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Hiram A. Balch collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-090

Abstract

The Hiram A. Balch Collection contains approximately 5,000 pieces of manuscript material relative primarily to Hiram A. Balch, a merchant, lumber dealer, and shipowner from Trescott, Maine. Although the inclusive dates for this collection are 1792-1893, the material is concentrated between the years 1830-1860. Items relative to other members of the Balch family are also included. The names of John Blach, Charles Balch, Horatio Balch, Laffayette Balch, and Susan Balch appear in random fashion throughout the papers. The collection is primarily a record of Hiram A. Balch's business activities, although some letters, bills, receipts, and other documents detail more domestic matters. The collection contains correspondence (primarily incoming to H.A. Blach); agreements for cutting and shipping lumber; receipts for surveys of lumber; deeds and other documents relative to the purchase of land; accounts, bills, receipts, etc., relative to Hiram A. Balch as Collector, and Treasurer of Trescott, Maine; and general business (with some domestic) bills, receipts, promissory notes, accounts, correspondence, and agreements. The collection is housed in 13 boxes. Boxes 1 through 5 contains the general business papers (excluding correspondence) of Hiram A. Balch and others. All these bills, receipts, accounts, agreements, statements, notes, etc., are organized chronologically and arranged by month and year. Boxes 6 through 10 contain all the correpsondence (including telegrams, etc) found in the collection. It is organized chronologically and arranged by day, month and year. Box 11 contains papers (i.e. bills, receipts, documents, etc) relative specifically to the schooners AUGUSTUS, BENJAMIN, PERU, SUSAN STURGES and brig HANNAH BALCH. The folders are organized alphabetically by vessel name, and arranged chronologically by month and year. Box 12 contains all material relative to Hiram A. Balch as Collectior, and later Tresurer for the town of Trescott. The items are chronologically organized, and arranged by month and year. Box 13 contains miscellaneous items, and undated or unidentified material.

Dates

  • Creation: 1792-1893‚ (bulk 1830-1860)

Language of Materials

English Latin

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

Biography of Hiram A. Balch

Hiram A. Balch was evidently a merchant/businessman in Trescott, Maine. Evidence indicates that he may have dealt in general merchandise, foodstuff, and supplies, along with major trade in lumber. Numerous papers covering the cutting, surveying, shipment, and sale of lumber are present throughout the collection. Balch traded extensively with merchants in the Boston/Portland area. As his business grew Balch chartered, and eventually owned, several vessels (primarily schooners) which carried his lumber and other goods. He owned, and perhaps may have built, the schooners AUGUSTUS, BENJAMIN, PERU, SUSAN STURGES, and the brig HANNAH BALCH, during the 1840's-1850's. Between 1828-1844 Hiram Balch was active in Trescott's civic affairs, first as a Collector for highway taxes, and later as Town Tresurer. He was also certified as a Justice of the Peace in 1842. The Balch family was well represented in Trescott and in neighboring Lubec. Items relative to Charles Balch, John Balch, Lafayette Balch, Horatio Balch, and Susan Balch, among others, are included in this collection.

Extent

13 box(es) (ca. 5000 pieces)

