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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2009-100-1Qu4.41 |
Object Name |
folders (containers) |
Title |
Town House, 1878-1899 |
Scope & Content/Description |
This folder, labeled "Town House 1878-1899," contains the following: 1. Payment of $86.06 to Philip B. Lindsey on October 2, 1878, for labor on Cowell Street and on the Town House. 2. Payment of $141.61 to S.G. Martin on September 4, 1878, for labor and materials at the Town Hall, July through August 1878. 3. Payment of $10 to Stephen C. Felton on April 7, 1880, for services as moderator at the annual town meeting. 4. Payments (3 bills) to the Marblehead Gas Light Company for October, November and December 1880. 5. Payment of $191.98 to W.R. Arrington on January 5, 1881, for repairs to street lights and Abbot Hall during September, October and December, 1880. 6. Payment of $52.24 on January 4, 1882, to T.W. Tucker, dealer in dry goods, carpets, window shades and curtain fixtures, 141-143 Washington Street. 7. Payment of $4.58 to H&B(?) Potter, October 19, 1882, for repairs to the Town House. 8. Payment of $.75 cents to Joseph Wormstead for repairs to Town House, May 1883. 9. Payment of $77.77 to Joseph W. Lindsey at Fort Beach (iron, drills, paint, brimstone) and for shingling the Town House, July, August and September, 1885. 10. Payment of $5.50 to Joseph Wormstead, dealer in painters' supplies and paper hangings, invoice dated July 18, 1884. 11. Invoices for payment to the Marblehead Gas Light Company for January, February, May, June, and July through December 1884. 12. Payment of $5.00 to Horace Goodwin for services as "teller" at town meeting. Request for payment dated April 1, 1884. 13. Payment of $.50 cents to A.P. Ferguson, March 18, 1884. Request for payment dated June 21, 1884. 14. Payment of $79 to Statesman Publishing Co., 22 Front Street, publishers of Essex County Statesman and Wampum Belt, Charles H. Litchman, editor and manager, dated March 5, 1884, for 2,00 copies of valuation book. Payment received by Andrew H. Paton. 15. Invoices from Marblehead Gas Light Company for July through November 1885. 16. Payment of $5.00 to Horace Goodwin for service as "teller" at town meeting, April 1, 1885. 17. Payment of $47.83 to Benjamin F. Martin, 2nd, carpenter and contractor, Harris Street, for materials and labor at the Town House during September and October 1886. 18. Payment of $1.65 to Peter Cortee, Blacksmith, School Street, for making a poker, January 1887. 19. Payment of $59.83 to Horace B. Usher for work at Abbot Hall, June 1888. 20. Payment of $57.90 to Horace B. Usher for 30 days of janitorship, July 1, 1888. 21. Payment of $122 to E.C. Morris & Co., Boston, July 17, 1888, for a fireproof safe. 22. Payment of $59.83 to Horace B. Usher, August 1, 1888, for services as janitor at Abbot Hall. 23. Payment of $6.00 to T.W. Paine for moving a piano at Abbot Hall in December 1887 and in January and March 1888. 24. Payment of $8.75 to E. Howard Watch & Clock Co., Boston, for a 40-lb. tower clock hammer, August 1888. 25. Payment of $59.83 to Horace B. Usher for 31 days' service as janitor at Abbot Hall, September 1888. 26. Payment of $13 to Benjamin F. Martin, 2nd, for removing and replacing and repairing Abbot Hall seats, September 1888. 27. Payment of $3.00 to Samuel S. Meservey, carpenter and jobbier, Custom House Building, Marblehead, for work altering a safe, September 1888. 28. Payment of $5.00 to A.J. Hubbard, Peabody, tree protectors, for work on trees at Abbot Hall, September 1888. 29. Payment of $12 to Benjamin F. Martin, 2nd, for work removing and repairing Abbot Hall seats, October 1888. 30. Payment of $115.80 to Horace B. Usher for 60 days' services as janitor at Abbot Hall, April 1888. 31. Payment of $4.00 to Waldo L. Hutchings for tuning a piano at Abbot Hall, May 1888. 32. Payment of $1.00 to E. White, Jr., for repair of a chair at Abbot Hall, May 1888. 33. Payment of $12 to Samuel S. Meservey for labor laying a floor in the town barn, November 1888. 34. Payment of $4.00 to L.N. Smith for labor and material patching plaster at Abbot Hall. 35. Payment of $10 to Richard Thompson, agent for Salem Wire Nail Co., National Wire Mat Co. and Hartman Mfg. Co., New York, for Hartman flexible mats, November 1888. 36. Payment of $60.73 to Horace B. Usher for 31 days' services as janitor at Abbot Hall, November 1888. 37. Payment of $57.90 to Horace B. Usher for 30 days' services as janitor at Abbot Hall, December 1888. 38. Payment of $5.00 to Thomas J. Bowden & Son, Carpenters, Mill on Pleasant Street, Rear of Brick Pond Reservoir, Marblehead, for labor at Town House, November 1888. 39. Payment of $1.50 to John E. Hammond for repairing ceiling at the Old Town Hall, November 1888. 40. Payment of $38.59 to Joseph Wormstead for labor and materials, 1888. 41. Payment of $2.00 to Frank A. Graves for something at Abbot Hall, December 1888. 