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Records of the Schooner PROVIDENCE

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-203

Abstract

The collection is contained primarily bills and receipts, etc., for expenses relative to the vessel's maintenance and the transportation of cargo. Typical expense include bills for towing, wharfage, trimming cargo, fumigating ship, and loading and unloading cargo. Pilot fees and bridge charges are also present, along with numerous other vessel accounts. A limited number of letters can be found in this collection, usually between L. C. Gandy and the master of the PROVIDENCE, discussing cargo or other related matters.

Dates

  • Creation: 1879 - 1889

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.

History of the Schooner PROVIDENCE

The PROVIDENCE was a 379 ton schooner, built by G. P. Wentzel of Dennisville, N.J. in 1874. She appears in the A.B.S. RECORD through 1889, with R.S. Leaming listed as owner. During the period covered by these papers PROVIDENCE made approximately 132 trips from the Philadelphia/New Jersey area to various ports along the coast, carrying coal and other bulk cargo. Included is a voyage to Mantanzas, Cuba for sugar, but most trips were to ports in Massachusetts and Maine with loads of coal. Lewis C. Gandy's name appears throughout this collection. He was master of the PROVIDENCE for awhile, and later seems to have been the vessel's agent.

Extent

1 box(es) (ca. 600 piece(s))

Additional Description

Index to Personal 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 G.W. Allen in Box 1, Folder 17 of the collection.
Allen, G.W. 1/17
Allen, H.W. 1/12
Arnold, S.T. 1/1
Arrington, W.R. 1/10
Ashworth, J.A. 1/14
Baker, D.W. 1/1
Baker, J.L. 1/5
Baker, James 1/2, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11, 1/13
Baldwin, Charles T. 1/6
Banker, Isaac N. 1/15
Barth, Christian 1/15
Baymore, Joseph 1/9
Baymore, R. 1/1
Bessom, Richard 1/10
Borda, E. 1/1
Bowen, Joseph A. 1/4
Boyd, William E. 1/3
Boyd, William E. (Capt.) 1/1
Boyer, Daniel C. 1/5
Broderick, P. 1/15
Brown, Frank 1/4
Brown, R.W. 1/13
Byrne, P. 1/1
Carney, James C. 1/1
Carver, H.N. 1/3
Cathrall, Eugene H. 1/1
Caulley, James M. 1/17
Church, Albert F. 1/2
Claibourne, F.H. 1/1
Clampett, J.A. 1/12
Clark, S.M. 1/9, 1/10
Cloon, William F. 1/10
Cobb, B. (Jr.) 1/2
Cobb, Fremont 1/10
Cotter, Edward 1/4
Cotton, F.E. 1/10
Cromwell, W.H. 1/14
Davis, D.P. 1/4
Davis, William 1/2
Dever, Edward 1/1
Devine, J. 1/8
Devine, J.C. 1/9
Devine, J.M. 1/11
Devine, J.N. 1/13
Dodge, Daniel 1/8
Donnelly, Henry 1/15
Dornin, J.L. 1/8
Douglass, J.N. 1/9, 1/10, 1/11
Douglass, James N. 1/13
Dunning, J. 1/2
Emery, John S. 1/10
Fernandez, Antonio 1/3
Fisher, A.G. 1/4
Flick, George L. 1/12
Florence, Joseph 1/12
Ford, W.H. 1/10
Fowle, R.K. 1/14
Gallagher, Daniel 1/6
Gamage, E.P. 1/8
Gandy, B.B. 1/12
Gandy, John 1/15
Gandy, L.C. (Capt.) 1/5, 1/17
Gandy, Lewis C. 1/1, 1/2
Gandy, Lewis C. (Capt.) 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/12, 1/13, 1/15
Gardner, Charles 1/12
Geraghty, John 1/3
Gifford, E.H. 1/11
Gilkinson, John (Capt.) 1/3