Additional Description

Index to Personal and Corporate 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 Collins Ackley in Box 10, Folder 6 of the collection.
Ackley, Collins 10/6
Ackley, Peter C. (Capt.) 9/5
Albert Fearing & Co. 8/1, 8/6, 8/11
Allen, H.G. 10/3, 10/4, 10/5
Ames, E. 10/14
Ames, Emily 10/3
Anderson, Edward H. 6/12, 8/4, 8/6, 8/7, 10/6, 10/7
Andrews, J.D. 6/3, 6/4, 6/5, 6/6, 6/7, 6/8, 10/14
Andrews, Marietta 9/1
Andrews, Ann 6/11
Andrews, William 10/5
Arrosmith & Wheeler 9/4
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. 7/1
Atwell, C.W. 10/2, 10/4
Balch, A.J. 7/7
Balch, Albert G. 6/11, 7/4, 9/11, 10/8, 10/11
Balch, Augustus 9/2, 9/13, 10/6, 10/8, 10/11, 10/14
Balch, Benjamin W. 8/5, 8/9, 9/1, 9/2, 9/4, 9/7, 9/9, 10/14
Balch, Charles 6/4, 10/2, 10/7, 10/10
Balch, Edward P. 9/11
Balch, Francis 10/1
Balch, Francis V. 8/2
Balch, Frank 10/9
Balch, Frank S. 10/11
Balch, George W. 6/1, 10/5
Balch, H.A. 9/1
Balch, Hannah 9/2, 10/13
Balch, Hattie 9/2
Balch, Henry 6/5, 6/9, 6/12, 10/9
Balch, Horatio 6/1
Balch, Jeremiah O. 6/10, 7/6
Balch, John 6/2, 8/12, 10/10
Balch, Lafayette 6/10, 7/4, 8/2, 10/5, 10/9, 10/10, 10/11, 10/14
Balch, Martha 8/10, 8/11, 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, 10/6, 10/9, 10/14
Balch, Mary 9/2
Balch, Hiram (Mrs.) 6/10
Bates, Charles 7/4, 7/5
Bates, Winslow 10/12
Beckford, John 8/11
Belcher, Samuell 7/1
Bell, Robert 6/8
Benner & Kilborn 10/5, 10/6
Bingham & Tapley 6/8
Bingham, D. 6/3, 6/4
Bingham, Daniel 6/4
Bishop & Hoyt 7/8, 8/4
Blaney & Martin 6/12, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5, 7/8, 7/10, 8/1, 8/3
Blount, W. 10/7
Blunt, Samuel (Capt.) 9/8, 9/9, 9/14, 9/15, 10/1, 10/13
Boyer, William 10/6
Bradbury, B. 9/1, 10/4, 10/5, 10/12
Bradbury, S.H. 7/10, 9/6, 9/10
Bray, William 8/7
Brett & Vose 6/4, 6/8, 6/9, 9/1, 9/6
Briggs Guild & Co. 8/6, 8/7, 8/12, 9/1
Brooks, Luke 10/12
Brooks, W.M. 9/1
Brown, C.P. 10/7
Brown, Henry E. 9/9
Bryant, David 6/2, 9/13, 10/4
Buchman & Talbot 7/4
Bucknam & Talbot Co. 7/4, 7/6, 7/7
Buler, J. (Jr.) 10/14
Burbank, Caleb 9/6
Burbank, Samuel 6/8
Burgen, Edward N. 10/12
Burgin, Joseph Y 8/5
Burns, Robert 8/2
C. & E.S. Peters 10/5
C.S. Caswell & Co. 10/14
C. Talbot & Son 9/4
Carter, ? (Capt.) 7/1
Chandler, Anson G. 7/1
Charles & E.D. Peters 10/6
Charles H. Hayden & Co. 7/5, 7/6, 7/8, 7/10, 10/6
Charles Scudder & Co. 8/3, 8/6, 8/9
