Contributed by Westport Island History Committee
Description
A business letter to Wilmot Greenleaf, Westport, from John McDougall, North Boothbay, regarding the delivery of shingles. According to a history of Boothbay, Maine by Francis Byron Greene (1906), John McDougall operated a shipyard in North Boothbay from sometime around 1842 to 1853.
Willard Holten (Holton), who is mentioned in the letter was one of the founders and funders of the Congregational Meeting House in Boothbay built in 1846.
Wilmot Greenleaf was married to Sarah Tarbox on January 3, 1852. He was the son of Martha Dunton and Westbrook Greenleaf, a mill and business owner in Westport. Wilmot owned a blacksmith shop and a shingle machine at Greenleaf Cove. Sarah was the daughter of Mary "Polly" Brown and Samuel Tarbox, a gentleman farmer, land trader and civic leader in Westport, Maine.
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About This Item
- Title: Letter to Wilmot Greenleaf from John McDougall, 1850
- Creator: John McDougall
- Creation Date: 1850-06-29
- Subject Date: 1850-06-29
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Locations:
- Boothbay, Lincoln County, ME
- Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 24 cm x 18 cm
- Local Code: TarSar.Doc.28-1.1850
- Collection: Sarah Tarbox letters
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Blacksmiths--Maine--Westport Island
- Tarbox, Sarah P.--Family
- McDougall, John--Correspondence
- Greenleaf, Wilmot--Correspondence
- Shingle industry--Maine--Westport Island
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Westport Island History Committee6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, ME 04578
(207) 882-8477
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