1859 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Papers including letters, accounts, bills, checks, and receipts in addition to bills of lading for the schooners CATHERINE WILCOX, LEOPARD, DEL NORTE, WILLOW, and MARY; 1860 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Papers including letters, accounts, bills, receipts, and checks, in addition to bills of lading for the schooners CATHERINE WILCOX, TINK, OREGON, HAMIT NEAL, GENERAL PEAVY, GUN ROCK, DEL NORTE, and LEOPARD; 1861 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Paper including letters, accounts, and receipts, in addition to bills of lading for the schooners, LEOPARD, OREGON, MARY, FRANKLIN, CATHERINE WILCOX, HAMIT NEAL, and WILLOW; 1862 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Papers including letters, accounts, receipts, and bills, in addition to bills of lading for the schooners COMMANDER, MARY, FRANKLIN, CATHERINE WILCOX, HAMIT NEAL, and WILLOW; 1863 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Papers including letters, accounts, and receipts, in addition to bills of lading for the schooners FRANKLIN, COMMANDER, GENERAL MEADE, WILLOW, and J.R. HAMMOND; 1864 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Papers including letters from Jed Frye and an affidavit addressed to G. W. Hunter; 1866 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Papers including letters and accounts, in addition to bills of lading for the schooners CATHERINE WILCOX and GENERAL MEADE; 18367 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Papers including letters, accounts, bills, receipts, and checks; 1868 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Papers including letters, receipts, and a telegram pertaining to vessel chartering; 1869 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Papers including letters, accounts, receipts, bills and checks; 1870 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Papers including letters and accounts; 1871 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Paper including letters, accounts and checks; 1872 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Papers including letters, accounts, receipts, and checks; 1872 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Papers including letters, accounts, receipts, checks, and an Article of Agreement for the construction of a schooner; 1873 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Papers including letters, receipts, and checks, in addition to one bill of lading for the schooner CHARLES E. SEARS; 1874 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Papers including letters, accounts, receipts, and checks; 1874 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Papers including a receipt and a letter; 1875 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Papers including letters, accounts, receipts, and checks; 1876 Jan-Aug | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Papers including letters, receipts, and bills; 1876 Sep-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Papers including account for the schooner CARL D. LOTHROP; 1877 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Papers including letters and accounts; 1878 Jan-Jun | |||||||||||
| 2 | Papers including letters, accounts, and receipts; 1878 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Papers including letters and receipts, in addition to a tax list of delinquent non-resident property owners; 1879 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Papers including letters and accounts; 1879 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Papers including letters and accounts; 1880 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Papers including letters, receipts, and a St. Thomas, West Indies charter list, in addition to insurance receipts for the schooners CHARLES E. SEARS, NELLIE J. DINSMORE, and IDLEWILD; 1880 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Papers including letters and accounts; 1881 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Papers including letters, receipts, accounts, and a charter party for the schooner NELLIE J. DINSMORE; 1882 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Papers including letters and receipts; 1882 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Papers including letters, receipts, accounts, and a charter party for the schooner for the schooner LIZZIE DEWEY, in addition to insurance receipts for the schooners KING PHILIP, SAMMY FORD, CLARA JANE, CHARLES E. SEARS, and LAHAINA; 1883 Jan-Jun | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Papers including letters, receipts, and a bill of lading for the schooner CHARLES E. SEARS, in addition to insurance receipts for the schooners NELLIE J. DINSMORE, KING PHILIP, SAMMY FORD, LAHAINA, CHARLES E. SEARS, and CHARLES A. ROPES; 1883 Jul-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Papers including letters, receipts, and checks, in addition to a bill of lading for the schooner MECCA; 1884 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Letters, pertaining to a settlement of insurance claims for the schooner CHARLES E. SEARS; 1885 Apr 8 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Letter pertaining to a cargo of coal and a leaking vessel, from Isaac Parker, master; 1886 Nov 5 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Papers including letters, accounts, receipts, and checks; 1887 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Letter pertaining to freights, from Howard W. Allen, master; 1888 Feb 7 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Receipt for the schooner NELLIE J. DINSMORE; 1889 Feb 2 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Letter pertaining to damage of a vessel lying off Provincetown, from Thomas Mitchell; 1891 Feb 12 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Papers incluing letters, accounts, and receipts; 1892 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Papers incluing letters and receipts; 1893 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Papers incluing letters and receipts; 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Letter from Hugh Bowin of the West Qoddy Head Lighthouse Station; 1895 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Letters pertaining to various freight and cargos; 1897-1898 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Papers including letters and receipts; 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Papers including letters, accounts, and receipts, in addition to a bill of lading for the schooner DEL NORTE; 1905, 1909 and undated | ||||||||||||