Churchill, I.W. 9/1
Clark, John (Capt.) 6/4
Clencky, ? (Capt.) 6/7
Close, A.M. 9/14
Cobb & French 9/11, 9/12, 10/2, 10/3
Cobb, J.G. 10/3
Cobb, J. James 7/10, 8/1, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/11, 8/12, 9/1, 9/2, 9/4, 9/6, 9/12, 9/13, 10/3, 10/5
Collins, Ebenezer 6/8, 6/9, 6/10
Collins, Susan 6/11, 9/2
Comore, Louis A. 6/8
Comstock, George 7/3, 9/2
Comstock, T. 9/8, 10/2
Comstock, Taft 7/3, 7/7, 7/8, 8/1, 9/6, 9/8, 10/1, 10/12
Condon, J.W. 10/2
Congdon, Addie 10/13
Congdon, N.S. 10/14
Coolidge, ? (Capt.) 7/6, 7/7
Coolidge, Uriah 7/3, 7/4, 7/6, 7/7, 7/10, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/5, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/10, 8/12, 9/1, 9/9, 10/14
Cottrell, Joshua 6/11
Craine, A. 7/10
Crane, John 10/14
Crane, Samuel 7/10
Crockett, Peters & Co. 7/7, 8/2, 8/7, 8/10
Crosby, Josiah 6/4
Crout, Antonio L. 6/2, 6/3
Crowell, Brooks & Co. 7/6
Cushing, James 6/10, 6/11, 6/12, 7/4, 8/4
D.P. Stone & Co. 7/4
D.W. & S.H. Barnes 8/10, 9/6
Darling, Samuel 10/8
Davenport, George 8/1, 8/3
Davis, Woodbury 9/1
DeBebian, L. 10/6
Denison, James (Capt.) 9/6, 9/9, 9/10, 9/12, 9/13, 10/5
Dill, L.H. 6/3
Dorr, Balch & Co. 8/2
Downes & Cooper 6/3, 9/9
Drake Bros. 10/14
Drake, Eugene B. 8/5
Dyer, J.S. 10/5
Eaton, William 7/6, 7/7
Edward A. Souder & Co. 10/3
Edward D. Peters & Co. 8/, 8/2, 8/4, 8/5, 8/6, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/11, 8/12, 9/1, 9/2, 9/4, 9/5, 9/6, 9/7, 9/8, 9/9, 9/10, 9/11, 9/13, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/10
Edward H. Burgin & Co. 7/10
Ellingwood, ? (Capt.) 9/14
Elliott, E.B. 10/10
Elliott, Ethan A. 8/10
Estes, Isaac 7/4
Estey, H. 10/8
Estey, Isaac H. 9/7, 10/7, 10/9
F.K. Gage & Co. 10/1
Farmer, John 9/4, 9/5, 9/7
Ferguson, Benjamin F. 7/9, 7/10
Fisher & Milliken 9/14
Flagg, Jesse 10/3, 10/5
Ford, J. Drayton 10/13
Forsaith, J.W. 10/4
Forseith & Hall 10/4
Foster & Hayward 9/3, 9/4, 9/5, 9/6, 9/10
Foster, I.C. 9/1
Foster, Mary 8/2, 8/12, 9/5, 9/15, 10/14
Foster, Mary C. 8/2, 8/12, 9/1, 9/5, 9/15, 10/14
Foster, R.D. 8/11, 8/12, 9/1, 9/2, 9/4, 9/6
Foster, S.C. 7/7
Fowler, B.E. 10/5
Fowler, Benjamin E. 9/3
Fowler, ? (Capt.) 9/4
Fowler, J. 10/14
Fowler, Jeremiah 7/3
Fowler, Samuel 8/10
Freeman, William (Jr.) 10/11
French, Ezra B. 7/8
French, P.K. 10/12
Frost & Gurney 6/10
Fuller, T.J.D. 9/2, 9/12, 9/15
G. Savary & Sons 9/8, 9/9
Gannett, Balch & Co. 8/5
