Records, 1880-1897

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Records, 1880-1897

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Records of a tannery originally owned by F. Shaw and Brothers located in Grand Lake Stream, Maine. Included is a ledger recording bark received from 1880 to 1897. Included also are statements of business operations in Brookton, Maine from 1885 to 1894, several with the letterhead of Chas. W. Clement, Trustee, Business of F. Shaw & Bros. Included also are letters in 1904 concerning the Grand Lake Stream property. Correspondents include S. B. Gates, Fred E. Knapp, Chester W. Lyman, and George H. Hamlin.

1 folder (12 items and 1 ledger ( 35 cm.))

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Shaw Brothers Tannery (Grand Lake Stream, Me.)

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F. Shaw and Brothers was a Boston firm which dominated the Maine tannery business in the late 1800's. They had large tanneries at Kingman, Jackson Brook (now Brookton), Vanceboro, Forest City, and Grand Lake Stream. The three brothers in the firm, William, Fayette, and Thackster Shaw, had learned the business from their father who had a small tannery in Cummington, Mass. In the summer of 1870 the three of them started their operations in Maine after a trip to Hinckleytown or, as it ...

Hamlin, George Beals, 1834-

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George H. Hamlin, the son of Wellington and Philena Robinson Hamlin, was born in Sidney, Maine, on November 18, 1850. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1873 and served the university from 1873 to 1898 as a professor in several fields: drawing and field engineering, mathematics and drawing and civil engineering. He was also treasurer of the university from 1889-1896, librarian from 1884-1889, and one of the founders of the Alumni Association in 1875. After leaving the university, he wa...

Clement, Chas. W.

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Lyman, Chester W.

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United States Leather Company

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Knapp, Fred E.

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Gates, S B

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