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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2009-100-1No1.08 |
Object Name |
Folders (containers) |
Title |
Abbot Hall 1895-1896-1897 |
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Bill for elictrifing Abbot Hall. Town House & Amory |
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This file, labeled "Abbot Hall, 1895, 1896, 1897, contains the following: 1. Payment voucher, $999.99 paid to Western Electric Company, New York, for wiring for electric lights at Abbot Hall, the old Town Hall and the Armory, August 31, 1895. 2. Payment voucher, $89.55 paid to Thomas W. Tucker, Dealer in Dry Goods, Carpets, Straw Mattings, Window Shades, etc., 141 Washington Street, Marblehead, for carpeting material and labor, May 11, 1895. 3. Payment voucher, $192.74 paid to Barney McCloskey for masonry work at Abbot Hall, December 2, 1896. 4. Payment voucher, $3.70 paid to The Marblehead Gas and Electric LIght Company for gas at Abbot Hall, $3.00 per 1,000 cubic feet, November 1, 1897. 5. Payment voucher, $2.50 paid to Horace B. Usher for labor, repairs to front door of Abbot Hall, February 12, 1895. 6. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, March 1895. 7. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, November 1895. 8. Payment voucher, $8.00 paid to Frank A. Graves for putting up and taking down seating at Abbot Hall, May 1895. 9. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, July 6 through August 3, 1895. 10. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, April 13 through May 4, 1895. 11. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, September 1895. 12. Payment voucher, $12 paid to Henry Martin, Jr., for taking up and putting down seats at Abbot Hall, November 1895. 13. Payment voucher, $12 paid to Henry Martin, Jr., for taking up seats at Abbott Hall, September 4, 1895. 14. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall from March 4 to April 1, 1895. 15. Payment voucher, $14 paid to Frank A. Graves for putting up seatsing at Abbot Hall, 7 times @$2.00 each time, April 1, 1895. 16. Payment voucher, $24 paid to Henry Martin, Jr., for taking up seats for H. Upton dance and for Bayview fair, $12 each event, May 1895. 17. Payment voucher, $6.00 paid to Frank A. Graves for care of seating, December 6 and 25, 1895. 18. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall from January 5 through February 2, 1895. 19. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, October 1896. 20. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, March 1896. 21. Payment voucher, $57.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, June 28 through August 1, 1896. 22. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall from September 5 through October 3, 1896. 23. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, June 1896. 24. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, November 1896. 25. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, April 11 through May 2, 1896. 26. Payment voucher, $4.00 paid to Albert J. Walker for tuning a piano at Abbot Hall for the year ending May 1, 1896. 27. Payment voucher, $10 paid to Frank A. Graves for putting up and taking down seating at Abbot Hall, five times @$2.00 per time, May 1, 1896. 28. Payment voucher, $6.00 paid to Frank A. Graves for taking care of seating at Abbot Hall, December 5, 12 and 13, 1895. 29. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall from January 11 to February 1, 1896. 30. Payment voucher, $1.00 paid to Thomas Hill for police duty, December 1, 1896. Approved by Eleazer E. Atwood, Chief of Police. 31. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, August 1896. 32. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, February 1897. 33. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, July 1897. 34. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall from June 6 through July 4, 1897. 35. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbott Hall from December 5, 1896, through January 2, 1897. 36. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, January 1897. 37. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall from September 4 through October 2, 1897. 38. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, August 1897. 39. Payment voucher, $67.50 paid to William C. Knowland for 5 weeks' service as janitor at Abbot Hall, April 5, 1897. 40. Payment voucher, $4.00 paid to Frank A. Graves for taking care of seating at Abbot Hall, March 3 and 4, 1897. 