Goodrich, Richard 1/8
Goodwin, F. 1/1
Goss, C.H. 1/2
Goucher, Samuel J. 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11
Goucher, Samuel L. 1/4
Gove, A.K. 1/3
Grant, Anson F. 1/15
Green, Henry H. 1/8
Guy, William 1/1
Hamblen, B.B. 1/2
Harrington, P.H. 1/12
Hart, Samuel C. 1/2
Hartwell, J.R. 1/2
Heckman, R. 1/1
Heffernan, James 1/6
Henkels, D.H. 1/4
Hewitt, George T. 1/12
Hillman, J.W.L. 1/12, 1/17
Hofmayer, C.G. 1/15
Humphrey, Willard J. 1/7, 1/8
Hutchinson, Charles C. 1/9
Hutchinson, W.T. 1/13
Idell, J.D. 1/1, 1/17
Jefferson, William M. 1/12
Johnson, George N. 1/9
Johnson, James K. 1/9
Kenzel, William H. 1/15
Killey, J.W. 1/15
King, Thomas 1/1
Kollock, Lemuel M. 1/2
Laughlin, William W. 1/1
Lawton, S.D. 1/4
Leaming, Richard S. 1/17
Lee, Joseph H. 1/9
Lewellen, John B. 1/9
Lewis, C.Y. 1/9
Lewis, J. 1/3
Locke, William S. 1/6
Lynnch, Levi B. 1/12
Mahar, John 1/3
Mallory, Robert J. 1/15
Markee, John 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4
Martin, J.H. 1/1, 1/2
Matthews, Ludlam 1/13
Maull, F.C. 1/12
McCarthy, D. 1/13
McCaulley, Samuel A. 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10
McDannell, W.S. 1/8
McNeil, James 1/9
Morse, G.W. 1/5
Morse, John 1/15
Murphy, D.D. 1/12
Murray, J.C. 1/12
Myer, D. 1/1
Nolan, James 1/12
Nye, Charles G. 1/12
Paige, L.J. 1/3
Parker, William 1/3, 1/13
Pease, L.F. 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/15
Peed, F.M. 1/8
Peirce, Hayward 1/15
Perkins, S.B. 1/3
Perry, Charles 1/10
Perry, Charles P. 1/1, 1/12, 1/15
Pickering, R.N. 1/4
Place, H.G. 1/9
Porter, A.G. 1/8
Pratt, F.G. 1/2
Preble, Preston P. 1/3
Quill, W.P. 1/9
Richard, J.H. 1/8
Richardson, J. 1/1
Rogers, F.L. 1/8, 1/14
Rogers, Thomas 1/6
Russell, G.W. 1/8, 1/9, 1/14
Russell, George W. 1/15
Russell, John T. 1/2
Schelling, Samuel M. 1/1
Selover, J.C. (Capt.) 1/5, 1/7
Selover, John C. (Capt.) 1/6
Senna, Manuel 1/3
Shanley, B.M. 1/15
Sharp, John M. 1/10
Shearer, G.B. 1/1
Simmons, N. 1/4
Simpson, A.B. 1/17
Simpson, A.V. 1/15
Smith, A.W. 1/4
Smith, B.G. 1/8, 1/9
Smith, Frank 1/14
Smith, Frank N. 1/6
Smith, H.E. (Capt.) 1/8, 1/9
Smith, Harry E. (Capt.) 1/10, 1/11, 1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15, 1/17
Snith, A.W. 1/3
Somers, L.H. 1/15
Spiegel, A. 1/10
Spinney, E.H. 1/10
Steckert, J.H. 1/15
Steelman, Peter 1/14
Stephens, M. (Capt.) 1/1
Story, W.B. 1/3
Sullivan, Jeremiah 1/3
Sutton, N. 1/1
Sweeney, James 1/1
Sweeney, R.S. 1/12
Sweeney, Robert 1/13, 1/15
Taylor, George 1/10
Tinkham, A.W. 1/6
Todd, Alfred 1/1
Todd, James A. (Capt.) 1/1
Townsend, William H. 1/3, 1/4, 1/8
Tracy, John 1/6
Twohy, John 1/8, 1/12
Tyler, F.L. 1/15
Upton, Colcord 1/15
Vansant, R.P. 1/9
Wakefield, C.E. 1/9
Walls, Alfred 1/12
Walls, L. 1/15
Warr, James C. 1/12
Warr, James P. 1/13
Weeks, E. 1/2, 1/17
Weeks, E. (Capt.) 1/2, 1/3
Wellington, Jonas C. 1/7
Wells, William N. 1/5, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10
Wheaton, P.M. 1/8, 1/10, 1/13
Whitehead, W.M. 1/8
Wilber, Robert B. 1/3
Wilcox, D.T. 1/9
Wills, Edward J. 1/5
Wills, William N. 1/6
Winsor, Thomas I. 1/1, 1/6
Woodberry, Charles 1/15
Woods, C.B. 1/17
Young, George M. 1/8

