Records, 1873-1929 (bulk 1900-1929).

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Records, 1873-1929 (bulk 1900-1929).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70969154

Chiefly bills and receipts documenting the day to day business of Whitcomb, Haynes & Whitney in 1894 and 1900-1929, including shipping manifests and repair bills for the company's large schooner fleet, Maine Central Railroad lading receipts, lumber transactions, and tax receipts.

28 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8058803

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Haynes, Charles, 1835-1916

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Whitcomb, John, 1838-1913

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Whitney, John O., 1855-1919

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Maine Central Railroad Company

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In 1845 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to build a line from Danville Junction on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand Trunk) to Waterville, and the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to extend the Androscoggin & Kennebec line to Bangor. The former line was completed to Waterville in 1849, and the first train entered Bangor over the latter road in August, 1855. These railroads, forming a continuous line between Danville Junction and Bangor, were consolid...

Whitcomb, Haynes & Whitney (Ellsworth, Me.)

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Lumbering firm, operating in the Union River valley in Maine, owned by John Whitcomb, Charles Haynes, and John O. Whitney; originated as a general store in 1863; by 1900 was largest owner of timberland in Hancock and Washington counties. Enterprises included a general store, barrel stave factory, lumber mills, and fleet of schooners which transported the company's goods. In 1929 sold and thereafter operated as Ellsworth Forest Products Corporation. From the description of Records, 18...