Guide to the Stetson Collection on Wiscasset Shipping Families, 1751-1930, undated
Stetson Collection on Wiscasset Shipping Families, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Erastus Foote (1777-1856) was a trustee of Bowdoin College, 1821-1844, served as Maine's attorney general in the 1820s, and collector of customs for the District of Wiscasset in the 1860s. His son Erastus (1821-1893) was graduated from Bowdoin in 1843 and was an overseer of the College, 1856-1866. The collection was donated by Mrs. Rufus Stetson, descendant of George Stetson, who was involved in the shipping industry in Wiscasset in the 1880s.
Three ships' logs and various documents (1797-1890) concerning Wiscasset, Maine, ship owners and their ships (including the Apollo, Betsey, Mary, Nabby, George Stetson, and Walter); as well as French spoliation claim materials for ships the Nabby, Betsey, and Nancy. Also contains letters, diaries and journals, deeds, financial documents, genealogical material, and clippings of Moses Carleton, and the Foote, Wood, and other related families from Wiscasset, Maine. The Foote family materials include Erastus Foote's college compositions and journals from his time at Bowdoin College and material concerning Lime Island and the Waldo Coal, Iron, Marble and Lime Mining and Manufacturing Company (Wiscasset, Maine).
- Steston, Jeanette Cole
Correspondence, printed ephemera, French spoliation claims, and ship's logs. Includes documents about the 18th- and early 19th-century voyages of the Betsey, the Nabby, and the Walter, and the late 19th- and early 20th-century voyages of the George Stetson and the Apollo. French spoliation claims materials include background information on claims, family genealogy of the Foote, Wood, Page, and Stearns families, legal documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Arranged alphabetically.
Account book of Wilmot and Abiel Wood, 1806 - 1819; [?] - 1847 Ship's log
Ajax [brig], 1828 document
Apollo [brig], 1797 Jun 12. Correspondence: Robert Wheelwright to Abiel Wood Jr.
Apollo [brig], 1885 Dec - 1901 Feb. French spoliation claims
Apollo [brig], 1905 Mar 22 - 1905 May 6. French spoliation claims
Apollo [brig], 1905 May 12 - 1906 Apr 20. French spoliation claims
Apollo [brig], 1906 Apr 22 - Oct 1. French spoliation claims
Apollo [brig], 1906 Nov 3 - Jan 7. French spoliation claims
Astrea [brig], 1798 Nov. Correspondence: Spencer Tinkham to Abiel Wood Jr.
Baring Brothers (owned and captained by Silas Gregg) ; George Stetson [ship], 1888-1890
Betsey [ship], 1797 Jan 26. Correspondence: David Payson to Merch. Anderson Child and Child.
Betsey [ship], 1824. Document: Power of Attorney
Betsey [ship], Ephemera: printed business card and handwritten notes, n.d.
Carleton, Moses: 1816 - 1827. Documents and ephemera
Correspondence: Erastus Foote, 1822 - 1823
Correspondence: Moses Carleton, 1816 - 1827
French spoliation claims: clippings
French spoliation claims: printed material, 1831 - 1872
George Stetson [ship], 1884 Jun - 1886 Sep 22. Charter parties
George Stetson [ship], 1884 Aug - 1886 Dec. Cargo receipts
George Stetson [ship], 1884 Aug - 1886 Apr. Log of contents of ship
George Stetson [ship], 1885 Sep 20 - 1886 Sep 19. Insurance
George Stetson [ship], 1885 Mar - 1886 Apr. U.S. charter agreements
George Stetson [ship], 1885 Sep. Crew list
George Stetson [ship], 1887 Dec. Correspondence: insurance company
George Stetson [ship], 1887-1888
George Stetson [ship], 1887. G.H. Wood master telegrams
George Stetson [ship], 1887 Jan - Jul. Cargo receipts
George Stetson [ship], 1887. Disbursements/freight lists
George Stetson [ship], 1887 Jan 10. U.S. shipping articles.
George Stetson [ship], 1887. Ephemera
George Stetson [ship], 1888 Jan - Sep. Correspondence.
George Stetson [ship], 1888. International Register of Shipping, no.15-16
George Stetson [ship], 1888. Cargo receipt
George Stetson [ship], 1888. Crew wage receipts
George Stetson [ship], 1888. Wage receipts
George Stetson [ship], 1888. Ephemera
George Stetson [ship], 1888. Telegraph messages
George Stetson [ship], 1888. Iron work
George Stetson [ship], 1888 May. U.S. charter agreement
Insurance forms
Leo [schooner], 1816. Document
Mary [ship], 1815 - 1820. Correspondence [owned by Moses Carlton, then Erastus Foote]
Mary [ship], 1818. Bill of sale of ship
Mary [ship], 1820 - 1821. Documents
Mary [ship], n.d. Sales, disbursement, and freight lists
Mary [ship], n.d. Ephemera
Meeting minutes-- 20 associates of the Lincolnshire Company
Miscellaneous, 1800 - 1850
Nabby [schooner], 1794 - 1822. Correspondence
Nabby [schooner], 1794 - 1824. Documents
Nabby [schooner], 1794. Disbursements
Nabby [schooner], n.d. Ephemera
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop]. Spoliation cases: ephemera
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop], 1807 - 1822. Spoliation cases: correspondence
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop], 1823 - 1827. Spoliation cases: correspondence
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop], 1828 - 1833. Spoliation cases: correspondence
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop], 1834. Spoliation cases: correspondence
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop], 1835 - 1838. Spoliation cases: correspondence
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop]. Ephemera
Nabby and Betsey [schooner/sloop], 1840 - 1900. Spoliation cases
Nancy [brig], 1806 - 1827. Spoliation case [owned by Moses Carleton].
