Scope and Contents: The first account book (1880-1884) is for the schooners Victory and Luella S. Snow, has information about their coastal voyages. Information for the Victory is dated between July 1880 and July 1882 and lists numerous voyages to Boston with lime as their primary cargo although timber is listed as well. Disbursements regarding the schooner Luella A. Snow are dated between June 1882 and May 1884. There are also wages and slop account entries for voyages taken between June and September of 1882 and November 1882 through May 1884. Although a schooner’s name is not mentioned here, I believe it is for the Luella A. Snow. There are a few loose papers with the account book. This includes some small papers with mathematical calculations, an 8.5” x 11” paper with monetary calculations for wages paid in advance, and a weekly flyer for goods offered from Austin, Nichols & Co. dated 1884.
The second account book (1880-1894) is for the schooner Victory. It covers disbursements for trips dated March 18, 1880 up until October 1894. These trips were entirely coastal traveling from Rockland to Boston with lime, grain, oats, and lumber. Other coastal ports are Machias, Gardiner, Dennysville, Rockland, Eastport and Isle au Haut. There were three small loose sheets of papers in this account book. Two are receipts of staple items purchased for the schooner Luella A. Snow that include butter, sweet potato, bread, white beans, sugar, butter, powder and old batting dated March 1883. The third sheet has some notes on the trip from Milbridge to Dominica and Orchilla as well as some crewmen names. The date 12/10/83 is written at the top.
Capt. Israel D. Snow commanded the schooner Victory between March 1880 and June 1881 and August 2 through 11, 1887.
Capt. Israel D. Snow Papers
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