Collection of Early 1900s Invoices/Letters to S. B. Cummings & Son of West Jonesport, Maine

Collection of early 1900s invoices and correspondence from Maine and other New England companies to S. B. Cummings & Son of West Jonesport, Maine.

Two of the invoices were from the McLean Jones Oil & Supply Company who used a swastika in their logo, in an era before this wouldn't have been seen as a poor business practice.

Images of all of the papers appear at the end of this post.

S. B. Cummings was Samuel Bowden Cummings (1844-1916), a merchant as well as mariner, lighthouse keeper and postmaster.

Papers:

• Williams Stove Lining Company, stove linings and bricks; Taunton, Massachusetts
• July 3, 1902
• September 30, 1902
• Portland Stove Foundry, stoves; Portland, Maine
• January 18, 1910
• May 11, 1910
• July 6, 1910
• August 8, 1910
• September 22, 1910
• November 11, 1910
• November 17, 1910
• November 25, 1910
• July 27, 1916
• Brien Heater Company, stoves; Westfield, Massachusetts
• October 22, 1912
• November 7, 1912
• November 23, 1912
• May 23, 1917 - T. R. Brien
• Frye Phipps & Co., hardware and cutlery; Boston, Massachusetts
• April 24, 1908
• May 17, 1907 - two invoices
• October 9, 1907
• McLean Jones Oil & Supply Co., steamship, mill and railway supplies; Boston, Massachusetts
• dated September 16, 1912
• dated September 27, 1912
• L. N. Littlehale, dealer in flour, corn, oats, cotton seed meal and mill feeds, of Rockland, Maine; December 21, 1906
• Winslow & Co., Inc., Portland Stoneware Co., Portland, Maine; May 26, 1914
• James Bailey Company of Portland, Maine, saddlery and horse furnishings; July 1, 1913 - stamp of W. F. Boyce - presumably William Francis Boyce, born 8 December 1877 in Quebec, according to his naturalization papers; possibly this William F. Boyce with a birth date of 8 December 1876
• Boston, Massachusetts, Office of Quaker City Varnish Company; September 8, 1910 - John Weingartner - presumably John S. Weingartner, Jr. (1865 or 1866-1944) [MA Mason card gives birth year as 1865; grave marker as 1866]
• W. L. Blake & Co., Portland, Maine, steam fitting and plumbing supplies; November 21, 1913 - signed with the stamp of A. W. Blake, Sales Manager - presumably Arthur W. Blake 
• Northfield Knife Company of Northfield, Connecticut; April 1, 1903 - J. K. ?, possibly Oatley - but also possibly Cutlery, not a person.

If you have information to share on Samuel Bowden Cummings or any of the other names that appear, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

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