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) DOCU~fENTS \,lU~"TED TIY OllDEn OI' THE LEGISLATURE OI' THE STAT~E OF MAINE, nrmXG ITS SESSIOX A .. D. 1846. AUGUSTA: '\V1\{. T. JOHNSON, PRINTER TO THE STATE. 1847. AN ABSTRACT OF THE RETURNS OF CORPORATIONS, MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN JANUARY, 1845, FOR THE YEAR Prepared and published agreeably to a Resolve of the Legislature, approved March 24, 1843. By EZRA B. FRENCH, Secretary of State. AUGUSTA: WM. T. JOHNSON, .......... PRINTER TO THE STATE. 1846 . .. S'fATE OF MAINE. Resolve authorizing the printing of the Returns of Clerks of Corpora­ 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, resi­ dence, and amount of stock owned by each stockholder, and furnish each city, town and plantation, with a copy of the same. [Approved Mm'ch 24, 1843.] • LIST OF STOCKIIOLDERS. THE following comprises 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 1845. 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. Casco Manufacturing Company. Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am't of stock --------1-------__ Asa Clapp, Portland, 60 6,000 Albert Newhall, Cumberland, 48 4,800 Samuel Chadwick, Portland, 36 3,600 John Mussey, do. 48 4,800 John Rand, do. 17 1,700 Julia C. Wingate, executrix, do. 12 1,200 John R. Larrabee, Gorham, 12 J,200 Francis Skinner & Co., Boston, 7 700 240 $24,000 *Cum,berland Marine Railway Company. lsaac F. Sturdivant. Portland, 10 isaae Sturdivant, INorth Yarmouth, 160 Charles Deake, INew Orleans, 10 Joseph Drown, I do. 10 Benjamin DeaJ((': \eapp Elizabeth, 101 I -- 2001 4 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. llfachias Water Power and Mill Company. - Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am't of stock Daniel Harwood, Machias, 466 46,600 W m. B. Smith, do. 60 6,000 Nathan Longfellow, do. 90 9,000 Wm. F. Penniman, do. 50 5,000 Geo. Burnam, do. 73 7,300 Samuel A. Morse, do. 58 5,800 Ignatius Sargent, do. 5 500 William Freeman, Cherryfield, 4 400 John G. Deane, Portland, 84 8,400 Eliphalet Case, do. 50 5,000 Thomas Darling, Boston, Mass, 95 9,500 A. G. Peck & Co" do. 62 6,200 Thayer & Bates, do. 30 3,000 Ebenezer T. Andrews, do. 194 19,400 Ebenezer Smith, jr., do. 67 6,700 Alonzo Crosby, do. 159 15,900 Jonathan M, Dexter, do. 126 12,600 Jona. Jones, do. 15 1,500 Henry Cutter, do. 20 2,000 W illiam Savage, do. 279 27,900 J ohn E. Kimball, do. I 100 E Hiot P. Tucker, ;Cambridge, 135 13,500 J oshua Tucker, IBoston, 573 57,300 R ufus Shattuck, IE.Cambridge, Mass., 9 900 Stephen Goodhue, Boston, Mass., 15 1,500 T homas P. Goodhue, do. ]5 1,500 S . & T. P. Goodhue, do. 1 100 P eter C. Bacon, Oxford, Mass., 80 8,000 W rn. M. Towne, ISpringfield, Mass., 53 5,300 Salem Towne, 'Charlton, Mass., 126 12,600 A ssignees Fessenden & Co., Brattleboro', Vt., ;2 200 Peter Harwood, Barre, Mass., 100 10,000 Bailey Cobb, Boston, 50 5,000 Cushing Otis, Scituate, Mass., 26 2,600 Machias W. P. & Mill Co., Machias, Me., 48 4,800 W m. P. Tewksbury, Boston, 21 2,100 Geo. A. Trumbull, Worcester, Mass., 8 800 Thomas R. Sewall, 'Boston, Mass., 25 2,500 Isaac Sweetser, do. 2 200 Charles Haynes, do. '7 700 Thomas G. Wells, do. 35 3,500 James H. Barnes, do. 16 1,600 Robert Farley, in trust, I do. 145 14500 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. 5 Machias Water Power and Mill Company, (Continued.) Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am't of stock -------------- James Hunnewell, Charlestown, Mass., 20 2,000 I 3,500i $350,000 Mousam lYlanufacturing Company. John Chickering's estate, INewburyport, Mass., 3 1,500 David S. Brown, Ij,Philadelphia, 127 63,500 George T. Peabody, I do. 6 3,000 Robert F. Walsh, I do. 12 6,000 Benj. T. Tredick, I do. 12 6,000 Daniel Dagget, iNewburyport, Mass., 1 500 William Lord, IKennebunk, 6 3,000 Jabez Smith, I do. I 2 1,000 Ivory Lord, I do. ,2 1,000 ! 