41. Payment voucher, $54 paid to William C. Knowland for services as janitor at Abbot Hall, November 1897. 42. Payment voucher, $3.00 paid to Ernest C. Mason for labor repairing iron post at Abbot Hall and the flag pole, December 1, 1897. 43. Payment voucher, $4.00 paid to W.G. Conley for repairing electric fixtures at Abbot Hall, August 15, 1896. 44. Payment voucher, $6.00 paid to Daniel Melvin for 3 days' labor at Abbot Hall, June 4, 1895. 45. Payment voucher, $8.00 paid to William G. Mason for 4 days' labor at Abbot Hall, June 4, 1895. 46. Payment voucher, $5.00 paid to Carrie Dixey for making a curtain for the stage at Abbot Hall, May 6, 1895. 47. Payment voucher, $3.00 paid to Benjamin F. Goodwin for fixing the bell at Abbot Hall, May 1, 1895. 48. Payment voucher, $6.00 paid to Samuel S. Meservey for taking down booths at Town Hall, December 2, 1895. 49. Payment voucher, $34.50 paid to George Low for work at Abbot Hall, October 1896. 50. Payment voucher, $6.60 paid to Benjamin F. Goodwin for work at Abbot Hall, July 1896. 51. Payment voucher, $3.00 paid to Elbridge E. Goodwin for turning Abbot Hall bell around, July 1897. 52. Payment voucher, $6.00 paid to Samuel S. Meservey for putting up and taking down booths, April 1897. 53. Payment voucher, $400 paid to Dearborn Bros. & Co. on account of contract, October 1897. 54. Payment voucher, $3.00 paid to Moses Sweet for labor on topmast rigging and runner for flag halyards on pole at Marblehead Common. 55. Payment voucher, $4.00 paid to Albert J. Walker for tuning piano, April/May/November 1896. 56. Payment voucher, $12.80 paid to Barney McCloskey for masonry work on Abbot Hall Tower, September 1896. 57. Payment voucher, $3.16 paid to Barney mcCloskey for repairing plastering at Abbot Hall, September 1896. 58. Payment vouchers (6) for The Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company for service to Abbot Hall, February-May 1895 and October 1896. 59. Payment voucher, $50 paid to Humphreys & Twisden for wood delivered to Abbot Hall, Janury 1895. 60. Payment voucher, $27.18 paid to Benjamin F. Martin, Carpenter and Contractor, Gregory Street, for repairs to Abbot Hall steps and seats, April 1897. 61. Payment voucher, $6.98 paid to N.P. Gifford, Lumber and Mouldings, Bridge Street, Salem, for ash sheaths and cornice, January 1895. 62. Payment voucher, $1.00 paid to Eben P. Colley, Painter, Pleasant Street, for lettering cards for paintings, February 1895. 63. Payment voucher, $30 paid to Horace Cloon, dealer in furniture, carpets, window shades and draperies, corner of Washington and State Streets, for 12 arm chairs and 6 chairs for reading room, May 1895. 64. Payment voucher, $25 paid to Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company, Milk Street, Boston, for inspecting two steam boilers in Town Hall, October 1895. 65. Payment voucher, 2.00 paid to White & Co., Furniture, Bedding, Carpets, Rugs, Chamber Sets, Paror Suits, Lounges, Easy Chairs and Straw Mattings, Bank Square, for chairs at Town Hall, June 1895. 66. Payment voucher, $2.00 paid to T.T. Paine's Freight and Express Line, Pleasant Street near B&M railroad station, for moving pianos, January/February 1895. 67. Payment voucher, $23.65 paid to T.T. Paine's Freight and Express Line for moving pianos, unhanging 3 pictures and carting to Boston, October 1895. 68. Payment voucher, $43.63 paid to J.P. Goodwin, Machinist, Boot and Shoe Machinery, for labor on door swing at Abbot Hall, pipes, coupling, etc., for repair of radiator at the Armory, April 1895. 69. Payment voucher, $5.19 paid to Elisha C. Doane, Dealer in Stoves, Ranges and Tinware, 120 Washington Street for parts and labor on stove, July 1895. 70. Payment voucher, $5.50 paid to Benjamin F. Martin for cleaning 2 cesspools, May 1896. 71. Payment voucher, $17.41 paid to Elisha C. Doane for copper, wire, etc., for repair to stove, December 31. 1896. 72. Payment voucher, $1.00 paid to Thomas J. Bowden & Son, Carpenters, for sharpening lawnmower at Abbot Hall, September 1896. 73. Payment voucher, $123.19 paid to Humphreys & Twisden, 1 Front Street, for wood to Abbot Hall and police station, November 1896. 74. Payment voucher, $10 paid to W.G. Conley, Electrical Contractor Supplies, for mataerial and labor on electric lights, December 1896. 75. Payment voucher, $4.15 paid to T.T. Paine's Freight and Express Line for moving pianos, May 1896. 