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Elihu Spicer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-003

Abstract

This collection is comprised mostly of accounts and bills, but there are some letters to Captain Spicer. Among the notable items are accounts of Charles H. Mallory & Co. including monthly trial balance sheets; a series of bills for provisioning the ship MARY L. SUTTON in San Francisco; accounts, of the owners of the ship MARY L. SUTTON, with Charles Mallory; an agreement, between Spicer and Norman Wales, Norwich, CT, concerning the employment of Wales' son, Joseph Wales, on the ship SAMUEL WILLETTS; and the last will and testament of Andrew G. Dickenson, Brooklyn, New York. Printed items of note include a pamphlet of "Rates of the New Orleans Steam Tow-Boats"; a broadside, regarding Abel N. Lewis' improvement on a floating drag or anchor; and a broadside, giving wharfage rates probably in Mystic, CT

Dates

  • Creation: 1830 - 1918

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division

Biography of Elihu Spicer

Elihu Spicer was born in Noank, Connecticut in 1825 and was to become a shipmaster and shipowner. He first went to sea at the age of nine, and became a cabin boy at age fourteen. By the age of twenty-two he had become shipmaster of the bark FANNY. He was also to become master of the clipper ships SAMUEL WILLETS and HOUND, as well as other vessels engaged in trade around the world.

In 1861, Captain Spicer entered into a partnership with Charles Henry Mallory, forming the C.H. Mallory & Co. in New York which conducted trading voyages between New York, Florida and Galveston, Texas.

Elihu Spicer died in 1891.

Extent

3 box(es)

200 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Index to Personal Names (box 1 only)

NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about R.C. Adams in Box 1, Folder 4 of the collection.
Adams, R.C. 1/4
Alexander, Mary 1/1
Alexander, Mary J. 1/1
Alexander, Thomas B. 1/1
Alexander, Thomas J. 1/1
Ashby, W.A. 1/1
Avery, James D. 1/1
Ballard, James H. 1/7
Barley, F.T. 1/1
Barnett, Edward 1/3
Barstow, A. (Captain) 1/7
Beckwith, Nicholas 1/3
Bennett, Charles S. 1/1
Bogart, James L. 1/2
Boswell, William 1/3
Briggs, B.T. (Captain) 1/8
Burrows, Henry 1/1
Burrows, John S. 1/1
Burrows, Lucretia 1/1
Chapman, Mary 1/1
Chapman, Perez 1/1
Clarke, William R. 1/1
Clift, Amos 1/1
Clifts, Waterman 1/2
Clifts, William 1/2
Cochran, D.H. 1/13
Cross, Major O. 1/5
Daboll, C.L. 1/5
Daboll, Celadon 1/1
Daboll, John 1/1
Daboll, Nathan 1/1
Davis, ? (Captain) 1/17
Davis, Henry E. 1/1
Davis, James 1/1
Dickenson, Andrew G. 1/8
Dickenson, Sarah [Spicer] 1/13, 1/14, 1/15, 1/16, 1/17
Dickerson, John H. (Lt.) 1/5
Dudley, W.H. 1/8
Edgecomb, Albert 1/4, 1/13
Edgecomb, Emeline 1/4
Edgecomb, John 1/1
Eggleston, J.W. 1/5
Ellison, B. 1/4
Fish, A.A. 1/1
Fish, Asa 1/1, 1/5
Fish, Asa, Jr. 1/5
Fish, Jonas H. 1/1
Fish, Moses 1/1
Fish, Roswell 1/1
Fish, S.Y. 1/1
Fish, Samuel 1/1
French, F.W. 1/5
Gade, F.W. 1/17
Gallup, Franklin 1/1
Galup, James 1/8
Garr, I.A.M. 1/6
Gates, Zebediah 1/1
Goddsell, D.C.M. 1/7
Grant, G. 1/5
Gregory, John 1/4
Hall, Henry H. 1/5
Hedden, Benjamin T. 1/1
Holmes, Jeremiah 1/1
Keenan, ? (U.S. Consul Hong Kong) 1/17
Ketchamann, J.B. 1/13
Latham, James A. 1/1
Latham, Joseph 1/2
Latham, William 1/1
Mallory, Charles 1/8, 1/10, 1/11
Mallory, Charles H. 1/6, 1/8, 1/10
Martin, George W. 1/7
Mason, W. 1/13
Merranil, J. 1/4
Mioton, Francois W. 1/3
Morgan, Elisha 1/1
Morgan, James 1/1
Morgan, John 1/1
Morgan, L.A. 1/13
Morgan, William 1/1
Navler, ? 1/7
Newbury, Thomas 1/1
Newbury, Williams 1/1
Nichols, ? (Captain) 1/17
Noyes, G.W. 1/4
Packer, W.W. 1/5
Palmer, F.L. 1/17
Palmer, John 1/1
Palmer, Noyes, S. 1/1
Palmer, Robert 1/13
Paul, J.W. (Captain) 1/17
Peebles, Notre 1/1
Pendleton, Charles S. 1/4
Probasco, S.R. 1/13
Rathbun, E. 1/4
Rendley, H. 1/4
Reymond, C.C. 1/4
Rice, C.D. 1/1
Roach, John 1/13
Sawyer, J.N. 1/13
Schroder, H. 1/13
Seabury, John 1/1
Smith, Nehemiah 1/1
Snow, Henry Sauger 1/13
Spicer, Annie C. 1/12, 1/15
Spicer, C.M. 1/15
Spicer, Eldridge 1/1, 1/15
Spicer, Elihu 1/1, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5
Spicer, Elihu, Jr. 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/10, 1/11, 1/13, 1/14, 1/17
Spicer, John P. 1/1
Spicer, Levi 1/1, 1/15
Spicer, Sarah D. 1/15
Spicer, Silas 1/4
Spicer, William J. 1/15
Thomas, J.H. 1/17
Thompson, D. 1/4
Wales, Norman 1/5
Wales,Joseph N. 1/5
Whitney, Fletcher 1/17
Wilber, Betsey 1/1
Wilber, William 1/1
Wilbur, Lucretia 1/1
Williams, Caleb M 1/1
Wilson, George 1/13

