Silas Peirce & Co.

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Wholesale 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

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Role Title Holding Repository
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
Place Name Admin Code Country
New Hampshire
Portsmouth (N.H.)
Charlestown (Mass.)
New Hampshire--Portsmouth
Massachusetts
New Hampshire--Portsmouth
Boston (Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Massachusetts--Boston
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Accounts
Bills and notes
Commercial paper
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Freight and freightage
Grocers
Grocery trade
Merchants
Merchants
Purchasing
Railroads
Shipping
Weighhouses
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Active 1821

Active 1890

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