Gardner & Thayer 10/2, 10/3, 10/4
Gardner, Thomas (Capt.) 9/11
Geigerson & Sumner 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/6, 8/8
George Ellis & Co. 6/9, 6/12, 7/10, 8/4
Gilchrist, William (Capt.) 6/8
Gill, ? (Mssrs.) 6/3
Gillman, G.M. 6/11
Gillmore, G.W. 6/12
Gilman, Alexander 10/9
Gilman, Daniel 9/13
Gilman, G.W. 9/13, 9/15
Gilman, George W. 9/14
Godfrey, ? (Capt.) 8/10
Gordon, Benjamin 10/11
Gordon, S.H. (Capt.) 10/5
Gunison & Co. 10/6
H.N. Cooper & Co. 9/2
Hackett, Richard 10/1
Hall, T.A. 6/4
Hall, Tobias A. 6/5
Hall, William C. 8/4
Hall, William H. 10/3, 10/4
Hallett, Watson F. 9/1
Hallit, Daniel 7/6
Hamlin, Hannibal 7/7
Hanscom, William 10/2
Hanscombe, William (Capt.) 10/2, 10/4
Harrington, F. 9/13
Harrington, Francis 9/8, 9/13, 9/14
Harris, Josiah 9/13
Harris, Thomas 8/10, 9/9
Harris, William M. 8/5
Hassard, Thomas 6/3, 6/4
Hastings, Charles 6/12
Hastings, M.J. 7/10
Hastings, Matthew J. 8/2
Hatch, Asa D. 7/5, 8/2
Haughton Sawyer & Co. 6/12
Hawkins, James R. 6/8
Hayden, A. 9/2, 9/5, 9/12, 10/7
Hayden, Charles H. 8/2
Hayden, D.L. 8/9
Hayden, Daniel G. 8/9
Hayden, Daniel S. 8/8, 8/9, 8/10
Henry N. Hooper & Co. 8/12, 9/1, 9/10, 10/1, 10/2
Heslan & Rogers 10/4
Hetzel, A.R. 7/7
Hinckley, Joshua 7/4, 8/2, 8/3, 9/1
Hobard, D.K. 9/6
Hobart, Aaron 7/7, 8/2
Hobart, D.K. 9/5, 9/6
Hobbs, Fred 6/3, 6/4, 6/5, 10/8
Hobbs, George 8/4
Hodgden, Moses M. 8/1
Hodgdon, Moses M. (Capt.) 8/3, 8/4, 8/5, 8/8, 8/10, 8/11, 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5, 9/6, 9/8, 9/9, 9/10, 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 10/6
Holmes, John 9/3
Holway, John 9/9
Hooper, Matthew 8/10
Horton, Samuel 8/8, 8/9
Howes, L. 9/12
Howland & Hinckley 9/15
Howland, Hinckley & Co. 8/10, 9/2, 9/6, 9/8, 9/12, 9/15, 10/1
Hubbard, John 7/8
Hucking, Joseph 9/9
Huckins, Joseph (Capt.) 10/5
Hunter, G.S. 6/11
Huson, E.L. 7/3, 10/14
J. Fowler & Co. 7/6
J.H. Cheney & Co. 10/6
J.W. Lowden & Co. 10/1
James Borland & Co. 01/5
John Gardiner & Co. 6/12
Johns Polleys & Co. 7/3
Johnson, John P. 6/8
Jordan, S.H. 10/5
Jordan, S.H. (Capt.) 10/5, 10/6
Joy, F.B. 9/9
Keen, H. 10/3
Keen, Lorenzo 10/1
Keene, ? (Capt.) 10/4
Keene, Harrison (Capt.) 10/3, 10/5
Kellar, ? (Capt.) 7/9
Kelley, Benjamin 8/11, 9/4, 9/9
Kelsey & Gray 10/3
Kemp, Samuel 8/11, 9/6, 9/13, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6
Killey, Daniel 7/3, 7/4, 7/5, 7/7