Index to Corporate Names (box 1 only)

NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about A.W. MacPherson in Box 1, Folder 7 of the collection.
A.W. MacPherson 1/7
Allen & Ruggles 1/7
American District Telegraph Co. 1/13
Arnold Lindan 1/7
Boring Brothers & Co. 1/6
C.H. Stryling 1/7
Caldwell & Bunker 1/17
Chamber of Commerce of State of New York 1/13
Commissioners of New York Pilots 1/13
Cornelius B. Force & Co. 1/4
Crosby & Dibbie 1/7
D.C.M. Goodsell 1/7
D.J. Oliver 1/7
Daily Evening Bulletin 1/7
Deeth & Starr 1/7
Delaware River Iron Ship Building & Engine Works 1/13
Dopmann H. & Co. 1/7
Edward H. Parker 1/7
Edward Hall & Co. 1/7
F. MacCrellish & Co. 1/7
F.J. Schaeffer & Co. 1/7
F.P. Santermasser 1/7
F.R. Cruikshank & Co. 1/16
Fuller & Heath 1/7
G.M. Josselyn & Co. 1/7
George F. Bragg & Co. 1/7
George Hawes & Co. 1/7
George M. Garwood 1/7
George W. Martin 1/7
Goodwin & Co. 1/7
H.P. Wakelee 1/7
Hawley & Co. 1/7
Holmberg & Johnson 1/7
I & S.B. Randall 1/5
I.R. Gregory St. John & Co. 1/4
J. de la Montanya 1/7
Jacob Underhill & Co. 1/7
James Patrick & Co. 1/7
Jno B. Newton & Co. 1/7
John Welsh 1/7
Mason & Folger 1/7
Mathew McIntyne 1/7
New Haven, New London, & Sonington Railroad Co. 1/1
New London Gazette 1/1
New York & Texas Steam Ship Co. 1/13
Noank Union Store 1/6
Pacific Wharfage Co. 1/7
Palmer & Hoxie 1/5
Peter Smith 1/7
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 1/13
Ramage & Stoddard 1/7
Robert Palmer & Sons 1/13
Ross Dempster 1/7
Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool 1/16
S.B. Sherwood 1/2
San Francisco Port Wardens 1/7
Satterthwait & Co. 1/17
Saucelito Water Works 1/7
Schermerhorn & Banker & Co. 1/4
Sinis & Day 1/4
Smith & Davis 1/7
Southern Life Insurance & Trust Co. 1/4
Thomas Tennent & Co. 1/7
Tourne & Beckwith 1/2, 1/3
W.C. Talbot 1/7
W.S. Philps & Co. 1/7
Walton Henderson & Co. 1/2
William Hildreth & Deschon Field 1/13
William Kerr 1/7
William Riches 1/7
Williams & Dudley 1/5