42. Payment of $262.26 to Humphreys & Twisden, dealers in coal, hard and soft wood and lime, etc., One Front Street, invoice dated December 3, 1888. 43. Payment of $29.20 to Benjamin F. Martin, 2nd., carpenter and contractor, Harris Street, invoice dated December 4, 1888. 44. Payment of $57.90 to Horace B. Usher for janitor services at Abbot Hall, undated. 45. Payment of $59.83 to Horace B. Usher for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, invoice dated January 1, 1889. 46. Payment of $59.83 to Horace B. Usher for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, invoice dated February 1, 1889. 47. Invoices to the Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Co. for June 1889 and for May and August through December 1990. 48. Payment of $43.30 to White & Co., dealers in furniture and bedding, 158-160 Bank Square, invoice dated September 24, 1890. 49. Payment of $15.27 to Benjamin F. Martin 2nd., carpenter and contractor, Gregory Street, residence on Harris Street, invoice dated July 1, 1890, for stock and labor at Town Hall. 50. Payment of $1.00 to George D. Pedrick for 1/2 day labor at Town Hall, invoice dated June 20, 1890. 51. Payment of $13 to L.N. Smith for labor and material at Town Hall, inoice dated December 31. 1890. 52. Payment of $3.04 to Benjamin F. Martin, 2nd., for labor at Town Hall, invoice dated January 1, 1891. 53. Invoice from Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Co. for January 1, 1891. 54. Payment of $7.50 to William H. Allen for repairs to chimney at town hall, invoice dated July 27, 1892. 55. Invoices from Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company for April and August 1892. 56. Payment of $10 to Nathaniel E. Lindsey for service as moderator at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 57. Payment of $10 to William H. Harrington for services as "teller" at annual meeting, March 7, 1892. 58. Payment of $10 to John Quiner for service as "teller" at annual meeting, March 7, 1892. 59. Payment of $10 to Haskell E. Knowland for service as teller at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 60. Payment of $10 to William G. Brown for service as teller at annual town meeting,, invoice dated April 1, 1892. 61. Payment of $10 to Joseph Martin for service as teller at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 62. Payment of $5.00 to William Oreson for service as ballot clerk at annual meeting, March 7, 1892. 63. Payment of $5.00 to Frank L. Wadden for service as ballot clerk at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 64. Payment of $10 to John J. Pedrisk for service as teller at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 65. Payment of $10 to Ernest C. Mason for service as teller at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 66. Payment of $10 to John M. Cloutman for service as teller at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 67. Payment of $10 to George C. Roundey for service as teller at annual town meeting, incoide dated April 1, 1892. 68. Payment of $10 to Frank Millett for service as teller at annual town meeting, March 7, 1892. 69. Payment of $85.95 to Benjamin F. Martin, 2nd., for stock and labor repairing town house, invoice dated August 1, 1892. 70. Payment of $85.78 to W.R. Arrington, dealer in paints, oils and varnished, crockery, hardware, cutlery, cordage, farming tools, fishing tackle, kitchen furnishing goods, tin and woodeware, 92 Washington Street, invoice dated Julu 7, 1892. 71. Invoices from Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company for February, April, May and September 1893 and for May and July 1894. 72. Payment of $1.50 to Samuel S. Meservey for 1/2 day labor at town hall repairing windows, invoice dated January 2, 1894. 73. Payment of $1.50 to Lamprell & Marble, decorators, flag and Italian awning makers, Boston, for repairing town flag, invoice dated July 3, 1893. 74. Payment of $24.25 to B.M. McCloskey for masonry work, invoice dated July 2, 1894. 75. Payment of $9.00 to F. Boardman for refreshments furnished to town hall, invoice dated November 6, 1894. 76. Payment of $7.50 to Samuel S. Meservey for labor putting up and taking down booths, invoice dated April 2, 1894. 77. Invoice from Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company for August 1894. 78. Payment of $14.10 to J.P. Goodwin, machinist, Goodwinville, invoice dated May 31, 1894. 79. Payment of $50.81 to J.S. Wormstead, painter and paper hanger, 11 State Street, invoice dated July 18, 1894. 80. Invoice from Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company for July 1895. 81. Payment of $.70 cents to Horace Cloon, dealer in furniture, carpets, window shades and draperies, corner of Washington and State Streets, for one stool, invoice dated April 1, 1895. 82. Payment of $2.00 to White & Co., dealer in furniture, bedding, carpets and rugs, etc., 158 and 160 Bank Square, for use of 24 chairs at town hall, invoice dated January 2, 1894. 