Paper Mill
Chronologie des propriétaires
- Freeman et Sylvanus Cobb Haskell : (1828)
- Portus Baxter : ? - 22 février 1830
- John et Stephen Reed : 22 février 1830 - 2 avril 1832
- John, Stephen et Samuel Reed : 2 avril 1832 - 31 décembre 1832
- Samuel et Stephen Reed : 31 décembre 1832 - 25 janvier 1843
- Levi Spalding : 25 janvier 1843 - 25 septembre 1847
- Stephen Foster Junior : 25 septembre 1847 - 23 mai 1850
- Ozro Morrill : 23 mai 1850 - ?
BANQ
- Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S24 William Ritchie.
- Acte : # 1356
- Date : 1er et 2 juillet 1828
- Lease and Release from Freeman Haskell and Sylvanus Cobb Haskell, Clothiers of the Township of Stanstead, to Dan Pinney, Paper manufacturer of Derby (Vt.).
- Résumé : Les Haskell louent pour la période d’un an, pour la somme de 125 « Pounds », une partie du lot no 1 du 9e du canton de Stanstead. Terrain décrit ainsi : « …being the same on which the Paper mill is erected, extending [80] feet in front by [40] in depth, together with the exclusive privilege of drawing all waters from the dam in preference to all others for the purpose of manufacturing paper, and no other whatsoever […] together with the Paper mill there erected and made, with the tools and all apparatus there […] ».
[Acte de vente entre les Haskell et Portus Baxter ???]
- Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.
- Acte : # 77
- Date : 22 février 1830
- Deed of Sale and Conveyance by Portus Baxter, Trader of Derby (Vt.), to John and Stephen Reed, Paper Makers both of the same Town of Derby.
- Résumé : Vente d’une partie du lot no 1 du 9e rang du canton de Stanstead pour la somme de 1 300 dollars, terrain décrit ainsi : « ..being the same on which the Paper Mill is erected and built, extending eighty feet in front by forty feet in depth, with the exclusive privilege of Drawing all waters from the Dam in preference to all others for the purpose of Manufacturing Paper, and no other whatsoever, a free and uninterrupted passage to and from the Premises to the King’s highway together with the building on the said Parcel of Land erected and built for a Paper Mill, together with Tools and apparatus […] ».
- Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.
- Acte : # 255
- Date : 2 avril 1832
- Sale of Land by John and Stephen Reed to Samuel Reed, all Paper Makers of the Township of Stanstead.
- Résumé : Vente d’une partie du lot no 1 du 9e rang du canton de Stanstead pour la somme de 108 pounds. Samuel Reed acquiert le tiers du terrain acheté en février 1830 (voir acte no 77), c’est-à-dire celui du « Paper mill ».
- Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.
- Acte : # 419
- Date : 31 décembre 1832
- Sale by John Reed, Paper Maker of the Town of Derby (Vt.), to Samuel and Stephen Reed, both Paper Makers of the Township of Stanstead.
- Résumé : John vend sa part (le tiers) du terrain et des installations du « Paper Mill » à Samuel et Stephen ; Vente d’une partie du lot no 1 du 9e rang du canton de Stanstead pour la somme de 200 pounds (voir actes nos 77 et 255).
- Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.
- Acte : # 420
- Date : 31 décembre 1832
- Assignment by John Reed, Paper Maker of the Town of Derby (Vt.), to Samuel and Stephen Reed, both Paper Makers of the Township of Stanstead.
- Résumé : Acte rattaché au # 419 ; donne les conditions et les détails de la vente de la part de John Reed dans la firme « John & Stephen Reed », fabricants de papier à Stanstead. Suite à cette vente la firme prendra le nom de « Samuel & Stephen Reed » (tel que le confirme l’acte no 510).
[Acte de vente entre les Reed et Spalding ???]
- Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.
- Acte : # 2462
- Date : 25 septembre 1847
- Deed of Sale by Levi Spalding, Trader of the Town of Derby (Vt.), to Stephen Foster Junior, Esquire of the Township of Stanstead.