King, Andrew 6/3
Knight, J.B. 9/2, 9/6
Knowlton, D.T. 9/6
Knowlton, J.C. 7/7
L.F. Morse & Co. 6/12
Lamb, Samuel 10/8
Lane, George 9/13
Larkings, John (Mrs.) 6/4
Latson, T.N. 6/6
Lawden, Cushing & Co. 8/6
Leavitt, G.W. 8/1
Linsmore, William 10/5
Littlefield, Edwin (Capt.) 10/13
Locke, N. 9/9
Lovden Cushing & Co. 7/3
Lovell & Standly 8/2
Lowden & Cushing 8/8, 8/9, 8/12, 9/1, 9/5, 9/13
Lowden Cushing & Co. 6/11, 7/1, 7/3, 7/5, 8/3, 8/6, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/12, 9/1, 9/5, 9/9, 9/13, 9/15
Lowell, J.A. 6/12, 10/7, 10/8
Lowell, Levi L. 10/10, 10/12
Lucas, William 10/14
Luce, A.G. 9/13
Lucy, David 9/9
Lumm, Joseph 7/8
Lunekin, Jason R. 6/7
MacCurdy, ? (Capt.) 10/6
Madbury, M. 9/12
Mandell, M.J. 6/10
Marshall, ? (Capt.) 7/7
Marshall, David 9/1
Marshall, David P. 8/8
Marshall, Ephraim 7/5
Marshall, Ephraim (Capt.) 9/1
Marshell, Ephraim 6/11
Matthews, C.H. (Capt.) 10/8
Matthews, Charles H. (Capt.) 10/6, 10/7, 10/9
Matthews, Thomas R. 8/9
Maury, Samuel 9/2
Mayhew, Talbot & Co. 9/9, 9/11, 9/13, 9/15, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3, 10/5, 10/6, 10/13
McCartney, Robert 9/1
McConnell, William 9/11
McCurdy, W.H. 10/6
McFadden, George 8/8
McFadden, Thomas 6/1, 10/6
McLellan, James 10/2
Mellen, E. 9/7
Merril, Pitcher & Co. 9/11
Merrill & Pitcher 9/2, 9/6, 9/9, 9/10, 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 10/1
Merrill, David 10/6
Merryman, ? (Capt.) 6/10
Mettler, E. 9/3
Milliken, John M. 7/4
Mome & Co. 8/7
Mome, R. (Jr.) 8/6
Mome, Robert (Jr.) 8/4
Moore, Charles P. 7/10
Moore, R. (Jr.) 7/8
Mornet 7 Co. 8/2
Moulton, Ebenezer 7/1
Moure & Co. 7/9, 7/10
Mowe & Co. 8/9, 9/1, 9/7, 9/9, 9/10, 9/11, 9/12, 9/14, 9/15, 10/1, 10/3
Mowe, George 10/3
Mowe, Robert (Jr.) 8/4, 8/6, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/11, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5, 9/9, 9/10, 9/12, 9/13, 10/1, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7
Murphy, John 10/7
Nash, William 9/9
Newell, Don H. 6/4
Newman, R. 10/2
Nichols, James 7/5, 7/10, 8/11, 9/5, 9/15, 10/1
Norris, A.L. (Dr.) 10/13
Noyes, A.N. 9/13
Nugent, B.F. 8/8
O.J. Wood & Co. 10/7
Oakes, Eben 6/12, 8/7
Oakes, Ebenezer 7/9
Oakes, West 9/3
Odell, D.J. 10/1, 10/3
P. Talbot & Sons 9/4, 9/6
P.S.S. Talbot & Co. 10/6
Paine & Sons 8/5, 9/2
Paine, Y.A. (Capt.) 8/6
Paine, L.A. 8/5
Palmer, Robinson 7/7, 7/8