76. Payment voucher, $38.84 paid to John G. Broughton, Carpenter and Builder, Anderson Street, for material and labor for a book case at Assessor's Office, December 1896. 77. Payment voucher, $13.96 paid to J.P. Goodwin for repairs at Abbot Hall and the Armory, October 1896. 78. Payment voucher, $89.75 paid to W.C. Humphreys, successor to Humphreys & Twisden, coal of all kinds, hard and soft wood, etc., 1 Front Street, December 1897. 79. Payment voucher, $12 paid to Benjamin F. Martin for labor on Abbot Hall seats, March 1897. 80. Payment voucher, $2.37 paid to William F. Cloon, Dealer in Hardware, Woodenware, Crockery and Glassware, shoe, farming and cparenters' tools, 86 Washington Street, for snap hooks, screw eyes, brass hooks, nails, etc., September 1897. 81. Payment voucher, $137 paid to Caleb M. Kelley, Concrete Paver of Walks, Driveways, Crossings, Cellar Bottoms, etc., fine and coarse gravel, 57 Loring Avenue, Salem, for concrete work at Abbot Hall, July 1897. 82. Payment voucher, $4.65 paid to M.F. Whiton & Co., Sole Agents Hingham Cordage Company, Boston, for express to Boston and repairing flag, November 1897. 83. Payment voucher, $13.70 paid to A.W. Proctor for packing and oiling 18 trees and new protectors, September 1896. 84. Payment voucher, $.85 cents paid to W.G. Conley for repairing electric fixtures at Abbot Hall, October 1897. 85. Payment voucher, $3.35 paid to William A. Brown, 2nd., Dealer in Hardware, Woodenware and Shoe Tools, 14 School Street, for assessor's blank book, auditor's ledger, janitors wrench, auditor's block paper, December 1897. 86. Payment voucher, $4.00 paid to T.T. Paine's Freight and Express Line for moving pianos, March 1897. 87. Payment voucher, $.40 cents paid to Elisha C. Doane for 12-1/2' and 1/4" of gas pipe and two 1-2" cast elbows, December 1897. 88. Payment voucher, $2.05 paid to C.H. Allen for 3 mantles, a chimney and a mica chimney, August 1897. 89. Payment voucher, $150 paid to Dearborn Bros. & Co., Contractors & Builders, Union Street, Lynn, for oiling abbot block, November 26, 1897. 90. Payment voucher, $460 paid to Dearborn Bros. & Co. for pointing Abbot block and painting iron work on steeple, October 1897. 91. Payment voucher, $1.50 paid to W.G. Conley for repairing wires at Abbot Hall, March 1897. 92. Payment voucher, $5.60 paid to Cawley & Trow, plumbing, gas fitting, steam and hot water heating, Central Street, Salem, for repairs on boiler at Abbot Hall, October 1897. 93. Payment voucher, $1.15 paid to T.T. Paine's Freight and Express Line for moving pianos, November 1897. 94. Payment voucher, $3.50 paid to Peter B. Cortee, Blacksmith and Horseshoer, Front Street, corner of Goodwin's Court, for making winch for Abbot Hall, September 1897. 95. Payment voucher, $144.65 paid to W.C. Humphreys for coal, November 1897. 96. Payment voucher, $110 paid to McKenney & Waterbury, Gas, Electric & Oil Fixtures, piano and table lamps, andirons and fire sets, Franklin and Congress Streets, Boston, for electric lanterns, etc., November 1897. 97. Payment voucher, $48.51 paid to Benjamin F. Martin, 2nd., Harris Street, for labor at Abbot Hall, January 1897. 98. Payment voucher, $7.16 paid to Elisha C. Doane for repairs to stoves, July 1897. 99. Payment voucher, $53.89 paid to J.S. Wormstead, Painter and Paper Hanger, 11 State Street, for work at Abbot Hall, 1897. |
Subjects |
Abbot Hall |
Date |
1895 |
Year Range from |
1895 |
Year Range to |
1897 |
Catalog date |
2022-01-06 |
People |
Allen, C.H. Atwood, Eleazer E. Bowden, Thomas J. & Son Broughton, John G. Brown, William A., 2nd. Cawley & Trow Cloon, Horace Cloon, William F. Colley, Eben P. Conley, W.G. Cortee, Peter B. Dearborn Bros. & Co. Dixey, Carrie Doane, Elisha C. Gilford, N.P. Gilmore, E.R. Goodwin, Benjamin. F. Goodwin, Elbridge E. Goodwin, J.P. Graves, Frank A. Hallen, C. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company Hill, Thomas Humphreys & Twisden Humphreys, W.C. Kelley, Caleb M. Knapp, C.S. Knowland, William C. Low, George Marblehead Gas and Electric Light Company, The Martin, Benjamin F., 2nd Martin, Henry, Jr. Mason, Ernest C. Mason, William G. McCloskey, Barney McKenney & Waterbury Melvin, Daniel Meservey, Samuel S. Paine's, T.T. Freight and Express Line Proctor, A.W. Reynolds, W. Slee, C.A. Sparhawk, H.C. Sweet, Moses Tucker, Thomas W. Usher, Horace B. Walker, Albert J. Western Electric Company White & Co. Whiton, M.F. & Co. Wormstead, Joseph S. |
Search Terms |
Old Town records Abbot Hall |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Fair |