Nancy [brig], 1806 - 1825. Spoliation case: documents
Nancy [brig], 1806 - 1827. Spoliation cases: settlements and receipts
Nancy [brig], 1806 - 1825. Spoliation cases: ephemera
Olive Branch [schooner], 1835. Correspondence.
Richard III, W.G. Davis, and George Stetson [ships], 1887 - 1886
Saranak [ship], 1879 Apr 26. Correspondence: E.H. Wood, master
Saranak [ship], 1878 - 1879. Settlements: E.H. Wood, master
Tinkham, Seth: copies of protests, statements, etc. witnessed by him
Walter [schooner], 1818. Correspondence [owned by Erastus Foote, 1816 - 1821]
Walter [schooner]. Settlements
Walter [schooner], 1817. Documents
Walter [schooner], 1816 - 1821. Receipts
Walter [schooner]. Ephemera
Correspondence, financial records, and other documents, mostly from the Foote and Wood families and Moses Carleton. Foote family materials include Erastus Foote's appointments as collector of customs for the District of Wiscasset (signed by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson), and appointments as attorney general of the State of Maine. Also included are Erastus Foote, Jr.'s compositions and diaries from his time as a Bowdoin student in the 1840s. Additional materials concern the Foote family connection with Lime Island and the Waldo Coal, Iron, Marble and Lime Mining and Manufacturing Company, Wiscasset, Maine (incorporated in 1835).
Arranged alphabetically.
Barker family: correspondence, 1818
Barker family: documents, 1808 - 1816
Brackett, Zechariah: bill for purchases, 1751
Carleton, Moses: 1807 - 1815
Carleton, Moses: correspondence, 1818 - 1854
Carleton, Moses: documents, 1807 - 1819
Carleton, Moses: documents, 1818 - 1854
Carleton, Moses: memos, 1816 - 1817
Carleton, Moses: memos, 1818 - 1854
Carleton, Moses: settlement with Erastus Foote, 1815
Cresey, Caleb: deed of land to Daniel Plumer, 1777
Foote, Erastus (1777 - 1856): articles and clippings
Foote, Erastus (1777 - 1856): college obituary draft
Foote, Erastus (1777 - 1856): company minutes
Foote, Erastus (1777 - 1856): Attorney General appointments in Maine: Gov. William King, 1820 Sep 1; Albion K. Parris, 1824 Sep 10; Enoch Lincoln, 1828 Jun 25
Foote, Erastus (1777 - 1856): Appointments as Collector of Customs for the District of Wiscasset, Maine: Abraham Lincoln, 1861 Apr 16; Andrew Johnson, 1865 Jun 20 and 1866 Feb 17
Foote, Erastus II (1821 - 1893): college compositions, 1841 - 1843
Foote, Erastus II (1821 - 1893): diary, 1840
Foote, Erastus II (1821 - 1893): "History of the Israelitish People," 1866
Foote, Erastus II (1821 - 1893): journals, 1841, 1843
Foote, Erastus II (1821 - 1893): Junior Rhetorical Society, 1842
Foote, Erastus II (1821 - 1893): memorial address and obituary clipping, 1893 Feb 23
Foote, Erastus II (1821 - 1893): poems and hymns
Foote, Erastus III (1850 - 19??): financial papers, 1924 - 1925
Foote, Erastus III (1850 - 19??): financial papers, 1926
Foote, Erastus III (1850 - 19??): financial papers, 1927
Foote, Erastus III (1850 - 19??): financial papers, 1928
Foote, Erastus III (1850 - 19??): South Dakota foreclosure, 1926 - 1927
Foote, Erastus III (1850 - 19??): stock notices, 1924 - 1926
Foote family: 1795 - 1820
Foote family: 1820 - 1826
Foote family: 1827 - 1836
Foote family: 1836 - 1849
Foote family: 1850 - 1893
Foote family: genealogy
Foote family: Lime Island, 1826 - 1835
Foote family: Lime Island, 1835 Aug 8: survey by Joseph Prince
Foote family: Lime Island, 1836 - 1852
Foote family: Lime Island, 1853 - 1881
Foote family: military materials
Foote family: plot blueprint: Woodlawn Cemetery, 1930
Merrill, John Jr.: named executor, Bowman Estate, 1808
Prescott, Robert (1725 - 1816): Governor of Canada: extracts from speeches, 1798 - 1799
Wood family: 1769 - 1812
Wood family: 1813 - 1873
Wood family: clipping, 1899
Wood family: printed material and genealogy
Printed material concerning Wiscasset's early history as well as programs, lecture announcements, poems, and articles. Also included are various documents, and handwritten notes and financial accounts.
Arranged alphabetically.
Early Wiscasset history - printed accounts, 1929, n.d.
Incomplete listing of collection materials
Miscellaneous handwritten fragments, the bulk envelopes
Miscellaneous handwritten materials, 1777-1917, n.d.
Miscellaneous handwritten notes, n.d.
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1821-1880, n.d.
Wiscasset Academic Association notes, 1808-1820
Wrentham Mining Co.: by-laws, 1838, and Massachusetts Senate report #96 regarding the Mansfield mines
Incomplete listing of collection materials