MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) DOCUMENTS l''RINTED DY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE ST A TE OF lVIAINE, DURL"\G ITS SESSION A. D. 1850. flunu~ta: WILLIAM T. JOHNSON, PRINTER TO THE STATE. I 850. AN ABSTRACT OF THB RETURNS OF CORPORATIONS, MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN JANUARY, 1850, FOR THE YEAR Prepared and published agreeably to a Resolve of the Legislature, approved March, 24, 1843; By EZRA 13. FRENCH, Secretary of State. WM, T, JOHNSON, ........... PRINTER TO THE STATE. 185 0. STATE OF MAINE. Resolve authorizing the pr1:nting of the Returns of Clerks of Corpo· ·rations. RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State is hereby directed to cause the printing of four hundred copies of the returns of the several corpo­ rations ( excepting banks) of this State, comprising the name, residence, and amount of stock owned by each stockholder, and furnish each city, town and plantation, with a copy of the same. [Approved March 24, 1843.) LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. THE following comprise a list of all the returns of clerks of corpora­ tions, that have been received at the office of the Secretary of State, for the year 1850. The abstracts of the returns of such corporations as are marked (*) did not specify the value of shares or the amount of their capital stock, nor is such information found in their acts of incorporation. Brooksville Manufacturing Company. SHARES $30 EACH. -Jo-s-e-pl: W-a-1~-,:-:-."-· ____ I_B_r-oo_k_s_:·-i:-::-·~-c-e. ___ 1N__o._o_f s-h-:-'t' ::::: Charles K. Tilden, lcastine, 151 450 Hezekiah Williams, do. 7 1 210 Andrew Brown, do. 1 30 Rowland H. Bridgham, do. 4 120 John Means, Sedgwick, 8 240 Hezekiah Means, do. 1 30 Joshua Grindle, do. 2 60 Isaac 1\1. Allen, do. 2 60· Franklin Lufkin, do. J 30 David Nutter, I do. 4 120 Nathaniel K. Sawyer, do. 2 60 Andrew S. Bowdin, do. 2 60 Samuel Hooper, do. 4 120 1 David Walker, Brooksville, 9 270 Benjamin Walker, do. 8 240 Manning Ellis, do. 2 60 Erastus Redman, do. 5 150 Francis M. Holden, Deer Island,. I 30 John Walker, Brooksville,. 240 James Douglass, do. 5 150 4 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS OF CORPORATIONS. Brooksville JJ;Ianufacturing Company, (Continued.) Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am'tofstock. Eliot Douglass, Brooksville, I 30 Doty Douglass, do. 2 60 Daniel Dougla11, do. 2 60 Amos E. Tibbet1 Sedgwick, 1 30 Josiah Stevens, ' Brooksville, 2 60 Simeon Allen, do. 6 180 Sivilian Babson, do. 5 150 John Snow, Bluebill, 3 90 Samuel Babson, Brooksville, 2 60 ------·-- 169, $5,040 The Great Works Milling and Manufacturing Company. $100 per share originally, present value about $25. Josiah S. Little, Portland, 393 Thomas A. Deblois, do. IO Edward Gould, do. 8 Samuel Farrar and James S. Rowe, (trustees,) Bangor, 405 Albert Newhall, Cumberland, 27 Israel Richardson, Portland, 15 John S. Paine, do. 94 Joseph Stewart, Unknown, I Charles 0. Emerson, York, 12 Francis Todd, Newburyport, 196 Mechanics' Bank, do. 52 Ocean Bank, do. 351 1,248 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS OF CORPORATIONS. 5 Hallowell Cotton Manufacturing Company. Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am 't ofstock. Jesse Aiken, HalloweH, 7,600 John Atkins, do. 3,000 T. M. Andrews, do. 300 C. G. Bachelder, do. L050 T. B. Brooks, do. 2,G50 Asa Benson, do. 'i">D M. Coolidge, do. G25 E.G. Dole, do. 1,050 H. & A. Davenport, do. 600 A.H. Davis, do. 650 John Davis, do. 600 J. C. Dwight, do. 1,375 W. Emmons, do. 500 J.P. Flagg, do. 2,100 Geo. Fuller, do. 200 F. Glazier, do. 5,:250 W. Hawkes, do. 1,050 John Hubbard, do. 1,400 Eben Horn, do. 150 James Kenney, do. 125 Artemas Leonard, do. 3,2:l5 R. G. Lincoln, agent, do. 450 J. D. Lord, do. 50 F. Lyford, do. 450 A. Masters, do. 4,450 John .Merrick, do. 4,500 A. l\lerrill, do. 1,200 J. & E. Matthews, do. 700 John Gardner, do. 300 J. F. Nason, do. 150 B. G. Parker, do. 300 H. W. Paine, do. 700 W. R. Prescott, do. 2,400 A. Prescott, do. 100 Rufus K. Page, do. 3,750 B. G. Page, do. JOO B. G. Robinson, do. 100 Nath'l Shaw, do. 300 J. E. Smith, do. 1,600 Isaac's Smith's estate, do. 450 Samuel Smith, do. 1,200 J. DeWofle Smith, do. 2,300 James Sherburne, do. 650 2 6 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS