Josiah P. Keller papers, 1853-1862
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Description
- Title
- Josiah P. Keller papers, 1853-1862
- Creator
- Keller, Josiah P., 1812-1862
- Abstract
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This collection documents the establishment and early years of the Puget Mill Company, which manufactured lumber. The bulk of the papers are letters from Josiah Keller to his partner, Charles Foster. They discuss building plans, business development, ships and cargoes, and accounts. There are occasional mentions of Keller's personal affairs and one letter describes his voyage around Cape Horn in the schooner L. P. Foster. Two charts show Hood's Canal, the harbor, and location of the mill
- Description
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Capt. Josiah P. Keller, of East Machias, Maine, was a founder of the Puget Mill Company. He sailed on the Julius Pringle from San Francisco to Puget Sound where he chose Port Gamble as a site for the mill. Keller became superintendent of the mill and in 1853 moved his family to Port Gamble.
Available on microfilm. - Provenance
- Gift of William Robertson Coe.
- Extent
- 106 items:
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Folders 3-9 fully digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS 280
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Charts United States
- Material
- charts.
- Subject (Geographic)
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Washington (State)
Port Gamble (Wash.)
Puget Sound (Wash.) - Subject (Name)
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Foster, Charles, d. 1876.
Keller, Josiah P., 1812-1862.
Pope, Andrew J.
Talbot, William C.
Julius Pringle (Ship)
L. P. Foster (Schooner)
Puget Mill Company. - Subject (Topic)
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Lumbering
Economic conditions - Subjects
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Foster, Charles, d. 1876
Keller, Josiah P., 1812-1862
Pope, Andrew J.
Talbot, William C.
Julius Pringle (Ship)
L. P. Foster (Schooner)
Puget Mill Company
Lumbering > Washington (State)
Port Gamble (Wash.)
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Washington (State) > Economic conditions
United States
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Josiah P. Keller Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 3123775
- Object ID (OID)
- 16697017
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