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Box 4

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

Correspondence from his agents in various locations and related to business activity, 1854-1856

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries A. Business Papers contains correspondence from his agents; receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents; accounts of candle sales; insurance claims; and the acquisition of the Staten Island Oil and Candle Company. (Edward D. Kimball acquired the assets of the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co. as a result of its inability to pay him for palm oil that Kimball supplied from Africa.)

Dates: 1854-1856

Correspondence from his agents in various locations and related to business activity, 1857-1864

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries A. Business Papers contains correspondence from his agents; receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents; accounts of candle sales; insurance claims; and the acquisition of the Staten Island Oil and Candle Company. (Edward D. Kimball acquired the assets of the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co. as a result of its inability to pay him for palm oil that Kimball supplied from Africa.)

Dates: 1857-1864

Receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents Charles H. Miller, 1859-1863

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries A. Business Papers contains correspondence from his agents; receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents; accounts of candle sales; insurance claims; and the acquisition of the Staten Island Oil and Candle Company. (Edward D. Kimball acquired the assets of the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co. as a result of its inability to pay him for palm oil that Kimball supplied from Africa.)

Dates: 1859-1863

Papers regarding the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co., 1860-1861

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries A. Business Papers contains correspondence from his agents; receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents; accounts of candle sales; insurance claims; and the acquisition of the Staten Island Oil and Candle Company. (Edward D. Kimball acquired the assets of the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co. as a result of its inability to pay him for palm oil that Kimball supplied from Africa.)

Dates: 1860-1861

Accounts with commission merchants DeWitt, Kittle & Co., New York & San Francisco: includes accounts from the sale of candles acquired from the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co., and shipped by Edward D. Kimball; accountings of insurance claims filed for cargo damaged in shipment, 1861

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries A. Business Papers contains correspondence from his agents; receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents; accounts of candle sales; insurance claims; and the acquisition of the Staten Island Oil and Candle Company. (Edward D. Kimball acquired the assets of the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co. as a result of its inability to pay him for palm oil that Kimball supplied from Africa.)

Dates: 1861

Demand notes of Charles Nelson; power of attorney given by Charles Nelson of Salem to Edward Dearborn Kimball, 1849

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries A. Business Papers contains correspondence from his agents; receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents; accounts of candle sales; insurance claims; and the acquisition of the Staten Island Oil and Candle Company. (Edward D. Kimball acquired the assets of the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co. as a result of its inability to pay him for palm oil that Kimball supplied from Africa.)

Dates: 1849

Shipping papers, 1846-1856

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries A. Business Papers contains correspondence from his agents; receipts for funds paid to merchants and agents; accounts of candle sales; insurance claims; and the acquisition of the Staten Island Oil and Candle Company. (Edward D. Kimball acquired the assets of the Staten Island Oil & Candle Co. as a result of its inability to pay him for palm oil that Kimball supplied from Africa.)

Dates: 1846-1856

Bill of sale for hay, livestock, wagons, farm implements, etc., purchased from William Phelan of Danvers, 1847

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries B. Personal Papers includes bills and receipts for travel, household items, clothing, etc.; a power of attorney; deeds for land in North Salem, North Andover, and Philadelphia; material related to building a “mansion house” in North Danvers; and a stock purchase agreement.

Dates: 1847

Deed from Caleb A. Smith to Edward Dearborn Kimball for a plot of land and buildings in North Salem, 1855

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries B. Personal Papers includes bills and receipts for travel, household items, clothing, etc.; a power of attorney; deeds for land in North Salem, North Andover, and Philadelphia; material related to building a “mansion house” in North Danvers; and a stock purchase agreement.

Dates: 1855

An agreement between E. D. Kimball and T. & J. Gifford, carpenters, for the construction of a house in North Danvers designed by architects Emmerton & Foster, including specifications for all aspects of the construction of the building, but no plans or diagrams, 1856

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents From the File:

Subseries B. Personal Papers includes bills and receipts for travel, household items, clothing, etc.; a power of attorney; deeds for land in North Salem, North Andover, and Philadelphia; material related to building a “mansion house” in North Danvers; and a stock purchase agreement.

Dates: 1856