Parker, James M. (Capt.) 6/10, 6/11, 6/12, 7/1, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5, 7/6, 7/7, 7/8, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/5, 8/6, 8/8, 8/10, 8/11, 8/12, 9/2, 9/3, 9/12, 10/3, 10/13, 10/14
Parker, Ruth 9/2, 10/14
Parsons, Charles 10/9
Peavey, G.W. 10/6
Peavey, W.S. 8/3
Perkins, James 10/5, 10/6, 10/8
Persons, M.J. 7/6
Peters, Chase & Co. 9/7, 9/9, 9/14, 9/15, 10/5
Peters, Edward D. 6/2, 6/3, 6/4, 6/5, 6/6, 6/7, 6/8, 6/9, 6/10, 6/11, 6/12, 7/1, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5, 7/7, 7/9, 7/10, 10/6
Pike, Simon H. (Capt.) 7/6, 8/5, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9
Pike, S.G. 10/10
Pike, Samuel T. 7/6
Pike, Simon H. 7/6, 8/6, 8/7
Pillsbury, Albert 9/8, 10/2
Pitcher, William 10/4
Polley, John 8/2
Porter, George W. 8/2
Porter, J.W. 10/7
Porter, Mary C. 6/10
Potter, James A. 7/5, 7/6
Potter, Mary C. 6/10
Pratt, Alfred H. 8/11
Pratt, James A. 7/5, 7/6
Pressey, Jonathan 6/6
Putnam, R.L. 8/2, 8/3
R.D. Buck & Co. 10/13
Randall, B. (Mrs.) 10/13
Randall, Mary A. 9/2
Randell, Benjamin A. 8/4
Randell, Mary 9/9
Ransom, Warren 10/12
Ray, Fairbanks 10/8
Raymond, Samuel 7/8, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4
Rendell, Mary A. 8/3
Renford & VanRiper 9/9
Rexford & VanRiper 9/8, 9/9
Reynolds, B.R. 6/8
Reynolds, J.G. (Jr.) 10/1
Reynolds, O.M. 10/12
Rice, James 9/2
Richardson, Asa 6/10
Rill, R.D. 7/8
Rilley, Daniel 8/1
Ring, Andrew 6/10, 6/11, 8/2
Robbins, George 6/11
Robert Mowe & Co. 8/5, 9/2, 10/1
Roberts, Jere 6/2
Robertson, D. 10/5
Robinson, D. 10/6
Robinson, Palmer 7/7
Ruggles, Nourse & Mason 7/4
Russell, George 10/9
Russell, Mary C. 10/14
Russell, Mary J. 10/7
Rust, Joseph (Jr.) 6/2
S.W. Pope & Co. 8/7
Samuel Parsons & Co. 10/3
Samuel Wheeler & Sons 6/6
Sanders, John 10/4, 10/5
Sanford, J.H. 9/15
Savary, G. 9/1
Savary, George 8/5, 9/1, 9/4, 9/15
Sawyer, ? (Capt.) 9/1
Saxon, John G. 6/8
Schofield, E. 8/8
Schofield, Ebenezer 8/10
Scudder, Cordis & Co. 10/7
Searite, B.B. 7/4
Sevey, William 8/1
Shapley & Dana 10/9, 10/10
Shead, O. 9/9
Sherman, Frederick R. 7/5, 7/6, 7/7
Sherwood, Charles D. 7/4
Simpson, George W. 8/1, 8/6, 10/5
Simpson, Mayhew & Co. 8/9, 8/10, 8/11, 9/2, 9/4, 9/6, 9/9, 9/11, 9/12, 10/1, 10/5, 10/7
Simpson, Talbot & Co. 6/11, 8/2
Skofield, Ebenezer 7/9
Slayton, Mary J. 10/12
Slayton, William E. 10/9, 10/11
Small, ? (Capt.) 8/5
Smith & Boynton 8/1, 8/6, 8/9
