John H. Cogswell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-228
Abstract
Business papers, including correspondence, bills, and accounts, relating to lumber shipments received by Cogswell, who provided lumber for home construction and shipbuilding, chiefly from suppliers in Maine. Numerous companies and vessels are mentioned, including the schooner HANNAH CLARK and the schooner BOXER.
Dates
- Creation: 1867 - 1877
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 John H. Cogswell
John H. Cogswell was a lumber dealer of Ipswich, Massachusetts during the mid to late 19th century.
Extent
1 box(es) (ca. 139 pieces)
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 Bacon & Huckins in Box 1, Folder 1 of the collection.
- Bacon & Huckins 1/1, 1/2
- Batchelder, Calvin 1/5
- Bennett, George 1/5
- Berlin Mills Co. 1/3
- Bunker, S. 1/7
- Burt, William L. 1/2
- Charles G. Sterns & Co. 1/1, 1/2, 1/3
- Clark, C.S. 1/2
- Clement & Goodridge 1/3
- Cutler & Eddy 1/7
- Cutler, ? 1/4
- Cutler, Thatcher & Co. 1/3, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8
- Dole & Fogg 1/1, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6
- Dole, Albert D. 1/8
- First Ward National Bank, Boston 1/5
- Flint, Ellen R. 1/7
- G.W. Cummings & Co. 1/1
- Grant, Ephraim 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5
- Grush, Benjamin S. 1/7
- Hale, Albert D. 1/4, 1/5
- Hodgkins, Daniel L. 1/5
- Holyoke, R. 1/3
- Hull, ? 1/7
- Hurd, Henry M. 1/7
- James & Williams 1/2
- James, E.B. 1/2
- Norton Mills Co. 1/2
- Pierce, Charles W. 1/2
- Powers, J.M. 1/6
- Spofford, Prescott 1/3
- Stockwell & Co. 1/5
- Stockwell, D.R. 1/1, 1/2
- Sutton, Richard 1/3, 1/4
- Thayer, Oliver 1/2
- Thurston, Ephraim 1/4
- Turner, ? 1/4
- West, George W. 1/5
- West, H.W. 1/5
- Weymouth, Richard L. 1/3
- Wiggin, ? 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 schooner BOXER in Box 1, Folder 1 of the collection.
- BOXER (Schooner) 1/1, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6
- CHILION 1/3
- HANNAH CLARK (Schooner) 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8
- HELENA 1/4
- LEONORA (Schooner) 1/3
- MADORA (Schooner) 1/5
- MAGNOLIA 1/8
- MAGNUM BONUM (Schooner) 1/2, 1/5
- MAY FLOWER (Schooner) 1/2
- PIONEER (Schooner) 1/6
- RANKING 1/4
- S. SAWYER (Schooner) 1/1
- T.H. SEYMOUR (Schooner) 1/7
- T.J. BECKETT (Schooner) 1/4, 1/6
- UNISON (Schooner) 1/2
- Title
- John H. Cogswell Papers (Coll. 228)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of the Collection 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
Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org