Silas Peirce & Co.
Variant namesWholesale grocery and shipping business located at 59 and 61 Commercial St. in Portsmouth, N.H.
From the description of Records, 1827-1870. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70925723
Silas Peirce (1793-1879) founded a wholesale grocery house in Boston, Mass., in 1815. It retained his name under various proprietors and is known today as S. Peirce & Co. Peirce was also a successful importer of foreign fruit and dealt in wine, tea, tobacco, and oils. Prominent in the Massachusetts militia, he was also a city alderman.
From the description of Business papers, 1822-1870. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191285934
Wholesale grocery and shipping business located in Portsmouth, N.H.
From the description of Shipping papers, 1828-1866. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 79371956
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Silas Peirce & Co. Business papers, 1822-1870. | Gadsden Public Library | |
| creatorOf | Silas Peirce & Co. Silas Peirce & Company Records, 1821-1890. | Peabody Essex Museum | |
| creatorOf | Silas Peirce & Co. Records, 1827-1870. | Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum | |
| creatorOf | Silas Peirce & Co. Silas Peirce & Co. Papers, 1827-1877. | Peabody Essex Museum | |
| creatorOf | Silas Peirce & Co. Shipping papers, 1828-1866. | Maine Historical Society Library | |
| referencedIn | Glenburn Center (Me.). Town records, 1825-1896. | Raymond H. Fogler Library |
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| associatedWith | Balch, William. | person |
| associatedWith | Bay Queen (Schooner) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Crowell family. | family |
| associatedWith | Cushing, Matthew. | person |
| associatedWith | Cushing, Nathan. | person |
| associatedWith | Glenburn Center (Me.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Howes, Mary P. | person |
| associatedWith | Nereus (Steamer) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Oberlin (Barque) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Old Colony Rail Road Corporation. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Peirce, Elijah. | person |
| associatedWith | Peirce, Silas, 1793-1879. | person |
| associatedWith | Stickney, William. | person |
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| Grocery trade |
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| Weighhouses |
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Active 1821
Active 1890
