Summary Information:
Collection Title: Black & Company Papers
Date of Collection: 1839-1890
Box Numbers: SpC Box 436
Quantity: 1 box and 10 ledgers
Administrative Information:
Provenance: Gift
Access Restrictions: No Restrictions
Preferred Citation: Black & Company Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Copyright: Contact department for copyright information
For Additional Information:
Special Collections
University of Maine
5729 Fogler Library
Orono, Maine 04469-5729
(207) 581-1686
Historical Information:
Black & Company of Ellsworth, Maine was engaged in the lumber industry in the 19th century. They operated a general store, a lumbering operation and a schooner, the Ariel, between 1839 & 1890.
Contents:
Records of a general store and lumber company including ledgers and account books of the general store and Woodward's Lumber Company, correspondence, receipts, and legal papers relating to the schooner Ariel, and records of log drives, sawmills, and lumbering.
Finding Aid:
Box 436
| Folder 1 |
Receipts, letters...schooner Ariel, 1850s-1880s. |
| Folder 2 | Receipts, letters...schooner Ariel, 1850s-1880s. |
| Folder 3 | Bills settled, 1859. |
| Folder 4 | "Account sales Lumber &C, 1858" |
| Folder 5 | Bills settled for 1857 & 1858. |
| Folder 6 | Receipts, 1859. |
| Folder 7 |
Receipts, 1859. |
| Folder 8 | "Boston bills, spring of 1859." |
| Folder 9 | "Papers relating to Woodward's Lumber, 1857." |
| Folder 10 | "Sundry bills of sawing," 1857. |
| Folder 11 | "Boston bills settled," 1857. |
| Folder 12 | Papers relating to log driving, 1858. |
| Folder 13 | Receipts, lists of goods and men...,1850s-1880s. |
| Folder 14 | Receipts, lists of goods and men..., 1850s-1880s. |
| Folder 15 |
Account books & ledgers, 1840s-1850s. |
| Folder 16 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Folder 17 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Folder 18 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Folder 19 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Folder 20 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Folder 21 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Folder 22 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Folder 23 | Account books & ledgers. |
| Account book, Aug. 17, [1839?] | |
| Account books, June 1, 1840 (2 vols.) | |
| Account book, Jan. 1, 1841. | |
| Account book, Dec. 15, [1853?] | |
| Account book, June 10, 1857. | |
| Account book, May 1, 1858. | |
| Account book, Nov. 22, 1858. | |
| Account book, June 10, 1859. |
Finding Aids for selected manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department at Fogler Library are accessible online in URSUS, in a browsable Guide to Manuscript Collections, and in a keyword searchable database. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu or (207) 581-1686 for further information.
Revised: 04/22/2008
