Skip to content
Museum logo

Person Record

Metadata

Related Records

  1. MS132 V1 - Badger Neal Locke Collection - Pray & Neal Ledger, 1831-1834

    Pray & Neal Ledger, Feb 1831-1834 [bulk dates Feb 1831-Feb 1832] Ledger used by Pray and Neal, a ship chandlery, hardware and grocery store. The bulk of the dates are from February 1831 to February 1832, although some accounts appear to have been settled as late as 1834. The partnership of Pray and Neal dissolved in January of 1832 and the business was taken over by William's brother James, while William opened up a new store at 8 & 9 Merchant...

    Record Type: Archive

  2. S0655 - Jesse Walker diary, 1838-1866

    Photocopies of diary discussing Walker's activities as a farmer in Rye, New Hampshire; a worker at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the 1840s; and master of the "Sarah" in 1838. Includes accounts relating to goods he shipped to Boston, farmers, and crops. Topics include the Millerites predicting the end of the world, famine in Ireland, Great Comet of 1843, fires in Portsmouth in 1845, crossing the Piscataqua on ice in 1857, drownings, accidents a...

    Record Type: Archive

  3. S0887 - Unidentified Account Books

    Two account books kept by an unidentified Portsmouth merchant. Names in expenses include Irah Rugg (carpenter), Toby and Littlefield, Alexander Ladd, the Portsmouth Steam Factory, and the Portsmouth Steam Planing Mill. Many other local names included. Indexed - see multimedia files for pdf.

    Record Type: Archive

  4. S1711 - Bark "Martha" : ship information, crew and passenger lists

    Two copies of ship information for the bark "Martha," including crew and passenger lists, November 26, 1849. The bark "Martha" was built in Portsmouth in 1845 by Samuel Badger for himself, Joseph Cox, Jeremiah P. Trefethen, and William Trefethen, all of Kittery; Horton D. Walker, William D. Fernald, George W. Poindexter, Samuel Adams and Jonathan Barker, all of Portsmouth. In 1846, Ebenezer Adams of Portsmouth and Samuel L. Batchelder of Sa...

    Record Type: Archive

  5. S1791 - Edward Payson Kimball insurance ledger, 1865-1872

    Ledger for the Portsmouth branch of the National Insurance Company kept by insurance agent Edward Payson Kimball, dated 1865 to 1872. Report of fire policies issued and renewed for the National Insurance Company of Boston, Mass. See "Multimedia Files" for a link to a PDF containing an index of the ledger.

    Record Type: Archive

    Policy 1-2, December 1865

Thank You!

Confirmation Message Here....