Portland Company records, ca. 1900-1905.

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Portland Company records, ca. 1900-1905.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/653244535

Five typescripts addressed "to the board of Directors and General Manager of the Portland Company," as well as a ms. list of "names of stockholders in Portland Company who have sold at $3 per share," and two accounts.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7944425

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Portland Company (Portland, Me.)

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