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Catalog Number

S0170

Title

Portsmouth Marine Railway Co. Records, 1833-1857. (S170).

Scope & Content

Record book, including articles of agreement and incorporation, rules and regulations, and minutes concerning staff, repair of track and equipment, stock issues, and sale at auction, 1857; business papers including meeting notices, reports, and document authorizing the sale of the railroad because of growth in size and number of ships and inability to keep track working; work log with dates and names of ca. 125 ships (1840-1855); and cashbook, including names of laborers and owners of vessels.

See bottom of this record for a link to the transcript of the record book of the Portsmouth Marine Railway Co., 1833-1857 (S0170a).

Admin/Biographical History

Incorporated 1803 in Portsmouth, N.H., for hauling vessels in and out of the water; sold 1857.

Creator

Portsmouth Marine Railway Co.

Collection

Single Items / Small Collections

Date

1833-1857.

Extent of Description

86 items.

People

Barnes, Lewis, 1776-1856
Bell, Andrew Watkins, 1802-1884
Cotton, Leonard, 1800-1872
Coues, Samuel Elliott, 1797-1867
Cushing, Charles, 1775-1849
Cushman, Samuel, 1783-1851
Davis, John Stavers, 1777-1843
Dodge, Ezra, 1779-1857
Dwight, William Lyman, 1808-1899
Emery, James Woodward, 1808-1891
Ferguson, Timothy, 1788-1839
Folsom, Thomas, dfl. 1835
Goddard, William, b. 1796
Goodwin, Ichabod, 1794-1882
Hale, Samuel, 1793-1869
Harrat, John, 1810-1864
Hussey, Andrew, 1783-1861
Jenness, Richard, 1801-1872
Knowlton, John, 1794-1870
Ladd, Henry H., 1810-1888
Locke, John
Lord, Sampson B., c1793
Lyman, John P., 1807-1874
Mathes, Valentine, 1779-1850
Newton, John
Pendexter, George W., 1807-1890
Pettigrew, William, 1811-1863
Rice, John, 1788-1871
Rice, Robert, 1780-1853
Rice, William, 1766-1851
Roberts, Aaron, 1795-1853
Rollins, Ichabod, 1790-1873
Rollins, William H., 1822-1908
Salter, Henry Perkins, 1801-1851
Salter, John, 1788-1858
Shackford, William Moore, 1789-1875
Toppan, Christopher Stephen, 1800-1861
Tredick, Jonathan Martin, 1802-1875
Wilson, Joseph, fl. 1832-1834

Search Terms

Portsmouth Marine Railway Co.
Bell Tavern (Congress Street)
S. B. Lord & Co.
Bell & McClintock
New Hampshire Union Bank (Portsmouth)
Portsmouth Bank
Pactolus (Ship; Berwick, 1833)
Pocahontas (Ship)
Augusta (Ship)
Mary Hannah (Barque)

Subjects

Marine railways
Portsmouth (N.H.)
Ships
Shipping
Stockholders
Boards of directors

Classification

Articles of incorporation
Regulations
Minutes
Logs (records)
Cashbooks

Multimedia Files

Click here to view the transcript of the Portsmouth Marine Railway Co. record book.