Records of Daniel Trowbridge & Company
Abstract
Correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, statements, cancelled checks, business letters and instructions to shipmasters. Majority of the materials concern approximately. 100 voyages by the brig GEM to various ports in the West Indies; and construction accounts for bark ALEXANDER DUFF and brig CAMEO.
Dates
- Creation: 1852-1889 (bulk 1868-1885)
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 Daniel Trowbridge & Company
Daniel Trowbridge & Company was a New Haven, Connecticut shipping merchant during the 1860s-1880s. Daniel Trowbridge switched from clothing retailer to become a West Indian trader in 1859. His first vessel was the brig DANIEL TROWBRIDGE followed by the brigs GEM, PEARL, RUBY, GARNET and CAMEO. The GEM was built for Trowbridge in New Haven in 1868, made 100 voyages to the West Indies during the 17 years after her launch. The brigantine traded food stuff, mules, and other goods to the West Indies (including Martinique and Trinidad) for sugar, molasses, and other goods.
Extent
25 box(es) (ca. 6000 pieces)
- Title
- Records of Daniel Trowbridge & Company (Coll. 227)
- 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
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org