Box MS0171.01

1836 Letter from John Liscom to brother Lemuel, Brattleboro, VT regarding coal sales in Boston. (The Liscom family was the first dealer in Boston to sell anthracite coal. Charles H. Liscom is also known to sell Lehigh Coal).

1843 Letter from John Liscom to brother Lemuel, Hinsdale, N.H. discussing the loss of the bridge at Brattleboro and suggests the possibility of getting brother Charles to arrange for a contract to build a replacement using Levi’s and Mr. Cottrell’s bridge design. John’s coal business is slow and Lemuel’s farming is dull so John proposes they could build the bridge quickly based on the Levi Liscom and Albert Cottrell (Patent No. 2,334 for a timber lattice truss) bridge design.

1855, 56, 57 Hinsdale Bridge Tickets issued to Philip Liscom, Pardon D. Smith, Lemuel Liscom (three), Liscom & Smith (total six tickets) all signed by Charles Chapin, Treasurer

1857 Letters from Charles H. Liscom to Father (Lemuel) discussing possibility of going West. (Charles goes west to Port Huron where he sells coal and timber, then goes to Salt Lake City, Utah where he is involved with railroading with Brigham Young, finally goes to California where he dies.)