Name/Title
Papers, Alexander P. LoperEntry/Object ID
2020.230.005Scope and Content
Collection of papers relating to Alexander P. Loper, the Loper Fire Alarm Co., and the Stonington Fire District.
*Letter from Dixon & Holmes (Attorneys) to Alex P. Loper, June 24, 1933 re. legal issues with Darrell & Company. Mentions Gene Edwards (Eugene), "Uncle" Nat Palmer, and "Cousin" Will Dixon
*typed 1 page biography of Alexander Palmer Loper, on Loper Fire Alarm Co, Stationery (mentions Richard F. Loper, Elizabeth Palmer Loper, Nathaniel B. Palmer, Walter Palmer, Edward Fuller, Priscilla Loper, Elizabeth P. Babcock, Calvary Episcopcal Church, Mistuxet Club, Wadawancuk Club (2 copies)
*letter (with blueprint) from the American Patents Corporation, to the Loper Fire Alarm Company, June 15, 1932 re. blueprint for a patented burglar alarm
*receipt, "1 Gamwell Fire Alarm Box" sold to Pawcatuck Fire District by the Loper
*flyer, "Description & Price List of Fire Alarm Boxes Manufactured by George M. Stevens, Boston"
*letter from the Office of the Mayer of the City of Boston to Alexander P. Loper of the Loper Fire Alarm Company, October 29, 1930 re. New England Century of Progress Exposition
*flyer, "Invents New Type Fire Alarm System," 3 paragraphs on the patent for Alexander P. Loper's fire alarm box
*postcard from the Pioneer Hook & Ladder Company #1 to Alexander P. Loper, August 11, 1927 re. am upcoming business meeting, inspection and parade.
*letter from Henry A. Muller & Son to Alexander P. Loper, August 1, 1930
*reciept, "Amount Contributed for Moving Building, and Equiping Department for Stonington Fire District. (names: Mr. & Mrs. H.R. Palmer, Mr. J.W. Lathrop, Mr. Charles A. Wimpfheimer, A.P. Loper, Dr. & Mrs. Street, Mr. & Mrs. Darrell, Dr. & Mrs. Odell, Mr. & Mrs. Simmons, Miss Mendall, Miss Collins, Mrs. & Mrs. Eugene Phelps Edwards
*page of Stonington Fire District, Inc., stationery
*Stonington Fire District Tax Notice
*Rate Bill, Stonington Fire Disctrict, 1927
*map, hand-drawn "Location of Hydrants" from the Stonington Fire District, showing hydrants in the northern half Stonington Borough along Water Street, Main Street and Elm Street.
*list of members of the fire company for the Stonignton Fire District, formed April 18, 1927. (James McCourt, Sam Woods, Frank Mathews, Jospeh Leary, Ed Dennehey, E.A. Hoxie, Styles Ross, J. Gallant, Alexander P. Loper, E.A. Monjo, J. Packenham, Thomas Farrell, J.E. Thayer, Harry Woods, Orrin Patterson, C.C. Baten, R.M. Delegrange, Wilson Kirk, Louis Wilcox, P. Rearidon, Thomas Coffee, W. Farnam, Edward Street, Jr., Charles Farnum, Herbert Simmons, A. Wiesmeyer, R. Gearity, E.F. Higgins, F.A. Allen, E.A. Simmonson, G. Kitchen, W. Wimme, Fulton Lewis, William Wilcox, Lawrence Doffee, William G. Bryer, W.J. Wood, J. Kelso, William J. Leahy, Albert M. Palmer, Paul Hammond, Owen J. Dennehey, Edward A. Johnson, Edward Garrity, Frank Shannon, James Ledwith, Charles Wood, Jospeh Vargas, Frank Vargas, Wolcot Silvia, Edward Coffee, Anthony Bousa, Clarence Saunders, Frank Jansen, Louis Hammond)
*notice, 'Warning" re. insurance rates for the Stonington Fire District, mentions Stonington Borough Burgesses R.L. Delegrange, E.A. Simsonson, F.A. Allen, and patrons Mr. & Mrs. H.R. Palmer, American Velvet Co., Westerly Light Co.
*thank you letter from the Pioneer Hook & Ladder Co. re. contributions for fire fighting apparatus
*news clipping, call for proposals for an improved storage battery for the fire alarms of the Quincy Fire Department, 1922.
*receipt from the Electric Storage Battery Co. to Alexander P. Loper, October 20, 1933
*catalog from Hill, Clarke & Co. (machinery business) to Loper Fire Alarm Co., 1927