83. Invoices from Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company for February through May and August of 1895. 84. Payment of $10 to William H. Coates for service as moderator, May 23 and 25, 1895. 85. Payment of $25 to Charles H. Leitchman for services as moderator at annual town meeting, March 20, 22 and 23, 1895. Payment received by Fred B. Leitchman for Charles. 86. Payment of $2.00 to White & Co. for the use of 25 chairs at town meeting, invoice dated April 15, 1896. 87. Payment of $25 to Joseph W. Coates for services as moderator at annual town meeting, March 16, 1896. 88. Paymen tof $9.25 to W.G. Conley, electrical contractor supplies, for repairs to lights at town hall, invoice dated October 20, 1896. 89. Invoice from Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company for October 1896. 90. Payment of $2.25 to John E. Hammond, Jr., for washing floor at town hall, invoice dated April 11, 1896. 91. Payment of $38.66 to David Flint, invoice dated September 7, 1896. 92. List of people paid the sum of $10 each for services as teller at town meeting, March 16, 1896: Brown, William H.; Homan, Horace F.H., Jr.; Knight, William T.; Glass, Herbert R.; Foss, James M.; Mason, Ernest C.; Merritt, William B., Jr.; Ramsdell, Francis; Paine, John D.; Jordan, Walter M.; Snow, Thomas; Paine, Andrew; Craigie, A.R.; Roundey, George; Cloutman, John; Freeto, Isaac, S.; Williams, George R.; Coffin, Simeon E.; Litchman; William T.; Smith, Frank O.; Hidden, Samuel B.; Usher, Alden; Knight, Charles H.; Falney, Andrew; Pedrick, John J.; Freeto, John F., and others whose names are illegible, invoice dated April 10, 1896. 93. Two payments of $2.00 each to White & Co. for the use of chairs at town meeting, invoices dated November 25, 1896, and December 9, 1897. 94. Payment of 25 to Joseph W. Coates for services as moderator at annual town meeting, March 15, 22 and 23, 1897. 95. Payment of $1.25 to Richard C. Hiller, teaming and jobbing, all kinds of heavy and light work, furniture moving, 27 Waldron Street, stables on Atlantic Avenue, invoice dated June 16, 1897. 96. Payment of $.75 cents to N. Allen Lindsey & Co., plaint and ornamental book and job printing of every description, 271 Washington Street, for 50 town warrants, invoice dated March 10, 1898. 97. Payment of $37.25 to N. Allen Lindsey & Co. for school committee ballots, tally sheets, official ballots and speciman ballots, invoice dated March 22, 1898. 98. Payment of $232.75 to Elisha C. Doane, dealer in stoves, ranges and tinware, 120 Washington Street, for hot water heating at town hall, invoice dated November 26, 1898. 99. Payment of $6.67 to Marblehead Municipal Light Department, invoice dated September 1, 1899. 100. Payment to W.R. Arrington for glass setting, lock and keys, cuspidors, tacks, twine, toilet paper, green paint, one electric lamp, etc., invoice dated February 1, 1899. 101. Note to Everett Paine, Town Treasurer, from Stephen C. Felton, Town Clerk, dated July 22, 1898, regarding votes taken at the annual town meeting. 102. Note to Everett Paine, Town Treasurer, from Stephen C. Felton, Town Clerk, regarding votes taken at annual town meeting, dated October 14, 1898. |
Year Range from |
1878 |
Year Range to |
1899 |
Catalog date |
2022-06-30 |
People |
Allen, William H. Arrington, W.R. Boardman, F. Bowden, Thomas J. & Son Brown, William H. Cloon, Horace Cloutman, John M. Coates, Joseph W. Coates, William H. Coffin, Simon E. Conley, W.G. Cortee, Peter Craigie, A.R. Dinsmore, C.R. Doane, Elisha C. Felton, Stephen C. Ferguson, A.P. Flint, David Foss, James M. Freeto, Isaac S. Freeto, John T. Glass, Herbert R. Goodwin, Horace Goodwin, J.P. Goodwin, John Graves, Frank A. Hammond, John E. Harrington, William H. Hidden, Samuel B. Hiller, Richard C. Homan, Horace F., Jr. Hubbard, A.J. Humphreys & Twisden Hutchings, Waldo L. Jordan, Walter M. Knight, Charles H. Knight, William Knowland, Haskell E. Lamprell & Marble Leitchman, Charles Leitchman, Fred B. Lindsey, Joseph W. Lindsey, N. Allen & Co. Lindsey, Nathaniel E. Lindsey, Philip B. Litchman, Charles H. Litchman, Fred B. Litchman, William T. Malin, Louis Martin, Benjamin F., 2nd Martin, Joseph Martin, S.G. Mason, Ernest C. McCloskey, B.M. Merritt, William Merritt, William B., Jr. Meservey, Samuel S. Millett, Frank Morris, E.C. Paine, T.W. Oreson, William Paine, Andrew Paine, Everett Paine, John D. Paine, T.W. Paton, Andrew H. Pedrick, George D. Pedrick, John J. Potter, H&B(?) Quiner, John Ramsdell, Francis Roundey, George C. Russell, B.F. Smith, Frank O. Smith, L.N. Snow, Thomas Stacey, G. Thompson, Richard Tucker, T.W. Usher, Alden Usher, Horace B. Wadden, Frank L. Wells, L.W. White & Co. White, E., Jr. Williams, George R. Wormstead, Joseph S. |
Search Terms |
Old Town Records |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Good |