Business records, 1871-1896 (inclusive).

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Business records, 1871-1896 (inclusive).

Ledger accounts for agents, cash books, letter books, records of subscriptions and mailings, and unbound papers. There are extensive files of copyright entries and of advertising circulars. Also included are papers relating to Allen's other business interests, particularly the Kennebec Steamboat Company. The collection is an important resource for a study of the beginnings of both the mail order business and mass advertising. There is very little material on the editorial side of the business.

60 linear ft. (472 v., 33 boxes, 6 cases, 1 chest)

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Hanaford, Phebe A. (Phebe Ann), 1829-1921

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Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford (May 6, 1829 — June 2, 1921) was a Christian Universalist minister and biographer who was active in championing universal suffrage and women's rights. She was the first woman ordained as a Universalist minister in New England and the first woman to serve as chaplain to the Connecticut state legislature. Phebe Hanaford was born on May 6, 1829, in Siasconset on Nantucket Island to Phebe Ann (Barnard) Coffin (who died a month later) and George W. Coffin, a shipowner and...

Kennebec Steamboat Company.

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H. Hallett and Company.

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MacLellan, D. M.

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Haynes, J. Manchester.

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E.C. Allen and Company.

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Laurentide Paper Company.

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Drake, James M.

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Epithet: MD, FRS; political writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000575.0x00013e Photographer James Drake is credited as the creator of these images for Sports Illustrated magazine. From the description of Wonderful world of Ford as photographed by James Drake photographs, ca. 1967-1968. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 55803797 ...

Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904

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B.W. and H.F. Morse Company.

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George Stinson and Company.

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Industrial Company.

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Hammond, John

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Rogers, William I. (William Irvine), 1927-2011

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Allen, Edward Charles, 1849-1891.

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Maine businessman, publisher of farm and family periodicals and books, and owner of an extensive mail order business. Allen established E.C. Allen and Company in Augusta, Maine and subsequently acquired control of the publishing firms of True and Company of Augusta and George Stinson and Company of Portland, Maine. His first periodical was The People's Literary Companion, founded in 1869. Other periodicals published included Daughters of America, Golden Moments, Illustrated Family Herald, Sunshi...

Arthur Sewall and Company.

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True, A. M.

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Richards Paper Company.

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Forman, John

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Resident of Princeton, N.J. From the description of Bond, 1799 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966206 ...

Old Town Woolen Company.

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R.G. Dun & Company.

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True and Company

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Whitney, A. W.

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Allen Ice Company.

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Bolle, W.

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Kelley, J.Roland

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Pendleton, Carver, and Nichols.

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Gardiner National Bank.

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Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner Railroad.

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Rich, Thomas G.

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