Smith & Co. 9/2
Smith, John C. 10/7
Smith, Noah (Jr.) 8/2, 8/6
Smith, Robert Noah 9/9
Smith, Seth W. 10/7
Smith, William 7/5, 7/6, 7/7, 8/1
Snow, B.G. 8/12
Spates, James W. 8/4
Spear, William H. 6/10, 7/7, 7/9, 8/3, 8/5
Spofford, Edwin B. 9/1
Spofford, Frederick P. 7/9, 8/1
Spofford, Pearl 6/7, 6/8, 6/10
Staples, J. Kenneth 10/14
Staples, James (Jr.) 9/13
Staples, Samuel 6/9, 8/6, 10/5, 10/9, 10/12
Staples, Samuel (Jr.) 7/10
Stevens & Peabody 7/3, 7/5
Stevens, Moses B. 9/9
Stone & Page 7/4, 8/5, 8/10
Sturges & Co. 8/10, 8/12, 9/1, 9/3
Sturges, Thomas T. 8/4
Sumner, Gryman 7/1
Sumner, Joseph W. 8/3
Swan, Francis K 10/6
T. & J. Talbot 9/14
Talbot, F. 10/14
Talbot, Fred 8/11
Talbot, G.C. 9/12
Talbot, George N. 9/15, 10/8
Talbot, J.C. 7/3
Talbot, J.C. (Jr.) 6/8, 6/9, 8/9, 9/4, 9/7, 10/2, 10/3, 10/13, 101/4
Talbot, L.H. 6/3
Talbot, M.J. 7/7, 8/3, 9/12
Talbot, Peter G. 6/8, 7/3, 8/2
Talbot, S.H. 6/10, 8/2, 8/4, 8/6, 8/7, 8/8, 8/10, 8/11, 8/12, 9/1
Talbot, Solomon H. 6/10, 6/12, 7/1, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5, 7/6, 7/7, 7/9, 7/10
Taylor & Walden 8/6
Thacker, Grant & Co. 9/12
Thayer, G. 6/6
Thayer, Solomon 6/9, 6/10, 7/3, 7/7, 8/1, 9/3, 9/8, 9/10
Thomas, G. 10/7
Thorne, Browne & Co. 8/4
Thurlow, Carr 7/3
Townsend, A.S. 10/5
Trask, John 8/6
Trask, Rachel 8/6
Trott, William P. 6/6
Tucker, ? (Capt.) 7/6
Turner, Ellery 7/3, 9/2, 9/9, 10/5
VanRiper, P.H. 8/11, 8/12, 9/6
Vose, Brett 6/3
W.H. Spear & Co. 6/11
W. Pope & Sons 8/1
Waddell, John 10/1
Wadsworth, Samuel 7/4
Walker, George 10/2
Walker, Hiram A. 9/6
Walker, James M. 8/12
Wall, ? (Capt.) 8/8
Wally, Joseph 9/12
Walter & Souders 7/6
Walters & Sanders 8/2
Washburn, James 10/7
Waterman, A. 8/10
Waterman, Almira 6/1, 9/3, 10/14
Waterman, L.H. 9/7
Waterman, Lewis 9/2
Waterman, Vesta 9/2, 10/1, 10/4, 10/13
Watson, Reynolds & Co. 10/10
Wharff, T.E. 10/7
Wheeler & Co. 7/5, 8/1, 8/9, 8/10, 9/10
Wheeler & Sons 6/8, 6/9
Wheeler, J.T. 9/6
Whitney, Peabody & Co. 8/3, 8/8
Whiton, Train & Co. 9/6, 9/11, 10/8
Wiggin, Charles P. 10/12
Wiggin, J. 6/11
Wilcox, Benson 8/3
Wilder, Isaac 9/7, 9/8, 9/9, 10/3
William H. Spear & Co. 6/8, 6/12, 7/1, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5
William H. Sprang & Co. 7/1, 7/3
William Pope & Sons 6/5, 8/6
Wilson, C.T. 8/2
Wilson, ? (Capt.) 9/8, 9/9
Winchester, James H. (Capt.) 10/6
Winchester, E.B. 9/9
Winn, P.L. 6/3
Wood, William 6/11, 9/12

