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Magoun & Clapp papers

 Collection
Identifier: M121

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Scope and Content

The Magoun and Clapp papers contain shipping records, invoices, insurance policies, account books, and miscellaneous papers, broken down as follows: shipping records for the ship "Cordage" (1846-1855); a record book for lumber orders (1849-1856); ship logs kept by Captain Leonard P. Merrill of the bark "Annie Kimball" (1856-1860), and of the following ships: "New England " (1861-1862), "Screamer" (1866), "Ironsides" (1866-1868), and "Amity" (1869-1870). There are also cashbooks (1844-1847); bank passbooks for Magoun & Clapp (1847-1861); account books (1842-1848, 1851-1856, 1854-1855, 1855-1859, 1857-1858, 1858-1864); account books of the invoice book (1842-1852); insurance policies for the ships "Asia", "Lombard", "Naples", "Wabash", the barks "Burlington", "Tonquin", the brig "Forrester", and "open policies" (1854-1862). The miscellaneous papers concern the ships "Wabash" (1849-1861), "Rhine" (1849-1862), "Tonquin" (1852-1864), and "Naples" (1857-1867).

Dates

  • Creation: 1846-1867

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Biographical/Historical Note

Magoun & Clapp was a Bath, Maine shipping firm established in the early 1840s by David C. Magoun, a prominent merchant in Bath, and Charles Clapp, Jr., a businessman in Augusta, Maine. According to William A. Baker, author of "A Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River Region" (1973), Magoun was elected as Bath's first mayor in March of 1848. In 1826 he advertised in the "Maine Inquirer" as an auctioneer, and he owned shares in shipping vessels by 1827. At the time of his election, he had business connections with Clapp in wholesale groceries and shipping. Clapp had begun his own business career as a young man, with Clapp & Boynton. Magoun and Clapp's partnership was dissolved about 1870.

Extent

11.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Magoun and Clapp papers contain shipping records, invoices, insurance policies, account books, and miscellaneous papers.

Arrangement

Organized into 3 Series.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Magoun & Clapp Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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