Name/Title
Bath, Maine's Charlie Morse: Ice King & Wall Street ScoundrelEntry/Object ID
WHC 2011.18Description
Book about the life of Charlie Morse (1857-1933) of Bath, Maine. Born in Bath, Maine, in 1857, Charles W. Morse grew up on the Kennebec River with his family’s tugboats, shipyards and trade in natural ice. After college he moved to New York City to handle the family’s business affairs there. It took twenty years, but he created companies to form a monopoly on the sale of natural ice in New York City, making him very, very rich. He turned to coastal steamboats, again forming many companies into one large one. Creating these businesses and investing in banks made him a Wall Street insider. Using money from the banks made him the worse kind of speculator; in the end he paid dearly for his actions.
Physical Description: 23 cm.,126 pages, illustrations, indexed.Collection
Maine History CollectionCataloged By
Heather BilodeauAcquisition
Accession
WHC 2011.18Source or Donor
Mr. Philip WoodsAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Business people, Depressions, Ice industry, Money, Shipbuilding, TrialsSearch Terms
Bath, Maine, New York City, New York, BiographyOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
31896000941389Book Details
Author
Woods, Philip H.Publisher
The History PressPlace Published
Location
Charleston, South CarolinaDate Published
2011Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
Maine 973.9 WooISBN
978.1.60949.274.8Spine Label
Maine
973.9
WooNotes
Copy No.: 1Location
Location
Wall
Maine HistoryBuilding
Walsh History CenterCategory
PermanentDate
October 21, 2025Inventory
Inventoried By
Heather MoranInventoried Date
Oct 22, 2014Condition
Overall Condition
ExcellentDate Examined
Oct 22, 2014Examined By
Heather MoranRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Morse, Charles W.General Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: Heather Moran
Status Date: 2014-10-22Created By
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May 20, 2011Updated By
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October 27, 2025