Index to Vessel Names

NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about the schooner A.E. CAMPBELL in Box 1, Folder 8 of the collection.
A.E. CAMPBELL (Schooner) 1/8
A.J. INGERSOLL (Steamer) 1/8
A.P. AVERY(Schooner) 1/8
ALMIRA WOOLEY (Schooner) 1/8
APALACHICOLA (Brig) 1/2
APALACHIN (?) [APALACHICOLA] 1/4
ARGUS EYE (Schooner) 1/8
ARIADNE (Steamer) 1/8
ARTISAN (Steamer) 1/8
ATLANTIA (Steamer) 1/8
BRIDGEPORT (Bark) 1/8
C.W. LORD (Steamer) 1/8
CALEB HALEY (Bark) 1/8
CENTRAL AMERICA (Schooner) 1/11
CITY OF PROVIDENCE (Steamer) 1/8
CLEOPATRA (Steamer) 1/8
CORDELIA (Bark) 1/10
CREMONA (Bark) 1/11
ELLA (Steamer) 1/8
EMILY (Sloop) 1/6
ENTERPE (Steamer) 1/8
ESCORT (Steamer) 1/8
ETTA (Schooner) 1/10
FANCY (Steam yacht) 1/10
FANNY (Bark) 1/5, 1/6, 1/13
FANNY FERN (Schooner) 1/8
FLORENCE (Brig) 1/8
FRANCIS LEWEY (Brig) 1/8
FRANCONIA (Schooner) 1/10
GALVESTON (Bark) 1/8
GENERAL SEDGWICK (Steamer) 1/8
GLENDALE (Brig) 1/10
GULF CITY (Steamer) 1/8
GULF STREAM (Steamer) 1/10
H. BREWSTER (Schooner) 1/10
HAIL COLUMBIA (Brig) 1/8
HAZE (Ship) 1/8
HORACE BEALS (Schooner) 1/8
HOUND (Ship) 1/6, 1/13
ISIS (Brig) 1/8
J.M. BURNS (Brig) 1/8, 1/11
J.P. WILBUR (Brig) 1/8
J.W. HAIG (Schooner) 1/8
JULIA A. CRAWFORD (Schooner) 1/8
LETTITIA (Schooner) 1/10
LINDA (Schooner) 1/10
LIZZIE EVANS (Schooner) 1/8
LODONA (Steamer) 1/8
LOYALIST (Steamer) 1/8
LUIDA (Schooner) 1/10
M.M. ROBERTS (Steamer) 1/11
MARY L. SUTTON (Ship) 1/6, 1/13
MARY STOW (Schooner) 1/10
MERCEDITA (Steamer) 1/8
MONITOR (Steam tug) 1/7
MONTICELLO (Steamer) 1/8
MOSES ROGERS (Brig) 1/10
MYSTIC (Steam yacht) 1/10
NANNIE T. BELL (Bark) 1/10
NAPOLEON (Smack) 1/4
NAVISOTA (Bark) 1/10
NIGHTING GALE (Steamer) 1/8
OPAL (Brig) 1/8
RIVAL (Brig) 1/8
ROBERT PALMER (Schooner) 1/8
S&M ROWLEY (Brig) 1/11
S. CASTNER, JR. (Schooner) 1/8
SABINE (Bark) 1/10
SAMUEL WILLETS (Ship) 1/5, 1/6, 1/13
TAMPICO (Schooner) 1/10
TILLIE (Steamer) 1/8
TWILIGHT (Ship) 1/8
ULYSSES (Sloop) 1/8
VARUNNA (Steamer) 1/8
VICKSBURG (Steamer) 1/10
VICTOR (Steamer) 1/8
VIRGINIA (Steamer) 1/8
VIRGINIA PRICE (Schooner) 1/8
VIRGO (Steamer) 1/10
W.O. IRISH (Schooner) 1/8
WALTER (Bark) 1/8
WASHINGTON (Schooner) 1/8
WILLIAM MALLORY, JR. (Brig) 1/8
WILMINGTON (Steamer) 1/8

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Elihu Spicer Papers (Coll. 3)
Status
Completed
Subtitle
An Inventory of the Collection at the G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367

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