Index to 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 A.W. Wright & Co. in Box 1, Folder 15 of the collection.
A.W. Wright & Co. 1/15
Albany Railroad 1/5
Amereica Printing Co. 1/9
Andrew Mahoney & Co. 1/6
Atlantic Dock Co. 1/3
Austin C. Wellington Coal Co. 1/7
Bagnall & Loud 1/14
Bakers & Humphrey 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11
Bangs & Horton 1/1, 1/2
Bartlett & Co. 1/12
Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. 1/9
Blackmar & Richmond 1/1
Bonaparte Shoe & Co. 1/9
Booth Bros. 1/15
Borden Mining Co. 1/9
Boston & Albany R.R. Co. 1/9
Boston Tow-Boat Co. 1/1, 1/6
Budd, Butterworth & McClure 1/10
C.A. Nash & Co. 1/8
Charles A. Pettit & Co. 1/13, 1/14, 1/15
Charles A. Warren & Son 1/3
Charles Hall & Co. 1/17
Charles Kimball & Co. 1/14
Charles Russell & Co 1/8, 1/14
Charleston Mining & Manufacturing Co. 1/15
Choate Burnham & Son 1/8
Clark & Morton 1/2
Cobb & Yerxa 1/11
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa 1/9
Continental Steamboat Co. 1/1
Cooper’s Point Shipyard 1/2
Cox & Green 1/6
D. Eggert’s Sons 1/1
Daniel W. Job & Co. 1/6
E. Borda & Son 1/9
E.L. Dectjen & Co. 1/3
Evans, Ball & Co. 1/1, 1/2, 1/3
F.D. Bright & Co. 1/13
F. Hobart & Co. 1/2
F. Woodruff & McLean 1/1
Fall River Steamboat Line 1/2, 1/4
Fitch & Joy 1/2
Fitchburg Railroad Co. 1/2, 1/9
Franklin Snow & Co. 1/2
Gay, Parker & Henderson 1/4
George Barrett & Co. 1/14
George W. Taylor & Co. 1/8
Goucher & Goff 1/11
Guy Brothers 1/9
H. Eldridge & Son 1/2
Haines & Hallock 1/15
Harned, Jacob & Co. 1/6
Hart & Akin 1/2
J.H. Dodd & Bro. 1/9
J.N. Norton & Co. 1/3
Jenkins & Swallow 1/15
John S. Emery & Co. 1/4, 1/9, 1/11, 1/14
Johnson & Higgins 1/14
Johnson Bros. 1/9
Jones & Birdsall 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5
Kalmia Lykens Valley Coal 1/3
L.D. Cooke & Co. 1/11
L. Matthews & Son 1/4, 1/13
Leahy Bros. 1/9
Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. 1/1, 1/2
Ludlam Matthews & Son 1/1, 1/5, 1/6
Ludlam Matthews’ Son 1/13, 1/14, 1/15
Mariner & Williams 1/10, 1/11, 1/13
McNeil & Willin 1/8
Morris & Mathis 1/2, 1/3, 1/9, 1/11, 1/12
New Bedford Tow Boat Co. 1/2, 1/12
New York & New England Railroad 1/6
Northern Liberties Market Co. 1/12
Patrick Lally & Co. 1/8
Pennsylvania Railroad 1/5
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 1/1, 1/6, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/14
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. 1/2, 1/8, 1/9, 1/11, 1/13, 1/15
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. 1/1, 1/4, 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, 1/13, 1/15
Picket Coal Co. 1/15
Place & Taft 1/1, 1/2
Providence & Worcester Railroad 1/1
Providence Gas Co. 1/6
Robert Patterson & Son 1/1
Ross & Howell 1/15
S. & W. Welsh 1/1
S.G. Hodgdon & Son 1/14
S. Nickerson & Sons 1/14
Samuel S. Thorpe & Co. 1/15
Shannon & Bro. 1/3
Shepard Robbins & Son 1/6
Sheppard & Fithian 1/2, 1/11, 1/12, 1/14
Shubert & Cottingham 1/10, 1/11, 1/12
Sinnickson & Co. 1/2, 1/3
Stickney & Cotton 1/2
Stickney, Conyngham & Co. 1/9
T.J. Shaw & Co. 1/8
T. Taber Bros. 1/12
Taylor & Stretton 1/13
Thomas P. Ball & Co. 1/15
Thomas Watson & Son 1/3
Uhler, English & Boileau 1/4
W.A.O. Wilson & Co. 1/2
W.E. Goff & Co. 1/10
W.F.&F.C. Sayles 1/1
W.I. Tune & Bro. 1/9
W.P. Knickerbocker & Co. 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/6
Wakefield Bros. 1/11, 1/17
Walker & Davis 1/9
Walter Coleman & Sons 1/6, 1/17
Warren & Son 1/1
White Cross Line 1/5
Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. 1/2
William C. Scudder & Co. 1/3
William Robinson & Co. 1/2, 1/4
Wilson & Crawford 1/4
Wilson Fitzgerald & Co. 1/2
Wist & Hughes 1/1, 1/3
Youngs & Co. 1/1