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 brig ACONITE in Box 10, Folder 6 of the collection.
ACONITE (Brig) 10/6
ADMIRAL (Schooner) 9/8, 9/9
ADMIRAL (Steamer) 8/2, 8/4, 8/8, 8/10, 9/7, 9/9, 9/10
AGATE (Brig) 8/11
ALBERT (Schooner) 6/6
ALERT (Schooner) 8/7, 9/1
ALICE SNOW (Schooner) 10/3
AMAZON (Schooner) 6/7, 6/12, 8/4
AMBASSADOR (Schooner) 7/1
AMELIA (Brig) 8/11
ANDROMEDA (Schooner) 6/7
APALACHICOLA (Brig) 7/4
ARTHUR LOW (Schooner) 10/4
ATCHAFALAYA (Brig) 6/12, 7/1, 7/3, 7/4, 7/6, 7/7, 7/8, 8/4, 8/6, 8/11
ATLANTIC (Schooner) 6/6
AUGUSTUS (Schooner) 8/7, 8/10, 8/11, 8/12, 9/1, 9/2, 9/4, 9/5, 9/6, 9/7, 9/8, 9/9, 9/10, 9/11, 9/12, 9/14, 9/15, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3, 10/6
BAHAMA (Schooner) 8/8
BENJAMIN (Schooner) 9/9, 9/10, 9/11, 9/13, 9/14, 9/15, 10/1
BLACK HAWK (Brig) 10/2
BOSTON (Schooner) 8/12
BOUNDARY (Schooner) 6/3
BOXER (Schooner) 6/8, 6/10, 7/1, 7/7, 7/10, 8/4
BROTHERS (Schooner) 9/7
CALEDONIA (Steamer) 7/7
CALISTA (Schooner) 9/7
CARIB (Bark) 8/12
CATHERINE (Schooner) 6/6, 6/12, 7/3
CEYLON (Ship) 8/2
CHIEF SACHEM (Schooner) 8/2
CLARISSA C. BELL (Bark) 8/6
COMPROMISE (Schooner) 9/8
DANIEL WEBSTER (Schooner) 8/1, 9/8
DART (Schooner) 9/1
DELIVERANCE (Schooner) 10/14
EDWOOD (Schooner) 8/2
ELIZA FRANCES (Schooner) 9/2
ELIZABETH ANN (Schooner) 9/5
EMPIRE CITY 8/11
ENTERPRISE (Brig) 9/14
ESSEX (Schooner) 8/2, 8/3, 8/4
EXCHANGE (Schooner) 9/2
FIDELIA (Brig) 8/5
FLORA (Schooner) 8/8
FRANCIS (Schooner) 9/9
FRANCIS MARIER 6/8
GENERAL FOSTER (Schooner) 7/6
GERMAN (Schooner) 9/10, 9/12
GLAD TIDINGS (Ship) 10/13
GLEANER (Schooner) 9/1
GLIDE (Schooner) 8/10, 9/4, 9/5, 9/7, 9/8
GONDOLA 9/1
GROVELAND (Schooner) 9/9
H. A. BALCH 9/13
HANNAH (Schooner) 9/4, 9/5, 9/6
HANNAH BALCH (Brig) 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/14, 9/15, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/9
HARRIET (Brig) 9/8
HATOKA (Schooner) 7/4, 7/5, 7/6, 7/8, 7/10, 8/2, 8/5, 8/8, 8/9, 9/2, 9/5, 9/12
HENRY (Schooner) 9/2
HIRAM (Schooner) 8/7
HOPE (Schooner) 6/3, 6/6
HOWARD (Schooner) 7/1
J. M. TAYLOR (Schooner) 9/5
JACKSON (Cutter) 10/5
JOHN BALCH (Brig) 7/4, 8/2
JOHN FRENCH (Brig) 9/4
JOSEPH CLARK (Ship) 10/13
KALA (Schooner) 8/8
KATE HAYES (Ship) 9/10
LOUIS C. BALCH (Schooner) 9/10
MARTHA (Schooner) 6/4, 6/5
MARY (Brig) 7/5
MARY ADDIVE (Brig) 7/4
MARY CHASE (Schooner) 7/6
MARY H. CASE (Schooner) 8/8
MATILDA (Schooner) 8/4
MOSCOW PORTLAND (Ship) 8/2
NEGIEL 8/6
NITHEROY (Brig) 8/3, 8/4, 8/5
NORFOLK (Brig) 9/14
NORTHERNER (Steamer) 10/9
NORWEST (Schooner) 9/1
NYMTH (Schooner) 8/6
OCEAN BIRD (Bark) 8/8
ONLY DAUGHTER (Schooner) 8/8
ORIENTAL (Brig) 8/11
OSPRAY (Schooner) 6/10
PALESTINE (Schooner) 8/11, 9/4, 9/9
PAUL WEBSTER (Schooner) 6/12, 7/1
PEACE (Schooner) 9/8
PELINE (Brig) 8/3
PENSACOLA (Brig) 7/6
PERU (Schooner) 6/8, 6/10, 6/11, 7/7
POCASSET (Schooner) 9/9, 10/6
PORTLAND (Steamer) 6/12
PRESTO (Schooner) 8/12
QUINCY (Steamer) 10/1
QUODDY BELLE (Schooner) 7/10, 8/12, 9/4
RANSOM (Schooner) 9/3
REGULUS (Ship) 8/8
RESOLUTE (Ship) 10/13
ROANOKE (Schooner) 8/8
ROBERT FOLLET (Schooner) 7/9, 8/2, 8/10, 9/8
ROUGH & READY (Schooner) 8/3, 8/4, 8/12, 9/2
SACRAMENTO (Bark) 8/12, 9/4, 9/6, 9/11
SAMUEL LARRABEE (Bark) 10/13
SANTA CLARA (Brig) 9/14
SAR (Schooner) 10/5
SCOTLAND (Schooner) 6/11
SHERWOOD (Bark) 10/14
SOLOMON PIPER (Bark) 8/3, 8/4
SPLENDID (Schooner) 6/2, 6/5
SUSAN STURGES (Schooner) 8/4, 8/5, 8/6, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/10, 8/11, 8/12, 9/1, 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, 9/6, 9/11, 9/13
THE SENATOR 8/12
TOPLIFF (Brig) 8/4
TURK (Schooner) 9/8, 9/9
WIDOW (Brig) 8/7
YANTIC (Schooner) 8/8

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Hiram A. Balch Collection (Coll. 90)
Subtitle
An Inventory of the Collection at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
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