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I. Administrative Records, 1899, 1934-1940, undated

 Series
Identifier: SERIES I.

Scope and Contents

SERIES I. Administrative Records is separated into four subseries. Subseries A. Corporate Records is comprised of official certificates of organization; information about land owned; proxies for annual meetings; correspondence; documents regarding the merger; and documents from a three-ring binder and a soft bound volume, both describing the history of the company and containing copies of records of notices to shareholders, votes at annual meetings, etc. Subseries B. Stocks includes certificates of increase of capital stock, two volumes of cancelled stock certificates, a list of stock owners in October 1937, and letters from Richard Wheatland offering his shares for sale back to the company. Subseries C. Payroll consists of a payroll ledger and documents having to do with Title VIII of the Social Security Act. Subseries D. Miscellaneous contains four maps of the company’s land ownership, a plan of part of Township No. 7 showing Chamberlain Farm, the company seal press, and a “For Deposit Only” stamp.

Dates

  • Creation: 1899, 1934-1940, undated

Creator

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 5.5 linear feet (8 boxes; 4 oversized folders)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Phillips Library Repository

Contact:
Peabody Essex Museum
306 Newburyport Turnpike
Rowley MA 01969 USA