- Résumé : Vente de trois parcelles du lot no 1 du 9e rang du Canton de Stanstead, dont celui du Paper mill : « …the Estate Right, title, interest, property, claims and demands whatsoever [...] of all those three certain lots, tracts or parcels of land […] being the whole of the same as more fully described and bounded in and by that certain deed of Bargain and Sale thereof heretofore to wit, on the [25th] day of January in the year of our Lord [1843], made and granted by Samuel Reed and Stephen Reed both of Stanstead aforesaid Paper Makers to the said parties hereto, and executed before two witnesses, and which was recorded on the [29th] day of July of the year last above mentioned [1843] in the then district of Sherbrooke Registry office […] with exclusive privilege of drawing all waters from the dam in preference to all others for the purpose of Manufacturing Paper, and no other whatsoever, a free and uninterrupted passage to and from the premises to the highway, with also the privilege granted by Charles Kilborn the original Proprietor, of making a brick yard on the North bank of the said River, and a bridge over the River […] together with the Paper Mill thereon erected with all the machinery, tools and appurtenances used about said Paper Mill, and also all the said Levi Spalding’s Right and Title in and to all other buildings and improvements thereon erected […] ». La vente est conclue pour la somme de 625 pounds.
- Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.
- Acte : # 4578
- Date : 23 mai 1850
- Deed of Sale by Stephen Foster Junior, Esquire of the Township of Stanstead, to Ozro Morrill, Trader of the same place.
- Résumé : Vente de deux parties du lot no 1 du 9e rang du Canton de Stanstead : « …Firstly […] being the same tract of land on which the paper Mill is erected and built extending Eighty feet in front by forty feet in depth with the exclusive privilege of drawing all waters from the dam in preference to all others for the purpose of manufacturing Paper, and no other whatsoever, and a free and uninterrupted passage to and from the premises to the King’s highway, together with the Buildings on the said parcel of land, with all the Machinery, tools and appurtenances used about said Paper Mill, and also all the said Levi Spalding’s Right and Title in and to all other buildings and improvements thereon erected […]. Secondly, […] [the lot] beginning thirty rods Westerly from the South West Corner of the Grist Mill on the North side of the River at low water mark, thence running Easterly on a straight line to a Stake and Stones near a road, thence Westerly on another straight line to land owned by Stephen Foster the said vendor, thence South on the said vendor’s line to the river with the dwelling house, barn and other buildings thereon made […] ». La vente est conclue pour la somme de 1250 pounds. [Voir # 2462 pour le Paper Mill]
Forests and clearings (original publishing July 15, 1874)
- The Reed Brothers:
- John, Samuel, and Stephen: started a paper mill about 1832, and for a few years sustained a large and profitable business in paper, books and general stationery; but the abundant supplies of those articles from the southern markets at very low prices , and the general depression of the times, compelled them to relinquish the enterprise. They had built at an expense of $5,000. The property has since passed into the hands of Ozro Morrill. (p. 34)
Stanstead Journal
- « Pioneer Life on the Frontier », Jan. 31, 1952
- On what is now Railroad Street was, first, the "Gaylord house," (now Mr. Neveu's) Naret, two small houses near the grist mill and at the foot of the hill, beyond the paper mill the "Reed house". The "woods" reached nearly to the rear of the Reed house.
- « Pioneer Life on the Frontier »,14 février 1952 (biographical sketches)
- Reed brothers: Started a paper mill in 1832. Samuel Reed left Rock Island in 1849.
- Location of "old paper mill" : on the present site (1902) of the Telford & Chapman building, by the river, on the left going down Railroad st.
- Aug. 23, 1956
- Rock Island had successively saw mills, carding mills, a paper mill by 1832; a shoe factory by 1840 and then a foundry.
The Who’s Who
- 1832: John, Samuel and Stephen Reed
- Started a paper mill along river on Railroad Street.
