John Sise Papers – MS037
Provenance: Photocopied from originals in the Archives and Library at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Photocopies given to the Portsmouth Athenaeum January 1987.
Citation: John Sise Papers, Archives and Library, Henry Ford Museum
Size: 1/2 Hollinger Box
Access: No restrictions
Scope and Content
Photocopies of record books of notes and bills payable (1856-1869), bills, correspondence, money orders, checks and other papers, reflecting Sise’s business affairs. Companies represented include American Glass Company, Aetna Insurance Company, Bay State Glass Company, and Mount Washington Glass Works.
Box 1
Folder 1
American Glass Company
Bills for merchandise, 1851-1852, 1854-1857 (47 pieces)
Folder 2
Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford
Business letter, 1870 (1)
Folder 3
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
Bills for merchandise, 1851-1867 (58)
Folder 4
Ahrenfaldt, Charles
Business letters, 1855, 1857 (2)
Folder 5
Bay State Glass Company
Business letter, 1863 (1)
Folder 6
Cape Cod Glass Company
Bill for merchandise, 1861 (1)
Folder 7
Crafts, Martin
Business letter, 1852 (1)
Folder 8
Hall, John
Business letter, 1863 (1)
Folder 9
Jarves and Comeraes
Bill for Merchandise, 1856 (1)
Folder 10
Knowlton, J. Edward
Business letter, 1868 (1)
Folder 11
Lamson, Asa B.
Business letter, 1867 (1)
Folder 12
Mount Washington Glass Works
Bills for merchandise and business letters, 1863, 1866-1868 (35 pieces)
Folder 13
New England Glass Company
Bill for merchandise, 1853 (1)
Folder 14
Phoenix Glass Company
Bill for merchandise, 1863 (1)
Folder 15
Pierce, Samuel B., and Sons & Co.
Bill for merchandise, 1863 (1)
Folder 16
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad Co.
Bill for shipping, 1860 (1)
New York and Portland Steamship Line
Bill for shipping, 1860 (1)
Folder 17
Read and Lathrop
Check or money order to John Sise, 1856 (1)
Folder 18
Rees and Piercy
Check or money order to John Sise, 1856 (2 sides)
Folder 19
E. F. Sise and Company
Bill for merchandise, 1852 (1)
Folder 20
Stokell, John (Portsmouth)
Bill for merchandise (meat and vegetables), 1867 (1)
Folder 21
Thayer, J. E. & Brother (London)
Money exchange order, 1858 (1)
Folder 22
Trost, Herman & Co.
Bill for merchandise
Draft of Mechanics Bank (Portsmouth), 1863 (3)
Folder 23
Union Glass Works
Business letter, 1863 (1)
Folder 24
Wiggins, Charles E.
Business letter (partial), 1868 (1)
Folder 25
Winslow, J. T.
Business letter, 1861 (1)
Box 2
Folder 1 Statement of Edward Sise re: Capture of Brig Jeremiah
Tebbits, 1797
Folder 2 Policy Book, 1851-1861
Folder 3 Insurance Loss Book, 1856-1857
Folder 4 Insurance Policy for Daniel Moulton, 1893
Folder 5 Insurance Survey Book, 1910-1911
Folder 6 Insurance Policies, 1917-1919
Folder 7 Insurance Survey for Portsmouth Hotel Co., 1936
Folder 8 Ins. Proposal for Andrew Jarvis, Rockingham Hotel, 1938
Folder 9 Ins. Proposal for Andrew Jarvis, Jarvis Cafeteria, 1940
Folder 10 Insurance Endorsement for Portsmouth Hotel Co., 1941
Folder 11 Insurance Proposal for Andrew Jarvis, no date
Folder 12 Pocket Diary belonging to John Sise, no date