1- 1711 $85,000 Ocean Insurance Company. Joseph Adams, Unknown, 3 300 John Anderson, trustee, Portland, 3 300 John Anderson, guardian, do. 1 100 John Anderson, do. 3 300 Thomas Browne, do. 16 1,600 George Bartol, do. 41 4,100 Phinehas Barnes, do. 4 400 N ath'l Blanchard, do. 15 1,500 Brunswick Bank, Brunswick, 10 1,000 Sarah Barnes, IPortland, 1 100 Samuel Chadwick, ! do. 43 4,300 B. P. Chamberlain, jSalem, Mass., 10 1,000 Asa Clapp, IPortland, 30 3,000 Freeman Cummings, do. 3 300 Samuel Chase, do. 10 1,000 Casco Bank, I do. 5 500 Thomas Chadwick, do. 5 500 Eliphalet Clark, I do. 5 500 1* 6 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. Ocean Insurance Company, (Continued.) - Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am't of stock Phinehas Drinkwater, Portland, 5 500 Charles S. Daveis, do. 13 1,300 James Deering, Westbrook, 5 500 Ezekiel Day, Deceased, 2 200 Asa Dresser, Portland, 10 1,000 Edward H. Daveis, do. 5 500 Rufus Emerson, do. 5 500 Ebenezer Everett, Brunswick, 10 1,000 E. C. & M. O. Emerson, Portland, 5 500 Charles O. Emerson, York, 10 1,000 Luther Fitch, Portland, 5 500 Thomas Forsaith, do. J2 1,200 J ames Furbish, guardian, do. 4 400 Philip Greely, do. 35 3,500 Eliphalet Greely, do. 20 2,000 Sarah Greely, Boston, Mass., 3 300 John D. Gardner, do. 15 1,500 J os. B. Gardner, New York, 10 1,000 Polly Hobart, Deceased, 20 2,000 Alex. Hubbs, Portland, 10 1,000 John Hamilton, do. 10 1,000 Joel Hall, do. 10 1,000 T homas Hammond, do. 10 1,000 Rufus Horton, do. 5 500 Pamelia Hanford, Unknown, 5 500 S amuel Hanson, gnardian, Portland, 4 400 Samuel Hanson, do. 10 1,000 N oah Hinkley, ex'r & trustee, Boston, Mass., 5 500 M oses Hall, Westbrook, 10 1,000 I saac Ilsley, Portland, 15 1,500 C harles Jordan, do. 5 500 W illiam Kimball, do. 4 400 J ames Lunt, Westbrook, 5 500 A mmi Loring, North Yarmouth, 12 1,200 R ichmond Loring, do. 2 200 P arker McCobb, Portland, 20 2,000 Merchants' Bank, do. 10 1,000 A lbert Newhall, Cumberland, 10 1,000 W illiam Oxnard, IPortland, 5 500 J ohn Oxnard, do. 5 500 I srael Richardson, do. 5 500 J ohn Robinson, Cape Elizabeth, 5 500 Jo h n W Rich Gorham 5 .500 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. Ocean Insurance Company, (Continued.) ____ Nom", __I .. _R"idcn"~__IN"' "~h":-;:';~:k Charles D. Robinson, Portland, I]0 1,000 Marye.Robin.son, do. I 10 1,200 George W. SmIth, do. I' [) uOO Smith & Brown, do. 10 1,00n William Swan, do. 10 ] ,000 Caroline Stockman, do. 10 1,000 M. P. Sawyer, Boston, 20 2,000 H. Southgate, trustee, Portland, 3 300 Mary S. Smith, do. 11 1,IUO Priscilla P. Smith, Unknown, 10 1,000 Isaac Sturdivant, Portland, n 900 Jona. Tucker, do. 10 1,000 George Turner, do. 15 1,500 Elias Thomas, do. 101 ],000 Margaret Thayer, do. (]il {iOO Lucy Thorndike, do. 100 Martha Tappan, Unknown, 31 3UO John R. Vinton, do. 251 2,500 Phinehas Varnum, Portland, () GOO William Woodbury, do. 12 1,200 Ch'r 'Vright, do. 5 500 Thomas vVarren, do. 5 500 George Warren, do. u 500 John & N. vVarren, do. ;)1 500 Benjamin 'Villis, Boston, 101 1,600 Benjamin Willis, jr., do. 101 1,000 Hezekiah "Winslow, Portland, 40. 4,000 Jeremiah Winslow, France, 10; 10,200 Rufus E. 'V ood, Portland, ~I 500 Wm. 'Vood, do. '""'I 200 Ocean Insurance Company, do. 201 2,000 ----1---- 1,5001 $150,000 i * Laconia Company. Eben. T. Andrews, 'Boston, 12 Augustus AspenwaIl, do. 4 Atkins Adams, Fairhaven, 5 Wm. R Austin, Dorchester, 10 8 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. Laconia Company, (Contintted.) Names. Residence. No. of shares. Am't of stock - Nathaniel "V. Appleton, Boston, 10 Alfred T. Appleton, Salem, 13 Charles T. Appleton, Boston, 3 Abel Adams, do. 6 John Aiken, Lowell, 2 John Anderson, Portland, 6 John R. Adun, Boston, 6 Joshua Aribin, Amesbury, 3 Samuel Batchelder, Sac.o, 13 Ezra A. Bourne, Boston, 6 Charles Bradbury, do. 10 Charles Bradbury, trustee, do. 2 Susan Burley, do. 11 Elisha Bartlett, Lowell, 2 Joseph Balch, Boston, 12 Joseph Balch, trustee, do. I 2 I. T. Bigelow, do. 2 Jacob Bigelow, do. 6 John Bryant, do. 12 N abby and Anne Balch, do. I Enoch Baldwin, do. 3 Homer Bartlett, Lowell, 3 George Bragdon, do. 1 John Belknap, Boston, 10 W. B. Brown, Lowell, 1 Sally Bachelder, Hingham, I Charles vV. Cartwright, Boston, 12 Edward Clark, Northampton, 5 Eliphalet Clark, Portland, 1 John Clark, Lowell, 10 Pliny Cutler, Boston, 1 Ebenezer Chadwick, do. 13 John P. Cushing, Watertown, 12 Thomas Cole, Salem, 8 Charles P. Curtis, Boston, 7 Thomas B.