Date(s) of Creation
1903 - 1940Title
Launching of the "Washington A. Clark"Description
Letter 1: Letter written to Mrs. J.E. Merrill from H.D. Elliott asking that her daughter (Helen J. Merrill) be the sponsor of the christening of the Washington A. Clark in 1903 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Newspaper Clipping: Newspaper article "Steamer Washington A. Clark Launched". Date and paper unknown. Launch from the Merrill-Stevens ship yards. Sponsor of the ship is Miss Helen J. Merrill, daughter of James Eugene Merrill, founder and Treasurer of the Merrill-Stevens Engineering Company in 1903.
Letter 3: Letter to Miss Helen J. Merrill dated September 19, 1903 thanking her for sponoring and christening the "Washington A. Clark" from Captain H.D. Elliott, captain of the steamer the "Clark".
Photo of the Washington A. Clark.Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 2Notes
Date: September 19, 1903
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Receipts: Solomon LodgeDescription
Receipts to J.E. Merrill from the Jurisdiction of the M.W. Grand Lodge of F. and A.M. of the State of Florida
Receipt: December 27, 1893
Receipt: December 27, 1896
Receipt: December 27, 1897Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 1Notes
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CorrespondenceDescription
Receipt no. 1859 dated October 13, 1902 to J.E. Merrill for payment to the City of Jacksonville of one-third the cost of paving LaFayette Street (home street).
Letter from J.E. Merrill dated August 27, 1900 to his son, Kenneth Alexander Merrill. Cherryfield Maine is the location of Helen Pearly Small's childhood home). Kenneth would be about 7years old at the time of this letter.
Receipt from Edgar Oliver to J.E. Merrill for "private teaching in Latin" dated May 31, 1905.
One Envelope and one leter to Mrs. Helen Pearly "Nelly" from cousin Sarah on October 28, 1906 from Salem, Massachusetts.
Letter to Helen J. Merrill at Salem College (Winston Salem, North Carolina) from J.E. Merrill (her father). The letter is two (2) pages front and back. Eugene mentions Kenneth Merrill returning to "his studies", livestock, Jamie (James Campbell Merrill) and his wife Annie's trip, boating, and selling his "interests in Talbot".Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 3Notes
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DiariesDescription
3/4/1916 Diary:
Kenneth A. Merrill diary, 46 pages. Begins January 5 - March 4, 1916, and details Kenneths trip to many Caribbean and Central American countries. Also, this diary corresponds to Merrill Scrapbook MC14.19S.
October 1926 Diary: Jax to WelatkaContainer
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 4Notes
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Correspondence 1930sDescription
Letter from Sister Nellie (assuming Helen J.) sent to Kenneth January 21, 1934.
Three (3) letters sent to Kenneth from his father (James E. Merrill) in 1939 from Miami.
February 24th
March 3rd
March 8th
J.E. Merrill would pass away in December 1939 in Miami.Date(s) of Creation
1934 - 1939Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 5Notes
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SAR and DAR Applications and correspondances relating to Fort St. NicholasDescription
Application for Membership to the Florida Society of the Sons of the American Revolution by James Campbell Merrill, Sr. completed in 1953.
Application for Membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution by Helen Perley Merrill in 1907.
Correspondence between Gardner T. Gillette, husband of Anne Screven Merrill (daughter of James Campbell Merrill, Sr.) and Dena Snodgrass detailing "articles dug up at the shipyard site" in October 1973.
Two page history on Fort Saint Nicholas and the Merrill-Stevens Company 1917 location.
Artifact Loan Form, January 1984 from Mrs. Gardner Gillette (Ann) to "M.F.H."Date(s) of Creation
1907 - 1939Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 6Notes
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Kenneth Merrill Biographical InformationDescription
Alexander Merrill obituary (Kenneth Alexander's namesake).
Kenneth A. Merrill, Sr. biographical sketch.
Georgia School of Technology Commencement program June 14, 1916 (Kenneth A. Merrill graduation program).
"50 Years Ago Today": Kenneth A. Merrill Graduation announcement in the Florida Times-Union, June 20, 1966
"Mrs. Kenneth Merrill" photo in newspaper picture September 01, 1935.Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 7Notes
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Merrill-Bostwick Property Map of Talbot IslandDescription
Map printed May 28, 1982. Number of parcels are marked with either red or green pen and denoted as such:
In green: "1/3 each for JCM Jr. (James Campbell Merrill, Jr.), Ann G. (Ann Merrill), and Arthur M. (Arthur Merrill)."
In red: "KAM (Kenneth Alexander Merrill) 1/6 also 1/6 for JCM Jr. and 1/6 for Ann Gillette, 1/6 for Arthur Merrill, 1/3 for Bostwick Estate."
(This map is currently in Vertical Box 11, Folder 8. It should be moved to a map drawer for preservation. -MAP)Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 8Notes
Date: April 1982
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Jacksonville History & SocietyDescription
A note from Dena Snodgrass, Treasurer of the Jacksonville Historical Society, in November 1953 to Mr. and Mrs. Merrill.
Two (2) Jacksonville Historical Society Newsletter, October 1923 and November 1957, are included.
Typed excerpt from "Notes and observations upon the present condition of Florida" by J.C. Richard, written in 1840.Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 9Notes
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Merrill-Stevens press release on Naval awardDescription
Announcement for the Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock & Repair Company for a public release. This announcement detailed the Navy Certificate of Achievement award and Naval recognition "of the spelndid efforts put forth by the men and women of your organization in support of the war production program".
Noted names:
James C. Merrill, President of Merrill-Stevens
H. Struve Hensel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Commander S.J. Singer, Chief of the Inentive DivisionDate(s) of Creation
1939 - 1945Container
Location JHS Archives, Room 201
Container Vertical Box 11
Folder 10Subjects
Shipyards, Awards, Shipbuilding, Workers, Ship repairs, Shipping, War production, World War II, Navy, War shipsNotes
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