OF CORPORATIONS. Hallowell Cotton Mtmufacturing Company, (Continued.) ·- Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am't ofstock. C. H. Strickland, Hallowell, 1,100 B. Nason, do. 400 C. Spaulding, do. 150 Wm. Stickney, do. 2,250 A. Sampson, do. 750 N. Stevens, do. 130 D. D. Tilton, do. 750 W. M. Vaughan, do. 800 S. C. Whittier, do. 2,375 Martha Whittier, do. 500 H.P. Wood, do. 250 John Yeaton, do. 750 Hiram Fuller, do. 100 Paul Stickney, do. 1,000 James Read, Boston, 29,400 C. Copeland & Co., do. 1,200 E. Harper, do. 500 Chas. Vaughan, do. 750 Isaac Livermore, do. 500 Isaac Williams, do. 2,250 Isaac Williams, (trustee,) do. 750 Chas. Brooks, do. 1,250 Wm. G. Brooks, do. 750 Lane & Read, do. 2,000 Wm. Read, do. 1,000 'C. Cunningham, do. 3,000 Stephen S. Stone, do. 3,000 John Hathaway, do. 3,000 John Gardner, do. 3,000 C. B. Shaw, do. 1,500 Henry Rice, jr., do. 1,500 E. Baldwin, do. 750 T. M. Clark, 'Gardiner, 1,875 N. M. Currier, do. 250 Plimpton & Dunn, Litchfield, 500 A. W. True, do. 750 M. S. Hagar, Richmond, 750 Asa Brooks, do. 200 J. W. Avery, do. 200 C. Freeman, Bath, 600 Caroline C. Prescott, do. GOO Wilmot Wood, Wi'3casset, 100 Emeline P. Wood, do. 1,000 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS OF CORPORATIONS. 7 Hallowell Cotton Manufacturing Company, (Continued.) Names. Residence. !No. of shares. Am't of stock, 1- M. H. :Metcalf, Winthrop, 1,200 M. Stanley, do. 750 J. Whiting, do. 1,650 S. 1S.z, R. S. Page, Readfield, 750 David Brown, do. 2,100 E. C. Stodder, do. 1,000 J. H. Underwood, Fayette, 1,400 J. Adams' estate, Norridgewock, 500 Samuel Wells, Portland, 1,100 A. G. Chandler, Baileyville, 100 Silas Leonard, Augusta, 1,500 .Moses Vvhittier, 1ILow~ll, 750 L. G. White, ; BrooJdyn, 500 0. II. Gordon, !New York, 1,000 C. Symms, ( administrator,) iUnknown, 2,000 8150,880 Kennebec Company. Am'tofstock.lAm't paid in. Reuel Williams, Augusta, 57,500 57,500 Allen Lambard, do. 11,625 7,875 George \V. Morton, do. 1,000 1,000 Jos~ph D. Emery, (estate,) do. 1,000 1,000 James W. Bradbury, do. 1,625 1,625 Benjamin A. G. Fuller, do. 750 750 James L. Child, do. 3,500 3,500 Henry Williams, do. 4,000 3,333~ L. W. Lithgow, do. 5,375 4,250 Sarah Bowman, do. 500 500 Benjamin Davis, do. 4,000 4,000 Na than Weston, do. 9,250 8,000 Joseph H. Williams, do. 3,375 3,375 Richard D. Rice, do. 1,625 1,208A Severance & Dorr, do. 1,750 1,750 Daniel Hewins, do. 500 500 Loring Cushing's estate, do. 500 500 Nicholas S. Scott, do. 1,500 833j 8 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS OF CORI>ORATIONS. Kennebec Company, ( Continued.) Names. Residence. Am'tofstock. Am't paid in. ---1---- John G. Phinney & Co., Augusta, 500 500 Benjamin Rust, do. 500 500 Freeman Barker, do. 875 625 James V. Hadley, do. 500 500 Samuel Kendall, do. 1,000 1,000 Thomas Smith and Benjamin A. G. Fuller, do. 500 500 Henry B. Hovey and Benja- min F. Chandler, do. ,500 500 B. F. Chandler, do. 687§ 562~ John H. Ingraham, do. 500 500 Esther G. Fuller, do. 750 750 Lucretia G. Fuller, do. 750 750 Hannah E. North, do. 1,625 1,208! Gilbert Pullen, do. 500 500 Estate of Loring Cushing and Joseph P. Dillingham, do. 500 500 Elizabeth C. Myrick, do. 1,000 1,000 George H. Jones, do. 7,750 2,583! Merrill Whitney, do. 750 750 J. P. Dillingham, do. 125 41~ Eben Fuller, do. 2.50 83! Alfred Redington, do. 1,000 333! Daniel Williams, do. 500 166} Lot Myrick, do. 750 750 John .Nlulliken, do. 1,750 1,250 Nathaniel Kimball, Gardiner, 500 500 Elijah Folger, Sidney, 500 5UO James Sturges, Vassal borough, 500 500 Chase, :Motley & Mills, Bo~ton, (Mass.,) 22,500 22,500 Jane P. Bridge, do. 1,000 l,000 Frederick A. Cobb, do. 1,000 1,000 Ezra C. Hutchins, do. 4,125 3,041~ Thomas J. Lobdell, do. 7,500 5,500 Joseph Mckay, do. 1,750 1,750 Henry W. Fuller, do. 1,750 9165 Abner H. Bowman, do. 1,750 1,250 John Hurd, do. 3,375 2,458! Francis Bosquet, do. ,5(]0 500 Benjamin Sewall, do. 2,000 2,000 George A. Lewis, do. 2,500 1,833~ George A. Lewis, ( trustee,) do. 500 500 Solomon Wildes, do. 3,375 2,458~ LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS OF CORPORATIONS, 9 Kennebec Company, (Continued.) Names. Residence. iAm't ofstock. Am't paid in. ------- Benjamin Seaver, Boston, (Mass.,) 1,750 1,750 John Jeffries, do. 7,000 7,000 Ephraim Wildes, do. 500 166i Moses Wildes, do. 2,000 2,000 Isaac D.