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Adams and Knickle Ltd. fonds
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Sales and shipping operations

Sales and Shipping Operations series consists of fish catches, fish sales, stock journals and employment and time records. Types of documents include journals, notebooks, a salt fish barrel label, patterns for making sails and workmen compensation forms regarding employer pay roll totals for each year. The information contained in this series includes the size and species of fish catches; the market values of salted, dried, green and fresh fish that Adams & Knickle processed, packed and sold; the types of equipment and supplies provided by Adams & Knickle; and the cost and amount of effort required to get fish to market.

Two sail plans with yardage calculations

File includes a scrap of paper with yardage calculations for both plans as well as the name Charles A McLean, which may have been the name of the boat for which the sails were intended. The Charles A. MacLean was built in 1946 by Mahone Bay Shipbuilding Co. for Atlantic Freighting Co. of Waymouth, Nova Scotia.

Vessel operations records of Adams and Knickle Limited

Vessel Operations series consists of vessels papers, vessel certificates and sailing journals. Types of documents include captain's correspondence and accounts, agents' accounts, correspondence, port documentation, trip financial summaries, agreements and charters with shipping agents, notices of protest, crew lists, affidavits, insurance records, vessel accounts and logs. Information includes relations between the vessel and Adams & Knickle; business transactions at various ports in the Caribbean, Brazil and Portugal; the salt-cure fish trade; shipping and fishing industry; relations with foreign markets and various shipping agents; and
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