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 vessel ACTIVE in Box 1, Folder 1 of the collection.
ACTIVE 1/1
ANNA GOULD (Tug) 1/5
ATLANTIC (Tug) 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11, 1/13
C.H. HERSEY (Tug) 1/5
C.P. RAYMOND (Steamer) 1/6
CARLOS (Tug) 1/2
CLIFON (Steamer) 1/3
COMMODORE (Tug) 1/12
E.L. AUSTIN (Tug) 1/15
EDNA B. KING (Steamer) 1/2
EMILY (Tug) 1/1
F.A. CHURCHMAN (Tug) 1/5
FAIRMOUNT (Tug) 1/11
FRANK LEAMING (Schooner) 1/5
GEORGE A. DEAN (Tug) 1/4
GLIDE (Tug) 1/3
GREYHOUND (Tug) 1/5, 1/6
H.H. KEYS (Tug) 1/9
HARRY SCHAUBEL, JR. (Tug) 1/9
J.W. WHITNEY 1/1
LILLIE COOPER (Tug) 1/17
LILLIE F. COOPER (Tug) 1/6
PAWTUCKET (Tug) 1/2, 1/6
PIONEER (Tug) 1/1
RALPH ROSS (Steamer) 1/15
REBECCA (Tug) 1/1
RELIANCE (Tug) 1/1
S.E. BABCOCK (Steamer) 1/3
SOMERS N. SMITH (Tug) 1/10
STARTLE (Tug) 1/1
THEODORE BIRELY (Tug) 1/2
THOMAS J. YORKE, JR. (Tug) 1/9
WESLEY A. GOVE (Tug) 1/9
WILLIAM CRAMP (Tug) 1/1
WILLIAM J. BOOTHE 1/6
WILLIAM SCHAUBEL, SR. (Tug) 1/10

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Records of the Schooner PROVIDENCE (Coll. 203)
Subtitle
An Inventory of Records at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

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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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